SP's MAI - Issue No. 20 | October 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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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Pakistan duplicity reinforced
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe security of military establishments and garrisons must be beefed up with the army going proactive.
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
Indian Air Force growing from strength to strengthOn October 8, 1932, the Indian Air Force (IAF) was officially established as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
India should have jurisdiction to prosecute cyber attackers: MinisterThe Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal suggested that India should...
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CORPORATE
Strategic alliance to boost defence scienceThe Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and BAE Systems Australia have entered into a new strategic alliance to enhance collaboration on defence technologies.
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TECHNOLOGY
Army lab finding efficient ways to convert JP-8 to hydrogen for fuel cells for portable electric power in the fieldWhat if soldiers could convert JP-8 to clean hydrogen fuel for fuel cell applications anywhere and anytime they need it?
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MILITARY
Successful launch of Prithvi-II missileA missile unit of the elite Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully launched the indigenously developed surfaceto-surface nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km...
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AEROSPACE
IAF Rapid Action Medical Team has baptism in OdishaA 37-member Indian Air Force (IAF) Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) comprising three doctors including a surgeon, anaesthetist and a lady medical officer accompanied by two nursing officers...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
E-commerce software vulnerable to hackersOnline transactions rely on a trusted third party, or “cashier,” who bridges the gap between vendors and their customers.
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CORPORATE
Agreement cements DSTO and SaabCollaboration on maritime combat systems is the focus of a new strategic alliance signed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and Saab Systems.
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MILITARY
C-IED manual neutralisation techniques courses and exercisesAustria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Sweden have signed a letter of intent expressing their interest in pooling resources and expertise...
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AEROSPACE
Dhruv clocks 1,00,000 flying hours, boosts India's indigenous development programmeThe first indigenous chopper of India, Dhruv, the advanced light helicopter (ALH), designed, developed, produced and maintained by the HAL.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
US Army announces cyber security collaborative research allianceCyber-security is critical to protecting Army systems from sophisticated...
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CORPORATE
Thales and Schneider Electric team up on cyber securityUnder a new cooperation agreement, Thales and Schneider Electric will jointly propose cyber security solutions to essential operators and industry and defence customers to protect their automation and command-and-control systems from attacks.
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MILITARY
Al Shamikh arrives in OmanThe Royal Navy of Oman organised a reception at Said bin Sultan Naval Base to welcome Al Shamikh, the first of the three Khareef class warships built by BAE Systems under the sultanate’s Project Khareef.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers 5th Canadian CH-147F Chinook helicopterBoeing has delivered the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) fifth CH-147F Chinook helicopter one month ahead of schedule and only three months after the arrival of the first in June...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Hillary Clinton's security erases photo taken by 'fan' on his smartphoneAt a convention in Miami where former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
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CORPORATE
Lockheed Martin opens cyber security intelligence centre in AustraliaLockheed Martin has opened its fourth Security Intelligence Centre (SIC) in Canberra, continuing the company’s international extension of its cyber defence network.
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MILITARY
Harris gets $65-million network maintenance contractHarris Corporation (HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $65-million contract modification to provide worldwide satellite data and communications support...
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AEROSPACE
US Navy stands up F-35C Squadron at EglinRecently the US Navy and the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, officially reconstituted the highly decorated VFA-101 Grim Reapers Squadron during ceremonies held on the Emerald Coast.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Left-wing extremism declining: Home MinisterThe Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde recently reviewed left-wing extremism (LWE) with the Chief Secretaries, the Directors General of Police of the nine LWE-affected states and the representatives of the CAPFs.
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MILITARY
UK MoD places new order for Thales's Starstreak missilesThales UK has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a further 200 Starstreak short-range surface-to-air missiles, a key component of the UK’s ground based air defence (GBAD) capability.
