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Video: India Tests BrahMos Cruise Missile Amid Tensions With Pakistan
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid persisting cross-border firing for the past many days, India has successfully carried out two tests of BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles from mobile launchers in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Conducted by the Indian Air Force, the tests came amid reports of mounting tensions along the western corridor.
"The missile engaged the designated mock targets close to 300 km away. A direct hit on the target was achieved in both cases", the Indian Air Force said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The Air Force claimed that the missiles had hit the targets with pinpoint accuracy on Trak Island, a part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It added that the firing of the missile has enhanced its capability to engage ground targets with pinpoint accuracy from a mobile platform. "The twin firings have been carried out as a part of the routine operational training", the force added.
02 BrahMos Surface to Surface missiles were fired by IAF at Trak Island in the Andaman Nicobar group of islands on 21 & 22 Oct 19. The twin firings have been carried out as a part of the routine operational training. pic.twitter.com/i95AS0XMXm
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) October 22, 2019
Interestingly, the Air Force conducted the test a day after India, as claimed by India's army chief, destroyed terror launchpads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Nevertheless, Pakistan on Tuesday took as many as 22 foreign diplomats along with media to the Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border that divides India and Pakistan. The visit was meant to convey to the foreign countries that the artillery shelling by the Indian side on Sunday had actually targeted civilian areas in Pakistan.
Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has claimed at least four or five Pakistani soldiers were killed, while several launchpads/terrorist camps were destroyed on Sunday on the Pakistani side of the LoC.
Meanwhile, an Indian Army officer was killed by Pakistani snipers in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector.
In the Poonch sector (on the Indian side of Kashmir), officials accused Pakistan of heavy shelling that left two civilians wounded.
India and Pakistan have struggled for control over the Kashmir region — the southern part of which is administered by India and borders Punjab — since the end of British rule in 1947. Tensions in the region spiked in February after terrorists staged a deadly attack on Indian security forces.
The situation worsened in August when India revoked the special status of the Jammu and Kashmir state and divided it into two federally controlled union territories. Pakistan expressed concern over this and promised to protect Kashmiris. Islamabad then expelled the Indian ambassador, halted bilateral trade, and promised to raise the issue with the International Court of Justice.
Navy Mig-29K trainer jet crashes in Goa, pilots safe
In a statement, Ministry of Defence Spokerperson has said: "During a training mission, after take off from INS HANSA at Dabolim a Mig 29k trainer aircraft suffered an engine fire. The pilots Capt M Sheokhand and Lt Cdr Deepak Yadav ejected safel...
An Indian Navy MIG trainer aircraft crashed outside a village in Goa on Saturday noon, a senior defence official said. Both the pilots ejected safely, said Indian Navy Flag Officer, Goa, Rear Admiral Philipose George Pynumootil. A major tragedy was averted as the pilot pointed the aircraft away from populated areas.
The officer said the aircraft was on a regular training sortie when the incident occurred. A villager said the aircraft crashed on a rocky plateau on the outskirts of Verna, 15 kms from the state capital, around noon. The wreckage of the aircraft lay strewn in one-km area, he said.
The aircraft is attached to INS Hansa located near Dabolim in Goa.
Taking to Twitter, the Indian Navy spokesperson said, "During a training mission, after take-off from INS Hansa at Dabolim a MIG29K trainer aircraft suffered an engine fire. The pilots Capt M Sheokhand and Lt Cdr Deepak Yadav ejected safely".
"At about noon, a MIG-29K twin seater aircraft, on a routine training sortie, encountered a flock of birds after take off from the INS Hansa airbase at Dabolim in Goa. The pilot observed that the left engine had flamed out and the right engine had caught fire.
"Attempts to recover the aircraft were unsuccessful due to damage and low height. The pilot, showing the presence of mind, pointed the aircraft away from populated areas and both pilots ejected safely. An enquiry has been instituted by the Navy. Both the pilots are safe. There has been no loss of life or damage to property on ground," a defence release said.
"I am not indulging in self praise but Pakistanis are Intelligent people" - Gen Zia Ul Haq Shaheed with a Smile
TomCat said:
again ?
Lieutenant said:
Kargil 2.0
Bird hit
Kargil 2.0 said:
Scorpion said:
flock of sea birds quite a headache in coastal region. it's look like both engine were hit...one flamed out while other catched fire.
Indian Army to reduce orders of sniper rifles by about 70%
The Indian Army plans to buy just 1,800 state-of-the-art sniper rifles and 2.7 million rounds of ammunition -- less than a third of its total requirement -- driven by budgetary constraints and the need to speed up deliveries, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The military pruned its original requirement of 5,720 sniper rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition, which would have cost $140 million, to prioritize spending and advance the purchase of more modern equipment, they said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public.
Indian Army spokesman Aman Anand said he had no comment to offer on the change in procurement plans.
The military pruned its original requirement of 5,720 sniper rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition, which would have cost $140 million, to prioritize spending and advance the purchase of more modern equipment, people with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified as the...
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India just tested it's navalized Tejas on taking off and landing on the aircraft carrier
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US, India Sign Contract for 6 More AH-64E Attack Helicopters
ndia and the United States concluded an estimated $800 million contract earlier this week in New Delhi for the delivery of six additional Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters destined for service in the Indian Army's Aviation Corps (AAC).
The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC), the top procurement body at the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD), greenlighted the sale in 2017. India issued a so-called Letter of Request to the U.S. government for the purchase of six more AH-64E gunships in February 2018. The U.S. State Department approved the direct commercial sale of six additional Boeing AH-64Es to India for an estimated cost of $930 million in June 2018.
The deal signed this week includes the sale of 180 AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles, 90 AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II missiles, and 200 Stinger Block I-92H missiles, next to 30 mm cannons and ammunition. The United States will also offer logistical support services and training.
The government-to-government defense deal falls under the Pentagon's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, overseen by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and is separate from a $2.2 billion contract inked in 2015 for 22 AH-64Es and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters destined for service in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Like the 2015 contract, this week's deal combines a direct commercial sale with Boeing and an FMS agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense. The 2015 agreement also contains a clause for a follow-on order of 11 extra AH-64Es and seven Chinooks at a fixed price that was agreed upon in 2013.
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The AAC aims to stand up three separate AH-64E squadrons with a total of up to 39 helicopters. The AAC and the IAF have been locked in an inter-service rivalry over the new platforms for a number of years, as I reported elsewhere:
[T]he prolonged negotiations over the initial batch of 22 Apache helicopters are partially to blame for the interservice rivalry. In 2012, then Indian National Security Advisor Shankar Menon decided that any new attack helicopters procured would go the Army. The Air Force, however, countered that it had already begun the acquisition process in 2012. Following extensive field trials, the Indian Air Force selected the Apache gunship and the Chinook helicopter in 2009.
The IAF formally inducted into service the first AH-64E at Pathankot air base in Punjab near the India-Pakistan border in September 2019. This was preceded by the IAF taking delivery of the first eight AH-64E helicopters in July and August of 2019 at Hindon Air Force Station (AFS) in Ghaziabad outside New Delhi. Out of the 22 AH-64Es, 17 have so far been delivered to the IAF. All 22 AH-64Es are expected to be handed over to the IAF by the end of March 2020.
India's shopping for lightweight mountain-friendly tanks post China tussles
NEW DELHI: The government, amid border tensions with China, has given the army approval for emergency procurement of lightweight tanks that can be deployed in high-altitude conditions.
This will be a significant upgrade allowing the reintroduction of light tanks that can play a critical role in areas such as Ladakh, where they can be more nimble than the heavier main battle tanks, informed sources told ET. The acquisition will be made under the emergency purchase nod given after the recent Ladakh standoff to bolster defences.
