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SP's MAI - November 01-15, 2011

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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Consorting terror
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch
As the US prepares to hand over the lead role in Afghanistan to Pakistan...
AEROSPACE
IAF picks Boeing’s Apache Longbow chopper
The Indian media is abuzz with reports that the Indian Air Force (IAF) has selected Boeing’s Apache Longbow advanced attack helicopter.
INTERNAL SECURITY
Interceptor boat joins Coast Guard fleet at Porbandar
Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Director General, Indian Coast Guard, commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) C-153 at Porbandar recently.
TECHNOLOGY
Supersizing robotic system capabilities
Robots on the battlefield remain among the most exciting advancements of technology’s meet-up with warfare since the machine gun, but as with any other modern tech luxury...
NEW PRODUCTS
FLIR Systems introduces personal radiation detector, nanoRaider
FLIR Systems announced introduction of the latest in handheld radiation detection technology.
CORPORATE
Lockheed Martin sales up
Lockheed Martin Corporation has reported third quarter 2011 net sales of $12.1 billion, compared to $11.3 billion in 2010.
MILITARY
Anti-sub corvette Kadmatt launched
The Indian Navy’s modernisation quest under Project-28, to stealthily hunt and destroy lurking enemy submarines, got a further boost recently with the launch of the second indigenous anti-submarine warfare (ASW)...
AEROSPACE
IAF, RAF Oman joint exercise
A four-day joint exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) concluded recently at Air Force Station, Jamnagar.
INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
Doctrine to establish rules of engagement against cyber attacks
New doctrine under review by the Joint Staff will lay out rules of engagement against an attack in cyberspace...
NEW PRODUCTS
GFF 4 wheeled armoured vehicle
The Geschützte Führungs und Funktionsfahrzeuge (GFF) 4 is a medium weight, highly protected class four wheeled armoured vehicle manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the German Army.
CORPORATE
Rockwell Collins declares quarterly dividend
The Board of Directors of Rockwell Collins has declared a quarterly dividend of 24 cents per share on its common stock, payable December 5, 2011.
MILITARY
Indo-French exercise ‘Shakti’ concludes
An Indo-French joint military training exercise Shakti 2011 was held at Chaubattia from October 9 to 21, under the aegis of the Garud Division.
AEROSPACE
Eurofighter delivers 300th Typhoon to the Spanish Air Force
The 300th Eurofighter Typhoon, produced by the four partner companies of the European consortium, was delivered on October 19...
INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
New cloud continuity solution for SMBs
Research by Contingency Planning, Strategic Research Corporation, and DTI/PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the effect of downtime and data and application loss on small to medium enterprises caused 70 per cent of small firms to go out of business within a year of the event...
NEW PRODUCTS
BAE Systems introduces gun shield to ease transport of vehicles
Responding to the need to make gun shields easier to transport on vehicles, BAE Systems developed the Marine Corps transparent armored gun shield – reducible (MCTAGS-R), a gunner protection system collapsible for shipment.
CORPORATE
Northrop Grumman’s increased earnings
Northrop Grumman Corporation reported that third quarter 2011 earnings from continuing operations increased 16 per cent to $520 million, or $1.86 per diluted share, from $448 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2010.
MILITARY
Armor X7 compact rugged tablet gets Sprint certification
DRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the Armor X7 compact rugged tablet has been approved for connectivity on the Sprint 3G network.
AEROSPACE
Alenia signs C-27J support deal with Lithuania
Alenia Aeronautica has recently signed a contract with the Lithuanian armed forces worth about euro 10 million to provide logistics support to the Lithuanian Air Force’s C-27J aircraft.
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Avril Lavigne has ‘scare of her life’
Avril Lavigne, Canadian songstress, recently revealed how she was ‘scared for her life’ following a security breach ahead of a gig in London.
NEW PRODUCTS
Resolute ETR launched
Renishaw launched its new low temperature, true absolute position encoder at the DSEI military exhibition recently.
CORPORATE
Raytheon gets green award
Raytheon has been selected as a top 10 green-IT organisation by IDG’s Computerworld magazine for 2011.
MILITARY
Lockheed Martin gets US Army contract to maintain aerostat detection systems
The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the persistent threat detection systems (PTDS).
AEROSPACE
France–upgrade of E-2C Hawkeye aircraft
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the US Congress of a possible foreign military sales (FMS) to France for the upgrade of four E-2C Hawkeye aircraft and associated equipment...
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Universal Studios catchphrase to get in no longer valid
The Universal Studios lot in Hollywood is one of the most carefully guarded, high-security places in the city.
MILITARY
General Dynamics gets $1 billion to upgrade LAV III vehicles by Canada
Government of Canada has awarded a contract valued at C$1.064 billion ($1.052 billion) to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada...
AEROSPACE
Boeing completes delivery of RAAF Super Hornets
Four new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Super Hornet fleet at RAAF Base Amberley recently...
INTERNAL SECURITY
Security market moving towards integration of systems: Report
The civil security market in the United Kingdom is moving towards the integration of systems. The aim is to ensure that all segments can be managed from a single platform, reducing operational costs and increasing technology efficiency.
