SP's MAI - Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 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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MILITARY / REPORT
Regional challenges driving Indo-US relations
By Dr Vivek LallBoth countries have discovered common ground and shared concerns, which have propelled them towards discarding old mistrusts and misconceptions, and adopting methods to establish renewed faith and confidence in each other
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Politicising defence procurement
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Through the procurement of 36 Rafale jets, the NDA government has fulfilled the mandate, at least partially, of restoring the operational potential of the combat fleet of the IAF.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Trump Twitter account shut down by employee on last day of workCompany initially blamed human error for @realdonaldtrump account’s 11-minute outage but then revealed it was done by worker on final day in job. November 3, 2017 02.26 GMT A Twitter employee deactivated Donald Trump’s personal account on their last day of work, the company said on Thursday, likely meaning the action was deliberate.
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CORPORATE
IAI and Hankuk Carbon in agreementIsrael Aerospace Industries and Hankuk Carbon from Korea signed an agreement for establishing a joint venture company in the Republic of Korea.
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MILITARY / REPORT
India-Italy to re-engage in defence
By Ranjit KumarThe first Prime Ministerial visit from Italy in a decade was intended to mend the relations with an emerging Asian giant and a rising economic power, which is also set to be the biggest defence market in the coming years.
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AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT
Big two share spoils, bell tolls for the A380
By Bikram Vohra, DubaiThey left the surly bonds of earth…and touched the face of god.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Ranji Trophy halted after mystery car breaches Palam's securityPlay during day three of the Ranji Trophy game between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh at the Palam Air Force Ground was halted because a car was driven into the middle of the pitch.
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CORPORATE
General Atomics acquires assets of Surrey-US, LLCGeneral Atomics announced on November 13, 2017, that it has acquired the majority of the assets of Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (Surrey-US), an Englewood, Colorado-based provider of innovative small satellite technologies, systems and services.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Different rifle for infantry and others?
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Going by media reports, the Army is going in for equipping infantry soldiers with a world-class assault rifle, while non-infantry soldiers would get a cheaper, ‘less effective’, indigenous rifle.
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AEROSPACE
Defence Minister visits forward Army and Airforce bases in Assam and Arunachal PradeshDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the forward Army posts in Arunachal Pradesh and Air Force base in Eastern Assam on November 5, 2017.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Man enters Delhi airport using fake ticket to see wife off, heldA man has been apprehended for entering the Delhi airport allegedly using a fake travel ticket to see his Moscow-bound wife off.
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CORPORATE
GA-ASI signs MoU with Korean companiesGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huneed Technologies Co. Ltd. establishing potential areas of future collaboration.
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Afghanistan via Chabahar - Strategic move
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)During the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran in May 2016, The trilateral engagement between India, Iran and Afghanistan was historic, expanding avenues of trade for India with Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Russia...
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AEROSPACE
Air Chief inaugurates SWAC Commanders' ConferenceThe Annual Commanders’ Conference of South Western Air Command (SWAC) was inaugurated by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on November 17, 2017, at Gandhinagar.
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MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
4th JWGACTC meeting in India4th JWGACTC meeting in India The 4th meeting of the JWGACTC, constituted under the auspices of the Indo-US Defence Trade and Technology Initiative, was organised in India from October 29, to November 3, 2017.
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AEROSPACE
AOC-in-C Southern Air Command flies TejasThe induction and operationalisation of the indigenous fighter jet light combat aircraft Tejas received a major boost with Air Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria, AOC-in-C of the Southern Air Command undertaking a solo flight for 30 minutes from HAL Airport, on November 14, 2017.
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MILITARY
Defence Minister receives sacred soil of two martyred soldiers of WWIDelegation of Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre recently returned with the sacred soil from the resting place of two soldiers of 39 Garhwal Rifles.
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AEROSPACE
Award of President's Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter UnitThe President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, Ram Nath Kovind awarded the prestigious President’s Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter Unit during a ceremonial parade held at Air Force Station Adampur on November 16, 2017.
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MILITARY
Indo-Bangladesh Exercise 'Sampriti 2017' comes to an endClosing ceremony for the seventh Indo-Bangladesh joint exercise Sampriti was held at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte in Mizoram ton November 17, 2017.
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MILITARY
Navika Sagar Parikrama - INSV Tarini departs from FremantleThe Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini left Fremantle, Australia on November 5, 2017, for its onwards journey to Lyttleton, New Zealand.
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MILITARY
Lt General Bipin Puri is DG Armed Forces Medical ServiceLt General Bipin Puri assumed the apex appointment of Director General Armed Forces Medical Service (DGAFMS) on November 1, 2017. An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, the General Officer was commissioned in Indian Army (AMC) on March 30, 1979.
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MILITARY
INS Sarvekshak reaches Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaIn an initiative to bolster bilateral relations with friendly foreign countries and navies in the Indian Ocean region, INS Sarvekshak, a hydrographic survey ship of Southern Naval Command, arrived Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania on November 15, 2017...
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