The deployment of new Type 15 light tanks by China along the LAC in eastern Ladakh in late April has come as a wake up call.
Deterrence measures
The army has been given the go-ahead for urgent purchases amid signs that Beijing intends to keep the border hot.
The army is looking for air-transportable tanks that can be landed or airdropped at forward locations for lightning-quick deployments to counter aggression, sources said. Unlike China, which has an extensive road network connecting the border, India's infrastructure is still matching up and is being upgraded, though forward airfields have been developed at strategic locations.
The decision to go ahead with a new light tank is part of a series of major emergency procurements cleared by the government at a critical meeting last week. This includes new loitering munitions from Israel, more Heron unmanned aerial vehicles, additional Sig Sauer assault rifles, man-portable surface-to-air defence missiles, Spike anti-tank guided missiles and a range of ammunition.
"The satellite imagery visuals of Chinese T-15 / ZTPQ light tanks camouflaged in the depth areas of eastern Ladakh, during the recent standoff, is a wakeup call for upgrading deterrence in areas where medium-category tanks are difficult to employ," former director general, mechanised forces, Lt Gen AB Shivane (retd), has written in a detailed study on the reintroduction of light tanks for the government-backed Centre of Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS). The retired officer has suggested that light tanks would add to the credible deterrence posture and war-fighting capability on the northern front front where medium-category tanks cannot reach. He has also suggested that these new tanks be made in India.
Limited options
However, for emergency procurement, India will have limited options as few nations currently produce these tanks. While China is not an option, the US has embarked on a light tank under its Mobile Protected Firepower Program but it's currently at prototype stage. Russia has the air-transportable Sprut SDM1 light tank that has commonalities with the T72 and T90s operated by India.
While India has a robust tank force, all of them are heavy main battle tanks — T72s, T90s and the Arjun — considered more suitable for operations in the plains. While these tanks have been sent to the Himalayan border as well, navigating them to difficult borders has been a major issue.
India has operated light tanks in the past that came in handy during the 1947-48 Kashmir operations as well as the 1962 war but these have been slowly phased out as the world moved to heavier armour.
India has had a huge amount of interest in the Sprut SDM1 for quite sometime, and wouldn't be surprised if they did procure, however I do remember DRDO had a light tank under development with a 105mm gun on a BMP-2 Chassis, which is another consideration, since the Indian MoD is looking to rely a lot on domestic companies
Indian purchases in 2019 from SIPRI:
Transfers of major weapons: Deals with deliveries or orders made for 2019 to 2019
Note: The 'No. delivered' and the 'Year(s) of deliveries' columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. The 'Comments' column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/sources-and-methods>.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 24 July 2020
Supplier/ No. Weapon Weapon Year of No.
recipient (R) ordered designation description of order delivery delivered Comments
R: India (2) ERJ-145 Transport aircraft 2008 2017-2019 2 Part of $210 m deal; modified in India to AEW&C aircraft with Indian radar
R: India 10 PT6 Turboprop/turboshaft (2016) For 10 Heron-TP-XP UAV/UCAV from Israel
(124) PW100 Turboprop/turboshaft (2016) For 56 C295 transport aircraft and 6 C295MPA maritime patrol aircraft from Spain
R: India 31 Scanter-6000 Air/sea search radar 2017 Scanter-6002 version; incl production in India; delivery planned by 2026
R: India (22250) MILAN Anti-tank missile (1979) 1984-2019 (22250) MILAN-2 and MILAN-2T version; ordered from French-FRG company; most produced in India; incl for BMP-2 IFV
6 Scorpene Submarine 2005 2017-2019 2 INR207-237 b ($3.6-4.5 b) 'Project-75' programme; Indian designation Kalvari; delivery planned 2017-2021/2022 (delayed from 2012-2017)
(49) Mirage-2000-5 FGA aircraft 2011 2015-2019 (16) INR109-175 b deal ($2.3-2.6 b; offsets $593 m); Indian Mirage-2000H rebuilt to Mirage-2000-5; incl 2 produced in France and rest in India; delivery planned 2015-2023
36 Rafale FGA aircraft 2017 2019 (4) EUR7.8 b deal (incl EUR5.2 b for aircraft and EUR710 m for armament; 50% offsets incl 20% as production of components in India; incl EUR1.8 b for spare parts and EUR710 m for weapons); incl 28 Rafale-B and 8 Rafale-C versions; delivery planned 2019-2022
8 SA-316B Alouette-3 Light helicopter 2017 2019 (2) INR3.2 b deal; Chetak version produced in India; delivery planned 2019-2020
16 12PA6 Diesel engine (2003) 2014-2017 12 For 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India
36 SM-39 Exocet Anti-ship missile 2005 2017-2019 (15) Possibly $150 m deal; SM-39 Block-2 version; for Scorpene submarines
493 MICA BVRAAM 2012 2014-2019 (493) EUR950 m deal (offsets 30%); MICA-EM and MICA-IR versions; for Mirage-2000-5 combat aircraft
(358) Ardiden-1 Turboshaft (2016) For LCH combat helicopter produced in India; produced in India as Shakti
Meteor BVRAAM (2016) Part of EUR710 m deal; for Rafale combat aircraft; delivery planned from 2020
MICA BVRAAM (2016) Part of EUR710 m deal; for Rafale combat aircraft
Storm Shadow/SCALP ASM 2016 Part of EUR710 m deal; SCALP version; for Rafale combat aircraft
(16) ACTAS ASW sonar (2014) 2019 (4) For modernization of 3 Delhi (Project-15) destroyers and 3 Talwar (Project-11356) frigates and for 3 Kolkata (Project-15A) destroyers and 3 Shivalik (Project-17) and 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India; incl production of 10 in India
12 Do-228MP MP aircraft (2016) 2019 (4) Produced in India
14 RK-280 Diesel engine 2016 MAN-12V28/33 version; for 7 Project-17A (Nilgiri) frigates produced in India
24 MAN V6 Diesel engine 2005 2017-2019 8 For 6 Scorpene submarines from France
10 MTU-8000 Diesel engine (2016) For 5 Samarth OPV produced in India
(100) MTU-881 Diesel engine 2017 2018-2019 (50) For 100 K-9 self-propelled guns from South Korea
R: India (750) Barak-8 SAM 2009 2016-2019 (400) 'MR-SAM' programme; incl for 7 Kolkata (Project-15A) destroyers and 1 Vikramaditya (Gorshkov) aircraft carrier; Indian designation Barak-2MR
(1000) Barak-8ER SAM 2009 Part of USD1.6 b 'MR-SAM' programme; Indian designation Barak-2LR
(5) Barak-LR SAM system (2009) INR170 b ($2.5 b) deal; incl production in India; Indian designation MR-SAM
(300) Barak-8ER SAM (2019) For 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India; incl production in India; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019
4 Barak-8 VLS Naval SAM system (2019) Incl production in India; for 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019
(20) EL/M-2032 Combat ac radar (2007) 2016-2019 (13) For 20 Tejas (LCA) Mk-1 combat aircraft produced in India
. . Litening Aircraft EO system 2007 Litening-4I version; for Tejas (LCA) combat aircraft
5 Barak-8 VLS Naval SAM system (2009) 2014-2016 3 For 3 Kolkata (Project-15A) destroyers and 1 Vikrant (IAC) aircraft carrier produced in India and for modernization of 1 Vikramaditya (Gorshkov) aircraft carrier
(4) EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (2010) 2014-2017 3 For 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India
