SP's MAI - Issue No. 16 | August 16-31, 2013
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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
Dealing with rogue Pakistan
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochIndian Army must review its counterinfiltration operating procedure on the LoC. In all likelihood commanders on ground are constrained by an overwhelming urge to look for signal from the brass before taking any tough step.
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AEROSPACE / EXPERT OPINION
Basic trainer aircraft: The facts
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe debate on whether the basic trainer aircraft (BTA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) should be indigenously developed or procured from abroad, hit a new high after a report in the media alleging that the IAF was trying to scuttle the development of the BTA by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Home Minister lists out security initiatives taken during the yearThe Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde who has completed one year as Home Minister, in his report has listed out various initiatives taken...
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CORPORATE
HAL signs MoU with Transparency International IndiaHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Transparency International India (TII) for adoption of integrity pact (IP).
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TECHNOLOGY
Harnessing new ideasGunners, patrol personnel, cooks, medics and other soldiers who wear helmets for long periods of time could get much needed head and neck relief from a revolutionary device developed...
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
India's cruise missile
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochIt was quite apparent that to meet the operational need of a medium range cruise missile, India will have to go the indigenous route...
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AEROSPACE
Navy's Boeing P-8I touches down at the Emerald IslandsThe Boeing P-8I, a long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare (LRMR/ASW) aircraft of the Indian Navy, made its maiden landing at the INS Utkrosh airfield on August 6.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Kim Kardashian records 'accessed'Six workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been fired after it was discovered that patient records were “inappropriately accessed” between June 18 and 24, and Kim Kardashian may have been one of the patients.
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CORPORATE
ATK announces new appointmentsATK has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Stephen M. Nolan as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. Nolan (right top) was previously interim Senior Vice President of Business Development.
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TECHNOLOGY
ARL, Purdue University research of 3-D printing to fix damaged on-the-spot in combat zonesNew technology being developed by research engineers at the US Army Research Laboratory and Purdue University will soon help just about any soldier deployed in far-off locations to immediately spot and fix damaged aircraft and ground vehicle parts.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Indigenous aircraft carrier – A crowning glory
By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil RamsayThe glorious moment in the annals of India’s indigenous shipbuilding industry arrived amidst chanting of verses from the Vedas, at CSL, Kochi...
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AEROSPACE
F-35B completes 500th vertical landingThe Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft completed its 500th vertical landing on August 3. BF-1, the aircraft which completed this achievement, also accomplished the variant’s first...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Security lapses hit tourism in LebanonThe recent kidnappings of two Turkish pilots will weigh heavily on Lebanon’s tourism sector, which has already lost $40 million in revenues...
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CORPORATE
Polaris India donates five vehicles to Uttarakhand GovernmentPolaris India Pvt. Ltd, the world leader in off-road and allterrain vehicles has donated five off road vehicles to Uttarakhand Government...
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
India celebrates 66 years of Independence
By R. ChandrakanthIt was at the Red Fort in Delhi, the first Indian P.M. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru...
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AEROSPACE
One million flight hours for Apache targeting and pilotage sensorLockheed Martin and the US Army celebrated one million flight hours for the modernised target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
US survey finds 9,600 cases of security misconductTransportation Security Administration officers were cited for more than 9,600 cases of misconduct from 2010 to 2012, according to a new government report that shows agency employees often received light punishments for sneaking prohibited items past scanners or napping on the job.
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MILITARY1
Indian Navy's INS Sindhurakshak catches fire, 18 feared deadA massive fire took place after a series of explosion onboard INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo class submarine of the Indian Navy...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Fire Scout surpasses flight hour record aboard USS Samuel B. RobertsHelicopter Strike Maritime Squadron (HSM) 46, Det. 9 recently surpassed...
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MILITARY1
Nuclear reactor on INS Arihant goes criticalIndia recently activated the atomic reactor onboard the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant paving way for its operational deployment by the Indian Navy soon, thus completing the capability on land, air and sea.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
T-20 UAV flies highThe Arcturus T-20 unmanned aerial vehicle flew to an altitude of 23,500’MSL during a training flight at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyoming.
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MILITARY1
Prithvi-II hits target in a flawless user missionA missile unit of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) recently launched the indigenously developed surface-to-surface/nuclear capable Prithvi II missile with a strike range of around 350 km, from the test range at Chandipur...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
TOR Robotics introduces Q-4 DroneTOR Robotics, a San Francisco, California based manufacturer, has introduced the Q-4, a fully autonomous robotic VTOL drone.
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MILITARY1
Exelis to supply advanced jamming podsExelis has received a $68 million multiyear indefinite-delivery, indefinitequantity contract to continue supplying the Advanced Capability Pod (ACaP) to the US Air Force and US Navy for use on F-15, F-16 and F/A-18 tactical aircraft.
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