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BENGALURU, February 7: De-spite increasing budegetary constraints the government is facing, Indian Air Force Chief N A K Browne assured the na-tion that the available funds would be optimally used to en-sure that all the programmes in priority were implemented.

Asked to identify the prior-ity areas of the IAF over the next few years during his in-teractions with the Press on the occasion of Aero India, Browne said that the signing of the 126 Medium Multi-Role

Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal would be ‘a top priority’ in the 2013-14 fiscal year.

He said the cost nego-tiations with French Dassault Aviation for its Rafale planes was progressing on the right track and the IAF expected it to be signed by the middle of 2013. “There are no short-cuts. All the process in the tender will have to be followed before the contract is signed,” he added.

On the other priority pro-curement IAF plans to effect in

2013-14 fiscal year, Browne said his force would process the fresh order for six C-130J special operations planes for basing them at Panagarh in West Bengal. These would be additional orders to the six C-130Js that are based in Hin-don air base outside Delhi.

The priority-list also in-cludes the conclusion of the 22 attack helicopters deal with US major Boeing for its Apache choppers, conclu-sion of the contract for the 15 heavy lift helicopters for

Boeing’s Chinook, apart from the six Airbus-330 MRTT re-fueler tankers, he added.“The government is fully aware and conscious of our requirements and I am sure these will go through.”

According to the Air Chief, the IAF plans to induct in the next two Plan periods, till 2022, about 350-400 aircraft, including both fixed wing and rotary wing planes. Among them will be the replacements

Aero India 2013 Show News

BENGALURU, February 7: EADS an-nounced that the aerospace and de-fence group will run a recruitment drive at Aero India 2013. The campaign will be held on February 9 and 10, 2013 which are the public days of Aero India. The set of events will take place in the form of Career Talks for 30 minutes with 20 participants at regular intervals from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the aim of highlighting the potential opportunities at EADS and for the HR Team to meet talented potential employees in India. Besides this, there will be closed Talent Networking Events, that will be held for candidates who have been pre-selected to inform them

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Boeing showcases scaneagle Uas for india's Unmanned aerial vehicles market

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about the potential opportunities available within the EADS group. The events will be for experienced engineering profession-als or recent engineering graduates with at least 3 years experience in aeronautic, automobile or avionics engineering.

Commenting on the recruitment cam-paign Yves Guillaume, CEO of EADS India said: “India has always been an

important country in terms of talent and at the same time we are very com-mitted to the growth of the country. Through this

drive, we hope to attract a large number of budding engineers for a greater future with EADS.”

The EADS group has been present in

India for over 50 years and has several projects running in the country. The EADS group has a very large presence in Delhi and Bengaluru including the engineering centre, pilot training centre and the Inno-vation Cell.

EADS currently has about 460 di-rect employees in India and this total is expected to increase further in coming years. Over 300 Indian engineers are di-rectly working for EADS in research and engineering centres across the country and over 3,000 Indian engineers indirectly through our global supply chain. This is In-dia’s contribution to the growth of EADS.

EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2011, the Group — comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter — generated revenues of € 49.1 billion and employed a workforce of over 133,000.

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for the 56 Avro transport aircraft, the MiG-21 and MiG-27 combat planes that are being phased out in the next half-a-decade, the Mi-8 medium lift helicopters, apart from the Light Utility Helicopters, including the HAL-made Reconnaissance and Surveillance Helicopters.

Browne said that everything is on course and the IAF today has formidable capability. “We are pretty good and have potent capability to stand prominently in the region. But we want to be the very best and we will be so, thanks to the qual-ity of our manpower and the training we have. Our men in IAF are better than their counterparts anywhere, and that in-cludes China. The quality manpower that we have is our biggest asset,” he empha-sised.

With regard to the Indo-Russian FGFA project, Browne said the design and development stage was getting over next month and the R&D phase will begin. India will be provided with three proto-types for tests by 2017-18. “Once we are

satisfied with the programme, then we will define what equipment is required on the plane and it could very well be differ-ent from what is there on the Russian air-craft. By 2022, HAL should be producing the FGFAs,” he added.

