SP's MAI - Aero India 2019 Special

Issue Features

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  MILITARY / TRIBUTE
  Forces free to retaliate against Pulwama killings: Modi
  By Vishal Thapar

  International community condemns attack but China doesn’t budge on shielding Pak-based terrorist leader

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  AEROSPACE / REPORT
  A Drone Guard Ready to Protect Critical Sites
  By SP’s Correspondent

  As unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and drones become more common in our daily life, they also become potential threats.

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  CORPORATE / NEWS
  Prime Minister Modi Inaugurates India’s First Private Sector Armoured Complex in Gujarat
  By Vishal Thapar

  Demonstrating momentum to his Government’s ‘Make in India’ agenda for military equipment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  2019 Set to be a Landmark Year for Military Inductions
  By Vishal Thapar

  From a game-changing missile-firing drone to an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), key new weapons this year will give India more military muscle, and generate fresh options for the politicomilitary leadership to address threats.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  UAVs Armed and Dangerous
  By Lt Gen Naresh Chand (Retd)

  While the process for selection of a new FRA is underway, there is trepidation amongst IAF circles about the budgetary deprivation the defence services are afflicted with

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  CORPORATE / NEWS
  India-Israel Scale up UAV Partnership: IAI Set to Outsource Composites to Lohia Group
  By Vishal Thapar

  India and Israel are poised to scale up their partnership in UAVs...

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  India and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
  By General V.P. Malik (Retd)

  In April 2015, China and Pakistan signed an agreement to work on a $46 billion (currently valued at $62 billion) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), generally viewed as the crown jewel of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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  AEROSPACE / SPOTLIGHT
  First CH-47F (I) Chinooks for the Indian Air Force Arrive in Gujarat

  Boeing, on February 10, announced the arrival of the first four CH-47F (I) Chinooks for the Indian Air Force at the Mundra Port in Gujarat.

• CORPORATE / NEWS
  Adani Gathers Momentum, Buys 25 Per Cent Stake in Alpha Design
  By Vishal Thapar

  Adani Defence & Aerospace has recently acquired a 25 per cent stake in Bengaluru-based Alpha Design Technologies for an estimated Rs. 400 crore ($55.9 million).

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  MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
  Fortifying Andaman & Nicobar
  By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

  Media reports of January 27 state government has “virtually finalised” a Rs. 5,650 crore military infrastructure development plan for Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) over a 10-year period.

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  MILITARY / REPORT
  Trijicon, Announces the Promotion of Charles ‘Chuck’ Wahr to Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing
  By SP’s Correspondent

  Trijicon, Inc., global provider of innovative aiming solutions for the hunting, shooting, military and law enforcement markets is pleased to announce the promotion of Chuck Wahr to Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  DAC Approval for Indigenous Construction of Six Project 75(I) Submarines Under SP Model

  The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a landmark decision on January 31, also approved indigenous construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy at a cost of over Rs. 40,000 crore.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Successful Flight Test of SFDR

  The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the second indigenously developed Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) propulsion based missile system from ITR, Chandipur, Odisha on February 8, 2019.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  GSL Signs Contract for Acquisition of Two Additional Project 1135.6 Follow-on Ships for Indian Navy

  An Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between the Government of Republic of India and Government of Russian Federation was concluded on October 15, 2016, for construction of additional Project 1135.6 Follow-on ships in India, at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Vice Admiral M.S. Pawar Assumes Charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS)

  Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on January 30, 2019. An alumnus of Sainik School Korukonda and the 60th course of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, he was commissioned on July 1, 1982.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar, assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

  Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on January 30, 2019.

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  MILITARY / UPDATES
  Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P. takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command

  Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P., PVSM, AVSM, VSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command on January 31, 2019, at Mumbai.

• MILITARY / UPDATES
  Modest FDI Inflows for Defence and Aerospace Despite Reforms
  By Vishal Thapar

  India received a modest Rs. 90 crore ($12.54 million) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence and aerospace sector in financial year 2017-18, the Defence Minister stated in a written reply to a question in Parliament on February 4.

• MILITARY / UPDATES
  INS Trikand participates in exercise Cutlass Express 2019

  INS Trikand, a front-line warship of the Indian Navy, participated in a multinational training exercise Cutlass Express-19 held from January 27 to February 6, 2019.