(60) EL/M-2052 Combat ac radar 2012 For modernization of 60 Jaguar combat aircraft
4 EL/M-2248 MF-STAR Multifuntion radar (2013) For 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India
(8) EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (2014) For 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India
1 EL/M-2248 MF-STAR Multifuntion radar (2015) For 1 Vikrant aircraft carrier produced in India
(10) EL/M-20600 AGS radar (2016) 2018-2019 (10) Recipient possibly India; EL/M-2060P version
4 EL/M-2083 APR Air search radar (2016) 2019 (1)
10 Heron-TP Armed UAV (2016) $400 m deal; Heron-TP-XP version; status uncertain
131 Barak-1 SAM (2017) INR4.6 b ($72 m) deal; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019
Barak-8 SAM (2017) Incl production in India; for Barak-LR SAM (MR-SAM) system; Indian designation Barak-2MR
(36) Litening Aircraft EO system (2017) Litening-4I version; for Rafale combat aircraft
2 EL/M-2075 Phalcon AEW&C system (2018) For 2 A-50EhI AEW&C aircraft from Russia; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019
(100) SPICE Guided bomb 2019 2019 (100) INR3 b ($43 m) deal; SPICE-2000 version
260 Spike-MR/LR Anti-tank missile 2019 Spike-LR version; deal incl 12 launchers
R: India 4 Super Rapid 76mm Naval gun (2003) 2014-2017 3 For 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India
(4) Super Rapid 76mm Naval gun (2010) For 1 Vikrant (IAC or Project-71) aircraft carrier produced in India
5 Super Rapid 76mm Naval gun (2011) For 5 Shachi (Project-21) OPV produced in India
1 RAN-40L Air search radar (2011) For Vikrant (IAC or Project-71) aircraft carrier produced in India
13 127/64LW Naval gun (2015) For 7 Shivalik frigates and 6 Delhi destroyers produced in India; status uncertain after India blacklist producer
R: India 7 LW-08 Air search radar (2006) 2014-2016 3 For 3 Kolkata (Project-15A) and 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India; Indian designation RAWL-02 Mk-3
R: India NASAMS-2 SAM system (2019) $1 b deal; selected 2018 but not yet ordered by end-2019
R: India (400) PJ-10 BrahMos Anti-ship MI/SSM (1998) 2006-2019 (185) Officially joint venture for development but mainly using Russian technology from Yakhont (SS-N-26) anti-ship missile; incl for NGMMCB coast defence systems
(426) PJ-10 BrahMos SSM 1998 2006-2019 (310) Officially joint venture for development but mainly using Russian technology from Yakhont (SS-N-26) anti-ship missile
140 Su-30MK FGA aircraft (2001) 2005-2019 (132) $3-5.4 b deal; Su-30 MKI version; produced in India; delivery planned by 2020
8 RBU-6000 ASW MRL (2003) 2014-2017 6 For 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India
(63) MiG-29SMT/Fulcrum-F FGA aircraft 2008 2012-2019 (26) $850-965 m deal; Indian MiG-29 rebuilt to MiG-29UPG (MiG-29SMT)
(216) PJ-10 BrahMos-A ASM (2012) Officially joint venture for development but mainly using Russian technology from Yakhont (SS-N-26) anti-ship missile; for Su-30 combat aircraft; deliver planned from 2020
25000 9M119 Svir/AT-11 Anti-tank missile 2013 2014-2019 (7500) INR30 b ($474 m) deal; for T-90 and possibly T-72 tanks; incl 15000 produced in India; planned from 2006 but delayed several years due to problems with production in India; Indian designation Invar
236 T-90S Tank (2013) INR60 b deal; produced in India
149 BMP-2 IFV (2017) INR9.2 b ($141 m) deal; selected 2015 but not yet ordered by end-2019
(200) Ka-226T Sergei Light helicopter (2017) 'RSH' (ex-'LUH') programme; incl 140 produced in India; selected but contract not yet signed by end-2019
4 Talwar Frigate 2018 Incl 2 produced in India; delivery planned 2023-2026
4331 9M113 Konkurs/AT-5 Anti-tank missile 2019 INR8.3 b deal; Konkurs-M version; produced in India
5175 Igla-S/SA-24 Portable SAM (2019) $1.5 b (INR108 b) or INR270 b 'VSHORAD' programme; incl assembly and production in India; selected 2018 but possibly not yet ordered by end-2019
464 T-90S Tank 2019 INR200b ($2.8 b) deal (incl up to 80% produced in India); delivery planned by 2024
8 AK-630 30mm Naval gun (2003) 2014-2017 6 For 4 Kamorta (Project-28) frigates produced in India
10 AK-630 30mm Naval gun (2011) For 5 Shachi (Project-21) OPV produced in India
(740) AL-31 Turbofan 2012 2013-2019 (480) For modernization of Su-30MKI combat aircraft and spare engines; delivery planned 2013-2022
16 AK-630 30mm Naval gun (2013) For 4 Project-15B (Visakhapatnam) destroyers produced in India
(250) YaMZ-238 Diesel engine 2016 2017-2019 (172) For 250 Casspir-6 (MPV) APC from South Africa
(650) 48N6/SA-10 SAM (2017) Part of INR390 b ($5 b) for S-400 SAM systems
(20) S-400/SA-21 SAM system 2018 INR390 b ($5.4 b) deal; delivery planned 2020-2025
(500) 9M114 Shturm/AT-6 Anti-tank missile 2019 2019 (500) INR2 b ($29 m) deal; for Mi-35 helicopters
(2) A-50EhI AEW&C aircraft (2019) Fitted with Israeli Phalcon AEW system in Israel; selected but contract not yet signed by end-2019
(6) Ka-31 AEW helicopter (2019) Selected 2019 but not yet ordered by end-2019
1 Project-971I/Akula Nuclear submarine 2019 $3 b deal; lease; delivery planned 2022-2025
(300) R-27/AA-10 BVRAAM 2019 R-27R1, R-27ER1, R-27T1 and R-27ET1 versions; for Su-30MKI and MiG-29M combat aircraft
(300) R-73/AA-11 SRAAM 2019 For modernized MiG-21 combat aircraft
(400) RVV-AE/AA-12 Adder BVRAAM 2019 For modernized MiG-21 combat aircraft
R: India 250 Casspir-6 APC 2016 2017-2019 (172) MPV-I version; incl production of components and final assembly in India
R: India 100 K-9 Thunder 155mm Self-propelled gun 2017 2018-2019 (50) INR42 b ($646-700 m) deal (incl production in India); K-9 Vajra-T version; probably option on 50 more; delivery planned 2018-2020
R: India 56 C-295 Transport aircraft (2016) 'Medium Tactical Aircraft' (MTA) or 'Light Tactical Transport Procurement' (LTTP) programme (incl 40 assembled or produced in India); C295W version; selected 2015 but not yet ordered by end-2019
6 C-295MPA MP aircraft (2017) For coast guard; produced in India; selected 2017 but not yet ordered by end-2019
R: India (208) AI-20 Turboprop 2009 2011-2018 (110) AI-20D-5M version for modernization of 104 An-32 transport aircraft to An-32RE version
16 DT-59 Gas turbine 2013 For 4 Visakhapatnam (Project-15B) destroyers produced in India
8 DS-71 Gas turbine (2018) For 4 Talwar (Project-11356) frigates from Russia
8 DT-59 Gas turbine (2018) For 4 Talwar (Project-11356) frigates from Russia
R: India 145 UFH/M-777 155mm Towed gun 2016 2018-2019 (18) $736 m deal; ordered via USA from US production line; incl 120 assembled in India; delivery planned 2018-2021
R: India 4 LM-2500 Gas turbine (2003) For 1 Vikrant (IAC or Project-71) aircraft carrier produced in India; from Italian production line
14 LM-2500 Gas turbine (2017) For 7 Project-17A (Nilgiri) frigates produced in India; possibly from Italian production line
22 AH-64E Apache Guardian Combat helicopter 2015 2019 12 $1.2-1.4 b deal (incl production of components in India; part of $2.4 b deal); delivery planned 2019-2020
(68) TPE-331 Turboprop (2015) For 68 HTT-40 trainer aircraft produced in India; incl production in India
4 P-8A Poseidon ASW aircraft 2016 $1 b deal; delivery planned 2020-2021
6 AH-64E Apache Guardian Combat helicopter (2017) $800 m deal; incl production of components in India; selected 2017 but not yet ordered end-2019
24 F404 Turbofan 2007 2016-2019 (13) $100 m deal; F404-IN20 version for 20 Tejas Mk-1 (LCA) combat aircraft produced in India
(4) AE-3007 Turbofan 2008 2017-2019 4 For 2 ERJ-145 transport aircraft from Brazil modified in India to AEW&C aircraft
