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SP's MAI - Issue No. 1 | January 01-15, 2012

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Firming west of Indian Ocean
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  China has already cemented its foothold in the Indian Ocean by gaining rights to explore polymetallic sulphide...

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  AEROSPACE
  Air Chief flies Su-30MKI

  Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, Chief of the Air Staff, flew a one-hour sortie in a Su-30MKI at Pune airbase recently.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Reliance-Raytheon homeland security JV soon

  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is in the advanced stage of talks with American defence contractor, Raytheon, to form a joint venture (JV) which will look at opportunities for developing homeland security solutions in India and abroad.

• CORPORATE
  Safran and Thales sign optronics partnership agreement

  Through this joint venture Thales and Safran will be combing their respective areas of expertise in optronics, and expand their offering of products and services to cover emerging needs for new defence systems, including both modernisation programmes and original equipment.

• TECHNOLOGY
  Rotorcraft beyond current capabilities

  The Vehicle Technology Directorate of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) led a workshop with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently to develop a cohesive plan that incorporates government

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Tickling youth nationalism
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  Core of lack of nationalism perhaps lies in our education curriculum that is focused solely on imparting ‘education’.

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  AEROSPACE
  US Air Force awards Northrop Grumman JSTARS contract

  The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a 30-month, $540 million contract for total system support responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C joint surveillance target attack radar system (Joint STARS) fleet.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Finmeccanica and Northrop Grumman team to meet NATO’s cyber security needs

  Finmeccanica, through its Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions team, and...

• CORPORATE
  General Dynamics acquires Force Protection

  General Dynamics has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Force Protection in a deal worth approximately $360 million.

• TECHNOLOGY
  Combat wounds in Iraq: study

  An abstract presented recently at the American College of Surgeons annual Clinical Congress provided a comprehensive look at all combat wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2005-09.

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  MILITARY
  Defexpo from March 29

  The next Defexpo will be held in New Delhi from March 29-April 1, 2012. The seventh Defexpo-2012, billed to be the largest of its kind in Asia, is expected to be attended by official delegations from 90 countries.

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  AEROSPACE
  IAF accomplishes long-range special operations mission

  Recently, the Indian Air Force (IAF) simulated a piracy contingency at Campbell Bay in Nicobar Islands (the furthermost Island territory of India)...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  SANS Institute cyber award to DHS

  The SANS Institute announced that the DHS National Cyber Security Division and Idaho National Laboratory have won the 2011...

• CORPORATE
  Oricopa Millog subsidiary

  Patria’s subsidiary Millog Oy intends to acquire the company that comprises Oricopa Oy and business of Insta Def Sec Oy. The new company will continue to operate under the name of Oricopa Oy and become a fully-owned subsidiary of Millog Oy.

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  MILITARY
  Javelin anti-tank missiles for UAE

  The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible foreign military sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates of 260 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and...

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  AEROSPACE
  Japan picks F-35 Lightning II

  The Japan Ministry of Defense has announced its selection of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s (JASDF) next generation fighter aircraft, following the F-X competitive bid process.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Celebrity passport applications breach

  A US Government passport office employee was arrested for using her computer passport security privileges to gain access to the confidential passport data and passport applications of over 100 celebrities...

• CORPORATE
  Tyco acquires Visonic of Israel

  Tyco International has completed the acquisition of Visonic Ltd, a developer and manufacturer of electronic security systems and components, for approximately $100 million in cash.

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  MILITARY
  DRS Technologies award for reset of M1200 Armored Knight systems

  DRS Technologies announced that it received a follow-on FY11 reset contract valued at up to $22.8 million from TACOM life cycle management command (LCMC).

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  AEROSPACE
  First flight of fifth Airbus Military A400M

  The fifth Airbus Military A400M airlifter has made its first flight, marking the end of a highly successful year for the programme and meaning that the full fleet of Grizzly development aircraft is now in the air...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Rosenbergs passed on nuclear secrets

  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American communists who were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.

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  MILITARY
  Sagem modernises Seoul’s submarines

  The world specialist in inertial navigation, particularly for warships, Sagem (Safran) has been awarded the contract to modernise South Korean submarines.

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  AEROSPACE
  Australia to buy C-27J aircraft

  The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a possible foreign military sale to Australia for 10 C-27J aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Internal security capacity expansion

  The Indian Government has taken several measures during 2011 to build capacity to meet the challenge to internal security.

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  MILITARY
  BAE Systems bags two armoured vehicle contracts

  BAE Systems Land & Armaments has received two contract awards totalling more than $150 million to provide RG31 and RG32M vehicles to the United Arab Emirates and Sweden.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  US Navy receives X-47B

  Northrop Grumman’s tailless X-47B unmanned combat air system has been delivered to the US Navy following a year of testing.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Terror funding template created

  The Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh has informed the Parliament that a terror funding template (TFT) has been prepared by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in consultation with the Central Intelligence Agency.

