SP's MAI - Issue No. 9 | May 01-15, 2012
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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 / VIEWPOINT
Agni-V India catapults into elite club
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe moot point is China knows her critical areas are now within the Indian sphere.
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AEROSPACE
RSAF’s G550 early-warning aircraft combat readyThe Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) boosted its capability to detect and track aerial threats as it marked the achievement of Full Operational Capability (FOC) status by its Gulfstream 550 AEW aircraft on April 13, 2012.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Effective coordination needed between Centre and States to face security challenges: Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the Chief Ministers’ Conference on Internal Security in New Delhi recently.
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CORPORATE
Thales bullish on India…
…sees great skill set in the countryAerospace and defence major, Thales, sees big future in the transportation sector in India. In an informal interaction with SP’s M.A.I. Editor-in Chief Jayant Baranwal, Eric Lenseigne, Managing Director & Country Director, Thales India said that he is bullish about the scope of business with railways transportation sector in India (Indian Railways and metro railway).
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Deterrence against the Dragon
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyDespite the lofty rhetoric emanating from the strategic community in India...
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AEROSPACE
BAE Systems to upgrade EW capabilities on Saudi fighter jetsBAE Systems announced a $367 million contract to deliver 70 digital electronic warfare systems/common missile warning systems...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Escape from Stalag Luft IIIStalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft, or POW Camp for Airmen #3) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner-of-war camp during World War II that housed captured air force servicemen.
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MILITARY1
Maiden flight of LCA naval version NP-1The maiden flight of the naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-NP-1) was carried out successfully on April 27 at HAL Airport, Bangalore.
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AEROSPACE
Europrop delivers engines for first production A400MEuroprop International (EPI) has started delivery of the first production series TP400-D6 engines which will power the French Air Force’s first A400M military transport aircraft into service in early 2013.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
123 vaults emptied of diamondsIn 2003, the Antwerp Diamond Center in Belgium was robbed of over £62 million worth of diamonds.
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MILITARY1
Core values not to be given up in modernisation process: AntonyThe Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently told the top brass of armed forces that while modernisation remains the topmost priority of the Government and to achieve the same a mechanism has been put in place...
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AEROSPACE
Boeing opens Chinook training facility in the NetherlandsThe Boeing Company and its Dutch partner the Rotary Wing Training Center (RWTC) officially opened a stateof-the-art CH-47 Chinook helicopter maintenance training facility near Royal Netherlands Air Force base...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Unique Urban eXperimentIn 1982 a group of six Parisian teenagers pulled off what would prove to be a fateful theft.
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MILITARY1
Oto Melara at EurosatoryEurosatory 2012 (June 11-15) will give Iveco-Oto Melara the opportunity to display the most innovative developments in its product range.
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AEROSPACE
RAAF carries its most passengers in A330 MRTTThe aircraft of 33 Sqadron, RAAF carried 220 passengers from the Australian Defence Force Academy as well as its 14 crew, on a two-hour flight from Defence Establishment Fairbairn last month.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
426 cases of fake encounters: NHRCA total 426 cases of alleged fake encounters by police, defence and central armed police forces were registered by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) during the period 2009-10 to 2011-12. For the current year 2012-13, as on April 17, 2012, no such case has been registered.
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MILITARY1
New vehicle-mounted bomb jammer from L-3 TRL at DSA 2012UK-based defence manufacturer L-3 TRL launched its new Broadshield vehicle systems at the Defence Services Asia 2012 (DSA 2012) Exhibition...
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AEROSPACE
Rolls-Royce awarded $598 million V-22 engine contractRolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a $598 million contract with the US Department of Defense for 268 AE 1107C engines for US Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 aircraft.
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MILITARY1
HMS Dragon joins the fleetHMS Dragon, the fourth of the Royal Navy’s new powerful Type 45 destroyers, was formally commissioned into the fleet on Friday.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman to upgrade Fire Scout for US NavyThe US Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the Bell 407 airframe.
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MILITARY1
Norway to upgrade its fleet of Swedish tanksThe Norwegian Government today presented a bill concerning the new and modified CV90 fighting vehicles for the Norwegian Army.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Marine Corps plans rigorous K-MAX UAS testsThe K-MAX cargo unmanned helicopter has impressed Marine Corps aviation leaders since the aircraft deployed to Afghanistan on December 17...
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MILITARY1
BAE Systems wins protective hard armour contractsBAE Systems has received a $75 million order from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to produce and deliver hard armour inserts used to protect Soldiers and other men and women in combat.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
GA-ASI unveils new enhanced endurance designs for Predator BGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading...
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MILITARY1
Textron to supply strike force vehicles for Afghanistan ArmyTextron Marine & Land Systems (TM&LS) announced it received a second option award from the US Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan...
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AEROSPACE
Modernisation of 10 Rafale MarineThe first ten Rafale Marine fighters delivered to the French Navy in the early 2000s will be upgraded from their current F1 standard to the latest F3 standard, according to Christophe Carpentier...
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MILITARY1
General Dynamics to convert heavy barrel machine gunseneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $6.9 million contract by the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command...
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL - VIEWPOINT
Replace policy of best price with best technology
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochDiscrimination between the private industry and the public sector is prominent but not being rectified where individual fiscal benefits may well be axiomatic.
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL - VIEWPOINT
Need for reforms in procurement system
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. BhatiaThere are major anomalies in India’s defence procurement system which calls for farreaching reforms if India is to emerge as a nation which can look after its own defence needs
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MILITARY1 / SPECIAL - VIEWPOINT
Lack of accountability for time and cost overruns
By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil RamsayUltimately the modernisation programmes of the armed forces suffer from severe time and cost overruns, adversely impacting upon the depleting force levels.
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Morphing Perceptions
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe larger context here is the increasing trend of pressures being brought to bear by several interest groups...
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MILITARY1
Navantia commissions KariñaOn April 23, Navantia has commissioned to the Venezuelan Navy the fourth Economic Zone Patrol Boat (PVOZEE), named Kariña (PC-24).
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