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App Contest | Nokia Calls Innovators from Pakistan

If You are a mobile application developer from Pakistan and want to do something for your country, now is the chance.

Nokia is Calling you to come up with your own application developed for Pakistani people, even in their own language - Urdu.

The 2010 Calling All Innovators contest has a special prize for locally relevant applications and content for mobile users in Pakistan. The best entry will receive a of Rs. 1 million. Two runners-up will get Rs. 5 lac and Rs. 3 lac respectively.

Additionally, you can also participate in global contest in one of the following categories;

Eco/Being Green
Like its name implies, this category challenges developers to help save the planet with innovative, eco-friendly applications for use on Nokia devices.

Entertainment
Here’s your chance to submit apps that rock, and show off the coolest multimedia features that are available on the latest Nokia mobile devices. This includes music, multimedia and games.

Productivity
This category seeks mobile applications that make consumer’s daily lives easier and help them to be more efficient, such as utilities, business, or personal finance applications.

Life Improvement
This category seeks applications that positively affect the daily lives of people living in developing countries, and may include education, agriculture, health and more.

And one more category:

Growth Economy Venture Challenge
Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition has always been about trying to find the best big ideas for mobile applications from developers around the world. This year, Nokia is taking that desire to find big ideas to a whole new level.

reference: Forum Nokia

AEW&C aircraft inducted into PAF

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) took a major step forward in transforming itself into a modern force by inducting the first Saab-2000 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft into its fleet.

The ERIEYE radar system mounted on a turboprop aircraft will enable the PAF to detect all aircraft taking off from and landing at all forward Indian airbases adjacent to Pakistan and also to identify the type of aircraft, their weapons systems, vector and altitude.

The radar capabilities and range of the system enable the operator to receive an early warning in case of pre-emptive attacks from across the border.

With the induction of the AEW&C aircraft, the PAF has become one of a few forces in the world to have an airborne early warning and control capability.

Full news at www.dawn.com

Pakistan Air Force gets mid-air refueller aircraft

The first air-to-air refueller aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force has arrived.




Three more refueller aircraft are expected to be delivered to Pakistan by mid-2010, the spokesman said, adding that PAF’s overall potential in terms of its effectiveness to defend the airspace would be enhanced by virtue of its capability to refuel air defence aircraft in air.

With this facility the PAF has joined the rank of those developed air forces which have the air refilling system.

An aviation expert said this was a force-multiplier ability because the strength of the existing number of fighter jets would be doubled with the induction of the refueller aircraft.

The IL-78 Midas is the aerial refueling variant of the IL-76 strategic transport. Standard IL-78s use hose-and-drogue refueling.

full news at: DAWN.COM | Front Page | PAF gets mid-air refueller aircraft

J-10: The New Cornerstone of Sino-Pakistani Defense Cooperation - The Jamestown Foundation

China and Pakistan have forged a formidable partnership in high-tech defense production. This partnership is born of their ever-deepening military and strategic cooperation that is also reflective of the burgeoning capacity of China's defense industries and the budding Sino-Pakistani defense relationship. The epitome of this bilateralism is the recent revelation that the Chinese have agreed to the sale of 36 J-10B fighter jets to Pakistan (Financial Times, November 10). The J-10 aircrafts are known to be one of the most advanced weapon systems in China’s arsenal, of which Pakistan will be the first recipient. With the delivery of 36 fighter jets, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will raise two fighting squadrons that will further sharpen its combativeness. The J-10 deal was reportedly sealed for a whopping $1.4 billion, which accounts for 70 percent of Chinese average arms sales of $2 billion a year (China Brief, July 9).

In anticipation, China is also training Pakistani fighter pilots for flying the fourth generation combat aircraft. On January 16, it delivered eight Karakoram K-8P trainer jets to Pakistan for this purpose. According to an official statement, the K-8P jets had enhanced the basic training of PAF pilots and provided a “potent platform for their smooth transition to more challenging fourth generation fighter aircraft” (The Asian Defence, January 16). The K-8P is an advanced trainer jet that has been jointly developed by China and Pakistan. It is already in service at the PAF Academy. At the handing-over ceremony for the K-8Ps, a visiting Chinese delegation as well as high-ranking PAF officers were in attendance.

Although there is a proliferation of joint defense projects between China and Pakistan, their collaboration in aviation industry has peaked at the turn of the millennium. The mainstay of their joint defense production is the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra (Punjab), which services, assembles and manufactures fighter and trainer aircraft. The PAC is rated as the world’s third largest assembly plant. Initially, it was founded with Chinese assistance to rebuild Chinese aircraft in the PAF fleet, which included Shenyang F-6 (now retired), Nanchang A-5, F-7 combat aircraft, Shenyang FT-5 and FT-6 Jet trainer aircraft. The PAC also houses the Kamra Radar and Avionics Factory (KARF), which is meant to assemble and overhaul airborne as well as ground-based radar systems, electronics, and avionics. The KARF, which is ISO-9002 certified, has upgraded the PAF Chengdu F-7P interceptor fleet. Over time, the PAC has expanded its operation into aircraft manufacturing, and built a specialized manufacturing unit in the 1980s: The Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (AMF). The AMF got noticed in the region when it partnered with the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group of China to design, develop and coproduce the K-8 Karakoram (Hongdu JL-8), which is an advanced jet trainer. The AMF’s flagship project, however, is the Sino-Pakistani joint production and manufacture of the JF-17 Thunder aircraft, which it is producing with the Chengdu Aircraft Industry (CAI).




full story at: J-10: The New Cornerstone of Sino-Pakistani Defense Cooperation - The Jamestown Foundation

Pakistan - PM hands over Pak-made JF-17 aircraft to PAF

Pakistan joined the international community of fighter aircraft manufacturers as JF- 17 Thunder, the first ever multi-role state of the art fighter jet, rolled out of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra and was included to the fleet of Pakistan Air Force.

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The sophisticated JF-17 Thunder, painted green in the color scheme of national flag appeared with grandeur as the Prime Minister unveiled the fighter jet before the audience.

Manufactured with the cooperation of China, the event has been termed as a beginning of new era of Pak-China friendship.

n the recent drive against militants, the PAF was endeavoring side by side with the Pak Army to root out terrorism from the country, he added.

The Prime Minister said that the PAF has been able to achieve both, the demands of meeting its operational requirements by co-developing a fighter aircraft and developing Pakistan’s Aviation Industry.

He said following the example of Kamra, there should be more such centers of excellence in other fields to attract youth towards a more constructive approach to life.

He appreciated that the JF-17 programme had provided employment to about 5,000 people.

Referring to long and trust worthy relations between Pakistan and China, the Prime Minister thanked the Chinese for providing PAF the required technical assistance for the programme.

He also mentioned the Chinese cooperation in many other projects in the country and said it was a pride for the nation.

He said that 40 JF-17 Thunder aircraft would be produced by PAC Kamra within the next three years and would be inducted into the PAF replacing the existing aircrafts.

full news at: DAWN.COM | Pakistan | PM hands over Pak-made JF-17 aircraft to PAF

Cyber Crimes - Pakistan vs India

Pakistani cyber criminals are able to deface 50 to 60 Indian websites a day, but, in retaliation only 10 to 15 Pakistani websites are defaced.

Nodoubt, India is IT capital of the world, but, as far as security is concerned India is far lagging behind.

full story at: www.webnewswire.com