SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 02-12
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Issue Features
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Winning the Race
By SP’s Special CorrespondentFor Dassault, India’s selection of the Rafale is a sweet vindication of sorts. The company had always felt slighted by India’s decision to go for a global tender, when the IAF had expressly said it wanted more Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
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Travellers’ Delight
By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. SachdevKey forecast figures project Asia as the region that would drive the global growth of aviation industry.
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Asian Tigers
By R. ChandrakanthWith humongous potential, given the population size, the frenetic economic activity and the need to cover distances between business locations, Asia is transforming like no other region
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Strategy - Rise of ‘The Dragon’
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. BhatiaAll ASEAN and Asia-Pacific rim countries are individually trying to improve the combat potential of their respective air forces to collectively meet the leapfrogging challenges of the Chinese aerospace power.
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Air-to-Air Missiles - What’s New Around
By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. BhatiaThe Chinese are known to be developing what is known as YJ-91 antiradiation missile.
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Debris - Mess in Orbit
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaWithout determined efforts on an international scale, it may be only a question of time before the most useful regions of space become too hazardous to operate in.
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‘We feel we’re a trusted partner to India’
In an interview with SP’s Aviation, William L. Blair, President of Raytheon India, said that Raytheon wants to build on and expand its relationships in India, and be a partner to both private industry and government.
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‘India is the cornerstone of our defence business’
By Sucheta Das MohapatraAddressing a press conference, Nick Durham of Rolls-Royce, said that the company is now looking at how to provide its customers more value for money
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Peter Twiss (1921-2011)
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaHe was initially rejected as a pilot by the Fleet Air Arm. He joined Fairey Aviation as a test pilot in 1946 and flew many of the company’s aircraft, including the Fairey Primer, Fairey Gannet, Fairey Firefly, and Fairey Rotodyne compound-helicopter.
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