SP's MAI August 01-15, 2011 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / INTERVIEW
Army Air Defence shifts from gun-centric to missile-centric approach
By SP’s TeamLt General Ram Pratap, just prior to his retirement as the Director General of Army Air Defence (DGAAD)
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MILITARY
Satpura, Indian Navy’s second indigenous stealth frigate to be commissioned soonSatpura, the second Shivalik class indigenous stealth frigate, will soon be a part of the Indian Navy missions.
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MILITARY
India test fires a shoot-and-scoot nuclear missile, Prahar
By Vishal ThaparPrahar, 150-km ballistic missile, appears to be India’s response to Pakistan’s Hatf IX (Nasr), a 60-km tactical nuclear missile, which was testfired in April.
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MILITARY
ARMOR rugged tablet computers achieve Verizon certificationDRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that the ARMOR X10gx and ARMOR X7 rugged tablet computers have endured rigorous testing...
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MILITARY
Spain’s first BAM ship completes sea trialsMeteoro, the Spanish Navy’s first Buque de Acción Marítima (BAM) amphibious action ship has successfully completed its sea trials.
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MILITARY
First multipurpose frigate “Carlo Bergamini” launchedRiva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard recently celebrated the launch of the frigate “Carlo Bergamini”
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MILITARY
Oshkosh Defense to recapitalise heavy tactical vehiclesOshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will recapitalise 160 trucks from the US Army’s family of heavy tactical vehicles (FHTV) fleet
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MILITARY
GA-ASI bags Hellads contractGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems
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Bids for futuristic infantry combat vehicleThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to finalise soon the vendor for the manufacture of the futuristic infantry combat vehicle (FICV).
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MILITARY
Lockheed Martin demonstrates joint tactical radio networkLockheed Martin performed its first successful joint tactical radio network demonstration for the US Navy, transmitting Internet-protocol enabled data and video communications.
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MILITARY
DRS Tactical Systems launches asset trade-in programmeDRS Technologies announced that its Tactical Systems Group recently created its newest ARMOR offering, the Re-ARMOR trade-in and free recycling programme.
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MILITARY
Rex, the trackerRex (1993-99), a golden Labrador of Rashtriya Rifles, has been a recipient of GOC-in-C commendation card for his outstanding and exemplary performance against militants.
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MILITARY
Brave Indian Army dogsBrigadier Hemant Mahajan in his blog writes: “We had our share of local dogs who were excellent sentries at gun positions”.
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MILITARY
Dogs with cameras detect bombsThe dog school of the Royal Netherlands Air Force has acquired a new technique for detecting explosives.