SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 08-14
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Issue Features
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UK boost to Defence Industry
By R. ChandrakanthThe global defence market is estimated to be worth around £82 billion a year until 2022
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Rockwell Collins - Trailblazing Capability
By R. ChandrakanthRockwell Collins will continue its focus on India and is really enthused with the recent change of government
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Nearly 7,000 Lives Saved
By R. ChandrakanthIt is the pilots’ last chance to get out alive.
The Chalet of Martin-Baker at Farnborough International Airshow was a show-stopper. -
Building a Command ‘Air Picture’
By R. ChandrakanthThe ThalesRaytheon Air Command and Control System programme is said to be the largest cloud operation in the world
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Beechcraft’s Amazing Range
By R. ChandrakanthThe Beechcraft products, particularly the King Air turboprops, are utilised around the globe in a number of services
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Interest in HAL Soars
By R. ChandrakanthThe company is planning major expansion into the civil aviation business beyond its established portfolio of military activities
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BAE’s Breakthrough Technologies
By R. ChandrakanthThe key programmes showcased by BAE Systems included Striker II HMD, Taranis UAV system, Fighter upgrade programmes
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Deluge of Orders
By R. Chandrakanth reporting from Farnborough, UKThe Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) held in July did phenomenal business with orders and commitments achieving a new record of $201 billion, reflecting buoyancy of the aerospace industry
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Embraer Showcases E2 Jets
By R. ChandrakanthEmbraer is the leader in the 70- to 130-seat market with 52 per cent of the firm global orders
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Aggressive Plans for China, India
By R. ChandrakanthIn an interview with SP’s Aviation at Farnborough, John S. Slattery, Chief Commercial Officer, Embraer Commercial Aviation, said that the Asian giants are going to be driving business in the years to come, riding on economic resurgence.
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Unlocking Regional Potential
By R. ChandrakanthMRJ believes that the regional aviation market is expected to flourish as several countries are ‘unlocking’ the potential of air transportation
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49% FDI in Defence – A Step in the Right Direction
By Pratyush Kumar, President Boeing IndiaIt may be in India’s interest to cross the two per cent barrier and allow up to 51 per cent stake sooner than later
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Rebooting Indo-US Relations
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The Indian armed forces have a high stake in the bilateral relations between India and the US
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Training: The Making of an IAF Combat Pilot
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)With the induction of this lead-in trainer beginning in 2008, the long-standing gap between the performance of the basic jet trainer and frontline combat aircraft has been effectively bridged
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Key APAC players
By R. ChandrakanthBy 2030, two-thirds of the global middle class will be in the Asia-Pacific region which opens up enormous opportunity for regional air travel
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Waiting in the Wings
By R. ChandrakanthThe government has cleared six proposals for starting airline operations, it needs to be seen how many will really takeoff
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Flight MH-17: Victim of Aerial Terrorism?
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The downing of MH-17 is undoubtedly an outrageous act of terrorism
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Trent XWB a Derby Winner
By R. ChandrakanthThe Trent XWB, specifically designed for the A350 XWB, is the fastest-selling Trent engine ever, with more than 1,400 already sold
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Standardising Operations
By Air Cmde A.M. Ganapathy (Retd)The Government is mulling adoption of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations
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A Word from Editor-in-Chief
By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-ChiefAs has been the pattern, this year too, the Farnborough International Airshow was patronised by all the global aerospace majors covering the regimes of both civil and military aviation.
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Thomas Selfridge (1882-1908)
By Joseph NoronhaOn May 19, 1908, Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge became the first US military officer to pilot an aircraft when he got airborne alone in Aerial Experiment Associations’ newest craft nicknamed “White Wing” and flew about 93 yards at a height of ten feet
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HAL to Re-design Intermediate Jet Trainer
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)This was coming and now it is official. Pincered in by a combination of pressures, the state-owned Indian aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has decided to re-design and weight-optimise its Stage-II jet trainer, the HJT-36 Sitara, officially calling upon global airframers to size up the platform and hammer out a prescribe. After persisting with the line that the aircraft was fine and that it was rapidly piercing through test points towards service status, the new decision to scout assistance is HAL’s first admission that there’s been trouble all along.
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Blacklisting will Jeopardise the Battle-readiness
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The Attorney General has advised the NDA Government that a ban on the Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica and its subsidiary AgustaWestland is enmeshed in the VVIP helicopter scam, would jeopardise the battle-readiness of the armed forces and impinge on national security.
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Extend a Helping Hand
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Mere ending of the monopoly of HAL by itself will not be sufficient for the private sector to deliver
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