On the delays in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) development and induction, Browne surprisingly came to the defence of the DRDO and HAL on the project time overruns saying since it was being developed from scratch and India was facing sanctions on acquiring criti-cal technologies, delays were bound to be there. He, however, noted that the GSQRs for the LCA had not changed, but as de-velopment processes were going through, some changes were felt by the develop-ment agency.

He was confident of the LCA getting Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) by this year-end and the first squadron being inducted by 2015. He also favoured con-tinuous development of LCA from MkI, which they had ordered 40 planes, to MkII which will be supplied to IAF’s five squadrons. “Further development of LCA

is a necessity so that we can make better advanced combat planes,” he added.

However, while the Air Chief was ap-preciative of the constarints the Hindu-stan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has had in developing the LCA “partly because of international sanctions imposed on the country” after the nuclear explosions in 1998, he was blunt in rejecting a HAL proposal for design and development of a basic turbo trainer for training of the air force’s rookie pilots for which it has already bought 75 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 planes.

Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne told a press conference here that his force has recommended to the government not to accept the HAL proposal on the Hindu-stan Turbo Trainer-40 (HLL-40), as the IAF has already zeroed in on the Pilatus platform. “Why should we do this pro-gramme from scratch and pay a higher cost for the planes? Moreover, the IAF has to pay for the Research and Development of this platform. There is no need for this,” Browne said when asked to comment on

the HLL-40 project of HAL.Noting that the IAF had already se-

lected and ordered for the “proven” Pila-tus PC-7 MkII basic trainers, he said: “We have to stick to one platform.” The IAF Chief said the force was considering an additional requirement for Pilatus planes to meet the training requirements of the IAF cadets, which too will be a priority Browne also refused to accept the Inter-mediate Jet Trainer of the HAL, called Si-tara, saying a lot of work is pending on this platform and the IAF was engaged with the HAL in this regard. He noted that Sitara was started in 2004-05 and it is based on the Russian engines, which now has a life of just about 100 hours. “We cannot accept IJT with the short life of its engines. It should be at least 1,200 hours to 1,500 hours,” he said. Being a customer of HAL, it is IAF’s “right” to de-mand quality products from HAL, Browne pointed out.

On the reports of the 197 LUH tender being cancelled, Browne said the Defence Acquisition Council would take a call on all aspects of the tender. He also noted

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the Air Chief hAS dismissed the recent allegations that pi-lots and crew of an Air force helicopter abandoned an in-jured policeman in Chhat-tisgarh as ‘all nonsense’. he said there should be end to ‘sniping’ at each other by se-curity agencies in Naxal areas as it would affect operations there.

Browne expressed surprise at the leakage of a letter writ-ten by home Secretary r K Singh in which he had object-ed to the conduct of Air force personnel and advised the se-curity agencies operating in Naxal-affected areas to work together as a team. he sug-gested that the iAf team on the chopper had left the chop-per and the injured police man as they wanted to avoid being taken hostage in the area in-fested with Maoists.

the iAf chief warned that "it (anti-Naxal operations) is going to be a long haul and it is not about easy solutions. if we keep sniping like this, the same thing happened in the (Kashmir) Valley and is still happening there where they (forces inimical to the coun-try's interest) want to create divisions between security forces and security agencies.”

“if we are not careful, in the Maoist region same thing will happen and they will be very happy to have divisions within security agencies. "i do not think this is the way to function in a situation like this,” he said.

Asked if his comments were directed at the home Secre-tary, the Air Chief said it was for ‘all the agencies’ working there. he said the “lesson that we all have to draw is that we all have to work together as a team in one direction instead of finding faults in one inci-dent.”

IT IS ALL NoNSENSE, SAyS BrowNE

THE LEGENDARy Serge Dassault is at Aero India simply to enjoy the show. The 87-year-old Chairman of the Das-sault Groupe loves aircraft and wants to spend time with die-hard afficionados, aviation geeks and his colleagues at Dassault aviation. Obviously, the Das-sault team is delighted to have him at the show and they are revelling in his company. Jean G Rossanvallon, CEO of Dassault Falcon, said that the company “was delighted at the level of enthusi-asm would move to the next level when the next aircraft codenamed SMS would be announced later this year. Read

the full interview in the March issue of Cruising HeigHts.

