SP's MAI - Issue No. 23 | December 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 / REPORT
Our enthusiasm is 100 per cent, the industry has to respond: Navy Chief on Self-Reliance
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAt the customary Navy Day press conference held at New Delhi, CNS Admiral D.K. Joshi gave updates of various Indian Navy programmes...
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
InterGlobe and CAE set up India's largest pilot training facility
By R. ChandrakanthInterGlobe Enterprises and CAE recently inaugurated their ultramodern pilot training facility in Greater Noida in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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INTERNAL SECURITY
India facing multifarious internal security challenges: Home MinisterThe Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who inaugurated the three day conference of Directors General of Police (DGPs) in New Delhi recently, said that India is facing multifarious challenges on the internal security...
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CORPORATE
Abu Dhabi Ship Building and Navantia sign MoUAbu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), leading shipbuilder and naval support provider in the Gulf region, and Navantia, the Spanish state-owned reference company in design, construction, integration and life-cycle support...
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TECHNOLOGY / VIEWPOINT
Technology boosts terror
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe 3D weapons will likely be commercialised fastest in India. What we need to understand is that India has to fight terror by itself.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Equipping Special Forces
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochBeing under different chains of command, there is little commonality in equipment of the Military’s Special Forces.
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
FICCI cautions MoD against rollback of RFP to replace IAF's ageing Avro fleet
By SP’s CorrespondentThe FICCI has cautioned the government against reexamination...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Since Monica Seles' 1993 stabbing, security for tennis icons heightedOn April 30, 1993, Gunther Parche ran down from the middle of the stands and stabbed Monica Seles...
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CORPORATE
Paramount acquires majority stake in Nautic AfricaParamount Group, Africa’s largest privately-owned defence and aerospace firm, has acquired a majority (51 per cent) stake in Cape Townbased Nautic Africa, one of the continent’s leading specialist shipbuilding and maritime...
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TECHNOLOGY
Results from Army, university tests could improve vibration testing for auto, aviation industriesResults from a recent study that looked at how battlefield-born vibrations, like those from blasts and heavy armoured vehicles...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Building confidence
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe third round of India-China joint army exercises held recently in China was in sharp contrast to the recent video clips shown on Indian news channels...
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AEROSPACE
Chief of Royal Malaysian Air Force calls on Indian Air ChiefGeneral Tan Sri Dato Sri Rodzali Bin Daud, Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force who was on a four-day visit to India, called on Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Man bolts past airport security and into plane at SeattleA possibly intoxicated man allegedly bolted past terminal security, ran onto the tarmac and broke into an airplane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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CORPORATE
Brazil picks Thales, Arianespace for satellite contractVisiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A. and Telebras formally recently signed a contract to supply the defense and strategic communications geostationary satellite (SGDC) system.
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TECHNOLOGY
Chips meet tubesThe submillimeter wave, or terahertz, part of the electromagnetic spectrum falls between the frequencies of 0.3 and 3 terahertz, between microwaves and infrared light.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Invest in manufacturing: Kapil Sibal to US industry
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAt the Indo-US Resurgence Summit held at New Delhi, Indian and US industry leaders converge and look forward to developing a stronger partnership
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers C-17 cargo compartment trainer to Royal Australian Air ForceBoeing has delivered a full-scale C-17 Globemaster III cargo compartment trainer (CCT) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Plan to deploy troops on Indo-Myanmar borderA plan to deploy 41,000 troops and setting up of Rs. 5,000-crore infrastructure will be on the government’s table this week as it looks to replace Assam Rifles with the Border Security Force (BSF) to guard the porous Indo-Myanmar border.
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MILITARY1
First ever joint India-Russia Air Force exercise to be held in 2014Meeting just two days after the successful commissioning of the much-awaited aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy...
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AEROSPACE
Northrop Grumman to supply air defence radar systems to Royal Thai Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Royal Thai Air Force to supply additional AN/TPS-78 air defence and surveillance radar systems.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Vermont health-care website security breachedVermont recently confirmed that a security breach of the state’s health-care exchange website gave at least one user access to another resident’s social security number, a disclosure that has the exchange’s top official in hot water.
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MILITARY1
Antony compliments Navy on commissioning of INS VikramadityaComplimenting the Indian Navy for the commissioning of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that coupled...
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AEROSPACE
Marine Wing Commander endorses aerial refuelling mission for V-22 OspreyBell Helicopter-Boeing Co. proposal to use the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft as a refuelling tanker has the endorsement of one of the Marine Corp’s...
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Turkish derby incident a security lapse, says Deputy PMThe Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister, Bulent Arinc has pointed to security negligence in the failure to prevent groups from invading the pitch at the Besiktas-Galatasaray football match in what he called an incident “orchestrated for provocation”.
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MILITARY1
Spanish ship ESPS Cantabria in GoaAfter spending a year in Australia, the Spanish combat supply ship ESPS Cantabria arrived at Mormugao Port, Goa, on November 26. This port visit to India is the ship’s second stop on its journey back to Spain after 10 days...
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AEROSPACE
Peru selects Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan tactical airlifterAlenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica Company, has been selected to supply the Peruvian Ministry of Defense with 2 C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters.
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MILITARY1
Aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford takes first voyageHuntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division launched Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) into the James River for the first time in November.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers third P-8I to IndiaThe third Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived recently in India, on schedule.
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MILITARY1
Thales to supply mission suite for Indonesian PKR vesselsThales announced the signing of a contract with the Dutch shipyard Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the delivery and installation of a full mission systems suite for the two PKR class vessels under construction for the Indonesian Navy.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Israel Aerospace Industries' UAS surpass one million operational flight hoursIsrael Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have accumulated over one million operational flight hours worldwide...
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MILITARY1
Hagel visits first Zumwalt class destroyerThe US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the not-yet-launched Zumwalt class destroyer he toured recently “represents the cutting-edge of our naval capabilities.”
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman delivers additional MQ-8C Fire Scout to US NavyNorthrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the US Navy...
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MILITARY1
Sagem navigation system for Indonesian submarinesSagem (Safran) beat out an international field to win the contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) of South Korea as prime contractor...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Dutch choose Reaper unmanned aircraftFrom late 2016, Netherlands Defence will be able to collect aerial information with the MQ-9 Reaper...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Piaggio Aero P.1HH Hammerhead UAS programme achieves first flightPiaggio Aero, Selex ES, announced at the Dubai Airshow 2013...
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AEROSPACE
Lockheed delivers 13th Super Galaxy transportLockheed Martin delivered its 13th C-5M Super Galaxy to the US Air Force from its facilities recently. Maj General Kenneth D. Merchant, Director, Global Reach Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, D.C.
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AEROSPACE
Rossell Techsys gets order from Boeing for manufacturing of wire harnessesRossell India has received an order from Boeing for wire harness manufacturing for the company’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet.
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