99 F414 Turbofan (2012) $800-900 m deal (incl 81 produced in India); for Tejas Mk-1A (LCA) combat aircraft produced in India; most assembled in India; selected but not yet ordered by end-2019
(245) FIM-92 Stinger Portable SAM (2013) 2019 (100) FIM-92 Block-1 version for AH-64 combat helicopters
(542) AGM-114K HELLFIRE Anti-tank missile 2015 2019 (200) AGM-114R-3 version; for AH-64 combat helicopters
(812) AGM-114L HELLFIRE Anti-tank missile 2015 2019 (500) AGM-114L-3 version; for AH-64 combat helicopters
15 CH-47F Chinook Transport helicopter 2015 2019 (10) $1 b deal (part of $2.4 b deal); CH-47F(I) version; delivery planned 2019-2023
(6) T-700 Turboshaft (2015) 2019 (3) Spares for AH-64 combat helicopters
12 APG-78 Longbow Combat heli radar 2016 2019 (4) For AH-64E combat helicopters
(24) TPE-331 Turboprop (2016) 2019 (8) For 12 Do-228 MP aircraft from FRG
1 C-17A Globemaster-3 Heavy transport ac 2017 2019 1 $262 m deal
1 C-130J-30 Hercules Transport aircraft (2018) 2019 1
AIM-120D AMRAAM BVRAAM (2019) For NASAMS SAM systems from Norway
24 MH-60R Seahawk ASW helicopter (2019) $2.6 b 'N-MRH' programme; selected 2019 but not yet ordered by end-2020
MPQ-64 Sentinel Air search radar (2019) For use with NASAMS SAM system from Norway
6 P-8A Poseidon ASW aircraft (2019) Selected but contract not yet signed by end-20219
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India likely to produce next generation fighter jets in a private sector-led joint venture
NEW DELHI: India is likely to produce its next generation of fighter jets in a private sector-led joint venture, which could require investments of over Rs 2,500 crore from the selected company but would catapult it into a select league capable of manufacturing cutting edge aeronautical systems.
India's leading aero manufacturer, state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd NSE 2.67 % (HAL) is currently working out the costs involved and the structure of the planned JV for the production of the fifth generation Advanced Multirole Combat Aircraft (AMCA), with an ambitious target for 2028.
HAL chairperson R Madhavan told ET that the preferential model is to give the private sector a controlling stake in the joint venture and the option to take existing manufacturing infrastructure on lease to keep capital investment at a minimal.
"We will be forming a JV between DRDO, HAL and a private party. HAL will provide the infrastructure wherever possible so that the total capital cost is reduced for the private partners. Preferably, we want to keep our share below 50% so that it becomes a private entity," the top official said.
While the investment is high, the possibility of manufacturing next generation fighter jets is a huge opportunity for the private sector, which has still to produce any major aviation platform. All major western defence manufacturers are privately held and are supported by government-funded labs and institutions whenever required.
In the new defence acquisition procedure, a new category of procurement has been added to cater for technology transfer from DRDO and PSUs to the private sector for manufacturing of weapon systems.
Details are being worked out but HAL is likely to offer its existing facilities in Nasik to the private sector partner for manufacturing the AMCA in the future. "Most likely the prototypes will be made in Bangalore and the production could take place in Nasik. We are looking around 2028 to start production and we want that the private sector gets the capacity of investing and creating a new ecosystem and HAL does not remain to be the only production partner," Madhavan said.
While talks with potential industry partners has not yet started, the plan has generated interest in major players that have ventured into the defence sector. Only a handful of Indian companies have the capacity to invest into such a venture but on the plus side, there is set to be a defined and assured order book, besides the business opportunity of maintaining the aircraft that would stay in service for over three decades.
DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy and Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria spoke on the AMCA at a seminar conducted by the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers and the Centre for Air Power Studies:
G Satheesh Reddy: When we started the LCA programme, we had only a handful of private companies available. Today, we have over 18,000 companies and we can get the complete airframe and avionics done by the industry. The AMCA will be a 5.5 Gen aircraft and we are trying to work out models so that more and more of the industry partners with us.
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria: The air force strongly supports the development of a fifth generation AMCA that will have sixth generation characteristics.


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Prod Co: Milky Way Image Dir: Johnnie To Scr: Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, Nai-Hoi Yau Phot: Siu-keung Cheng Ed: Chi Wai Chan Prod Des: Jerome Fong Mus: Raymond Wong
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Where am I going to die, when am I going to do. All that doesn't matter to me any more. The most important thing is that I don't die in a police station.
– Cheung (Andy Lau) in Running out of Time
Johnnie To's prodigious output attests to what seems to be an insatiable appetite for celluloid. The track record his Milky Way Image Production Company has established in the last decade can only be compared, I imagine, to the similar flood of releases directed and/or produced by Roger Corman in the early part of his career. To evidences a similar perspicacity for reading the public mood as well as an ability to recover quickly from the occasional misfire. Like Corman successfully following on from the box office debacle of The Intruder (1962), To put aside the moral and visual murkiness of The Longest Nite (1997) and Expect the Unexpected (1998), films produced by To that landed with a thud in the Hong Kong market, and came back with the one-two punch of The Mission (1999) and Running out of Time. In the process, he recovered his commercial equilibrium, even though the inhibitions he faced on each occasion would have fazed a lesser man. The Mission was shot in 18 days without a completed script and on a low budget ($US320,000), while Running out of Time, amazingly enough, was completed sporadically over the course of two years. It is this kind of dexterity that contributes to David Bordwell's categorisation of To as "the most versatile talent" in Hong Kong commercial film with "the strongest track record since John Woo and Tsui Hark" (1).
To can wring more interesting variations out of established generic parameters than a Shanghai chef can create virtually innumerable strands of noodles from a single pile of dough. He particularly likes to toy with the doppelganger motif, playing off characters as well as performers for maximum exhilaration. The Longest Nite (signed by Patrick Yau but apparently taken over by To after just a few days of shooting) pits a playing-against-the-rules cop (Tony Leung) against a physically similar take-no-prisoners hit man (Lau Ching-Wan). Their climactic shootout in a hall of mirrors mockingly mimics Welles' The Lady From Shanghai (1948), as well as overturns the clear distinction between criminality and social convention. Leung and Lau engage in mano a mano bursts of explosive aggression, as though little distinguishes the two other than who pays their salary.