Interestingly, Falcons are just right for the long-range requirements of Indian customers, too. The 4,750 nm/8,800-km Falcon 900LX combines long range, fuel economy and full fuel low-speed landing capability with ex-ceptional hot-and-high performance. The 900LX will also be on display at Bengaluru with the Falcon Cabin HD+ cabin management system. The Falcon 900LX flies non-stop from Mumbai, the economic capital, to London City Airport, heart of London, a popular destination for Indian businessmen.

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aero india honoured: Serge Dassault (centre) with Dassault officials at the show

that the Army, Navy and the Air Force had jointly proposed three new tri-services commands in the spheres of space, special operations and cyber security for which the IAF, Army and the Navy will be the lead force respectively. “After considering all aspects of the proposals, we will sent our recommendations to the government for further approval of these commands,” he added.

Asked about the suitability of Isreal’s Irone Drome systems towards ensuring air protection of Indian territories, Browne said that while the system proved effec-tive during the recent clashes in Gaza, he was not sure whether those would nec-essarily work in Indian conditions, since Indian cities, including those in the bor-der areas, are much larger than their Israeli counterparts. “ Iron Drome is not the answer to our environment,” Browne said, adding that the IAF is hopeful that the DRDO will be successful in developing similar systems either on its own or with foreign collaborations.

Browne revealed that the IAF was

keen on establishing a Space Command under the tri-service command. Accord-ing to him, new areas of security con-cern in future could be best met if the IAF mans the Space Command, the Navy takes care of cyber security and the Army looks after “Special Operations”. All these three functions should be under the over-all supervision of the triservics command. “ In fact, we three Chiefs are going to give a detailed plan on this theme to the gov-ernment at the end of this month”, he reveald.

Answering to another question, he said that all the three chiefs still stand by their views to the government that while the forces would do everything to attract women for great careers in the military, they should not be entrusted any combat roles. “Let me tell you that the IAF has got more women officers compared to those in the Army and Navy. We have now women pilots who are flying trans-port helicopters. But I am not still com-fortable with women becoming fighter pilots and operating in combat zones.”

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Boeing showcases Scaneagle UaS, p-8I

deadly craft: A view of the Boeing pavilion at the show and (right) file pix of a Scan Eagle launched from a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan in the Atlantic Ocean.

BENGALURU, February 7: With India's unmanned aerial vehicles market ready to take off in a major way, Boeing's sub-sidiary Insitu has come out with presenta-tions during Aero India 2013 underway at the yelahanka Air Base to showcase capabilities of its ScanEagle long-endur-ance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

Briefing the media here on the occa-sion, Insitu Pacific Director of Business Development and Strategy Dale McDow-ell noted that the low-cost UAS provides persistent day and night Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) for a variety of government and civilian applications from close-support locations, mobile vehicles and small ships.

The ScanEagle is so much in use that at least two dozens of them are flying at any given time somewhere around the world.

The 10-feet wingspan aircraft is launched autonomously via a catapult launcher and the system's patented no-nets, runway-independent retrieval solu-

tion, SkyHook, catches the aircraft by its wing tip with a rope that hangs from a 50-feet boom.

Operators command pre programmes or operator-initiated missions, while a global positioning system on board flight computer guide the aircraft.

ScanEagle can remain covert and on station for 18-plus hours.

The system has provided over seven years of uninterrupted service to the US Department of Defence customers and it was first deployed in-theatre under a ser-vices contract with the US Marine Corps in 2004, and with the US Navy in 2005, McDowell said.

ScanEagle typically flies in the extreme environments, carrying an electro-optic or infrared imager in a gyro-stabilised tur-ret. It can be reconfigured quickly in the field with a variety of options from mid-wave infrared imager to custom commu-nications payloads.

