SP's MAI - Issue No. 11 | June 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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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Swallowing national pride
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC KatochWhere is the national pride – one hand you object to a foreign power ‘operating’ from your soil while another foreign power has actually ‘built’...
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AEROSPACE
C-130J Super Hercules lands at Air Force Station, Car NicobarIn yet another accomplishment, the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft touched down at Air Force Station, Car Nicobar on May 28, 2012...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
Hostage dilemma
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC KatochMore hostage taking, particularly of ground level politicians and government officials, are well on the cards – a weak buckling government will have...
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CORPORATE
Amol Newaskar takes charge as Director (Other Units) BELAmol Newaskar took charge as Director (Other Units) of Navaratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on May 24, 2012.
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TECHNOLOGY
DRS launches the C4Insight Integrated C4ISR management systemDRS Technologies has announced that its DRS Tactical Systems (DRS TS) division has launched the C4InSight Integrated C4ISR management system...
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MILITARY
Defence Minister triples service chiefs’ financial power to Rs. 150 croreDefence Minister A.K. Antony on May 28 approved the proposal to hike financial powers of service chiefs by three times from Rs. 50 crore to Rs. 150 crore in a move that could speed up urgent purchases for the armed forces.
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AEROSPACE
Eurofighters replace F-16 jets in ItalyEurofighter Typhoons of the Italian Air Force (ItAF) have replaced the last of the air forces’ F-16 jets to leave the Typhoon solely responsible for the defence of Italian airspace.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Immigration processing office inauguratedThe Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who inaugurated the IVFRT Central Processing Office in Delhi, said that this will help in bringing more efficiency in immigration, visa and online registration of foreigners...
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CORPORATE
Azimuth Technology starts hiringA new defence manufacturing company has fired up in Collier County, with plans to hire more than two dozen employees by the end of the summer. The company is called Azimuth Technology.
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TECHNOLOGY
Revolutionary approach for controlling sepsis key to saving warfighter livesSepsis is an overwhelming blood infection, which when coupled with shock (such as that which may be experienced following a combat injury)...
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MILITARY
Ingalls Shipbuilding’s seventh LPD completes builder’s sea trialsHuntington Ingalls Industries announced that the company’s seventh amphibious transport dock, Anchorage (LPD 23)...
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AEROSPACE
Yak-130 attracts over 10 potential buyersIrkut expects to receive new orders this year for the Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and light-attack aircraft, said company President Alexey Fedorov.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
IDSA taskforce report on India’s cyber security challengesIndia needs to create a climate and environment within which security is built into our cyber and communications working methods”...
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CORPORATE
KMW takes over WFELKrauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG has taken over the UK company WFEL Ltd. based in Stockport, Cheshire. WFEL is regarded as the world market leader for mobile bridging systems in both military and civil applications.
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MILITARY
New DCNS carrier deck coating process validatedRecent tests have demonstrated the effectiveness of new coatings applied to the flight deck of CVN Charles de Gaulle using a process tailored by DCNS.
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AEROSPACE
BAE Systems to enhance Royal Saudi Air Force training capabilityFollowing agreement between the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
The Flame computer virus strikes IranIranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country’s computer systems.
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CORPORATE
Boeing touts business opportunities in MalaysiaThe Boeing Company co-sponsored a conference with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) on May 2 in St. Louis to showcase current business opportunities in Malaysia and to discuss the goals of Malaysian industry.
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MILITARY
Navistar Defense, Indigen Armor, SAIC unveil special operations tactical vehicleNavistar Defense, LLC, Indigen Armor and SAIC have unveiled the team’s Special Operations Tactical Vehicle for the US Special Operations...
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AEROSPACE
Oman orders eight Airbus Military C295 aircraftThe Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of eight C295 aircraft, five of them configured as tactical transports and three as maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Brad Pitt’s fears about AngelinaBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decided to get married because of her work with the United Nations, according to some media reports.
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MILITARY
HII achieves construction milestone on Virginia-class submarine MinnesotaHuntington Ingalls Industries announced that the Virginia-class submarine Minnesota (SSN 783) is “pressure hull complete,”...
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AEROSPACE
UH-72A Lakota fleet 1,00,000 flight hour milestoneThe US Army’s fleet of 219 UH-72A Lakota helicopters surpassed the 1,00,000 flight hour milestone during operations on May 10.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Oleg Penkovsky, hot spy from the Cold War eraOleg Penkovsky, a colonel in Soviet military intelligence, is in the record books for his spying.
