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SP's MAI - Issue No. 14 | July 16-31, 2012

Issue Features

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  MILITARY
  Raytheon’s Exoatmospheric kill vehicle in demand

  Raytheon was awarded a $636-million development and sustainment contract to provide the Exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) to Boeing, which is the prime contractor for the groundbased mid-course defence programme.

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  AEROSPACE
  Indian Coast Guard - Aviation
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  The Indian Coast Guard is the principal agency for enforcement of provisions of all national enactment in force in the Maritime Zones of India (MZI) and provides following services to the nation and marine community.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Second Jilani-Geelani nuptial
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  If Pakistan had any sincerity in mending fences with India, it would not have sent Jilani to India after he had been unceremoniously kicked out...

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  CORPORATE
  Boeing, Elbit Systems to collaborate to market Hermes 450 and 900 UAS

  The Boeing Company and Elbit Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the marketing and sales of Elbit Systems’...

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Need for Seamless Integrated Planning
  By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

  Forever a victim of its die-hard habit of sensationalising any and every bit of news, the Indian media has once again tried to give an ominous twist to the inter-service relations within the armed forces.

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  Defence orders in a tailspin
  By R. Chandrakanth in Farnborough

  On the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow—primarily a commercial aerospace show—a £50 million defence contracts...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  India-Pakistan joint group on maritime borders

  The meeting of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group to work out a mechanism for release of fishermen and their boats who cross maritime borders inadvertently was held recently.

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  CORPORATE
  New Raytheon Standard Missile factory almost ready

  Raytheon Company’s all-up-round Standard Missile production facility in Huntsville, Alabama, is nearing completion.

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  MILITARY
  Sagem’s Hammer air-toground guided weapon tested

  French defence procurement agency DGA has successfully carried out the first qualification firing test of the laser terminal guidance version of the AASM Hammer modular air-to-ground weapon built by Sagem (Safran group).

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012 | INTERVIEW
  Globemaster C-17 arguably the most efficient airlifter
  By R. Chandrakanth in Farnborough

  The Farnborough skies were clear and a team of international journalists, including yours truly, were all set for a sortie on the heaviest airlifter of Boeing, the Globemaster C-17.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Anti-counterfeiting day observed

  The world observed ‘anti-counterfeiting day’ on June 13, 2012. The issue of counterfeiting is big in India and as per the latest report by the Ministry of Home Affairs large quantities of fake Indian currency notes (FICN)...

• CORPORATE
  ITT Exelis, EADS North America and Cassidian join forces in electronic warfare

  ITT Exelis, EADS North America and Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, will work together to provide enhanced electronic warfare solutions, particularly in the area of aircraft survivability equipment.

• MILITARY
  Australian Defence Capability Plan

  The Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare recently released the 2012 Defence Capability Plan (DCP), which has priority projects planned for the four-year forward estimates period. The DCP contains 111 projects, or phases of projects, worth approximately $153 billion.

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  Saab unveils new surveillance aircraft

  Defence and security company Saab unveiled its new Saab 340 Maritime Security aircraft which is capable of effectively monitoring large areas and is the key to maritime domain awareness.

• CORPORATE
  Sagem and MTU Aero Engines create JV

  Sagem (Safran group) and MTU Aero Engines announced the signature of an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture, AES Aerospace Embedded Solutions GmbH to provide safety-critical software and hardware for military and civil aviation applications.

• MILITARY
  L-3 bags contract from USSOCOM

  L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 GCS has been awarded a contract by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop and manufacture very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite systems.

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  MBDA launches Spear

  MBDA, Europe’s leading missile systems company, unveiled Spear, a new, high precision surface attack weapon for fast combat aircraft.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  London Olympics, tighter airport security

  Britain’s Olympic security plans fell under fresh scrutiny, with a newspaper reporting that several people on a terror watch list have been waved through airport border controls...

