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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 4-2022

Issue Features

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  CIVIL | WINGS INDIA SHOW REPORT
  Forum for India’s Civil Aviation Stakeholders
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Held from March 24–27, 2022, the biennial event’s main theme was “India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry”

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | BIZAVINDIA CONFERENCE 2022
  GA/BA as Aviation’s Growth Accelerator
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Held on the sidelines of WINGS India 2022 in Hyderabad, the BizAVIndia conference brought together the industry stakeholders after a transitioned post-pandemic world and streamlined the way forward

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  CIVIL | WINGS INDIA SHOW REPORT
  Displays, Deals and Awards
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  The show focused across wide array of industry related aspects including policy issues, business aspects, challenges, future possibilities, market scenarios, etc.

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | FALCON 6X
  Dassault Speeding up Entry of its Latest Widebody Aircraft
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  Falcon 6X, one of the newest wide-body aircraft in the French manufacturer’s fleet, completed cold weather testing recently, moving closer to its service entry planned in 2022

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  BI-LATERAL | INDIA-US VIRTUAL SUMMIT
  India-US Partnership to Challenge China
  By Ranjit Kumar

  Prime Minister Modi held a virtual Summit with President Biden on April 11, 2022. With Indo-Pacific in mind and to effectively meet the China challenge, the US administration needs to keep India in good humour.

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  BI-LATERAL | INDIA-US 2+2 DIALOGUE
  India-US Reaffirm Defence Partnership
  By Ranjit Kumar

  The visit of Rajnath Singh to USA for the 2+2 dialogue provided an opportunity to both sides to extensively review the entire gamut of bilateral defence cooperation

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  BI-LATERAL | INDIA-UK SUMMIT
  India and UK – Re-energising Strategic Relations
  By Ranjit Kumar

  “We have discussed next generation defence and security collaboration in all five domains. We have agreed to work together to meet new threats across land, sea, air, space and cyber including partnering on new fighter jet technology, maritime technologies...

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  MILITARY | IAF COMMANDERS’ CONFERENCE
  Focus on Enhancing Capabilities across Multiple Domains
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pointed out that the challenges faced on the Northern and Western borders of the nation in the recent past, had been well responded to by the IAF

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

  The last fortnight saw India in the middle of geopolitical affairs with a flurry of activities in India’s bi-lateral engagements with the US followed by UK aimed at enhancing strategic relations and strengthening defence ties

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  NEWS WITH VIEWS
  Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  On a cloudless morning last May, a pilot took off from the Niagara Falls International Airport, heading for restricted military airspace over Lake Ontario.

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  HALL OF FAME
  John Northrop (1895 - 1981)
  By Joseph Noronha

  The Vega was a rugged, long-range, six-seat monoplane with a cantilever wing that was responsible for many range and airspeed records

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  LAST WORD
  Accelerate Growth with GA/BA
  By Ayushee Chaudhary

  The role that the business and general aviation industry can play in shooting up the economy of the country has been well put out there but still, hindrances remain

• NEWS DIGEST
  QuickRoundUp
  

  On March 25, 2022, Airbus announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airlift Global, a company backed by UK-based AUM Capital, to develop helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) and associated air medical service in India.

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  NEWS DIGEST: APPOINTMENT
  Saab Appoints Mats Palmberg as India Head
  

  Mats Palmberg, currently Head of Saab’s Gripen India Campaign and Vice President of Industrial Partnerships at Saab, will be the new Chairman and Managing Director of Saab India Technologies Pvt Ltd (SITPL).

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  NEWS DIGEST
  Air Works Logs Multiple Award Wins
  

  India’s largest independent MRO and aviation major, Air Works was adjudged the winner of two prestigious awards - Best MRO Service Provider Award and COVID 19 Business Continuity Award at ‘Wings India 2022’.

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  CCS Approves Procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopters from HAL
  

  On March 30, 2022, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Limited Series Production (LSP)...

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ Successfully Flight Tested
  

  Indigenously developed helicopter launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ was successfully flight tested on April 11, 2022 at high-altitude ranges as part of user validation trials.

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  Defence Minister Announces Third List Comprising Major Equipment/Platforms
  

  On April 7, 2022, in New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the third positive indigenisation list of 101 items, comprising major equipment/platforms.

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  MoD and Bel Hyderabad Sign Contract for Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range
  

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad have signed a contract for Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range (IEWR) for the IAF on March 29, 2022.

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  NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  MoD & BEL, Bengaluru Sign Contract for Advanced Electronic Warfare Suite for Fighters
  

  On March 29, 2022, the MoD and BEL have concluded a contract for the supply of Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for fighter aircraft of the IAF. The overall cost of the contract is estimated to be Rs. 1,993 crore.

• NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
  DRDO Successfully Flight-Tests Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Technology
  

  The DRDO successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur on April 8, 2022.