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SP's MAI - Issue No. 17 | September 01-15, 2014

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  New acquisitions - Boost to domestic industry
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  In a major push to defence manufacturing in India the DAC...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Indo-Israel agreements

  The Ambassador of Israel to India Daniel Carmon called on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi recently. The two sides have Agreement on Homeland and Public Security...

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  CORPORATE
  Defence Minister reviews submarine construction at MDL

  Defence Minister Arun Jaitley accompanied by Admiral R.K. Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff, visited Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, on August 27 and reviewed the progress of the Project 75...

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  TECHNOLOGY / REPORT
  Aircraft set to become more human as engineers develop smart skin which can detect injury

  Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Better prospects for speedy modernization
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  These latest decisions by the NDA government clearly reflects their appreciation of the need to modernise the armed forces quickly while also pushing its agenda of “Made in India”.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Toddler delays Obama speech

  The US President Barack Obama was about to address the nation on Iraq recently when the briefing was delayed because of a security breach...

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  CORPORATE
  Hervé Guillou becomes Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DCNS

  French President François Hollande has ratified the proposal of the DCNS Board of Directors to appoint Hervé Guillou as Chairman...

• TECHNOLOGY / REPORT
  Ground X-Vehicle technology aims to break the 'more armour' paradigm for protection

  For the past 100 years of mechanised warfare, protection for ground-based armoured fighting vehicles and their occupants has boiled down almost exclusively to a simple equation...

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  MILITARY / FEATURE
  49 per cent is not enough!
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The million-dollar question is that have we facilitated FDI as to attract foreign firms in our defence sector? Ironically, the reply is a big NO.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  BSF briefs Home Minister on situation in Jammu & Kashmir

  The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by the Director General of Border Security Force Devendra Kumar Pathak recently on the ground situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  FDI in defence: A growth driver for the industry

  Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce, India and South Asia
  
  The Indian defence industry, which has grown substantially in the recent years, is poised for even better days.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Bangladesh delegation meets Home Minister

  A Bangladesh delegation led by Major General Aziz Ahmed, Director General Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) called on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently.

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  Step in the right direction

  Joseph J. Battaglia, President & CEO, Telephonics
  
  I believe that increasing the FDI limit from 26 per cent to 49 per cent is certainly a step in the right direction.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  India, Sri Lanka share notes on narcotics

  The first Director General-level talks between Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India and Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) of Sri Lanka were held at New Delhi recently.

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  OEMs seek higher control of business

  Ram Prasad, Managing Director, Rockwell Collins India
  
  While the limit increase is not a major difference to Rockwell Collins and other investors, the changed mind set of the government is encouraging.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  DG of CISF holds additional charge

  O.P. Singh, presently Additional Director General, CISF will hold the additional charge of the post of Director General, National Disaster Response Force from September 1, 2014...

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  Yves Guillaume, President of Airbus India Group

  Raising the FDI cap in defence to 49 per cent is a step in the right direction and we welcome it. However, we remain of the opinion that enhancing the cap further, i.e. allowing foreign OEMs to form joint ventures with local partners wherein the former have the management control...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  UPS data breach

  UPS Stores, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, said that a security breach may have led to the theft of customer credit and debit data at 51 UPS franchises in the United States recently.

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  MILITARY / OEMSPEAK
  Eric Lenseigne, Managing Director of Thales in India

  We have been present in India for the past 60 years and are here to stay because we believe we can contribute to the development of the country in the various fields where our solution, technology, and capability can be used.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Indiana University reports potential data exposure

  In February this year, Indiana University notified the Indiana Attorney General’s office of the potential exposure of personal data for some students and recent graduates.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Accelerating indigenization
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  US Deputy Defense Secretary had assured that the US aims to take the Indo-US defence relationship to the next level and help India raise the indigenisation of its defence systems.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Kolkata and Kamorta - Pride of Indian Navy
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Though the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the Indian Navy country’s most modern and ferocious warship INS Kolkata...

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  MILITARY
  Prime Minister addresses armed forces personnel at Leh

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed officers, soldiers and air warriors of the Indian Army and Air Force at Leh recently. He condemned the continuing proxy war by Pakistan.