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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 4-2021

Issue Features

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  IAF | COVID-19
  Relentless Efforts Combating Pandemic
  By IAF Spokesperson

  With the nation facing an unprecedented crisis on account of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has come forward in a big way to assist the national effort to battle the menace.

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  SPACE | MARS MISSION
  NASA extracts Oxygen from the Red Planet
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  In a milestone achievement, NASA’s MOXIE instrument converted carbon dioxide into oxygen

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  SPACE | INGENUITY
  Ingenuity: Taking science & exploration to new heights
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Having demonstrated the possibility of powered, controlled flight on another planet, NASA’s Ingenuity will now explore flight operations that future aerial craft could utilise

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  SPACE | ISRO
  With 2021’s first launch, ISRO steers new age of space reforms
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  India’s PSLV-C51 launched the first satellite designed, integrated and operated by Brazil along with 18 co-passenger satellites

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  TECHNOLOGY | HENSOLDT
  HENSOLDT’s Airborne Missile Protection System
  

  It is recognised that there is an ever increasing level of hostile threats to fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in both military operational and civil scenarios globally.

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  SUSTAINABILITY | OEM
  Sustainability: Cornerstone of our Market-Leading E-Jets Family
  By Raul Villaron, Embraer

  The focus on sustainability is most recently reflected by the numerous enhancements that have been made to the new generation E-Jets E2, making it the industry’s most efficient single-aisle jet

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  SUSTAINABILITY | EMBRAER
  E-Jets Lead The Path
  By Isha Jaiswal

  Embraer has always kept its customer’s financial bottom and top lines in mind while providing better aircraft

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  ANALYSIS | CHINA INTRUSION
  Frequent Violation of Taiwanese Airspace by China
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The increasing frequency of transgression by military aircraft of China into the airspace of Taiwan, is a clear indication of China’s plans to employ air power to deal with Taiwan in the future.

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  CIVIL | FLIGHT SAFETY
  Safety is Paramount
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Over the next 20 years, annual passenger traffic is estimated to grow by 200 per cent which makes it all the more important to sustain enhanced focus on Air Safety

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  TECHNOLOGY | AIRCRAFT SECURITY
  The Growing Significance of Aerial Self-Protection Systems
  By Joseph Noronha

  The immense popularity of Self-Protection Suites (SPS) despite their cost, indicates that the missile threat to high value aircraft is increasing

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  SHOW REPORT | AERO INDIA 2021
  Nation’s first man concluded the first hybrid airshow
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Display of the defence prowess, strengthening the self-reliance mission, modernisation, global reach and inclusivity highlighted during Aero India 2021

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

  We feel a sense of pride as we witness the level of commitment and the level of conviction, Indian Air Force has displayed during the pandemic in combating COVID-19

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  HALL OF FAME
  Cessna 172 – The Most Popular Plane Ever
  By Joseph Noronha

  The Cessna 172 Skyhawk has been called “the most elegant compromise in the history of aviation” because without being best in class, its design satisfies a variety of customers

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  LAST WORD
  How Must India Deal With China
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The simmering tension between the forces of China and India deployed along the LAC is not in the security interest of India

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA PACIFIC
  Air Force Commanders’ Conference April 2021
  

  The biannual Indian Air Force (IAF) Commanders’ Conference (AFCC-21) was held on April 15 and 16, 2021 at Air Headquarters, New Delhi.

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA PACIFIC
  DRDO Conducts Successful Flight Test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet
  

  The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Integrated Test Range in Odisha on March 5, 2021 which will enable it to develop long range air-toair missiles.

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  NEWS DIGEST: INDUSTRY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited Enlarges Its Foot Print in India
  

  On February 5, 2021 Boeing announced the addition of a new production line at its joint venture, the Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) in Hyderabad to manufacture complex vertical fin structures for the Boeing 737 family of airplanes.

• NEWS DIGEST: INDUSTRY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Lockheed Martin offers ‘F-21 for India, from India’
  

  The F-21 is specifically configured for the IAF and provides unmatched ‘Make in India’ opportunities and strengthens India’s path to become an advanced airpower in the future.

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  NEWS DIGEST
  Appointments
  

  Raytheon Technologies announced Thomas A. Kennedy, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors..., Sanjeev Kumar, an IAS officer of 1993 batch, Maharashtra Cadre, took over as Chairman of Airports Authority of India..., and etc...

• NEWS DIGEST
  QuickRoundUp
  

  Airbus Defence and Space mini Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) subsidiary SURVEY Copter signed a contract with French Armament General Directorate to provide the French Navy with 11 systems, (22 aircraft), of the electrically powered fixed-wing Aliaca maritime version UAS, officially called SMDM, including training and integrated logistic support.