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Issue Features

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  MILITARY / EXCLUSIVE | CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF
  “The era of single services operations has faded and a systems approach, that is, joint integrated operations across multiple domains is the way ahead”

  General M.M. Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, in an interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, talks about how the Indian Army continues to face challenges across the spectrum of conflict and is developing its capability...

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  MILITARY / EXCLUSIVE | CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
  “Our operations shall revolve around two active Carrier Battle Groups, necessitating a force level of three Carriers”

  Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff speaks to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, in an exclusive interaction on the occasion of the Indian Navy Day 2020

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  MILITARY / EXCLUSIVE | CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF
  “Our challenge is to increase the synergy and cohesiveness to ensure joint operations in true sense”

  Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff, spoke exclusively to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief on the occasion of Aero India 2021.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Growing Discontent in Pakistan
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The recent killing of 11 Hazara Shiite miners in Balochistan for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility is just one of the hundreds of incidents of ethnic strife in Pakistan.

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  MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
  Indian Navy Conducts Joint Exercise with Army and Air Force

  A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was conducted in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands from January 21-25, 2021.

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  MILITARY / AERO INDIA 2021 | DASSAULT SYSTEMES
  Dassault Systemes at Aero India 2021: Booth Number A6.6 & A6.8
  By Ravikiran Pothukuchi, Director, Aerospace & Defense in India, Dassault Systemes

  Digitalization to realize a thriving Aerospace, Defense & Space ecosystem

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  India’s First Indigenously Developed 9mm Machine Pistol

  India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army. Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune have designed and developed...

• MILITARY / UPDATES
  North Korea Shows Off New Submarine-Launched Missiles

  North Korea displayed new submarine-launched ballistic missiles under development and other military hardware in a parade that underlined leader Kim Jong Un’s defiant calls to expand the country’s nuclear weapons program.

• MILITARY / UPDATES
  Iran Tests Long-range Ballistic Missiles

  Iran tested long-range ballistic missiles during a military exercise, just days before the Presidential transition in the US.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  US State Department Approves Potential Arms Sales to Kuwait

  The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Kuwait of Apache helicopters and spare parts for the Patriot missile system in two separate deals that could have a value of $4.2 billion.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Thales and BDL bringing STARStreak Air Defence System to India

  Thales and Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Government of India enterprise, have signed a Teaming Agreement to work in partnership on the STARStreak Air Defence system with the support of both the Governments of India and the United Kingdom.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Conducts Exercise with Japan

  The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on January 15.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Mission Sagar III - INS Kiltan Arrives at Sihanoukville, Cambodia

  Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia on December 29, 2020 as part of Mission Sagar-III.

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  AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Boeing Super Hornet Demonstrates Ski-jump Launch Capability

  Boeing and the US Navy proved recently that the F/A-18 Super Hornet can operate from a “ski jump” ramp, demonstrating the aircraft’s suitability for India’s aircraft carriers.

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  AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Greece to Boost Military, Get French Rafale Jets in 2021

  Greece said it will take delivery of 18 French-made Rafale fighter jets in 2021 as part of a major 11.5-billion-euro ($14.5-billion) drive to modernise its armed forces amid tension with neighbor Turkey.

• AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Iran Tests Drones in Military Exercise

  Iran conducted exercises featuring a wide array of domestically produced drones, days after the anniversary of the US killing of a top Iranian general by a drone strike in Iraq.

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  AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Cabinet Approves Procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircrafts for IAF

  The Cabinet, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts at the cost of 45,696 Crore along with Design and Development of Infrastructure sanctions worth 1,202 Crore.

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  AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Hawk-i Successfully Test Fires Smart Anti Airfield Weapon

  In a big boost to the indigenous Hawk-i programme, HAL successfully test fired a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from the Hawk-i aircraft off the coast of Odisha.

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  AEROSPACE / DEVELOPMENTS
  Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force Conclude Exercise Desert Knight 2021

  The Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force participated in Exercise Desert Knight 2021 at Air Force Station Jodhpur.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Indigenous Tactical Drones
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The Chinese aggression in 2020 has spurred the government to equip the Army with tactical drones.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Raytheon Maritime Surveillance Systems Flight Tested on GA-ASI SeaGuardian for Japan Coast Guard

  Japan’s Coast Guard recently completed successful flight testing of Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) maritime surveillance technologies onboard a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Indian Army Demonstrates Drone Swarms During Army Day Parade

  The Indian Army carried out a live demonstration of Drone Swarming capability using 75 indigenously designed and developed drones which executed an array of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled simulated offensive missions and close support tasks during the Army Day Parade held on January 15, 2021.

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  CORPORATE / NEWS
  Fluke ii900 Sonic Industrial Imager Turns Sound Waves into Real-time Image

  New to quickly and accurately pinpoint compressed air, steam, gas and vacuum leaks at a glance

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  CORPORATE / NEWS
  Vice President Inaugurates Two New Facilities at Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Missile Complex

  India’s Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has praised the DRDO scientists and engineers for taking India very close to self-reliance in missile technology with their hard work, dedication and perseverance.

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  CORPORATE / NEWS
  AeroVironment Acquires Arcturus UAV

  AeroVironment Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Arcturus UAV, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and services announced that they have entered into a definitive...

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  KNDS Moves Towards Further Integration

  Five years after the merger of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter Systems under the joint holding KNDS, the Group’s governance is being restructured.

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Oneweb Secures Investment from SoftBank and Hughes Network Systems

  OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company jointly owned by the UK Government and Bharti Global, announced that it has secured additional funding from SoftBank Group...

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Northrop Grumman to Sell IT and Mission Support Business

  Northrop Grumman and Veritas Capital have announced that Peraton, an affiliate of Veritas, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services business for $3.4 billion in cash.

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Private Investor Group Purchases SilverSky

  A private investor group completed the purchase of the cyber security provider, SilverSky, on November 3rd, 2020. Two cyber security industry veterans who participated in the early evolution and scaling up of SilverSky...

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Teledyne to Acquire FLIR Systems

  Teledyne Technologies and FLIR Systems jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire FLIR in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8.0 billion.

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Lockheed Martin To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne

  Lockheed Martin announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $56 per share in cash, which is expected to be reduced to $51 per share after the payment of a pre-closing special dividend.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Violent Mob Breach the US Capitol

  Supporters of President Donald Trump caused chaos in the US capital on January 06 when a pro-Trump mob broke into the US Capitol, some wielding lead pipes, zip ties, explosives and chemical irritants.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Hackers Access Finland MPs’ Emails Accounts

  The Finnish Parliament cyber-attack took place around the same time Russian hackers breached the Norwegian Parliament’s email system.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  New Zealand Central Bank Data System was Breached

  The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said that it was responding with urgency to a breach of one of its data systems. A third-party filesharing service used by the central bank to share and store some sensitive information...