With about 5-kg of fuel, the UAS can fly 24 hours and has a ceiling of about

20,000 feet. It has a maximum horizontal speed of 80 knots with cruise speeds of 48 knots.

ScanEagle, weighing about 13-kg, is propelled by a two-stroke gasolene engine.

At an earlier briefing, Boeing's P-8I Poseidon Programme Manager Leland Wight told reporters that the company was preparing to deliver two of the long-range maritime reconnaissance planes to the Indian Navy by the end of 2013.

Apart from the initial order for eight P-8Is that India had placed in January 2009 at a cost of $2.1 billion, Indian Navy has

BENGALURU, February 7: Selex ES, the strategic consolidation of Finmeccanica’s defence and security electronics busi-nesses (SELEX Galileo, SELEX Elsag and SELEX Sistemi Integrati merged in Janu-ary 2013) is attending Aero India. With a fully owned incountry subsidiary, Selex ES brings to the Indian market its state-of-the-art portfolio of products and solu-tions for a wide range of requirements.

Active in India since 1972, Selex ES has collaborated first with HAL (Hindu-stan Aeronautics Limited) and currently with BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited) to supply the country with radar systems and control centres for military Air Traf-

the option of going in for four more of the planes, he said at the Aero India show.

India had in December 2012 taken de-livery of the first of the eight planes from Boeing. The planes will be based at Arak-konam in Tamil Nadu by next month and would cover the entire Indian Ocean re-gion from Malacca Straits to the Gulf of Aden.

While the planes are sold by Boeing to India through the commercial sale route, the weapons suite on the platform such as the Harpoon Block II missiles are be-ing supplied to India through the foreign military sales route through the US Navy, McDowell said. The Harpoons are similar to those missiles Boeing will supply to the Indian Air Force's Jaguar combat planes that have a maritime role, he added.

Armed with anti-ship and anti-sub-marine weapons apart from surveillance suites and sensors, P-8I will help add teeth to the Indian Navy's long-range maritime reconnaissance and airborne naval war-fare capabilities.

Based on Boeing 737-800 aircraft, India's P8-Is, with six-hour endurance and 1,100 km range, are similar to the US Navy's P8-A Poseidon. The Harpoons can take on enemy warships and subma-rines, but the plane will also be armed with torpedoes and depth chargers. With

snooping gadgets, advanced avionics and weapon control suite, it can also serve as an airborne command post.

The plane's wings will carry air-to-surface missiles and its strengthened fu-selage can act as a bomb bay for the Har-poons.

With an endurance of six hours, the plane can cover a distance of around 1,100-km. With aerial refueling, it can double its range and endurance, extend-ing its utility as a force multiplier.

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fic Control (ATC) including the 2080C Precision Approach Radar (PAR) system for the Indian Navy and Air Force. The company has also provided a complete Communications, Navigation, Surveil-lance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) turn-key system for the two new airports at Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

In the naval domain the company’s presence in India dates back to 1984, when it supplied the Combat Manage-ment Systems (CMS) for the three ‘Goda-vari’ class frigates. More recently Selex ES has been awarded a contract to sup-ply the Indian Navy with its 3D L Band Air Surveillance Radar (RAN-40L) which

will be installed on-board the new aircraft carrier at Cochin Shipyard. Through partnerships with HAL and BEL Selex ES has also sup-plied the HF radios (400W, 1 KW and 5 KW) for most of the platforms and coast-al stations operated by the Indian Navy and that are manufactured in India by HAL under licence. In ad-dition, the company can provide the Indian Armed Forces with integrated combat systems for naval units, C3I and C4I systems based on network-centric

Selex ES continues to offer leading technology to Indian armed forces

architectures, and radar systems for na-val, coastal and land applications.

In the airborne domain, Selex ES offers unique airborne sensors and integrated, tailored mission systems, providing ac-cess to leading technologies such as AESA radar, new generation defensive aids and state of the art electro-optics sensors to its Indian customers.

