SP's MAI - Issue No. 2 | January 16-31, 2014
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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
Military camouflage towards invisibility
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThough multiple options are available in military camouflage, costs and other considerations like time and effort needed for implementation are factors that dictate the degree of camouflage that a military may adopt.
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AEROSPACE / FEATURE
A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) An integral part of the most efficient and versatile solutions by Airbus Defence & Space
By SP’s CorrespondentA330 MRTT is not only a Tanker but it’s a multi-role machine...
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Surrender of Maoist leaderAn important leader of CPI (Maoist) Party, G. Venkata Krishna Prasad @ Gudsa Usendi, who was the spokesperson for Dandakaranya region, has surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh Police.
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TECHNOLOGY
DARPA's top 10 innovations in 2013Have a look back at the most popular innovations in 2013, based on webpage views of DARPA which are listed from No. 10 to 1.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Army Chief dispels notion that India has defence capability gap with China
By Staff CorrespondentThe Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh has emphatically stated...
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
Honeywell's annual aircraft modelling competition inspires India's future pilots and engineersHoneywell has announced the Air Force Bal Bharati School as the winner of its third annual Aero Club model flying competition in New Delhi.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Security breaches frighten shoppers, storesRetail chain ‘Target’ reacted swiftly to its enormous data breach, but the chain is far from the only company scrambling to mitigate damage...
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MILITARY1
Fast patrol vessel ICGS Abhinav commissionedThe Indian Coast Guard Ship Abhinav, the third in the series of 20 fast patrol vessels (FPVs), designed and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited, was commissioned on January 16 at Kochi...
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AEROSPACE
Rafale F3R standard launchedJean-Yves le Drian, Minister for Defence, handed Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, the “F3R” standard development contract for the Rafale combat aircraft.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Nun faces up to 30 years for breaking into weapons complexOn the outskirts of Knoxville, Tennessee, is the Y-12 National Security Complex, America’s “Fort Knox” of weapons-grade uranium...
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MILITARY1
India and Japan hold defence talksThe Defence Minister of Japan, Itsunori Onodera, who visited India from January 5-8, 2014, as a follow-up to the India-Japan Defence Ministerial meeting held in November 2011...
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AEROSPACE
Thales begins development of newgeneration laser designation podThe French defence procurement agency DGA has awarded Thales with the contract to develop the new-generation laser designation pod (PDL NG).
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INTERNAL SECURITY
US University research on UAV to track missing persons in search and rescue missionsResearch at the University of Cincinnati could soon enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) — similar to US military drones patrolling the skies of Afghanistan — to track down missing persons...
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MILITARY1
India keen on peace in the Indian Ocean Region: PresidentThe President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, held discussions with Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, the President of Maldives, and hosted a banquet in his honour recently at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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AEROSPACE
A400M Atlas flies first operational missionOn December 29 the French Air Force carried out the first operational mission of an A400M Atlas tactical transport aircraft between Orléans-Bricy air base in France and Bamako airport, in Mali.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
US not for bilateral no-spy agreement with GermanyThe United States has refused to enter into a bilateral no-spy agreement with Germany, and has refused to rule out eavesdropping on calls of German political leaders in the immediate future...
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MILITARY1
Successful Prithvi launchA missile unit of the elite Strategic Forces Command (SFC) recently launched a Prithvi missile from the test range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast as part of a scenario based live launch training exercise.
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AEROSPACE
14 Alenia Aermacchi C-27Js transferred to US Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard (USCG) will acquire 14 Alenia Aermacchi C-27Js as part of an intraservice transfer from the United States Air Force (USAF).
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Sentence for vandalismOn June 25, 2010, Oliver Fricker became the second high-profile foreigner (after Michael P. Fay in 1994) to be sentenced to caning for vandalism in Singapore.
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MILITARY1
Harris Corporation bags orders for Falcon radios from NATO countryHarris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received $21 million in orders...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman, US Navy complete nine flights of Triton UASNorthrop Grumman Corporation and the US Navy have completed...
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MILITARY1
Damen cuts steel for first indonesian frigateIn June 2012, the Ministry of Defence of Indonesia and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) signed the contract for the first SIGMA 10514 PKR Frigate.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
France deploys first two Reapers to NigerThe medium altitude long endurance Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles have been delivered to the Niger Air Force.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Unmanned demo aircraft exceeds 10,000 combat flight hoursThe US Navy’s unmanned RQ-4A broad area maritime surveillance demonstrator (BAMS-D) surpassed 10,000 flight hours...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grummans Hunter UAS surpasses 1,00,000 combat flight hoursNorthrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) Hunter unmanned aircraft system...
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AEROSPACE
3D printed parts fly for first time in UK fighter jetsBAE Systems has revealed that 3D printed components created by its engineers have flown for the first time on-board Tornado fighter jets, paving the way for using 3D printed parts in other military kit.
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AEROSPACE
Korea begins installation of ELINT collection equipment in fighter planesThe Korean Agency for Defence Development has succeeded in developing an ELINT (electronic intelligence) and image intelligence collection systems...
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AEROSPACE
Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries' Arrow 3 Interceptor completes 2nd flight testThe next-generation Arrow 3 interceptor, co-developed by Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) MLM Division, has completed its second successful flight test...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
UAV integration with naval combat systems: DCNS opens a new chapter in naval aviationFollowing sea trials conducted from December 9-13, 2013 as part of the Serval unmanned air systems (UAS) programme, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and DCNS have validated...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Development of the stratosphere endurance UAV design technology by 2017Collaborating with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Meteorological Administration, DAPA will develop the stratosphere endurance...
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