SP's MAI - Issue No. 21 | November 01-15, 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
Time to leapfrog technology
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochWhat India needs to learn from China is optimising technology reconfiguration wherein available technology is integrated in multitude of combinations to attain selfreliance
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AEROSPACE
IAF focuses on maintenence and trainingThe second biannual Air Force Commanders’ conference 2013 was held at Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi. The four-day conference was inaugurated by Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, COSC...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
New technique to detect fingerprintsResearchers have developed an innovative product that uses fluorescence to detect fingerprints. This new product, Lumicyano, will make it possible to highlight fingerprints directly, more rapidly, and at a lower cost...
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CORPORATE
Northrop Grumman's F-35 assembly line bags 'Assembly Plant of the Year' awardNorthrop Grumman Corporation’s F-35 integrated assembly line (IAL) was named “Assembly Plant of the Year”...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Net-centric warfare
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochFor transformation into an NCW capable force, we need a NCW doctrine as the start point. Concepts of individual services should flow...
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AEROSPACE
Northrop wins $414 million for J-STARS upgradeNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp., Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, was awarded a $41,45,00,000 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-firm...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Man hops on to German Chancellor's aircraftA 24-year-old man clutching a bag full of marijuana and ecstasy pills managed with relative ease to get on board an empty government jet used...
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CORPORATE
Kaman Aerosystems provides products for Textron AirLand Scorpion programmeKaman Aerosystems announced that its subsidiary, Kaman Composites – Wichita, Inc., provided a number of components...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
C4I2SR
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe ability to protect our information, systems, programmes, people and facilities in a risk management environment directly impacts...
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AEROSPACE
Airbus Military A400M development fleet makes 2,000th flightAirbus Military’s five-strong development fleet of A400M new generation airlifters has completed its 2,000th flight.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
MPs discuss Naxalite issueThe Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached to the Ministry of Home Affairs met in New Delhi recently to discuss the menace of naxalites in the country.
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CORPORATE
Saab combines US defence operationsGlobal defence and security company Saab announced the establishment of Saab Defense and Security USA LLC. This represents the consolidation of several US-based Saab defence companies into a single US defence and homeland security provider.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Filling the capability void
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe key to success will lie in effective command and control across the force.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Gray Eagle completes 20,000 automated take-offs and landingsGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Acoustic detection identifies IEDsA new acoustic detection system, consisting of a phased acoustic array that focuses an intense sonic beam at a suspected improvised explosive device, can determine the difference between those...
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CORPORATE
Boeing marks 30 years of aerospace electronics fabrication in El PasoBoeing and the City of El Paso recently marked three decades of advanced electronics manufacturing for products ranging from spacecraft to fighter jets, bombers and missiles.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Communication for the BMS
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochGovernment needs to examine allotment of a dedicated defence band from the spectrum to meet the bandwidth requirement of the Services...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Raytheon delivers 2,000th multi-spectral targeting systemRaytheon achieved a historic first with the delivery of its 2,000th multi-spectral targeting system (MTS) from its factory in McKinney, Texas.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Hoodwinks security at Port NewarkAn emotionally disturbed man breached security recently at one of US’s busiest ports, boarded a ship and was found in the captain’s cabin.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Geographic information system
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochWhile generally this data has been assumed to pertain to terrain features only, a true GIS ready map should logically cover the complete spectrum...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman sponsors Australia UAV challenge competitionNorthrop Grumman Corporation is sponsoring the 2013 and 2014 UAV...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Student indicted in security breachA grand jury has indicted a former University of Nebraska-Lincoln student in connection to a security breach a year ago.
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MILITARY1 / SHOW REPORT / AUSA 2013
US budget cuts impact defence programmes
By R. ChandrakanthThe US military has a dominating presence in the world.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing begins assembling third KC-46A tanker aircraftBoeing is assembling a third KC-46A test aircraft for the US Air Force’s next-generation aerial refuelling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the programme on schedule to complete production of four test aircraft by the third quarter of 2014.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Philippines airport guards face actionThe agency in charge of security at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport may face sanctions for lapses its guards committed during the fracas between showbiz couple Raymart Santiago...
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MILITARY1 / CURTAIN-RAISER
MSME Defexpo curtain-raiser
By Sucheta Das MohapatraThe National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) is organising the third MSME Defexpo at Bengaluru from December 12-14, 2013...
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MILITARY1
Raytheon Excalibur Ib completes qualification flight testingRaytheon Company fired 84 precision-guided Excalibur Ib all up rounds during qualification flight tests at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
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MILITARY1
MBDA's Brimstone missile hits very fast targetsIn early October MBDA demonstrated significant progress on the Brimstone 2 development programme with a series of successful firings aimed at proving the performance of the latest guidance system upgrades...
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MILITARY1
IAF launches 3G WCDMA cellular networkThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched its 3G cellular network named Air Force Cellular (AFCEL), becoming first among the services to have commissioned its own captive 3G network.
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MILITARY1
IAI developing mine and IED detection systemIsrael Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Ramta’s Division has completed the last phase of engineering testing and has begun building a technology demonstrator of a multisensor system called MIDS...
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