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SP's MAI - Issue No. 22 | November 16-30, 2012

Issue Features

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  MILITARY
  Indigenous solutions to tactical communication challenges needed: Antony

  The Minister for Defence A.K. Antony has said modern-day communication tools have reduced the gap between strategic, operational and tactical domains.

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  AEROSPACE
  Indian airmen receive C-17 maintenance training

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started sending about 100 airmen to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to receive instruction from the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 5...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Wisdom Speak
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Questioned about India’s nuclear forces recently, a Chinese official replied...

• CORPORATE
  Selex ES business structure

  Allan Cook, Executive Chairman, and Fabrizio Giulianini, Chief Executive Officer of Selex ES, have presented the business structure of Selex ES.

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  TECHNOLOGY
  Northrop Grumman Remotec Titus robot launch in December

  Northrop Grumman Corporation’s subsidiary Remotec Inc. will begin deliveries in December of Titus TM, the newest and smallest member...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Raytheon’s ground-based anti-tank guided missiles
  By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

  The tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) weapon system, with the multi-mission TOW-2A, TOW-2B, TOW-2B Aero and TOW Bunker...

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia sign agreement

  Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have signed an agreement to jointly launch an upgraded version of the Airbus Military...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  India, Britain decide to enhance cyber security cooperation

  India and Britain have decided to stepup cooperation in cyber security during the Foreign Minister level talks of both the nations.

• CORPORATE
  Saab and GE Aviation ties with Brazilian Aerospace Industry

  Saab’s technology transfer plan regarding Gripen NG for the Brazilian F-X2 fighter jet competition has been further strengthened by its partner GE Aviation signing MOUs with several Brazilian aerospace companies.

• TECHNOLOGY
  DARPA seeks multi-band, portable sensor to provide clear imagery to war-fighters

  Clip-on or helmet-mounted camera system would fuse useful aspects of visible, near infrared, and infrared images into a single shot under all weather and visibility conditions.

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  MILITARY / EVENT
  Emerging technologies and their impact on war-fighting
  By Colonel Ranjit Sundaram

  A two-day national-level seminar on “Emerging Technologies and their Impact on Warfighting: 2030s” was organised at the Military College ...

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  AEROSPACE
  Northrop Grumman to provide attitude heading reference system for Israel’s M-346 aircraft

  Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by prime contractor Alenia Aermacchi to provide the attitude heading reference system (AHRS)...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Fortify cyber security: Sibal

  The Union Telecom Minister, Kapil Sibal has called for a global effort to fortify cyber security, as it is important to conceal vital information...

• CORPORATE
  Government nod for HAL divesting 10 per cent equity

  The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal for disinvestment of 10 per cent of government equity in the country’s only stateowned aerospace firm the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

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  MILITARY
  New Chief of Integrated Defence Staff takes over

  Lt General Naresh Chandra Marwah has taken over as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) from Vice Admiral S.P.S. Cheema.

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  AEROSPACE
  Saab receives order for Gripen support and maintenance

  Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), for the support and maintenance of Gripen and technical support for the Swedish Armed Forces.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  No evidence of security breach in Petraeus scandal: Obama

  The US President Barack Obama has said that he has “no evidence” of security breach in connection with the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus over an extramarital affair.

• CORPORATE
  Lockheed Martin acquires Chandler/May, Inc.

  Lockheed Martin nnounced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specialises in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support of fully integrated mission critical systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions.

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  MILITARY
  General Dynamics to upgrade Canadian LAV III vehicles

  The Canadian Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Rona Ambrose, has stated that the Government of Canada has awarded a contract modification valued at $133.5 million to General Dynamics...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  France begins evaluation of Watchkeeper

  The DGA and its British counterpart, DE&S, kicked off France’s evaluation of the Watchkeeper tactical UAV.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  London Tower locks changed

  Recently, the keys to the historic Tower of London were stolen, causing concern to authorities as the historical Tower houses...