Running out of Time continues this practice as well as carries over actor Lau Ching-Wan, even though in this case he works as a negotiator for the police with Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau as his adversary. (And speaking of Lau Ching-Wan, why hasn't the West caught up with this estimable actor, who is as sardonic in this film as he is sullen in its predecessor; time after time, he consistently compels one's attention without over-acting.) To has stated that one of his rationales for making the picture was to challenge the usually flamboyant and exuberant Lau: "I wanted to get a new Andy Lau out of Andy Lau. In the past, I thought Andy Lau's acting was too self-conscious… I wanted to work with Andy to bring out a different kind of performance." (2) And succeed he does, as the star reaps considerable empathy on the part of the viewer by internalising his emotions and intentions, keeping them as concealed as a seasoned gambler. The spirited interplay between the two stars and the ingenious gambits initiated by Lau's terminally ill protagonist, Cheung, make for an engaging and sometimes emotionally wrenching version of the ingenious heist narrative that the West has commonly produced, though far less effectively, in something along the lines of The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) or The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973).
We meet Cheung on the roof of one of those improbably tall Hong Kong business towers, engaged in holding a businessman hostage and robbing his employer. Soon, however, we realise that these actions form a diversion in order to deter the police from Cheung's real object: a $32 million diamond in the possession of a bald-headed mastermind (Waise Lee) who offended Cheung's father. Cheung has only days to live, and the occasions when his fatal cancer leads to unsettling expulsions of blood, contrasting all too effectively with To's primarily pallid visual palette, bring a melancholic undertow to the narrative. However much we may wish to empathise with this ingenious individual, he will not survive the final credits. In the meantime, we learn little to nothing about Cheung's past, yet the plot makes clear his desire for revenge amounts to the singular rationale for his existence as well as invigorates his depleted physical shell.
Cheung's antagonist, Inspector Ho (Lau Ching-Wan), inhabits a condition very much like death-in-life. Unchallenged by his job and emotionally unattached to other human beings, he comes across as trapped in a bubble of weariness and sarcasm. One of his few forms of retaliation comes from baiting the thin-skinned and thick-headed Chief Inspector Wong Kai-fat (To regular Shiu Hung Hui). Cheung challenges Ho to employ his intelligence and kick start his empathy, as the two men initiate one of those unrequited masculine romances that recur throughout the films of John Woo. Other characters chide Ho for his isolation and even insinuate that he is gay, but he comes across as much as anything as hermetically sealed off by his own intelligence, expiring emotionally as much as Cheung does physically.
The chase sequences, comic interplay and considerable atmosphere of Running out of Time coincide with a sense that few actions will ever lead to completion; that missed opportunities and abandoned ambitions rule our lives. Escaping from the police, Cheung meets a beautiful young woman (Yo Yo Mung) on a bus, but To refuses to resort to a romantic subplot. You sense instead all the unleashed eroticism of a truncated attraction, one more failed connection in a city that lacks any interpersonal cohesion.
The commercial and critical success of Running out of Time – a Best Actor award for Lau at the 2000 Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Asian film at the 2000 Fant-Asia Film Festival – led to the inevitable To-directed sequel in 2001. Ekin Cheng stands in for Andy Lau, and while the character's criminal chicanery comes across as even more ingenious and elaborately planned than in its predecessor, Running out of Time 2 lacks almost any emotional undertow whatsoever. The fact that Cheng's character is a magician excuses his actions from any obligation to the rules of rationality, and the interjection of CGI sleight-of-mind makes for a more lavish look yet a hollow final product. If, in the end, Cheng disappears, Lau lingers in the mind long after the final credits. And where does that leave Inspector Ho: alone in the noodle shop, content with his memories of the masterful misbehavior of two mysterious but never malevolent law breakers.
David Bordwell, "The Films of Johnnie To: Louder Than Words", Art Forum May 2003.
Sean Axmaker, "Karma Chameloen: A Talk with Johnnie To", GreenCine 19 February 2004.
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David Sanjek was appointed Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for Popular Music at the University of Salford, U.K. in October 2007. His piece "Fans' Notes" was reprinted in the Cult Film Reader (Open University Press, 2007), and he is readying two books for publication: Always On My Mind: Music, Memory and Money and Stories We Could Tell: Putting Words to American Popular Music.
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By overlaying colour within the still life landscape, the Colourfields series seeks to explore a theme of 'renewal'. This proposition is complemented with reference to the poem 'To Autumn' - written by the English romantic poet John Keats (1795 - 1821) - each of the sixteen artworks being titled as a line extracted from the original prose.
Images photographed during the autumn of 2013 were revisited six months later, with an application of Aniline dye inks. This process sought to revive and regenerate the flora forgotten from a previous point in time, whilst altering the original materiality. The pigment of these aniline dyes is fugitive. Its intensity decays rapidly. Therefore these reawakened, transient artworks were frozen in time, by means of scanning, and reproduction as lambda prints.


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Social media all the way! Our first sales came from our friends, and I think that's true for all e-commerce businesses. However, when all your friends and family have already purchased from the store, you're in a bit of a rut. And this is where we truly needed help with advertising. Shopify provided us with coupons for free initial advertising on Facebook and Google. I can't stress how important this was for us. With this help, we got to learn how to develop ads (who to serve them to) and launched our online product, free of charge. Advertising is so important and we continually learn about it from our own experiences and by reading advice on the Shopify blog and other platforms. By reading some tips on the Shopify blog, we sent our collars as gifts to a couple of Instagram sensations, we were already fans of, and this helped a lot. Facebook and Instagram is where we get most of our traffic (we currently have 14k followers combined). We put a lot of energy on social media and try to put the most creative content out there.
Langify has been awesome. We wanted to have our store in English and Portuguese. We are now having more international sales, which wouldn't be possible if our store was in only one language. Our currency converter, by Secomapp, also helps with this.
Yotpo Reviews has been collecting awesome reviews which help build our credibility every day. Plus, it's a great way to learn more about what our customers loved the most!
We haven't discovered many shipping apps just yet! We use our local post office (post services are super awesome in Portugal). We are very serious about handling times and all our orders are custom-made. Which means we work very hard to ship everything 1-2 business days after the order is placed. Our shipping prices are fair (5€ flat rate for international orders) and we are super flexible with custom orders and size exchanges.
Our first advice is to be patient. Nothing comes instantly and having an online business entails much more work than you will ever know (we're still learning too). Our second advice is to invest your time in beautiful quality content: capture people's attention, think outside the box! If you're not a writer, a photographer or a designer, learn about the subject and ask others for help. By making partnerships with personalities and other businesses you can also build a community around your shop, and with shared values, your customer will start to relate to you and your product. Even if you're sales pickup never stop working. Always try to develop your product and your online presence. By building social proof (having followers, reviews, and a solid story) your store will gain a potential client's trust and attention.
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Looking for a free mobile security app for Android and iPhone? Avast Mobile Security & Virus Cleaner is the no-cost mobile version of the popular desktop antivirus software. Let's take a look at what features you get with the free version, whether it meets all your needs, and what might be missing.
When you use Avast, you have the comfort of knowing that you're working with security provided by an absolute behemoth. In 2015, Avast was worth over $2 billion, making it one of the largest antivirus vendors on the planet. All those satisfied users can't be wrong, right?
There are questions, of course, when it comes to the free version of any antivirus application. Are you downloading a piece of software with useful, albeit limited features, or are you basically downloading an interactive advertisement for the paid version of the app? That's what we're here to find out.
Avast starts wit a clean, tile-based interface comprising five features. The first is a huge, attractive button labeled "Scan," followed by "Boost RAM," "Clean Junk," "Scan WI-FI," and "VPN Protection." The fact that it's a free version is immediately apparent – there's an upgrade button in the upper right-hand corner and an upsell box on the bottom, but these reminders aren't necessarily intrusive.