This capability also allows Selex ES to deliver outstanding, bespoke support and maintenance services to its customers as demonstrated by the 20 year-long CARES support and training contract for the Indian Navy, signed in 2012. The company, which has been operating its Mirach 100/5 aerial target drone at the national Integrated Test Range since 2007, is also poised to sell complete tar-get drone systems in India. In the avion-ics field, Selex ES supplies communica-tion (HF, V/UHF) and navigation systems (Doppler GPS) for both rotary-wing (ALH, Cheetah, Chetak) and fixed-wing (DO228) platforms manufactured by HAL as well as for Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters and aims to enhance its role of strategic partner for Indian end-users as well as becoming a leading player new generation IFF identi-fication systems and mission support sys-tems (Obstacle Avoidance). Selex ES is the answer to the ever increasing demands for airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).

CEMILAC AwArDED TATA HALBENGALURU, February 7: Tata HAL Technologies Ltd., the JV between Tata Technologies and Hindustan Aeronau-tics Limited (HAL), today announced that it was awarded the Design Ap-proval certificate by Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMI-LAC), the airworthiness approval au-thority for military aircraft in India.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Tam-ilmani said “India is a growing market in both the civil and military aviation space and the ownership and pressure of airworthiness will only increase as we move ahead. It is here that we see Tata HAL's contribution in deploying

(L-R) Dr. Rajarajan S, Vice President-Delivery and Lokesh Ranjan Srivastava, Chief Executive Officer, both from Tata HAL Technologies,Dr. K Tamil-mani, Distinguished Scientist & CEO (Airworthi-ness), CEMILAC, with Tata HAL Technologies' Dr. K Balakrishna, Senior Advisor and Sharad Moodi, Deputy Project Manager.

its technical capabilities in the field of aero-structure design and development by adhering to the stringent quality con-trols and guidelines as per the CEMILAC certification.


“We hope to see a decision soon on the 197 R & S choppers”

What are the products, which Eurocopter Military will be showcas-ing at Aero India 2013?

A AS565 MB Panther naval version with full armaments will be on static dis-play. In addition, we will showcase the AS550 C3 Fennec scale model at the EADS pavilion, which is the platform that is pro-posed for the 197 Reconnaissance and Sur-veillance Helicopter programme.

How do you plan to fulfill your off-sets requirement (any specific compa-ny other than HAL) as and when the Fennec bags the contract for the LUH?

HAL is already a global supplier of com-posite assemblies for Eurocopter’s AS550 Fennec and AS350 Ecureuil range. This co-operation could have the potential to be expanded in scope to the extent of a final assembly line should Eurocopter win the LUH contract.

What are the major defence devel-opments/projects in India that you are looking forward to?

Eurocopter is participating in the tender by Indian Navy for 56 naval utility helicop-ters, to which we are proposing the AS565

MB Naval Panther. The Indian Coast Guard has also issued an RFP for 14 twin-engine heavy helicopters, to which Eurocopter will be offering the EC725, which will meet its shore-based mission requirements.

Of course, we’re certainly looking for clarification on the status of the 197 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Heli-copter programme, where the evaluation process has taken over 4 years since we submitted the commercial bid. The Fennec has performed flawlessly, fully compliant with the armed forces’ requirements. The unexplained delays are not in line with the timeframe indicated in the DPP guidelines. We have full confidence in our product and hope to see a decision made very soon.

What is the update on the Naval utility chopper contract for 56 chop-pers for which the AS 565 Panther is participating?

The RFP was issued in August 2012, and we will be submitting our proposal in March this year. Besides field trials, a training and support package including simulator set-up are also part of the re-quirements. You will be able to see a static display of our AS565 Panther with full ar-maments outside the EADS pavilion during Aero India 2013.

Any update on the programme on the navy MRH programme for nearly 100 choppers for which the EC 725 was in the fray?

The Request for Information was issued in 2012, and the Request for Proposal is expected sometime mid-late 2013. We are looking to propose the EC725, which is a combat-proven helicopter in service world-wide, including in Afghanistan. It is a truly multi-purpose, versatile military asset that can be operated from ships and ashore.

