SP's MAI December 01-15, 2011 - Military Updates
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Raging Debate on Armed Forces Special Powers Act in J&K
By General (Retd) V.P. Malik, Former Chief of Army StaffA lot has been written about the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
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Lockheed Martin demonstrates advanced airborne surveillanceDuring a recent European exercise, Lockheed Martin demonstrated advanced border surveillance capabilities from an optionally piloted vehicle.
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Sweden gets Rheinmetall’s armoured engineering vehicleRheinmetall Defence has handed over the first “Kodiak” AEV 3 S armoured engineering vehicle to the Swedish armed forces procurement agency (FMV, Försvarets Materiel Verk).
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DGA delivers first landing catamaranThe French defence procurement agency, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), took delivery, on November 24 in Toulon, of the first fast amphibious landing craft (EDAR)...
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IDF’s future field intelligence vehicleAn Israeli invention will soon be changing the world of field intelligence technology—the IDF’s field intelligence corps’s “Granite” vehicle.
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MSFVs shipped to Afghan National ArmyThe US Army took another significant step forward in the strategic withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan last week with the shipment of the first 18 production mobile strike force vehicles (MSFVs) to theatre.
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Advanced hypersonic weapon concept testedOn November 17, the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command conducted the first test flight of the advanced hypersonic weapon (AHW) concept.
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New ammunition combines four artillery cartridges into oneThe US Program Executive Office for Ammunition has started testing a new artillery round that will provide soldier’s with superior performance as well as lighten the military logistics burden.
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DRS Defense Solutions introduces backpack version of MAGICDRS Defense Solutions announced that its Intelligence, Communications and Avionics Solutions (ICAS) business unit has successfully tested the man-portable backpack version of its MAGIC (mobile mapping of air and ground intelligence collection)...
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Aerojet system development for SM-3 Block IIA missileAerojet has been competitively selected by Raytheon Missile Systems to complete the development of the throttling divert and attitude control system (TDACS) for the standard missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA programme, an advanced version of the SM-3 now in development.
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General Dynamics to support naval sea systems commandGeneral Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract for hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) machinery and systems support by the US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD).
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General Dynamics gets Egyptian Abrams tank-related workThe US TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $395 million contract for work under the Egyptian tank co-production programme.
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Terma introduces electronic warfare management systemTo address new requirements in US and international markets, Terma is announcing introduction of a new version of the successful ALQ-213 countermeasures management system processor otherwise known as the electronic warfare management system (EWMS).
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MBDA contract for destruction of complex munitionsThe NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) awarded MBDA the contract for the destruction of 36,000 complex munitions.
