SP's MAI - Issue No. 10 | May 16-31, 2017
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Top News
- Indian Air Force Aims for Full Indigenous Inventory by 2047 — Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh
- General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as the Chief of the Army Staff
- Rajnath Singh assumes charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term
- Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi assumes Command of the Indian Navy as 26th Chief of the Naval Staff
- Prime Minister witnesses 'Bharat Shakti' – a Tri-Services Firing and Manoeuvre Exercise in Pokhran, Rajasthan
Issue Features
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MILITARY1 / NDA@3
NDA's achievements in defence sector in three years
By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)The Modi Government which completes three years on May 26, 2017, is planning to celebrate their achievements by putting out a report card giving out statistics of their achievements in the last three years of National Democratic Alliance’s governance.
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AEROSPACE
Light Utility Helicopter (PT-2) makes maiden flightOn the heels of maiden flight of HTT-40 (PT-2), the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) carried out first flight of Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)-PT-2 on May 22, 2017, at its facility in Bengaluru.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Security lapses' in Erdogan visitTurkey summoned the US Ambassador John Bass to protest “aggressive behaviour” by American security personnel and “security lapses” during Turkish President...
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CORPORATE
Leonardo appoints Alessandro Profumo Chief Executive OfficerThe Leonardo board has ppointed Alessandro Profumo as the Chief Executive Officer, giving him all the attributions for the unitary management of the Company and the Group.
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MILITARY1 / NDA@3
Defence modernisation in three years of NDA rule
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The three services had suffered prolonged neglect in respect of modernisation in the period 2004 to 2014 owing to a number of factors.
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal P.N. Pradhan takes over as DCIDSAir Marshal P.N. Pradhan has taken charge as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations), HQ IDS. He was commissioned as a pilot in the transport stream of the Indian Air Force in 1981.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Digital heist that terrorised the worldDigital heist that terrorised the world Robert Gren had 26 minutes left to decide whether to pay the ransom. It was Monday, May 15, three days after the global cyberattack now known as WannaCry had begun...
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CORPORATE
Launch of Saudi Arabian National Defense CompanyThe Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced the creation of a new national military industries company. Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) will manufacture products...
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MILITARY1 / NDA@3
Defence in three years under NDA II
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)On May 26, 2017, the NDA II government completes three years in office. Last three years have seen India rising in economic strength and making way...
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AEROSPACE
Tejas tests Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missileTejas, the light combat aircraft (LCA) successfully demonstrated an air-to-air beyond visual range (BVR) missile firing capability by releasing Derby missile in radar-guided mode.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Zomato hacked: 17 million user data stolenAccording to Hackeread.com, a user by the name of “nclay” claimed to have hacked Zomato and was willing to sell data pertaining to 17 million registered users on a popular Dark Web marketplace.
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CORPORATE
New Raytheon Arabia business unit to be establishedIn a ceremony witnessed by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and President Donald J. Trump, Raytheon Company and the Saudi Arabia Military Industries Company signed a MoU to cooperate...
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MILITARY1 / NDA@3
Well begun...and miles to go — NDA@3
By Rear Admiral S. Ramsay (Retd)After what was termed as a lost decade as far as building up the strategic assets from the national security perspective, during May 2014, India witnessed the beginning...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Netflix's 'Orange is the New Black' breachThe upcoming fifth season of Netflix’s ‘Orange is the New Black’may turn out to be Hollywood’s biggest breach since the Sony hack in 2014.
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CORPORATE
Business agreements strengthen Boeing, Saudi Arabia partnershipSeveral defense and commercial agreements announced yesterday will further strengthen Boeing’s partnership with Saudi Arabia, create or sustain thousands of jobs in both the US and Saudi Arabia...
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Expediting defence procurements
By Ranjit KumarThe defence ministry is mulling to set up a new Defence Procurement Organisation which will integrate and streamline the long and arduous process of defence acquisitions.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Phased induction of M777 in the Indian Army
By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)As part of its massive artillery modernisation plan, the army had planned to induct several types of howitzers through inhouse manufacture by Defence Research and Development Organisation/Ordnance Factory Board, inter-governmental pacts and global tenders.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
M777 howitzer finally debut in India
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)In what is being described as “laying the Bofors ghost to rest”, the first two M777 howitzer guns manufactured by BAE System of the United States arrived in India...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Modernisation of the Armed Forces
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Are the Indian armed forces adequately equipped to confront the challenge posed by Pakistan or more importantly, by Pakistan and China acting in collusion?
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MILITARY1 / SPOTLIGHT
IAI signs another significant deal in IndiaIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on May 21, 2017, it has been awarded an additional, $630 million- contract for supply of LRSAM air and missile defense systems...
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MILITARY1
Defence Acquisition Council fine tuning private sector participationBreaking new ground, the DAC under the Chairmanship of Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley, has finalised the broad contours of a policy aimed at engaging the Indian private sector in the manufacture of hightech defence equipment in India.
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MILITARY1
Indian warships visit Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAs part of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to the West Coast of Africa and the Mediterranean Sea, three Indian warships, INS Mumbai, INS Trishul and INS Aditya, visited Jeddah for three days.
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MILITARY1
Exercise Thar Shakti concludes
By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)The Chetak Corps of the Indian Army is a Holding Corps or what is termed as a Pivot Corps.
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MILITARY1
Bilateral exercise SIMBEX-17 commencesAs part of SIMBEX-17, the ongoing Bilateral Naval Exercise between Navies of the Republic of Singapore and India, lndian Naval Ships Shivalik, Sahyadri, Jyoti and Kamorta and one P8-I Maritime Patrol and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft are participating.
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MILITARY1
Eastern fleet's overseas deployment to SingaporeIn pursuance of India’s ‘Act East’ policy, Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shivalik, Jyoti and Kamorta are on an overseas deployment to the South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean under the command of Rear Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta...
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MILITARY1
Vice Admiral Sunil Anand assumes charge as Controller of LogisticsVice Admiral Sunil Anand assumed duties of the Controller of Logistics with effect from May 1, 2017 on superannuation of his predecessor Vice Admiral Jaywant Korde. Prior to assuming the present appointment, he was Assistant Controller of Logistics...
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MILITARY1
INS Sharda foils piracy attempt in the Gulf of AdenINS Sharda is deployed for anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden since April 6, 2017. On May 16, 2017, at about 1645 hrs, the ship received a distress call from MV Lord Mountbatten (a Liberian registered ship)...
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