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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 2-2022

Issue Features

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  SPACE | TECHNOLOGY
  James Webb Space Telescope — A Human Engineering Marvel
  By Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd)

  James Webb Space Telescope was designed with a life of 15 years, it is the only space telescope designed to be maintained in space by astronauts

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  SPACE | ISRO
  ISRO Lights up the Sky
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Lifting off the first of its 19 missions planned for this year, ISRO successfully placed three satellites into orbit

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  EXCLUSIVE

  CAS INTERVIEW | EXCLUSIVE
  “IAF Views Cyber Operations as an Integral Part of all Military Operations. We are Continuously Working to Upgrade these Capabilities at all times.”
  

  In an exclusive interview to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Aviation, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff...

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  TECHNOLOGY | HENSOLDT
  Hensoldt’s Core Competence is to Recognise and Detect Threats and to Protect End Users
  

  HENSOLDT has been pursuing innovative ideas which translate into technologies for the protection of forces across the globe and into a successful business for over 125 years.

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  DEFENCE BUDGET | INDIA
  The Defence Budget and Atmanirbharta Focus
  By Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd)

  In order to realise the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ initiative to achieve $5 trillion economy by 2024, defence has been identified as one of the prominent sectors

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  FACT FILE | C-390 MILLENNIUM
  Evolving Multi-mission Capabilities
  By Rohit Goel

  Flying faster and delivering more cargo, both the C-390 Millennium and the KC-390 variant are the right sized platform for major deployment scenarios

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  INDUSTRY | MAKE IN INDIA
  Manufacturing Centre of DRDO Established
  By Staff Correspondent

  The two units will generate revenue, provide employment opportunities to the youth & help in achieving ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’: Defence Minister

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  SINGAPORE | AIRSHOW HIGHLIGHTS
  LCA Tejas Flies High
  By Staff Correspondent

  A 44-member contingent of Indian Air Force participated in the Singapore Air Show 2022, held from February 15-18, 2022. Every two years, high-level government and military delegations, as well as senior corporate executives around the world attend the Singapore Air Show to forge partnerships and seal deals in this region.

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  CELEBRATIONS | BEATING RETREAT 2022
  When Pride, Innovation, Indigenisation & Heritage were in the Air
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  The annual Beating Retreat ceremony this year witnessed light, arts, music, and patriotism like never before with the first ever laser and drones show

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

  Indian Air Force is on the path of transformation. In his interaction, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff was very forthcoming and laid emphasis on soft power based capability enhancement and adaptation of modern technologies as the basis of IAF’s modernisation.

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  HALL OF FAME
  Edward O’Hare (1914 - 1943)
  By Joseph Noronha

  Edward “Butch” O’Hare was born in St Louis on March 13, 1914 and later became the United States Navy’s first fighter ace of World War II

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  LAST WORD
  Exports - BrahMos Sets the Pace
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  For India to build its exports of military hardware, the focus will have to be not just on selling the equipment but also on providing adequate training and support to the customers

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh address webinar titled ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence - Call to Action’
  

  Ministry of Defence (MoD) organised a post-budget webinar titled ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence - Call to Action’ on the announcements made in Union budget 2022-23, on February 25, 2022.

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  IAF Exercise Eastern Bridge-VI (2022)
  

  The Indo-Oman exercise, Eastern Bridge-VI (2022) was successfully conducted at Air Force Station Jodhpur from February 21 to 25, 2022.

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Indian Navy to Evaluate Rafale M (Maritime Version) & Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet for Indian Aircraft Carriers
  

  It has been widely reported that the Indian Navy carried out evaluation from January 6, 2022 onwards to test the maritime version of the Dassault Rafale M fighter (Maritime Version), for its suitability to operate...

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Pakistan Acquires J-10 Fighter from China
  

  The Pakistani military has confirmed that it was acquiring J-10 fighter from China. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed confirmed that 25 of the new jets would carry out a flypast during Pakistan’s Republic Day...

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | AMERICAS
  Defiant Executes Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Mission Profile
  

  It was reported on January 18, 2022 that the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT successfully completed FLRAA mission profile test flights, including confined area landings and low-level flight operations.

• NEWS DIGEST
  Appointments
  

  Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Delhi-based Western Air Command on March 1, 2022 from Air Marshal Amit Dev who superannuated after over 39 years of distinguished service in the IAF.

• NEWS DIGEST
  QuickRoundUp
  

  Bell, a Textron Inc company has reported on January 26, 2022 that it has completed the first Nacelle Improvements Modification on an Air Force CV-22 Osprey.