When you scroll down, you're immediately greeted by an ad – the free version is ad-supported – plus a reminder to use the app's "phone cleanup" features. Lastly, the hamburger menu on the left shows some features that aren't highlighted on the main screen. Usefully, there are only two features that are fully locked off by a paywall – the rest are ready to use right away.
So far, so good – the user interface isn't cluttered by ads, and most important features are ready to use right away. The only drawback is that you can't find the features hidden in the hamburger menu by scrolling down in the main menu, but this is hardly a deal-breaker.
When it comes to reviewing antivirus, scanning is the make-or-break feature. This goes double for mobile AV – while desktops generally have enough power to run a scan simultaneously with other apps, most smartphones don't. Therefore, scanning your mobile device needs to be both thorough and fast, which can be a hard act to deliver.
Fortunately, the Avast AV scan is buttery-smooth. It scanned my entire phone – with 36 GB of documents, photos, and installed applications – in just under a minute. While I don't currently have any malware samples on my computer, other reviewers have reported great success, with Avast catching 100% of malicious files and applications.
In addition to scanning for malware, Avast incorporates a host of well-thought-out features, all for free. For example, the WebShield feature lets Avast monitor your web usage and block phishing sites. Although enabling this feature requires the user to go into their phone's Accessibility panel, the instructions were still simple and easy to follow. The application also monitors the App Store and prevents users from downloading known malicious apps and warns you if you try to download an app that was reported by other Avast users. Lastly, the application treats potentially unwanted programs as malware.
Outside of the main antivirus protection features, Avast lets you scan your WiFi to make sure it hasn't been compromised by attackers – and can perform additional scans whenever you connect to a new WiFi network. The application also offers anti-theft protection. After following a few simple steps, you can remotely control and wipe your phone, letting you secure your data from potential thieves.
Finally, Avast gives you some features that are more for quality of life than security. For example, there's a pin-protected photo vault – similar to the decoy apps we've discussed – that lets you remove photos from you main camera roll and hide them where only you can see. There's also an option that can clean junk and unneeded files – which freed up nearly a gig of space from my phone – plus another one that can improve your phone's performance by closing running processes.
For the low price of "free," Avast offers many more effective features than most other fully-paid apps. Its antivirus scan is both powerful and effective, and its other security features cover every other user behavior – such as browsing the web, or accidentally losing one's phone – that's likely to incur risk. Although the application is a little bit cluttered and difficult to navigate, its effectiveness makes this a minor complaint. In short, I highly recommend this product.


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Choosing Your "Route" to SD-WAN is as Important as the Technology Choice Itself
Ken Presti, Research VP, AVANT Research & Analytics 10/08/19
Okay, so you've got some business challenges that can be resolved through the adoption or expansion of Information Technology. Being the wicked-smart professional that you are, you've investigated your technology options, narrowed the field, and have reached the point where your pretty close to deciding which direction you want to go. Is it now time to lean back, take a big stretch, and congratulate yourself for a job well done? Read more...
AVANT Analytics Launches Inaugural 6-12 Report Analyzing SD-WAN Transformation and Customer Decision Criteria
CHICAGO — September 10, 2019 — AVANT Analytics, a new market research initiative from AVANT Communications ("AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making and the nation's premier distributor for next generation technology, today released its inaugural 6-12 Report. The report is the first of a series designed to provide business technology leaders with a current overview of every next-gen solution disrupting the IT landscape for the next 6 to 12 months.
Buying SD-WAN Often Starts with a Discussion on Something Else Entirely
Ken Presit 07/29/19
While today's enterprise company is faced with tons of options for upgrading their technology infrastructure, many of these choices are best considered in combination with one another. Take SD-WAN for example.
Let's say your Trusted Advisor has come to you with a proposal to sideline your aging PBX in favor of a new, state-of-the-art Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) offering. But suddenly the term, "SD-WAN" has entered the discussion – and SD-WAN and UCaaS are clearly two very different types of technologies. So, what just happened? Are you being subjected to a bait-and-switch sales tactic? The short answer is, probably not! Read more...
Pathfinders: Blazing the Trail, Then and Now
Ken Presti 06/10/19
AVANT is launching a new Platform for IT Decision Making called the AVANT Pathfinder. The name evokes the spirit of an elite military outfit of World War II. June 6th marked the 75th anniversary of this historic event. We thank the many who made the ultimate sacrifice that day and the Pathfinders that helped guide their way.
In the spirit of the Pathfinders, the team at AVANT has announced the launch of the AVANT Pathfinder, a powerful IT decision-making tool to guide enterprise customers in their IT transformation mission. The AVANT Pathfinder is the new name for the next release of the AVANT BattleApp.
AVANT Pathfinder Helps Trusted Advisors Navigate IT Decision-Making
June 11, 2019 - CHICAGO - AVANT Communications ("AVANT"), a platform for IT decision-making and the nation's premier distributor for next generation technology, today released new enhancements to Pathfinder -- the most powerful face-to-face IT decision-making tool for enterprise customers. Accessible on any device, Pathfinder is available exclusively to AVANT's growing ecosystem of Trusted Advisors.
Get Ready for an SD-WAN Explosion in the Mid-Market
As an industry leader serving trusted advisors in the IT industry, AVANT Communications often gets the privilege of going to market with a solution that is truly a game changer. That's how we feel about "Versa Titan," a new cloud-managed SD-WAN branch and security solution from Versa Networks that turns SD-WAN sales deployment, management and operations into a virtual piece of cake. Read more to find out why.
Let AVANT Help You with SD-WAN
Niko O'Hara 04/24/19
In the corporate network environment, it boils down to this: All people want is everything working as it needs to be—quickly, efficiently, invisibly. Enter the SD-WAN. As the leader in next-generation connectivity, AVANT brings the latest industry innovations to our trusted partners. Our sales engineering team is here to assist you in understanding the options and capabilities of SD-WAN and other disruptive technologies. Read more...
The Clock is Ticking on SD-WAN
Kyle Burt, Catch Solutions 02/07/18
The growth in the SD-WAN market comes despite the fact that last year, there was still more hype surrounding SD-WAN than actual adoption in the channel and end-user markets. Right now, SD-WAN adoption is hovering around the same place where unified communications as a service (UCaaS) was two or three years ago. The technology, in other words, is still at the beginning of its multibillion-dollar bell curve. 2018 is the year that everything will change. Here's why.
AVANT Communications Investment in its Channel Sales Enablement Platform Results in Doubling of UCaaS and SD-WAN Sales
Chicago, Illinois—Sept. 25, 2017 AVANT Communications, the leader in channel-sales enablement for next-generation IT solutions, doubled its channel support resources, further enhancing the company's superior level of support. AVANT also made significant investments in its BattleApp technology platform, allowing partners to intelligently search more than 1,000 sales and marketing resources, selecting relevant content with machine learning.
AVANT Partners with Comcast to Offer Cable-Based Services for Cloud and Colocation to the Channel
CHICAGO—April 10, 2017 AVANT and Comcast Corporation today jointly announced an agreement in which AVANT will offer Comcast Business services to AVANT's channel sales partners leveraging AVANT's channel sales enablement capabilities.
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New scala rider® Q1 and Q3 Bluetooth® SeriesCommunication Systems for Motorcycle Helmets
(Pittsburgh, PA – May 1, 2013) – Cardo Systems, Inc., the world's market leader in wireless Bluetooth communications for motorcycle helmets, has announced two all-new additions to its scala rider product line: the rider-to-passenger Q1 TeamSet and the bike-to-bike capable Q3 MultiSet and Q3 Single.
