SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 02-13
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Issue Features
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Aero India Preview
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraAero India 2011 had an impressive line-up of fighters and the aerobatic team of Czech Republic Red Bulls performed in Bengaluru for the first time and stole the limelight.
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Boeing debuts Scan Eagle UAV at Aero India
By SP's Special CorrespondentWhile Boeing will have the largest aircraft once again at Aero India 2013, with a USAF C-17 Globemaster III—the first C-17 for the IAF...
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Hermes 900 at Aero India 2013
By SP's Special CorrespondentIsrael’s Elbit Systems has announced that it will display its new generation Hermes 900 maritime patrol unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Aero India 2013.
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Display teams to dominate Aero India 2013
By SP's Special CorrespondentWith the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) bid making its way towards a contract award, Aero India this year will bear a more resigned visage...
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Indian 5th-Gen fighter model to debut at Aero India
By SP's Special CorrespondentThe aerospace community will get its first ever glimpse of what the modified Indian version of the Russian PAK FA looks like at Aero India...
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Lockheed Martin to focus on C-130J at Aero India
By SP's Special CorrespondentWith a deal for six additional C-130J Super Hercules nearly concluded...
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Honeywell at Aero India 2013
By SP's Special CorrespondentHoneywell, which was issued a request for proposal (RFP) in October last year for the much-anticipated Jaguar re-engining contract...
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EADS on a high for Aero India 2013
By SP's Special CorrespondentWith the Airbus A330 MRTT win in India’s tanker competition, EADS will be riding into Aero India with a long-missed feel good factor coursing through...
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Indian Army for UAV missile simulator
By SP's Special CorrespondentThe Indian Army is in the market for a mission simulator to train unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crews in operating IAI Heron and Searcher Mk.2 surveillance UAVs.
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Russian Helicopters banks on 197 copter deal
By SP's Special CorrespondentOn the back of two significant losses in the Indian defence space—the IAF’s heavy-lift and attack helicopter competitions—Russian Helicopters...
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India gifts Do-228 aircraft to Seychelles
By SP's Special CorrespondentDays ahead of Aero India, in a sign of increasing regional cooperation and power projection, the Indian Government has handed over a HAL-built Dornier Do-228 maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Seychelles in Delhi.
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Rolls-Royce pitches engine for HAL’s light copter
By SP's Special CorrespondentWhile Aero India 2011 was tinged with turmoil for Rolls-Royce—it had decided shortly after the show to withdraw from a competition...
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Missile men honoured by GOI
By SP's Special CorrespondentIn an affirmation for the country’s missile programme, three top missile scientists were honoured this year by the government with Padma awards.
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Modernisation - Looking Ahead
By Air Marshal (Retd) Dhiraj KukrejaIAF’s long-term perspective plan, based on the perceived security challenges up to the end of the Fourteenth Five Year Plan indicates...
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Diplomacy - Dream Unfolds
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe world’s biggest democracies finally stand on a shared platform; have some congruence in their world view; and most importantly feel the need to worktogether on many a count.
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Fighters - Mirage to Rafale
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe Indo-French aviation relationship will once again be cemented for decades ahead. The ‘commercial’ approach of the French Government was not always appreciated by its Western allies, but it enhanced France’s image in Delhi
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Trainers - An Uninspiring Saga
By Air Marshal (Retd) Narayan MenonWhy is HAL unable to produce a basic, intermediate or advanced trainer aircraft? China and Korea have gone far ahead of India in this field.
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Industry - Tactical Airlift Solutions from Airbus
Airbus Military is a global leader in the market for products operated by air forces for tactical and strategic transport and refuelling capabilities.
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General Aviation - It’s a Long Haul
By R. ChandrakanthThough nascent, the general aviation market in India is expected to grow at 10 per cent per annum to cross Rs. 1,600 crore by 2017 with operators acquiring about 300 business jets, 300 small aircraft and 250 helicopters
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Boom in Biz Jets
By R. ChandrakanthIndustry experts have touted that leasing of private jets is the best business model. However, most of the private jets in India are bought by high-flying individuals and companies...
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Battling the Burden
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyThere appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel as the Appellate Tribunal of AERA has responded positively to the appeal by BAOA made earlier against the penalty imposed on business and general aviation aircraft for overstay in their allotted parking slot
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Trouble-Free Flying
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph NoronhaThe point-to-point system may be ideal for travellers from bigger cities; but in smaller cities, the only hope for links to a variety of destinations is the hub-andspoke model.
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Anthony LeVier (1913 - 1998)
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaHe had a passion for invention, designing devices like the master caution warning light system, the automatic wing stores release, the first practical afterburner ignition system, the “hot microphone” intercom system and the placement of the trim switch on top of the control stick.
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A Word from Editor
By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-ChiefAero India provides an ideal window of opportunity to firms abroad to not only network with Indian industry, but also for the Indian companies to benefit from the expertise in research and development.
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Nurture ‘People’
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyAviation is a high profile activity and a novel profession that demands the highest levels of self-discipline, sense of responsibility, professional competence and ethics.
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