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SP's MAI - Issue No. 11 | June 01-15, 2013

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  China's deadly proxy
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  While more intrusions aimed at nibbling away more territory can be expected from the Chinese python, what we should not gloss over is the asymmetric war that China is waging in India’s heartland tying down our economy, development work and security forces in the process

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  AEROSPACE
  Team Spartan competing for Royal Canadian Air Force's FWSAR programme

  Alenia Aermacchi, General Dynamics Canada, and DRS Technologies Canada Ltd (TCL) have signed a comprehensive teaming agreement...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Indian Home Minister meets US Secretary for Homeland Security

  The Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, during his recent visit to the United States of America, met senior government functionaries...

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  CORPORATE
  Avinash Chander is the new DRDO chief

  Dr Avinash Chander has been appointed as the new Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and Director General of the DRDO.

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  MILITARY / EXPERT OPINION
  Arms Trade Treaty: Implications for India
  By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

  On April 2, 2013, the 193-member United Nations approved the first-ever global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with an aim to regulate the $70 billion arms trade.

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  AEROSPACE
  F-35B completes first vertical take-off

  A Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II test aircraft recently completed the first-ever vertical take-off (VTO) on May 10.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Anti-terrorism day observed

  Anti-Terrorism Day was observed throughout the country on May 21. Employees in government offices, public sector undertakings and other public institutions in the country took a pledge to oppose all forms of terrorism...

• CORPORATE
  Cassidian and Singapore Government to develop security solutions

  Cassidian, a worldwide leader in defence and security solutions, together with its local partner NCS, has been awarded the Safe City Test Bed by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Singapore Economic Development Board (SEDB).

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  MILITARY / SPECIAL REPORT
  IAF inducts Pilatus PC-7 MkII

  The Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) premier Academy located at Dundigal, Hyderabad, on May 31, 2013, witnessed the unveiling of Pilatus PC-7 MkII...

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  AEROSPACE
  Russian Military orders six Be-200 amphibious planes

  The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with the Beriev Aircraft Company for the purchase of six Beriev Be-200 amphibious planes, according to Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Amanda Bynes off-boarded a private jet

  Who needs a passport when you’re a celebrity? Or so thought Amanda Bynes. Sources at Teterboro Airport, in New Jersey, told TMZ that the troubled actress tried to board a private jet to Los Angeles, California, recently, but was rejected for having no form of identification whatsoever.

• CORPORATE
  Saab invests in Pipavav

  In August 2012 defence and security company Saab announced that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been signed concerning a strategic investment in the listed Indian company Pipavav Offshore and Defence Engineering Ltd (Pipavav).

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  India & Japan to set up JWG on US-2 aircraft

  Moving a step closer to the signing of the amphibious aircraft deal, India and Japan on May 29 decided to establish a Joint Working Group (JWG)...

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  AEROSPACE
  Second Airbus Military A400M for French Air Force runs engines

  The second production Airbus Military A400M has successfully completed...

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  NIA begins probe into naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

  A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) has commenced its probe into the Chhattisgarh attack on Congress leaders by Maoists which claimed 27 lives, including that of the Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nand Kumar Patel.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  General Atomics come calling
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  Buoyed by their path-breaking success in designing and developing a high-end technology successor of the currently in use steam generated...

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  AEROSPACE
  Japan acquires four new helicopters from Eurocopter

  Eurocopter Japan recently signed contracts with Japan’s National Police Agency for a total of four helicopters. Comprising two medium-class and two twin-engine light helicopters...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Security bungling in Australia

  The Australian Crime Commission – currently embroiled in the drugs in sport saga – is battling soaring numbers of staff risking investigations by misplacing classified documents, identification, secure laptops and other equipment.

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  MILITARY
  Final operational clearance for LCA Tejas next year: Antony

  Defence Minister A.K. Antony has expressed optimism that the country’s indigenously developed fighter aircraft—LCA Tejas—will get FOC...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  X-47B accomplishes first-ever carrier touch-and-go aboard CVN 77

  The Navy’s X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D)...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Guptas 'security breach' probe continues

  The South African Government has confirmed that there was no executive authority granted for the landing of an A330 Airbus aircraft belonging to Jet Airways at Waterkloof Air Force Base recently.

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  MILITARY
  New Air Force Station at Thanjavur dedicated to nation

  On May 27, Defence Minister A.K. Antony dedicated the new Air Force Station at Thanjavur to the nation. Speaking to reporters, Antony said the operationalisation of the Air Force Station Thanjavur would strengthen...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Northrop Grumman, US Navy complete Triton's first flight

  The Northrop Grumman Corporationbuilt MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight recently...

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Bastar police chief's 'security lapse' led to massacre

  Administrative and police records preceding the recent naxal attack in Chattisgarh point to a major security lapse on the part of district-level law enforcement authorities.

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  MILITARY
  R.K. Mathur takes over as Defence Secretary

  R.K. Mathur is the new Defence Secretary of India. Mathur who took over as the Defence Secretary on May 25, replaced Shashi Kant Sharma who has taken charge as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

• AEROSPACE
  EADS offers investments to develop Korean indigenous fighter programme

  By offering an investment of $2 billion and joint development if South Korea picks the Eurofighter Typhoon, seen here in Spanish colours, EADS says it expected “to cause a shock wave in Korea.”

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  MILITARY
  Foundation stone of Indian National Defence University laid

  Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola, Gurgaon, Haryana, on May 23.

• AEROSPACE
  Airbus Military and Pratt & Whitney Canada Mark delivery of 250th PW127G engine

  At a special ceremony in Montreal, Airbus Military and Pratt and Whitney Canada marked the delivery of the 250th PW127G engine to Airbus Military.

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  MILITARY
  OPV ICGS Vaibhav commissioned

  Indian Coast Guard ship Vaibhav, the third in the series of 90 meters class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) was commissioned at Tuticorin by Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director General Indian Coast Guard, on May 21...

• AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  US Navy and Marine Corps small tactical UAS enters production phase

  The Department of the US Navy has announced that the RQ-21A small tactical unmanned aircraft system (STUAS) received milestone C approval authorising the start of low rate initial production.

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  MILITARY
  L-3 WESCAM unveils MX-LVSS

  L-3 WESCAM has unveiled its new land vehicle surveillance system, the MXLVSS, at CANSEC, Canada’s largest defence and security trade show.

• MILITARY
  DPP 2013 comes into force

  The Ministry of Defence has promulgated the Defence Procurement Procedure 2013 on June 1. The new procedure aims at balancing the competing requirements of expediting capital procurement, developing a robust indigenous defence sector and conforming to the highest standards...