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SP's MAI - Issue No. 7-8 | April 1-30, 2016

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  A welcome breakthrough!
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  With the breakthrough in the deal of the 36 Rafale jets, finally, there is the proverbial ‘light at the end of the tunnel’!

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  AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
  Super Hornet or the Fighting Falcon?
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The requirement of the IAF is not for a lightweight fighter but for a medium to heavyweight combat aircraft capable of operating over long range without in-flight refuelling...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Belgium's Transport Minister resigns

  The Belgium Transport Minister Jacqueline Galant has resigned following accusations of security lapses prior to the March terrorist attacks in Brussels.

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  CORPORATE
  HAL conferred with 'SCOPE Excellence Award'

  The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been conferred with ‘SCOPE Excellence Award’ for outstanding contribution to the Public Sector Management.

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  DPP 2016 — The long and short of it
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  The Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 (DPP) was released by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on March 28, 2016...

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  AEROSPACE
  Mighty Jets: 55 years of strategic reach

  Mighty Jets, one of the oldest transport squadrons of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with its motto of ‘Ishtam Yatnen Sadyet’ that translates into ‘Achieve Goals through Perseverance,’ celebrated its 55th anniversary on March 31, 2016.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  US border not impregnable

  Security issues were found at nearly all of the US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) remote facilities along the southwest border...

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  CORPORATE
  Thales and Airbus to produce new digital maps

  The French National Geographic and Forestry Information Institute (IGN) has awarded the Thales-Airbus Defence and Space consortium the GeoMaps contract for the next six years.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Deepening partnership — India and US
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  The fourth meeting (April 11, 2016) within a span of one year between Indian Defence...

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  AEROSPACE
  Embraer selects Rheinmetall Germany for KC-390 programme

  Embraer Defense & Security announced that it has selected the German company Rheinmetall Defence Electronics Simulation and Training to develop and deliver the training media suite for the KC-390 military transport jet.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Temple fire due to security lapses

  Serious security lapses in handling of explosives led to the fire disaster at Puttingal temple in Kollam, Kerala, on April 10, Chief Controller of Explosives said in a report submitted to the Government of India.

• CORPORATE
  JFD wins £193-million significant Indian Navy submarine rescue contract

  JFD, the leading global subsea operations and engineering company and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announced that it has been awarded a £193-million contract by the Indian Navy...

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  MILITARY / INDO-US RELATIONSHIP
  India-United States Joint Statement

  Following is the text of the Indo-US Joint Statement on the visit of Secretary of Defense Dr Ashton Carter to India from April 10-13, 2016

• AEROSPACE
  BEL hands over EOIR payloads to IAF

  The Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru, handed over the first lot of two numbers of electro-optic infrared (EOIR) payloads for helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Chennai on March 21, 2016.

• CORPORATE
  Saab and Tata to develop and manufacture self-protection systems

  Defence and security company Saab and Indian company Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division have started the process of manufacturing self-protection systems for land-based platforms...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Nuclear Security Summit and the ground realities
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  While President Barack Obama talked of “one of the greatest threats to global security — terrorists getting their hands on a weapon of mass destruction”...

• AEROSPACE
  India to acquire Raytheon Stinger missiles

  The Indian Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense to acquire Stinger air-to-air missiles made by Raytheon Company.

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  MILITARY / SHOW REPORT
  Defexpo highlights 'Make in India' possibilities
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Quitol in Goa may be back of beyond. But from March 27 to 31...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  South China Sea — Dragon laying eggs
  By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  India has never claimed the Indian Ocean but China has been saying periodically that Indian Ocean does not belong to India—exhibiting the intellect of a special child.

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  MILITARY / SPOTLIGHT
  Commissioning of offshore patrol vessel ICGS Shoor

  The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Shoor, the second ship in the series of six offshore patrol vessels (OPV), was commissioned at Goa by Nitin Gadkari...