SP's MAI August 16-31, 2011 - Military Updates
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Patriot’s versatile capabilitiesRaytheon recently bagged a $1.7 billion contract to upgrade Patriot for Saudi Arabia.
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Pelvic protection to troopsThe Joint IED Defeat Organisation (JIEDDO) is funding more than $19 million to speed the procurement of pelvic protection to troops in Afghanistan to reduce the effects of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on dismounted troops.
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Counter-IED CentreUS Army Pacific’s newly established Asia-Pacific Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Center provides service members stationed in the Pacific access to cutting-edge training...
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Newcastle soldier saves comrades from IED strikeAlways ready to act on a call out, teams from the Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force are prepped and ready to respond to any IED finds or explosions wherever UK troops are operating in Helmand.
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Shortage of officers in armed forcesThe total number of men and women officers serving in the Indian Army is 35,605 and 1,020 respectively (excluding Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Services).
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Arjun Mark II MBT on pre-induction trialsThe desert trials of Arjun Mark II main battle tank (MBT) were carried out in Pokharan, Rajasthan. The MBT, which can fire missiles, is said to have 93 upgrades.
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Saab receives new orders for Carl-GustafDefence and security company Saab has received an order for components to the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. The total value of the order is MSEK 362 ($55.6 million).
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DRS Technologies bags range finder contract from US ArmyDRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica Company, announced that it’s reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) Group has been awarded a five-year indefinitedelivery
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Textron Systems’ CUSV excels during SUMMIT demonstrationTextron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems
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Lockheed Martin’s squad mission support system deployment in AfghanistanThe US Army Rapid Equipping Force, through the Robotics Technology Consortium...
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Germany deploys Boxer armoured vehicles in AfghanistanGermany has airlifted five of its new Boxer multirole armoured vehicles to Afghanistan for what will be the vehicles’ first operational deployment.
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Royal Navy to have first woman command warshipThirty-nine-year-old Lieutenant Commander Sarah West is entering the record books as the first British naval officer to become the first woman in the 500-year history of the Royal Navy to command a warship.
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Gowind OPV L’Adroit begins first sea trialsThe Gowind offshore patrol vehicle (OPV) L’Adroit began its first sea trials on July 27 for DCNS to validate the seakeeping and other nautical qualities of the vessel.
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Defence sector investments upwards of $30 billionThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence headed by Congress MP Satpal Maharaj has indicated that the Indian defence industry will stand to gain from an inflow of $30 billion over the next decade.
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Government consulting political parties on CDSThe Defence Minister, A.K. Antony has stated that the Government was taking a view of various political parties with regard to the establishment of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for a single-point of military advice to the government.
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Maritime disputes in East and South East Asia to remainWith political resolution to maritime disputes in East and South East Asia unlikely in the near term, states with claims in the East China Sea, South China Sea
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RUSI’s “conflict, war and culture” programmeThe Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has launched its “conflict, war and culture” programme, designed to look at the engagement with and depiction of war and conflict across various media and art forms.
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Boomerang to protect troopsThe UK Ministry of Defence has announced that a state-of-the-art new shot detection system called Boomerang III has been protecting troops in Afghanistan against small arms fire.