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  MILITARY
  Huntington launches Virginia class submarine Minnesota

  Virginia class submarine Minnesota was launched into the James River on November 3 at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  BAE Systems delivers 300th F-4 drone for US Air Force

  BAE Systems successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the US Air Force.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  New data reveals Al-Qaeda-linked groups among most active terrorist groups in the world

  Only one of the 5,000 terrorist attacks in 2011 is attributed to Al-Qaeda Central, but more than half of the top 20 most active perpetrator groups in 2011 are linked to Al-Qaeda...

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  MILITARY
  Qatar to buy Patriot missiles in $10 billion deal

  The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the US Congress of a possible foreign military sale (FMS) to the Government of Qatar for the sale of 11 Patriot configuration-3 modernised fire units and associated equipment...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  CAE launches UAS mission trainer

  Recently at the Unmanned Systems Canada conference, CAE announced the launch of its UAS mission trainer product.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  International cooperation must to deal with terrorism: Shinde

  The Union Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, has said at the Interpol General Assembly meeting held recently in Rome, that international cooperation was essential to deal with the increasing threats of global terrorism.

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  MILITARY
  Nexter's Caesar self-propelled gun for Indonesia

  exter Systems has a long history as a partner of the Indonesian Armed Forces, and is particularly proud to have participated in modernisation of Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI)...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop wins $38 million order for Global Hawk Engineering

  Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $2,29,17,927 cost plus incentive fee contract for the software maintenance and flight test portion...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  National security regime opened to private sector

  National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon has opened up the national security regime to the private sector, with the launch of a cyber security report titled ‘Recommendations of Joint Working Group on Engagement with Private Sector on Cyber Security’.

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  MILITARY
  INS Tarkash commissioned

  INS Tarkash, the second of the three stealth frigates constructed at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad Russia, is being commissioned and inducted into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Shekhar Kumar Sinha, FOC-in-C...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Sagetech, Arcturus demonstrate UAV operations using COTS NextGen ADS-B tracking

  Avionics company Sagetech Corporation and unmanned aircraft manufacturer Arcturus UAV demonstrated joint flight operations...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  BARC security intrusions in the recent past

  The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India’s premier nuclear facility in Mumbai and also most vulnerable to a possible terror attack, was on top of the list of sensitive buildings surveyed and videotaped by 26/11 terror attacks planner David Coleman Headley.

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  AEROSPACE / SIMULATION
  Thales and Transas to develop full warship trainer

  Recently, Thales Germany and Transas Marine International signed a cooperation agreement to develop and market a Full Warship Trainer...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Lebanese Army weapons stolen

  In April this year, the Lebanese Army faced a major security breach as it was discovered that soldiers had been stealing standard-issue weapons and selling them to arms traders.

• AEROSPACE
  L-3 WESCAM expands MX™-Series eLearning course

  L-3 WESCAM recently announced that its eLearning training programme, designed for operators and maintainers of MX™-Series EO/IR imaging turrets...

• AEROSPACE
  Cassidian and Atech to provide advanced avionics for Brazilian Navy helicopters

  Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, joins forces with Brazilian systems specialist Atech, São Paulo, to equip the new EC725 helicopters of the Brazilian Navy with an advanced mission management system.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  New low-cost precision weapon for UAVs

  General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the US Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated a GPS-guided munition for use on small UAVs.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  UAVs in disaster relief operations

  Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are suitable, among others, for performing disaster relief tasks and dealing with emergencies, Hungarian Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said at the display of Hungarian-developed UAVs in Veszprém.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Sukhoi to build strike, recon unmanned planes

  Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi is to focus on creating reconnaissance and strike unmanned air vehicles (UAV) in the near future, United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said at the Zhuhai Airshow China exhibition.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  General Atomics wins order for Reaper UAVs

  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, California, is being awarded a $125-million contract for 10 MQ-9 modified Block 1 aircraft.

• AEROSPACE / SIMULATION
  ANSYS bolsters product performance and integrity through deeper design insight

  Building upon its comprehensive portfolio of advanced multiphysics engineering simulation technology, ANSYS has released version 14.5 to further support an integrated and streamlined approach to design exploration and the creation of a complete virtual prototype.

• AEROSPACE / SIMULATION
  Rockwell Collins unveils new app

  Rockwell Collins has unveiled HGS Flight, a new app that lets users experience the company’s head-up guidance (HGS) with synthetic vision on an iPad.