• CORPORATE
  Rosoboronexport, Selex Elsag, Selex Galileo and WASS join hands to grow patrol aircraft market

  The Russian defence export agency JSC Rosoboronexport and the Finmeccanica companies Selex Elsag, Selex Galileo and WASS have signed, at the Farnborough Airshow...

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  The Russians are coming
  By R. Chandrakanth in Farnborough

  UAC reworks strategy to take on world market

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Averting catastrophe in cyberspace: core requirements

  The information revolution has transformed every facet of commerce and culture, including the military enterprise.

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  Pratt & Whitney delivers first engines for Boeing C-17s to India

  Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corporation has delivered the first four F117 engines for the Indian Air Force...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  British tabloid ‘tests’ Olympic security

  Olympic Games organisers in London said they were looking into a tabloid’s report claiming that a worker had been able to sneak a fake bomb...

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  Indonesian Air Force to buy second batch of A-29 Super Tucano

  The Indonesian Air Force has signed a commercial contract for a second batch of eight light attack and tactical training A-29 Super Tucano.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Munich massacre

  The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Bavaria in south West Germany...

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  AEROSPACE
  Eurocopter’s Puma Mk2 helicopter upgraded

  The upgrade of UK Ministry of Defence Puma aircraft took a major step forward last week with Eurocopter completing its first internal qualification of the Puma Mk2 aircraft.

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  AEROSPACE / SHOW REPORT | FARNBOROUGH 2012
  The NH90 marvels crowds at airshow

  The NH90 new generation helicopter was displayed at Farnborough airshow. The NH90 NFH is the most recent and most flexible helicopter for naval...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Atlanta Summer Games bombing

  The tragic bombing of Centennial Olympic Park, a popular hub for athletes and spectators, took place during an open-air concert, and claimed the lives of two people.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  India and Mozambique sign security cooperation pact

  India and Mozambique have signed an agreement on security cooperation. The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran signed the agreement with Jose Mandra, Minister of Interior, Government of Mozambique at Maputo, Mozambique.

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  AEROSPACE
  Second Boeing P-8I aircraft for India completes first flight

  The second Boeing P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on July 12, taking off from Renton Field at 3:29 p.m. and landing two hours and 14 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle.

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing offers mediumsized maritime surveillance aircraft

  Boeing has announced that it is offering a medium-sized maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) to the global market. MSA builds on technologies developed for Boeing’s larger intelligence, surveillance and...

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  AEROSPACE
  MBDA’s meteor firings conclude with lethal display

  Having now completed 21 air-launched test firings, MBDA is on track to deliver the first production Meteor BVR air-to-air missiles by the year end.

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  AEROSPACE
  Alenia Aermacchi introduces MC-27J, multi-mission version of the Spartan

  Alenia Aermacchi has introduced a new version of the C-27J battlefield airlifter, the MC-27J.

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  AEROSPACE
  Sikorsky wins $8.5 billion contract

  The US Army and Navy have signed an $8.5 billion contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to buy a baseline quantity of 653 Black Hawk and Seahawk helicopters through December 2017.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  BAE Mantis concept demonstrator to fly in the UK

  BAE Systems has announced its intention to re-fly the Mantis UAS concept demonstrator – this time in UK airspace.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  US Navy to land UAV on aircraft carrier

  A team from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System programme office tested communication software for the UCAS-D programme...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Selex set to rollout new Falco Evo UAV

  Selex Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has announced a further export customer for its Falco Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS).

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Taranis passes the test

  Taranis, the UK’s unmanned combat air system technology demonstrator, has successfully completed a series of key tests on the way to commencing...

• AEROSPACE
  Gripen NG flying with Raven ES-05 AESA radar

  The Gripen NG test aircraft is now flying with a Selex Galileo Raven ES-05 AESA radar installed, following extensive testing with an earlier AESA prototype.

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Laser powers Lockheed Martin’s Stalker UAS for 48 hours

  Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flight time to more than 48 hours.