Tell us about EC’s Research and De-velopment ventures into new chopper

designs and technology. How much do you think India can contribute to the effort?

For more than 50 years, Eurocopter has been at the forefront of innovation. Eurocopter’s objective is to have a new helicopter, a new helicopter version or a new technology demonstrator perform its maiden flight every year. This promise has been kept since 2008.

Eurocopter marked a new innovation milestone with the successful showcase of the new X3 technical demonstrator — a high-speed, long-range hybrid helicopter concept that combines excellent vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with fast cruise speeds. Eurocopter has also success-fully introduced new helicopter or new helicopter versions every year, including the brand new 7-tonne EC175, as well as evolved versions such as the AS350 B3e, EC130 T2, EC135 T2e/P2e, EC145 T2 and AS365 N3e/AS565 MBe.

It is also at the core of Eurocopter strat-egy to develop industrial partnerships that will benefit the local industry and Eurocop-ter has demonstrated its willingness and success in this aspect in India for over 50 years, beginning with the partnership with HAL since 1962 in the licenced production

of the Alouette 3 and Lama type helicop-ters. Since then, Eurocopter has also devel-oped partnership ties with other companies like Pawan Hans and Mahindra. We will definitely continue to explore possible op-portunities for collaboration. There are certainly huge talents in India that can be harnessed to play a role in our develop-ment efforts.

Tell about how EC’s plans to com-bat the decline in demand for military choppers, especially in the West.

Eurocopter has always placed equal emphasis on other regions like the Asia Pacific, including the setting up of a network of Eurocopter-owned subsidiaries, training and maintenance centres, as well as cooperation programs with local part-ners. We are also very strong in the civil and parapublic sector and continue to lead in many markets around the world.

This strategy has put Eurocopter in good stead for business growth and helped to counter any decline in any specific re-gion or segment.

Specifically, there are great opportuni-ties for growth in the military market in the East. India of course is by far the largest military market in Asia, but also is South East Asia, such as the contracts that Eu-rocopter has with Malaysia and Indonesia for the EC725 combat SAR, as well as in Korea where we won the largest devel-opment contract in 2006, known as the Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) pro-gramme.

How are you planning to contrib-ute to the training needs of the Indian chopper market?

Safety is of utmost importance for Eu-rocopter, and training is a crucial aspect to ensure helicopter operational safety for all pilots and crew. Eurocopter has been expanding its network of training centres around the world, which included the setting up of Full-Flight Simulators (FFS) in many markets. Particularly in Asia, three FFS opened in 2012 alone and the numbers will continue to grow.

Indian pilots can now have access to simulator training at closer proximity in neighbouring countries — there is an AS365 N3+ FFS in Singapore, an EC225/725 FFS in Malaysia, and a new EC135 FFS will soon be set up this year in Japan.

Rainer Farid, Vice President, Sales and Customers Relation, South Asia, Eurocopter, on the status of the 197 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Helicopter programme and his company’s strategy to boost choppers in India and S E Asia

MiniSteRS viSit BRahMoS

BENGALURU, February 7: Raksha Man-tri A K Antony visited the BrahMos pavil-ion on the first day of the ongoing Aero India 2013. Antony was briefed about the BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile sys-tem, displayed in land, sea, sub-sea and air versions by Dr A S Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace. BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile has a flight range of 290-km with a speed of 2.8 Mach.

The Minister praised the BRAHMOS missile system and said “it is a role model of cooperation which has given excellent results." The Indian-Russian Joint Venture

BrahMos Aerospace is exhibit-ing BRAHMOS air-launched version besides the land and naval variants of BRAHMOS which have been inducted in the Indian Army and Navy. A full-scale air-launched version along with indigenously-built aerial launcher integrated on the IAF’s SU-30MKI fighter aircraft is also on display at the airshow.

Raksha Rajya Mantri Jiten-dra Singh also visited the Brah-Mos pavilion. During his visit to

the BrahMos pavilion Singh was briefed by Dr A S Pillai about the BRAHMOS Land Mobile Complex, Naval Fleet Platform, BRAHMOS air-version and BRAHMOS II

— the advanced hypersonic version of the cruise missile system.