Replacing the popular solo, TeamSet and Q2pro products, the new scala rider Q1 and scala rider Q3 feature a sleek new design with outstanding ergonomics, longer battery life and new features and functions. As another industry "first", the Q1 TeamSet offers a music sharing feature, allowing both rider and passenger the ability to listen to the same song from their smartphone or any other A2DP source. Both the Q1 and Q3 also come with optional boom-mounted or corded microphones and replaceable speakers, for riders who prefer to use their own personal headphones.
The Q1 and Q3 also include A2DP Bluetooth connectivity, a built-in FM radio with RDS, voice activation, a fully waterproof/dustproof housing and Cardo's unique click-to-link® pairing. The Q1 TeamSet includes two factory-paired units in the retail box and is ideal for communication between rider and passenger. The Q3 MultiSet adds increased range for bike-to-bike intercom communication up to 1,100 yards, as well as intercom toggling between up to 4 riders on two separate bikes or three riders on three separate bikes.
"The scala rider Q-line is, by far, the bestselling Bluetooth helmet communication system in the world, with over 1.5 million units sold," said Cardo CEO Abraham Glezerman. "With its new and streamlined design, even more useful features and intuitive operability, we're confident the new Q1 and Q3 systems will continue that trend."
The new scala rider products come in three distinct retail packages: The Q1 TeamSet (containing two factory paired Q1 units), the Q3 (a stand-alone unit), and the Q3 MultiSet (containing two factory paired Q3 units). Canadian pricing and availability details will be announced soon.


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Los cayuga son una nación de la Confederación Iroquesa, cuyo nombre proviene de una de las tres ciudades que tenían, Goi-o gouen (de donde salen las embarcaciones), y su pronunciación correcta es Gayogohó:no'. . Las otras ciudades eran Onontaré (más tarde Saint René) y Thionero (St Stephen). Vivían en los alrededores del lago Cayuga, al centro de Nueva York. Actualmente viven en Nueva York, un grupo con los seneca de Oklahoma, y el resto repartidos entre Ohio, Wisconsin y Ontario.

Numéricamente, pasaron de 1500 en 1660, 1.100 en 1778 y 800 en Ontario y 175 en Nueva York en 1812, en 1960 eran 1500 repartidos entre Ontario, Wisconsin y Ohio, 300 en Nueva York y 100 en Oklahoma con senecas. Según Asher en 1980 eran 3.000 individuos, de los cuales 400 hablaban la lengua propia. Según el censo de los EE. UU. de 2000, había 1.399 cayuga registrados, otros tantos con los seneca-cayuga, y un número indeterminado en Ontario.

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Algunos lingüistas han especulado con la posibilidad de que las palabras "Cayuga" y "cayuco" o "cayuca" puedan tener un origen común. Ambas parabras se refieren a embarcaciones, siendo la primera una versión sonoriza de la segunda. El origen común es la palabra caribeña "cayo" del latín "gaius".

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Mark and Jackie Oerther will share a powerful parallel testimony through childhood into addiction as well as into "recovery" where they met, fell in love and got married. Mark got sober at age 21 and has worked in the treatment industry for 17 years and just celebrated 20 years of sobriety. Mark has made it his life's mission to help young adults find a new way of life from active addiction, through treatment, meetings and 12 Step work. Jackie a former heroin addict, who had been in and out of jail and wanted by the FBI, was looking at 15 years in prison when a judge instead offered her treatment. Jackie just celebrated 17 years of sobriety and has a ministry working with women who are incarcerated and is also a Speaker and Bible teacher at Women's events. Mark and Jackie will also share their experience with their son who is also a prodigal and in the process of creating his own "powerful testimony" and how to stay unified in marriage & have peace in the midst of a prodigal.
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After 5 Years, 11-Year-Old Boy Kidnapped In Kano, Found In Anambra State
An 11-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Kano State in 2014 has been found in Anambra state after a 5-year search.
Muhammed Ya'u who was rescued by Kano state police command's Anti-Kidnapping Team of Operation Puff Adder, was reportedly kidnapped at PRP Quarters in Kano metropolis by one Paul Onwe and his wife Mercy Paul and sold the victim to one Ebere Ogbodo for the sum of N200,000. He was renamed by the new parent as Chinedu Ogbodo.
Kano state's police spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident and further revealed that three people have been arrested.
"In continuation of the Command's effort to rescue the children kidnapped from Kano to other parts of the country, between 05/11/2014 to 08/11/2019, the command's Anti Kidnapping Team of Operation Puff Adder carried out another rescue operation.
"During the operation, one Muhammed Ya'u 'm' 11 years old kidnapped in the year 2014 at PRP Quarters in Kano, was successfully rescued at Onitsha in Anambra State.
"The victim was kidnapped by Paul Onwe and Mercy Paul' and sold to Ebere Ogbodo 'at the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000) and renamed as Chinedu Ogbodo," Haruna said.
"The Command is using this medium to thank the good people of the state for their support, patience and efforts in fighting all forms of crime and criminality in the state," he added.
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If SUCCESS is defined as making the difference in the life of a child, then the Children's Hospital Equipment for Adaptive Recreation (CHEAR) Program has far surpassed success and continues to provide a much needed service to children and families needing creative options for adaptive recreation, participation and inclusion in life. The concept and community need for this program is to provide clinical expertise, access and funding of adaptive recreational equipment to children and their families with special health care needs. Often times, children with disabilities are unable to participate in community based recreational activities such as sports, music, art, social clubs and peer groups because of their disability. The Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services Department at Boston Children's Hospital has identified children who need options to maximize independent function and creative adaptation to partake in sport or activity. We were able to match the abilities of children motivated or interested in movement or participation in adaptive recreation with access to adaptive equipment to enhance mobility and participation.
2017 was a GREAT year and we were able to provide Adaptive Tricycles to children identified by Boston Children's Hospital therapists and physicians as needing adaptive recreational options to participate with friends and family members. The year the CHEAR Program also donated an adaptive bike to a local rehabilitation hospital to support their summer time adaptive bike program and special needs school. This resulted in a family reaching out from that community for assistance in acquiring an adaptive tricycle for Christmas. This was a touching moment as the family wanted to get their son a two wheeled bike but felt it unfair for only one child to get a bike. With increased efforts by mom and a team of support, Christmas wishes came true for Juliet and her family.
The CHEAR Program at Boston Children's Hospital will continue to partner with local adaptive recreation programs to assist children and their families in obtaining adaptive recreational equipment not otherwise available to them through the programs themselves, medical insurance funding or independent financial means. Children may continue to be referred by parents, schools, physicians, and local therapists. Ongoing financial support allows us to continue these efforts and helps us discover new ways to create adaptive recreation for children with special needs.
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Q: Discrete structure of moving light in space-time. Does the light actually moving or it is triggered by cells of space-time? I have an idea that seems for me interesting and exotic.
It is not about a traveling with speed of light or observing a frozen light.   Rather it is about the nature of light/photons and discrete structure of space-time. No material object can move exactly with speed of lights (there is no much energy for it), it is impossible to observe an frozen light. But the space-time cells can be activated in a way that seems that light are moving with the known speed of it.
My question about cells of space-time and they are not material until activated.
Can a photon not move in space in classical terms of understanding?
Can it happen so that instead of moving along a straight line, the movement is obtained this way: after certain intervals of time certain points (the points of space-time not classics material points) in space-time structure  are activated/deactivated. What I mean is that the light isn't moving in a way that the other macro objects are moving. I mean that light movement is some kind of wave of space-time points. Photon doesn't move continuously in space-time, rather it's a wave of space-time points and also according to this idea it becomes clear why the photon does not have a rest mass.
