SP's MAI Issue No. 13 | July 01-15, 2013 - Military Updates
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Light beyond the tunnel
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochGovernment actually needs to take a call and bifurcate what should be developed by the private sector and what should be by DRDOPSUs in order to give the required impetus to focused defence production
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MILITARY1 / INTERVIEW
Textron committed to develop close relations with Indian companiesInderjit Sial who took over as the President and Managing Director of Textron India in November last year, spoke to SP’s M.A.I. on the company’s varied plans and programmes for the Indian armed forces.
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MILITARY1 / REPORT
Largest rescue and relief operations by the Indian armed forcesIt is considered as the one of the largest rescue operations of the Indian armed forces, evacuating civilians affected by the floods in Uttarakhand...
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MILITARY1 / INTERVIEW
'DPP has evolved as a comprehensive, and robust compilation'In an interview with SP’s Senior Technical Group Editor Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (P&S), Lt General Narendra Singh, gave updates about the different modernisation programmes.
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MILITARY1
DPSUs need to be globally competitive: AntonyThe Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said that the defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) need to compete not just with private organisations but also with global companies, to get orders.
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MILITARY1
MBDA starts MMP integration testsMBDA has started integration tests with MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée – Medium Range Missile) which the company has been developing under its own funding since 2009 to equip the French Army...
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MILITARY1
1,000th Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon delivered to AustraliaThe Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly AM MP has announced the delivery of the 1000th Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon under Project LAND 121 Phase 3A.
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Lockheed Martin's JLTV rolls off assembly lineThe final Lockheed Martin joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV) produced for the programme’s engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase has rolled off the assembly line...