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  MILITARY
  Ingalls Shipbuilding delivers San Diego to the US Navy

  Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered the company’s sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), to the US Navy.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Robonic delivers drone catapult to Cassidian

  Robonic has delivered its eighth Robonic Kontio (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launcher to Cassidian.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Army constructs infiltration obstacle in Valley

  The Indian Army has constructed an anti-infiltration obstacle system (AIOS) in Kashmir Valley and Jammu region close to the line of control to check cross border illegal activities including terrorism.

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  MILITARY
  UK invests £400 million in new counter-IED kit

  The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, has announced a £400 million package of protected vehicles and counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) technology to further improve...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Australia selects Kestrel MTI

  The Australian Army has selected the Sentient Kestrel land moving target indicator (MTI) for the Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV)...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Arms factory belonging to IM unearthed

  An arms factory belonging to the Indian Mujahedeen (IM) has been unearthed in Delhi recently, according to the Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh.

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  MILITARY
  RMMV minehunting system meets reliability milestone

  Lockheed Martin completed 500 hours of reliability testing on the US Navy’s remote multi-mission vehicle (RMMV), marking a critical testing milestone.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  UK invests in future combat air systems

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a new £40 million contract with BAE Systems to ensure that the UK retains a leading edge in the next generation of combat air systems.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Ajay Chadha appointed Internal Security Secretary

  Ajay Chadha, a senior IPS officer, has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs.

• MILITARY
  Arms flows to Africa – small volume, big impact: SIPRI

  Arms flows to sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) are small, at only 1.5 per cent of the total volume of global arms transfer.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Raven balloon systems used in UAV flight testing

  Raven Industries Aerostar aided the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section on achieving successful unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests for the autonomous deployment demonstration...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Accenture’s biometric system

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services, a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions.

• MILITARY
  India-China differ on LAC

  The Defence Minister A.K. Antony has said in Parliament that as there was no commonly delineated line of actual control (LAC) between India and China...

• AEROSPACE
  Pratt & Whitney contract for Boeing C-17s sold to India

  Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., recently received a contract to produce the first four F117-PW-100 engines that will power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III for the Indian Air Force.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Boundaries of Security report released

  The Boundaries of Security report from Future Fibre has been released.

• MILITARY
  DRS Technologies contract for IBAS

  DRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica Company, announced that the US Army has awarded the company’s Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) Group a $24.5 million contract to provide engineering services and support...

• AEROSPACE
  India to buy 42 ‘upgraded’ Sukhoi Su-30MKIs

  India has signed a fresh agreement with Russia for the licensed production of 42 Sukhoi fighters for which the Russians will provide technical and equipment support.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  India keen on curbing financial crimes

  No single agency has been set up to probe all financial crimes, however, the Government of India is committed to curb financial crimes.

• MILITARY
  Saab signs an extension contract for Carl-Gustaf ammunition

  Defence and security company Saab has received an extension contract for ammunition to the Carl-Gustaf M3 weapon system.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Successful test firing of RAM Block 2 missile against a UAV

  The first guided test firing of the rolling airframe missile (RAM) Block 2 missile under development was carried out successfully.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Largest vault break-in

  An industrious guerrilla force used the civil disorder in Beirut during January 1976 as the perfect opportunity to rob the vaults of banks.

• MILITARY
  Cassidian signs simulation contract with Spanish Army

  Cassidian Spain recently signed a contract for the development of a new constructive simulator architecture for the Spanish Army.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Lawsuit claims security breached

  Virginia company with offices in Butler County that contracts with the federal government to conduct background and security checks sued three former employees and accused one of them of taking confidential military documents.

• MILITARY
  Navistar Defense receives $134 million for fleet support

  Navistar Defense recently announced that it received a $134 million delivery order for field service representatives (FSRs).

• MILITARY
  Raytheon to modify DDG 1000

  Raytheon Company has been awarded a $254 million contract modification for the completion of software development for the DDG 1000-class destroyer programme.

• MILITARY
  US Army aims for vehicle-based common operating environment

  On the dynamic and complex battlefield, the common operating environment will streamline communications between soldiers in vehicles and higher headquarters...

• MILITARY
  BAE Systems wins JIEDDO role

  BAE Systems will provide a range of services to support the US Department of Defense’ Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) as part of a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity support contract.

• MILITARY
  General Dynamics to upgrade Canadian light armoured vehicles

  The US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded a $126 million contract modification to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada for 73 light armoured vehicles (LAVs) for a foreign military sale (FMS).