As an explanatory example I can give this analogy. Imagine that there is a display and a few pixels on it. At first the first pixel is turns on then it is turns off then the second one is turns on and after some time period it turns off and so consistently all the pixels. And for the outside observer is seems that the light is moving on (on the display). My idea is that on the space-time the light moves like in example above.

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About parkrun UK
parkrun Limited is the company responsible for delivering parkrun in the UK.
Meet our Directors
Rob Borthwick
Rob has worked in sport for 25 years, first in Sport England, then at UK Athletics, and latterly as a consultant on sports projects of all sizes in the UK and around the world: from local development projects to world cups and international championships.
Rob is the parent of three children who have grown up with junior parkrun, the youngest going seamlessly from crawling, to walking, to running after his brother and sister on a Sunday morning in Highbury Fields.
Consequently, Rob has been volunteering regularly for the four years that Highbury junior parkrun has been taking place, and has seen it thrive and grow in that time into a local institution.
Now that his eldest has graduated to running 5km, he can also be seen running with her and a reluctant dog at Ally Pally parkrun on a Saturday.
He has recently been appointed a non-executive Director of parkrun UK Ltd, and is looking forward to bringing his industry experience and enthusiasm for the parkrun movement, to support the team in all their amazing work and be an advocate for their valuable contribution to the nation's health and wellbeing.
Hannah Corne
Hannah Corne joined the parkrun family in 2019, her home event is Roundhay parkrun in Leeds. After taking part in one of the very first parkrun events outside of London at Woodhouse Moor in Leeds in 2007, it then took her until 2014 to take part in another event! So far she has completed 147 runs and has volunteered 101 time.
Hannah runs a small not for profit organisation where the aim is to empower and grow children's confidence through mindful practises and running. They regularly use parkrun as part of their final programme challenges where the support is always superb.
She has a passion for her community and immerses herself not only in her local community but also the wider community, trying to bring joy and positivity to everyone that she meets.
Dave Moorcroft OBE
Dave Moorcroft is a former international athlete who has been involved in running at all levels for over fifty years. He was Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007.
He received an MBE in 1983 and an OBE in 1998 for services to British sport.
In 2018 he became the Chair of the parkrun UK Board and with a team of Non Executive Directors supports the Executive team to help shape the exciting future of parkrun in this country.
Dave ran his first parkrun at his home event in Coventry in 2010 and since then has spent most of his time limping from one injury to the next! Now though, he has a new knee and his running has a new lease of life.
He has a passion for spreading the joys and benefits of running and volunteering to more and more people and to reach new and different communities across the UK.
Rowena Morris
Rowena has been involved in parkrun for the last year, and is currently training for the London Marathon. She is a Marketing Director at a global professional services firm and has ten years' experience of marketing, business development and communications. In her spare time, she is a mentor for a social enterprise.
Rowena's intention as Non-Executive Director is to help parkrun in identifying the obstacles that prevent people from trying out parkrun. She is interested in developing solutions to increase participation, especially from women and girls.
Nick Pearson
With 25 years' experience in the sports industry and as the former Managing Director of the largest UK independent specialist sports retailer, Sweatshop, Nick Pearson is a passionate advocate of the running community. Through sporting initiatives such as Sweatshop Running Community, Nick has broken down the barriers to physical activity and encouraged thousands of newcomers into the running community.
Nick joined parkrun in 2015 as Global Chief Executive Officer and leads the global parkrun team. He has responsibility for developing strategy and culture to create a sustainable business model.
He is passionate about inclusion and equality and his ambition is for parkrun to make a greater impact in making more people healthier, particularly in areas of social deprivation.
Tom Williams
In 2007, when working as a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Leeds, Tom helped start Woodhouse Moor parkrun, at that time the 4th parkrun in the world and the 1st outside London.
In 2011, he left the University to work full-time for parkrun, helping launch UK events, and is now Chief Operating Officer of parkrun Global. He is responsible for global development strategy and all operational processes across existing parkrun territories.
parkrun Limited has the company number 07289574 and last year's accounts are available here.
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All parkruns are free but you should register in advance. Once registered with parkrun, you can participate in any of our events at any time without letting us know that you are coming. If you want to be a parkrunner, you only need to register once.
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If you have already registered, and are looking for your barcode, we can send you a link to your barcode by email.
All our events are organised by volunteers.
Read more about how to volunteer here.
Read about what volunteers do here.
Clubs are very welcome to use parkruns to recruit new members – currently around 10% of parkrunners are attached to running clubs.
parkrun encourages and publicises local clubs at parkrun events through links on the parkrun event website and in other ways. In our experience, the presence of a parkrun generates increased club membership in your local area.
Please contact the local parkrun event to discuss.
Supporting local races
Organisers are welcome to publicise their races via our website and through publicity at events if local regulations allow and the event director is happy for them to do so.
Experience shows that events attract more participants when promoted at local parkruns.
Number of events: 161,208
Number of runners: 2,293,358
Number of runs: 33,423,773
Number of locations: 698
Number of clubs: 6,783
Number of PBs: 5,654,771
Average runs per event: 207.3
Average number of runs per runner: 14.6
Total hours run: 1,832Years 173Days 4Hrs 31Min 21Secs
Total distance run: 167,118,865km
Female record holder: Charlotte ARTER - 15:50 - Event 578 (05/01/19)
Male record holder: Andrew BADDELEY - 13:48 - Event 422 (11/08/12)
Age graded record holder: Fauja SINGH - 179.04 % - 38:34 - Event 59 (31/03/12)


The number of passengers travelling by air during the Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays is forecast to rise 11 per cent compared with the same period last year, said Director of Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Đinh Việt Thắng.
Thắng said domestic airlines had registered an additional 3,650 flights, equivalent to 465,000 seats, compared to the regular flight schedule, using up to 19 domestic airports.
This figure brings the total number of flights across the aviation network to 28,500, up 8.7 per cent compared to the 2018 Tết holiday. This marks a total of 5.5 million seats.
Routes with increased flights include HCM City-Hà Nội with 600 flights, HCM City-Đà Nẵng with 520 fights and HCM City-Thanh Hóa with 400 flights.
Thắng said there were still 1.8 million seats available. However, the flights from HCM City to localities were almost full for the end of the lunar year. On the return routes, there were still a large number of tickets available.
"Regarding the management and control of airfare, the CAAV has instructed airlines to strictly comply with regulations on management of airfares. No company is reportedly to have sold tickets beyond the ceiling price. Airlines publicise ticket prices and seats at the ticketing counters in airports and display on the screen the number of seats available on each flight," Thắng said.


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Sir Anthony Hopkins: Atheist Turned Christian Credits God for 45 Years of Sobriety
1:00PM EST 1/3/2021	 Samantha Carpenter
Award-winning actor and former atheist Sir Anthony Hopkins turned 83 years old this week. But he also celebrated 45 years of sobriety after a miraculous intervention.
In 1975, a woman asked him at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, "Why don't you just trust in God?" Hopkins admits that he was at such a point of desperation that he thought, Well, why not?
As he recalls his addiction and powerlessness to change on his own, he tells of a small inner voice that asked him to choose: life or death.
After turning to God, his destructive desire for alcohol disappeared.
Aware of the grief many have experienced throughout 2020, Hopkins encourages today's youth in this brief, 1-minute video, where he describes the message he heard 45 years ago that changed his life.
Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. As an actor, director and producer, he has received many accolades.
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