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SP's MAI - Issue No. 3 | February 01-15, 2012

Issue Features

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  MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
  Return of the Machiavellian
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  Pakistan’s political economy of exporting terrorism as a foreign policy tool, massive corruption at home and the resultant ever growing reservoir...

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  AEROSPACE
  Lockheed Martin delivers fourth upgraded CBP P-3 Orion in record time

  Lockheed Martin delivered the fourth P-3 Orion with new mid-life upgrade (MLU) modifications to US Customs and Border Protection...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Austrian Eurofighter on duty during World Economic Forum in Davos

  From the January 24-29, Austrian Eurofighter Typhoons were in service protecting the skies over the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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  CORPORATE
  EADS Board confirms Tom Enders as CEO

  The EADS Board of Directors has met on January 26 for one of its regularly scheduled meetings in Amsterdam. During this meeting the following decisions have been taken.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  TORC Robotics to tackle highspeed autonomous vehicle navigation challenges

  TORC Robotics has been subcontracted through the Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC) to develop an advanced sensor fusion system...

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  MILITARY1 / REPORT
  India is the cornerstone of our defence business: Rolls-Royce
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

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  AEROSPACE
  Eurocopter test flying Albanian Super Pumas

  Eurocopter is test flying and preparing to deliver the first AS532AL cougars to the Albanian Armed Forces.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  US strategy for global supply chain security

  Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has unveiled the Obama administrations National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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  CORPORATE
  Dean McCumiskey appointed BAE India Chief Executive

  BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Dean McCumiskey as Managing Director and Chief Executive of its India operations with effect from March 2012.

• TECHNOLOGY
  New York Police working on gun detection technology

  The New York Police Department (NYPD) has taken up a research project to detect concealed guns carried by individuals from as far as 82 feet away.

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  MILITARY1
  Lakshya-II pilotless target aircraft proves IT mettle

  Flying at sea skimming height of about 15 metres at DRDO’s test range near Balasore, Lakshya-II, the advanced version of DRDO’s pilotless target aircraft (PTA), demonstrated its full capability on January 25.

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  AEROSPACE
  Indra develops a maritime surveillance light aircraft

  Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe, is working on the development of a new maritime surveillance light aircraft in collaboration with Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  The Great Train Robbery

  The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on August 8, 1963...

• CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin acquires Procerus Technologies

  Lockheed Martin has acquired Procerus Technologies, a company specialising in autopilot and other avionics for micro unmanned aerial systems.

• TECHNOLOGY
  Fire suppression technology

  Fire in a combat vehicle, aboard a ship or other confined space such as an airplane cockpit puts warfighters at risk.

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  MILITARY1
  Boeing selects firms for Chinook in-service support programme

  Boeing has selected three Canadian firms to receive the first group of work packages for inservice support of 15 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters...

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  AEROSPACE
  PZL-Swidnik wins Polish contracts

  PZL-Swidnik, an AgustaWestland company, has signed contracts with the Polish Ministry of National Defence valued at approximately PLN380 million net (€90 million) for the supply of five W-3WA Sokól helicopters...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Hugh Grant: I was hacked by media

  Actor Hugh Grant said recently that he believed his phone was hacked by Britain’s tabloid Mail on Sunday.

• CORPORATE
  Airbus Military’s future sales opportunities

  Airbus Military booked five new orders for its C295/CN235 transports in 2011 while delivering a total of 29 aircraft from its product line during the year, bringing the business unit’s overall backlog to 222 aircraft as of December 31, 2011.

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  MILITARY1
  US Army contract to Oshkosh Defense for heavy vehicle fleet

  The US Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, a bridge contract to continue production...

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing receives additional US Air Force JDAM contract

  Boeing received a $126 million contract from the US Air Force for approximately 5,000 joint direct attack munition (JDAM) tail kits.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Chilean coup d’état watershed event

  The 1973 Chilean coup d’état was a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile.

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  MILITARY1
  BAE wins $313 million contract for Paladin Program

  BAE Systems received a $313 million contract modification for additional engineering design, logistics development and test evaluation support to complete the Engineering...

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  AEROSPACE
  Switzerland is Centaur launch customer

  Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur optionallypiloted aircraft (OPA).

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  India, Myanmar hold talks on border issues

  The 17th National level meeting between India and Myanmar concluded at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

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  MILITARY1
  BAE wins $148 million orders for Caiman MRAP

  BAE Systems has received three delivery orders from the US Marine Corps, totalling more than $148 million, for continued support of Caiman multi theatre vehicles (MTV).