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AEROSPACE
F-35 Lightning II programme surpasses 10,000 flight hoursThe Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme continues its operational maturation, surpassing 10,000 flight hours in September. More than half of the total hours were accumulated in just the past 11 months.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
US, Canada, Australia and Europe easing airport security liquid restrictionsAir travellers in Canada, the US, Australia and Europe may soon be able to bring larger bottles of water and other liquids through airport security again, thanks to high-tech screening methods that will be able to chemically identify liquid explosives.
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MILITARY
Raytheon demonstrates new seeker technology for Tomahawk Block IV missileRaytheon Company completed a successful field test of an advanced electronic support measure seeker installed in a Block IV Tomahawk missile...
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AEROSPACE
Two new Rafales delivered to "Cote d'Argent" SquadronAfter being handed over to the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on September 12, 2013, the two-seat Rafale registered B 339—the first production 4th tranche production aircraft—arrived on September 17...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Cabin baggage security tagsAir travellers who lose security tags on their luggage or whose cabin baggage is inadvertently not stamped will no longer have to trudge to the security check from boarding gates under revamped scrutiny procedures at Indian airports.
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MILITARY
30-tonne propellers on aircraft carrier Gerald R. FordHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has put on significant weight in the dry dock at its Newport News Shipbuilding division with the installation of four 30-tonne bronze propellers.
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AEROSPACE
Rockwell Collins CAAS cockpit onboard first Boeing Chinook delivery to CanadaThe Rockwell Collins common avionics architecture system (CAAS) cockpit is featured on the first CH-147 Chinook helicopter...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Woman refused McNuggets, attacks attendant, captured on security cameraSecurity camera footage of a Toledo woman attacking a drivethru attendant after being refused Chicken McNuggets has gone viral on YouTube.
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MILITARY
Raytheon awarded US Navy next-gen air and missile defence radar contractRaytheon Company has been awarded a $38,57,42,176 cost-plus-incentivefee contract for the engineering and modeling development phase design, development, integration, test and delivery of air and missile defence S-band radar (AMDR-S) and radar suite controller (RSC).
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AEROSPACE
Bell to demo V-280 tiltrotor for JMR-TD programmeBell Helicopter announced that the US Army has awarded a technology investment agreement for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator programme to Bell Helicopter based on its Bell V-280 Valor.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Kid hops on to flight without credentialsA nine-year-old boy who recently hopped a flight to Las Vegas from Minnesota had carefully planned the jaunt and practised sneaking through security at the Minneapolis International Airport, according to new details about his trip.
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MILITARY
TCS wins radio order from US Army WIN-TUltra Electronics, TCS has received a multimillion award from US Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) for Ultra Orion GRC-245C radio systems.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Watchkeeper receives STDA from UK Military Aviation AuthorityThales UK announced that its Watchkeeper unmanned air system (UAS)...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
2.9 million Adobe customers hit in data breachHackers have recently breached the servers of Adobe, stealing data on 2.9 million customers and the source code from at least three of its products, the software company stated recently.
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MILITARY
Saab bags order for combat management and radar systems from Royal Thai NavyDefence and security company Saab has signed a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Korea, for development and integration of combat management and radar systems on a new frigate for the Royal Thai Navy.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman maturing key Triton unmanned aircraft sensorNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has completed more than 25 flight...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
SenseFly map the MatterhornA team of senseFly engineers marked a new milestone in surveying techniques’ history by demonstrating that mini-drone mapping technology...
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AEROSPACE
Ceremonial handover of Gripen to Thailandeptember 11, 2013, was an eventful day for the countries cooperating on Gripen, not only for Switzerland and the Czech Republic. A traditional ceremony took place in Surat Thani in Thailand when the Royal Thai Air Force received the last six Gripen aircraft of the 12 ordered.
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AEROSPACE
MC-12W Liberty passes 3,00,000 flying hoursBeale MC-12W Liberty aircraft surpassed 3,00,000 combat flying hours at a forward operating base in Afghanistan in September.
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