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MILITARY
US Army evaluates net-centric interoperability for Coalition Ground ForcesThe US Army hosted a coalition interoperability experiment to identify performance shortfalls and to evaluate future network architectures...
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AEROSPACE
Panetta orders USAF to take further steps on F-22With safety remaining his top concern, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has ordered the US Air Force to take additional steps to mitigate risks to F-22 pilots, George Little, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
India Manufacturing Show to showcase potentialBloombergUTV, India’s premier business news channel, along with Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. (RBNL) and IMS Foundation (IMSF), hosted a curtain-raiser event to announce the second edition of the biennial India Manufacturing Show 2012.
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MILITARY
US Army refining long-term MRAP planThe US Army is in the process of refining a long-term plan for its fleet of 20,000 blast-deflecting, mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs, service officials explained.
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AEROSPACE
Russian AF to get first T-50 fighters in 2013The Russian Air Force will receive the first batch of prototypes of its fifthgeneration T-50 fighter for performance testing in 2013, Colonel General Alexander Zelin has said.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Freak road mishap due to security lapseThe Maharashtra police has admitted that there was a major security lapse in the handling of the January 25 freak road mishap recently in Pune...
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MILITARY
Lockheed Martin’s Aegis computer programme development approved by US Navy for Australian Warfare DestroyerLockheed Martin has completed computer programme development and testing for the HOBART class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the Royal Australian Navy’s Aegis-equipped ships.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers first EA-18G Growler featuring BEL cockpit subassemblyBoeing on May 3 delivered to the US Navy the first EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft with a cockpit subassembly produced...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Oleg Penkovsky, hot spy from the Cold War eraOleg Penkovsky, a colonel in Soviet military intelligence, is in the record books for his spying. His information – passed to MI6 and the CIA in the early 1960s – helped President Kennedy manage the Cuban missile crisis successfully...
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MILITARY
Elbit to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems to the Finnish ArmyElbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) program.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers 3rd Peace Eye AEW&C aircraft to KoreaBoeing delivered the third Peace Eye 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) on May 16.
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MILITARY
BAE Systems bags contract for next generation submarinesBAE Systems has been awarded a £328 million contract for the design of the Royal Navy’s next generation of submarines.
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AEROSPACE
Typhoon growth continues with reformation of No.1(F) SquadronThe Royal Air Force (RAF) has announced that the fourth front line Typhoon squadron will stand up at RAF Leuchars in September.
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MILITARY
Korean Navy orders Thales minesweeping equipmentThales has been awarded a contract to supply minesweeping equipment for the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) new Mine Sweeper Hunters.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
RSAF welcomes inauguration of Heron 1 UAVThe Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) enhanced the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities...
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MILITARY
Borey submarine contract signedRussia’s Defense Ministry and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) have signed a contract for the delivery of five new Borey class (Project 955) strategic nuclear submarines...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Aerovironment introduces digital Wasp AE small UASAt SOFIC, AeroVironment introduced the Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system and announced that it has been accepted by the US Air Force for inclusion in its battlefield air targeting micro air vehicle (BATMAV) programme.
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MILITARY
Naval missile defence system project a successAustralia’s ANZAC Frigates will be further protected from supersonic cruise missile attacks thanks to new radar technology acquired and fitted onto the ships by the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO).
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Predator UAV demos Galileo AESA radarGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of UAS, tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Elbit Systems awarded UAS to a European countryElbit Systems announced recently that it was awarded an approximately $160 million contract by a European customer...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Bluesky launches drones for aerial surveyingAerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Boeing QF-16 aerial target completes first flight testThe Boeing Company and the US Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) on May 4 at Cecil Field...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
X-47B gears up for summer milestonesIn recent months, Pax River personnel may have noticed a new, uniquely shaped tailless aircraft on the runway...
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AEROSPACE
Boeing to modernise flight deck and avionics for US and NATO AWACS fleetThe Boeing Company has received a $368 million engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) contract to develop a design that modernises the flight deck...
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AEROSPACE
New RAF C-17 aircraft touches down in the UKA new C-17 transport aircraft was unveiled recently by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
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AEROSPACE
Rolls-Royce receives $315 million contract to supply lift system technologyRolls-Royce has received a contract for $315 million from Pratt & Whitney to supply the Rolls-Royce lift system for 17 F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
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AEROSPACE
China’s stealth fighter takes to the skyThe second copy of China’s stealth fighter prototype has just flown at a research facility in the city of Chengdu.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Orbital to supply Flexdi engines to AAIOrbital has been contracted to supply heavy fuel engines for use in AAI unmanned aircraft systems’ (AAI) Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS).
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