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— General Manoj Pande, Indian Army Chief

 
 
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— Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Indian Air Force Chief

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 09-10

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Issue Features

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    Go Green, Keep The Sky Clean
    By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev, Bengaluru

    With a robust regime being put into place in North America and Europe, it is only a question of time when the heat will be felt by India and some tangible steps would have to be taken to conform to internationally acceptable and enforceable standards and norms on aviation emissions

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    Take to the air via iPad
    By SP’s Aviation News Desk

    Tecnam ground school and flight lesson courseware through interactive, mobile data platforms such as the Apple iPad

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    Aerobatics in the Air
    By SP’s Aviation News Desk

    Rockwell Collins and DARPA demonstrate UAV aerobatics on a fixed trajectory

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    On Combat Operations

    Insitu fields enhanced Nighttime Imagery on its NightEagle

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    Project Firefly

    … Sikorsky’s electric helicopter demonstrator flight is anticipated later this year

  • OEM - MBDA offers Stockpile Management Services to Users

    Stockpile Management Services consists of an innovative process supported by adequate methodologies and IT tools to give life cost savings of up to 30 per cent, effective SMS allows MBDA to confidently predict significant life extension regarding the customer’s missile stock.

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    Industry - US Aerospace Majors
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey, Bengaluru

    US based companies have led the way for several innovations and developments in aerospace. Browse through the third part of the article to know more about the initiatives of companies like Raytheon and Honeywell.

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    OEM - Innovative, Comprehensive & Systematic approach…
    By Admiral (Retd) Walter F. Doran, President, Raytheon Asia for Raytheon International

    …to predict, deter, detect, identify and classify, respond and resolve and enable countries to address a wide range of current and emerging threats

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    Technology - C4ISR the Buzzword
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

    The ability to collect, process and disseminate the flow of information leading to increased mission space awareness and subsequent dominance constitutes the essence of presentday air operations

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    OEM - Customised Solutions

    Wallop designs, manufactures and supplies a wide range of airborne passive countermeasure chaff (RF) and Infra Red (IR) decoys for use in a wide variety of dispensing systems

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    Making the Right Move
    By Joseph Noronha, Goa

    A comprehensive regional airline policy needs to be formulated that truly encourages entrepreneurs to float small regional airlines and take air connectivity to the remote parts of the country

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    Reducing Noise & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    By Jose Eduardo Costas

    Embraer has researched and studied new technologies for reducing internal and external noise levels, for greater comfort of passengers, and to lessen the impact on airports and surroundings

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    ‘With each new aircraft, we work to decrease noise and lower emissions’

    Increasingly, aircraft manufacturers have to factor in environmental features while making a sales pitch for their aircraft as the aviation community is becoming demanding with regard to fuel burn, emissions, noise, etc.

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    Towards Carbon-neutral Growth
    By R. Chandrakanth

    Bombardier is not just defining luxury in business jets but also working on aircraft development to make the jets more environmental friendly

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    OEM - Selling Corporate Aircraft
    By Trevor Esling

    We have every reason to be optimistic for the future and with a little help from Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’, the markets and market confidence will return strongly as the world economy moves forward

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    Louise Thaden (1905 - 1979)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    On April 29, 1929, she set the women’s endurance record of 22 hours, 3 minutes, 12 seconds. A month later, she set a new speed mark of 156 mph, thus becoming the only woman to hold all three records simultaneously.

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    A Word from Editor
    By Jayant Baranwal - Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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    Electric Airliners
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    IAF-HAL Tussle
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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    FMS vs Open Tender
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Make it Easy
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Bureaucratic Jumble
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey