SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 03-13
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Issue Features
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India Inc. Rising
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyAero India 2013 was certainly important with regard to the “trade” aspect of the exposition as it would serve to provide a powerful impetus to offset business worth billions of dollars.
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IAF for More Embraer Legacy
By SP's Special CorrespondentThe Indian Air Force (IAF) is in the process of drawing up a requirement for additional Embraer ECJ-135 Legacy jets for VVIP transport.
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Indian Interest in V-22 Osprey Intensifies
By SP's Special CorrespondentThe Indian armed forces appear ready to consider the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey as a possible future platform.
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Avro Replacement Programme Will be a Two-Horse Race?
By SP's Special CorrespondentWaiting in the wings for an urgent replacement are the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) vintage HS-748 Avro transports...
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Finally, Indo-French SR-SAM Programme Takes Off
By SP's Special CorrespondentAfter years in discussions, the Indo-French ‘Maitri’ short-range surface-to-air missile (SR-SAM) programme is ready to be concluded.
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Trainer - IAF in a Dilemma
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraDelay in the intermediate jet trainer (IJT) programme and its impact on training have been questioned by parliamentarians.
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Exercise - Iron Fist 2013
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra in PokhranThis year, the day, dusk and night event showcased all facets of air power with participation by the entire inventory of manned and unmanned aircraft, air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons, Special Forces and net-centric warfare capability
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Fact file: Gulfstream in India
By R. ChandrakanthGulfstream Aerospace Corporation which views India as a long-term growth market for its range of business jets has just released a fact sheet for the Asia-Pacific region wherein it shows ‘tremendous growth’ for Gulfstream.
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Betting on Civil Aviation
By R. ChandrakanthThe civil aviation industry in India is all set to gather momentum and the government is working at creating eco-systems that will spur this growth
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Fly Regional, Go Global
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph NoronhaRegional aviation in its purest form consists of taking aviation services to remote locations that are not attractive enough for the mainline carriers.
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Chinese Industry - Coming of Age
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe last two years has seen China simultaneously managing multiple advanced aircraft programmes. Currently, no other nation can afford to allocate such resources, both human and financial, towards achieving its long-term goal of becoming a superpower.
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Aero India 2013 - Coming of Age
By R. ChandrakanthThe international air shows at Le Bourget, Paris, and Farnborough, London, continue to be top-notch, though the major buyers of both defence and commercial aviation products could be outside Europe.
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HAL on Restructuring Mode
By R. ChandrakanthAerospace major HAL is in a massive restructuring and expansion mode as aerospace and defence sectors are becoming highly dynamic in the Indian context.
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Eurocopter's India Plans
By R. Chandrakanth“We are not shy of cooperating in India. As such our helicopters know the Indian skies, they know every corner of the country,” said Dr Lutz Bertling, President and CEO of Eurocopter
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Beechcraft offers Special Mission capabilities on KingAir 350i
By R. ChandrakanthHawker Beechcraft’s chalet was in one far corner of Aero India 2013, getting lesser eyeballs than many other companies...
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General Aviation: The Next Steps - A Glimmer of Hope
By Sucheta Das MohapatraA day-long seminar was organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the US-India Aviation Cooperation Programme on efforts to boost general aviation...
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Mercury 13
By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, GoaAlthough the Mercury 13 space project was unceremoniously terminated, many of the women went on to extraordinary achievements in other fields. On June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
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A Word from Editor-in-Chief
By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-ChiefOur esteemed readers will notice the change in the design and outlook of the magazine from this issue onwards. The objective behind this has been to offer “sharp content for our sharp audience”.
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Proposal to Purchase 197 Choppers Put Off
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyA decision to procure 197 light helicopters which have come under scrutiny over allegations of deviation from the tendering process was put off, a move that comes against the backdrop of a scam in another chopper deal involving complainant AgustaWestland of Italy.
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Ill-timed Cuts
By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. PandeyWhile it is true that economic growth provides the nation the wherewithal to ensure higher levels of national security, it is also equally true that without high level of security in the first place, it will be well-nigh impossible to achieve a respectable level of economic growth
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