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SP's MAI - Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2016

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MILITARY / REPORT
Carter reaffirms road map for the next US Defense Secretary
By Ranjit Kumar
After contributing immensely to Indo-US defence relations in his various avatars in the Pentagon, and hence giving a solid content and meaning to the India-US strategic partnership in the 21st century described by President Barack Obama...
AEROSPACE / REPORT
Boeing enters tanker race with FMS offer
By Ranjit Kumar
Boeing has entered the fray for supplying air refuelling tankers for the Indian Air Force.
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Liam Payne's Facebook breached
The One Direction star Liam Payne’s social media page is said to have been hacked, according to British media reports. His social media page has over 10 million likes.
CORPORATE
Boeing to acquire Liquid Robotics
Boeing has entered into an agreement to acquire Liquid Robotics, a market leader in autonomous maritime systems and developer of the Wave Glider ocean surface robot, to grow its seabed-to-space autonomous capabilities.
TECHNOLOGY
DARPA doubles down on Tern by funding second test vehicle
Tern, a joint programme between Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR), seeks to greatly increase the effectiveness of forward-deployed small-deck ships such as destroyers...
MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Visit of Israeli President - Cementing ties
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
The eight-day visit to India in November by President Reuven Rivlin of Israel further cemented India-Israel bilateral relations.
AEROSPACE
Canada selects Airbus C295W for fixed-wing search and rescue
The Government of Canada announced that it had selected the Airbus C295W for its Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue programme. As part of the FWSAR programme, the Royal Canadian Air Force will purchase 16 C295Ws modified for search and rescue.
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Legion hacking of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account
The official Twitter handle of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was hacked with a series of obscene tweets posted on the timeline.
CORPORATE
Sikorsky opens testing facility for Combat Rescue Helicopter
Sikorsky has inaugurated a new Systems Integration Lab (SIL) to begin testing key systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH)...
MILITARY / EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
“The Indian Navy’s perspective planning is designed to deliver capabilities commensurate with our maritime interests”
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba in an exclusive interaction with SP’s M.A.I. said that “2016 witnessed the induction of a number of state-of-the-art platforms”.
AEROSPACE
Israeli Air Force gets the first pair of Adir
The first pair of ‘Adir’ (F-35I) stealth fighters landed in their new home, Nevatim Air Force Base, recently. The landing ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, the President of Israel Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin...
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Yahoo's 1 billion user accounts hacked
Yahoo’s 1 billion user accounts hacked Yahoo, already reeling from its September disclosure that 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed recently that a different attack in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion...
CORPORATE
Rafael appoints Pini Yungman as Executive Vice President, Head of Air Superiority Systems Division
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announced recently the appointment of Brigadire General (Res.) Pini Yungman, to the position of Executive Vice President...
MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Heart of Asia - Pak proxies named
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
In his inaugural address at the Sixth Ministerial ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference at Amritsar, represented by some 30 countries and international and regional organisations and co-chaired by Finance Minister of India and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan...
AEROSPACE
German Navy NH90 Sea Lion performs maiden flight
Recently, the NH90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter took off on its on-schedule maiden flight at Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth. Wolfgang Schoder, CEO of Airbus Helicopters Deutschland and Vincent Dubrule, NHI President welcomed...
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Drugged intruder on San Francisco airport tarmac
In a major security breach at San Francisco International (SFO), a man reportedly drugged ran on to the tarmac, avoiding police and other security personnel, causing panic for some time.
MILITARY / REPORT
Only the US-2 can meet all of the diverse performance requirements in the market: Yasuo Kawanishi
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)
SP’s M.A.I. met Yasuo Kawanishi, Director, Executive General Manager (Business Development & Amphibious Aircraft Programme) and MD ShinMaywa, India
AEROSPACE
Sikorsky signs contract with Chilean Air Force for six S-70i Black Hawk helicopters
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has successfully concluded contract negotiations with the Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile) for six S-70i™ Black Hawk helicopters...
MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Indian Army and PLA 'Hand-in-Hand' again
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
India-China Joint Military Training exercise, ‘Hand-in-Hand 2016’, kicked off in Pune on November 27.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
GA-ASI flight tests of Gray Eagle Extended Range
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has commenced flight testing of its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series with the successful first flight...
MILITARY
Lt General Bipin Rawat to take over as the new Indian Army chief
The government has appointed Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt General Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief on December 17, 2016. Lt General Rawat was commissioned in the 5th Battalion of the 11 Gorkha Rifles from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’.
AEROSPACE
The Norwegian Government to procure five P-8A Poseidon
The Norwegian Government decided November 25 to procure five P-8A Poseidon for delivery in 2021 to 2022. The decision taken in the government has been proposed to the Parliament...
MILITARY
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa to be the next Indian Air Force chief
The government has announced on December 17 that Air Marshal B.S. Dhanoa will take over as the new Chief of the Air Staff. Air Marshal Dhanoa, presently the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, will take over after Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha retires on December 31.
AEROSPACE
Germany receives first tactical standard Airbus A400M Airlifter
Airbus Defence and Space has delivered to the German Air Force its first A400M transport aircraft qualified for tactical operations and able to fly in areas subject to military threats.
MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
Launch of eighth LCU-GRSE Yard 2099
The recent launch of last ship of LCU Mk IV project, an amphibious ship at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata...
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
MBDA's Brimstone missile for RAF's Protector RPAs
MBDA’s Brimstone precision strike missile is being planned as the UK’s guided missile solution for the Royal Air Force’s Protector Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) programme.
MILITARY
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in Mauritius
The Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar was in Mauritius on a two-day visit, the first ever by a Defence Minister of India. He was accompanied by senior officers of the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and the Ministry of Defence.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Safran and Vodea develop high-speed video compression solution for drones
French defence procurement agency DGA held its annual Innovation Forum on November 23 and 24 at the Ecole Polytechnique near Paris.
MILITARY
Indo-Russian bilateral naval exercise
The 9th edition of exercise Indra Navy, an annual bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy, will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal from December 14 to 21, 2016.
MILITARY
Indo-Maldives joint military exercise commences in Maldives
A 14-day joint training exercise of the Indian Army and Maldivian National Defence Force commenced with the opening ceremony at Kadhdhoo, Lammu Atoll in Maldives on December 15, 2016.
MILITARY
INS Sumitra visits Darwin, Australia
In pursuit of India’s ‘Act East’ policy and outreach to friendly countries, the Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel Sumitra was in Darwin, Australia, on December 6, 2016, on a three-day visit.
MILITARY
Exercise Konkan 16 being held in Goa
Konkan 16, the 2016 edition of the annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, is being held from December 5-18, 2016, at Mumbai and Goa.

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