Defexpo India 2014 - Day 3

ISSUE FEATURES

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  LEAD STORY
  Guncertainty!
  

  If there's one word that typifies everything that could be wrong about the defence modernisation process in India, few would argue that it's ‘artillery’. At Defexpo 2012, cautious optimism had replaced cynicism following a decade of stops and starts that had reduced the field to farce.

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  SHOW REPORT
  Security Integrated Systems for Strategic Asset Protection by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
  

  Strategic assets such as oil and gas pipelines and rigs, power stations, ports, and harbours, are vulnerable to terrorist and criminal threats.

• SHOW REPORT
  Alpha Design Technologies to Partner Airbus on Radars
  

  Bengaluru-based Alpha Design Technologies Limited (ADTL) is working on the modalities of signing an agreement with Airbus for research and development work in the realm of radars, according to Colonel (Retd) H.S. Shankar, Chairman and Managing Director, ADTL.

• SHOW REPORT
  Rafael’s Spike Team Trainer for Tactical Training
  

  The NATO forces in Afghanistan have been predominantly using Rafael’s Spike family of multi-purpose precision-guided missile systems for the infantry. Rafael is making an aggressive pitch for the Spike family, including the Spike Team Trainer (STT), for the Indian armed forces.

• SPECIAL STORY
  Awaiting Frontline Indian Warships
  

  At this year’s Defexpo, Rockwell Collins is demonstrating its strong value proposition for customers in India with commercially-based, customisable, technologically-advanced products and systems.

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  ADVERTORIAL
  Eurofighter Typhoon: On Deployment, On Operation, Combat Proven
  

  Eurofighter Typhoon is the most advanced next generation multi-role/swingrole combat aircraft available on the world market. Its track record is outstanding: More than 400 deliveries in 10 years and more than 220,000 flying hours with unprecedented levels of reliability.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Indian Boomer in Service This Year?
  

  DSM Dyneema is highlighting its latest range of technologies and solutions for developing next-generation body armour that offers higher ballistic and multi-threat protection at a lighter weight, with greater user comfort and mobility at Defexpo.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  For Indian Navy, No Place Like Home
  

  The arrival of INS Vikramaditya in January has ushered in a special new era for the Indian Navy. Not in 16 years has it been in a position to deploy two aircraft carriers. The formidable 44,500-tonne refurbished Soviet-era aviation cruiser, reinvented as a STOBAR carrier, has been a monumental effort.

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  SHOW REPORT
  Revitalising Goa Shipyard
  

  Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), which is going through difficult times due to a lean order book, is keenly awaiting the final approval for the commencement of the mine counter-measure vessels (MCMVs), announced the new Chairman and Managing Director, Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital.

• SHOW REPORT
  DSM Dyneema high-end protective solutions for Indian market
  

  With the soldier modernisation programme underway in the country, DSM Dyneema is hoping to make significant breakthroughs in the market with their path-breaking technologies, one of which was launched for the Asia-Pacific market at Defexpo.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Indo-Israeli LR-SAM Naval Test This Year
  

  Delayed by over four years, but this one is truly better late than never. In what will be a significant boost to the Indian Navy’s quest for a credible air defence system deployable on its frontline vessels and aircraft carriers, the Indo-Israeli long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) system...

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Coast Guard Sea Hunter Aircraft Bid to Kick Off
  

  Apart from the Indian Navy’s medium range maritime reconnaissance (MRMR) competition, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is officially looking for nine multi-mission maritime aircraft (six initially, with options for three more).

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  INTERVIEW
  Cochin Shipyard Hoping to Increase Share of Ship Repair Market
  

  Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), which is going through difficult times due to a lean order book, is keenly awaiting the final approval for the commencement of the mine counter-measure vessels (MCMVs), announced the new Chairman and Managing Director, Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekhar Mital.