MILITARY
Japanese Navy ships call at Kochi
JDS Takanami and JDS Ohnami, two destroyers of Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), called at Kochi for a brief stopover on their way for anti piracy deployment in the Gulf of Aden.
AEROSPACE
Brazilian C295 fleet reaches 25,000 flight hours
Brazilian C295 fleet, consisting of 12 Airbus Military aircraft, has reached 25,000 flight hours after six years of successful operation in Amazonia and Mato Grosso...
INTERNAL SECURITY
Crime in India has increased by nearly 5 per cent
Crime in 2010 has increased by 4.9 per cent compared to 2009. In 2010 a total of 22,24,831 crimes were reported under Indian Penal Code against 21,21,345 cases in the year 2009.
MILITARY
Rheinmetall Nordic wins order in Malaysia
Rheinmetall Nordic AS of Nøtterøy, Norway, a member of the Rheinmetall Group of companies, has been awarded a contract to supply the Malaysian armed forces with the Vingtaqs II long-range surveillance, observation and reconnaissance system.
AEROSPACE
Eurocopter showcases Surion at Seoul Show
Eurocopter has been supporting Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), who is the producer of the Surion, as a primary partner in the Korea Utility Helicopter (KUH) programme.
INTERNAL SECURITY
Reliance ties up with Siemens
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is entering India’s fast growing homeland security service business which is expected to grow to over $13 billion by 2014.
MILITARY
Seapower seminar focuses on partnerships
An International Seapower Symposium was held in New Port, Rhode Island, under the aegis of the US Naval War College recently.
AEROSPACE
Northrop Grumman completes lot 1 deliveries of LITENING G4 targeting pod
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed delivery of the first 50 LITENING G4 advanced targeting (AT) pods under a $277.8 million...
INTERNAL SECURITY
Chinese-Russian security and energy relations are crumbling, says SIPRI
China’s rising global influence is straining its strategic partnership with Russia. Decreasing dependence on Russian arms exports and a growing number of alternative energy suppliers mean that China has taken the upper hand in the relationship
MILITARY
Nexter Systems, L&T consortia for Indian Army artillery programme
Defence majors Nexter Systems of France and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) of India signed an agreement announcing the formation of Nexter Systems led consortium for 155mm towed gun artillery programme for the Indian Army.
AEROSPACE
New airlift routes provide new possibilities
Planners here teamed with planners from the US Transportation Command and the aircrew of a C-5M Super Galaxy to open a new non-stop route from the US to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
General Dynamics wins $86 million to support DIA cyber security
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded an $86 million task order to provide information assurance and cyber security services to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the US and worldwide.
MILITARY
Northrop Grumman demonstrates advances in ground vehicle protection
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated advanced technologies for ground vehicle protection and situational awareness at the Camp Roberts range.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
‘Kamikaze drone’ in the making
Kamikaze pilots or pilots on a suicide mission, first came to light during World War II. Now men need no longer give up their lives in a war in such fashion as new drones are being developed with suicide mission capabilities.
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
KFC’s ‘Colonel Sanders’ gets past UN Security
As part of the promotional extravaganza of KFC’s grilled chicken, a man dressed as Colonel Sanders sneaked into the United Nations recently in what actually sounds like a story from The Onion.
MILITARY
Defender sets sail on maiden voyage
Defender, the fifth Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, recently set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on its first stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Harfang passes 5,000 flight hour milestone
On October 15, the Harfang medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft logged its 5,000th combat flight hour.
INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
The case of the missing laptop
Ravind Sistala had a crucial job at the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) set up in the aftermath of the Kargil war to be a single technical intelligence facility to keep watch on Pakistan.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
AAI introduces next-gen Shadow M2 tactical UAS
AAI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company...
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
South Korea developing VTOL UAV
South Korea is developing its first indigenous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
UAV research takes off with NSF grant
Aerospace engineering Professor Subodh Bhandari has received a $3,60,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...
AEROSPACE
Argentina – C-130H avionics upgrade
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the US Congress of a possible foreign military sales (FMS) to Argentina for commercial-off-theshelf avionics upgrade of five C-130H aircraft...
AEROSPACE
Embraer strengthens partnership with Brazilian industry for KC-390 Program
The Brazilian company AEL Sistemas, based in Porto Alegre, was selected by Embraer Defense and Security to supply three more components to the KC-390 military airlifter and tanker jet: the self-protection system (SPS)...
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Turkey seeks partner for naval copter drones
To boost Turkey’s naval intelligence capabilities, military and procurement authorities here have launched a new programme for the co-production of unmanned helicopters.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
US spends billion dollars on UAV data links and groundcontrol stations
The US Department of Defense (DOD) spending for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data links and UAV ground-control stations exceeded $1 billion in federal fiscal year 2010, report market researchers at Frost & Sullivan.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
AEgis largest provider of 3D visualisation for unmanned vehicles
The AEgis Technologies Group is now the largest provider of 3D visualization and embedded training devices for unmanned systems.
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
AAI delivers Aerosonde and Orbiter UAVs to the US Army
AAI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) announced on October 26 that it has delivered an Aerosonde Mark 4.7 small unmanned aircraft system and an Orbiter miniature UAS to the US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC).
AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Thales to study UAS command and control by satellite
Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead a nine-month study regarding satellite communications solutions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

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