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  nEUROn demonstrator presented to industrial team

  The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Rajiv new DG of CISF

  Rajiv, IPS, has been appointed as Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

• MILITARY1
  CAE awarded military contracts over C$100 million

  CAE has been awarded a series of military contracts valued at more than C$100 million.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  USS Simpson and Fire Scout set sail for Africa

  The MQ-8B Fire Scout, the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea departed on January 17 from Mayport, Florida

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  India and Nepal pact on countering crossborder crime

  India and Nepal recently discussed cooperation in countering cross-border crimes and terrorist activities during Home Secretary level talks between the two countries.

• MILITARY1
  Navistar Defense wins MaxxPro award

  Navistar Defense has announced that it will provide 650 independent suspension kits to the US Marine Corps’ for its International MaxxPro Plus mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman statement on Global Hawk

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 programme...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Nuclear security issues discussed

  New Delhi flagged off a two-day international meet to discuss matters pertaining to nuclear security.

• MILITARY1
  France launches development of Milan replacement

  The French Defence Ministry’s defence procurement agency, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) has awarded a contract to MBDA...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Rheinmetall and Cassidian pool their unmanned aerial systems activities

  Rheinmetall and Cassidian have agreed to pursue Rheinmetall’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) activities together in a joint venture.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Resident Identity Cards issued in Andaman Islands

  The Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, recently launched the first batch of Resident Identity Cards (RIC) under the coastal National Population Register (NPR) project at Porthrapur village in South Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• MILITARY1
  Missile Defence National Team awarded C2BMC contract

  Lockheed Martin, as prime contractor leading a consortium of five major defence contractors, has been awarded a follow-on contract with an estimated value of $980 million to continue work on the command...

• AEROSPACE
  US Air Force leaders bank on F-22, F-35 capabilities

  Fifth-generation fighter aircraft are key to America maintaining domain dominance in the years ahead, US Air Force officials claimed during a media roundtable in the Pentagonon January 24.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Breach in Facebook security

  Facebook is investigating a huge wave of spam attacks that have caused violent and pornographic images to be posted on some users’ profile pages.

• MILITARY1
  Northrop Grumman wins DESP II contract

  The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for its Design and Engineering Support Programme (DESP III).

• AEROSPACE
  Seoul orders 20 FA-50 attack aircraft

  With the New Year barely under way, South Korea is once again demonstrating a determination to build a formidable military force capable of dealing with potential enemies.

• MILITARY1
  Boeing and IAI mark 10 years of cooperation

  Boeing has renewed its work agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on the arrow weapon system, and enhanced the IAI-Boeing strategic teaming agreement to explore and develop new opportunities in the missile defence arena.

• AEROSPACE
  Marine Osprey squadron flies last mission of Afghanistan deployment

  A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey squadron flew its final combat mission, January 17, to complete its deployment to Afghanistan.

• MILITARY1
  US Army chemical weapons stockpile destroyed

  The US Army Chemical Materials Agency completed the destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile at Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah recently.

• AEROSPACE
  Sukhoi begins flight tests of the 3rd serial Su-35S

  The 3rd serial multi-purpose fighter Su-35S-3 piloted by test pilot Taras Artsebarsky recently took off the airfield of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association named after Yuri Gagarin (KnAAPO).

• AEROSPACE
  New AWACS plane enters Russian Air Force service

  A modernised A-50U Mainstay airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft entered service with the Russian Air Force, Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Vladimir Drik said.

• AEROSPACE
  Ultra wins Embraer KC-390 contracts

  Ultra has announced that its control business has been awarded two contracts by Embraer Defense and Security for its KC-390 military transport aircraft.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Thales and Aerovisión present FRONTEX with UAV for border control

  Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar for the European Agency, Frontex, the organisation in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European Union member states.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Pakistan develops indigenous attack grade UAV Burraq

  Pakistan is developing an indigenous attack grade UAV, known as Burraq, which will significantly increase the procurement of drones, surveillance equipment and satellites for ground monitoring.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Russia allocates $160 million for UAV development

  Russian Helicopters has received 5 billion rubles ($160 million) from the federal budget for the development of three types of UAV.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  AAI unveils Shadow Knight UAV for MRMUAS

  AAI Corporation is proposing a new vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) design for the US Navy’s medium-range maritime unmanned aerial system (MRMUAS) requirement.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  GA wins $30 million to support Gray Eagle UAV

  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $30,342,272 costplus-incentive-fee contract.