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In This Issue

Lead Story

The Road Ahead

The prospect of carrier-borne aircraft and military aviation, except unmanned aerial vehicles, appears uncertain. It depends heavily on two factors—technology and economics. READ MORE

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Technology

Keeping an Eye
By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

Submarines have progressed from having to porpoise at the surface to see outside through crude viewing devices fixed in height and direction to today’s photonic masts using high-resolution cameras housed in the submarine’s dorsal fin-like sail

Industry/OEM

Surveillance of Land and Maritime Borders
By Timothy Carey

Raytheon offers a proven record of multi-platform performance and trusted relationships with several leading platform providers

Disaster Management

Crying Over Spilled Oil
By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

Any spill, however small, has an environmental and financial impact which takes time and resources to overcome

Interview

“LCA has a bright future together with MiG-29K which will operate from INS Vikramaditya”

Hawker Seahawk jet aircraft was chosen as carrier-borne fighter aircraft for Vikrant and commissioned into the Indian Navy as Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 300 on July 7, 1960. To commemorate the golden Jubilee of INAS 300, Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay of SP’s Naval Forces interviewed Admiral R.H. Tahiliani

Industry/OEM

Search and Rescue

Wallop Defence Systems Ltd designs and manufactures a range of airborne devices, defence pyrotechnics naval countermeasure products for use by armed forces

Weapon Systems

Weapons Under Water
By Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chand

A modern torpedo can destroy targets at a range of 40 km and a speed of about 50 knots. Its destructive power is more than a missile and it can differentiate between a target and a decoy.

Modernisation

Innovative Trends in Warship Building
By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

Indian Navy’s in-house design organisation has received the much needed support since its nascent years

Commemoration

50 Golden Years
By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

Indian Naval Air Squadron 300 celebrates completion of five decades of service

Tecknow

Fast Landing Craft

UK MoD takes delivery of QinetiQ’s PACSCAT technology demonstrator. It will undergo a series of tough practical evaluation trials

Diving Scooter

Black Shadow 730 is equipped with modern navigation and sonar technology

First

Phalanx with Laser Cannon

During a recent test, a Navy laser using a tracking system from Raytheon shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles

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