The mobile land-based configuration of BRAHMOS has achieved several advance-ments over the years in the form of Block I, Block II and Block III variants with each having its own distinct potentiality to hit and destroy enemy target.

The naval version of BRAHMOS, which has recently witnessed two successive suc-

cessful test firings from Indian Navy warships, is also being showcased at the mega aerospace event. Af-ter arming the Indian Na-vy’s leading surface ships, BRAHMOS is now being developed for launch from submarines.

Another major futuris-tic technological advance-ment the company is high-lighting is BRAHMOS II — the advanced hypersonic version of BRAHMOS.

Brahmand World De-fence Update 2013, one of the highlights on display at BrahMos pavilion, was released by A K Antony on Wednesday, during the in-auguration of the airshow. Dr A S Pillai was also pres-ent during the book launch ceremony. The book has focussed on listing the de-fence capabilities of 113 countries which also in-cludes strategic informa-tion of 30 countries se-lected from each continent/region.

Raksha Mantri A K Antony (left photograph) and Raksha Rajya Mantri Jitendra Singh (below) with Dr A S Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace


Time to attract FDI opportunity Select A&D JVs and Alliances

India has embarked on major defence acquisitions in the aerospace domain comprising Medium Multi-Role Combat Air-

craft (MMRCA), Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA), Medium Lift Helicopters (MLH), attack helicopters, Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) etc. The global reces-sion and significant margin pressures also continue to force aerospace Origi-nal Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) and Tier-1 suppliers to undertake ma-jor restructuring and cost cutting exer-cises. The US Government has decided to gradually move out of Afghanistan, and the war in Iraq has already ended, which is expected to lower its expendi-ture on foreign campaigns. With a con-tinually challenged domestic defence sector and decline in Government con-tracts, the global A&D industry remains focussed on international growth. At this juncture, as the largest importer of

expand and contribute to the needs of armed Forces

What is your assessment of India's requirement for amphibious air plat-forms and what is your company's strategy to tap this market?

Development of such capability and induction of the appropriate enabling sys-tems signal a firm regional commitment towards maintaining regional stability and maritime security and safety but is also an affirmation of delivering on the natural responsibilities that come with great power status. Whilst ships, submarines and con-ventional aircraft are all qualified in some way or the other for fulfilling the above missions each of these platforms are also limited by some capability gap or the other. Modern amphibious aircraft make possible a range of options not achievable by any one platform. Its unique multi-modal de-sign permits airborne, seaborne and land operations in a single platform. For India, aspiring to regional power status, its Navy must not only be able to address the imme-diate security needs of the country and de-feat the enemies of the state but must also be able to contribute in benign and con-stabulary operations in its area of interest and influence for the regional good. From a maritime perspective this power status contributes to burden sharing towards pro-tection of global public goods and the oce-anic commons to achieve firstly, freedom of navigation and safety at sea; secondly, promote regional stability through an open and participative security architecture; thirdly, proactively alleviate suffering dur-ing disasters in the littorals of friendly na-tions: and, finally a constabulary capacity to maintain order at sea for the common good of the region.

We have learnt that the Indian Navy has in its modernisation plans, require-ment to build up capabilities and augment resources for a credible apparatus for hu-manitarian assistance and disaster relief (HAND) and logistics support missions to

its widely dispersed Island territories on either sides of the Indian peninsula. We have responded to the Indian Navy’s Re-quest For Information (RFI) towards the same. We have offered US-2i, a tried and tested amphibian which has served the JMSDF well, to Indian Navy. Our present focus is to introduce the US-2i in the Indian Navy. We wish to expand our operations in a calibrated manner which ideally suits the Indian business environment and will best contribute to the needs of the Indian Armed Forces as well as other customers in India.

Would you like to talk about your platforms that could be suitable to the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force re-quirements for amphibious airplanes?

We have offered US-2i, a tried and test-ed amphibian which has served the JMSDF well, to Indian Navy. Important character-istics of this amphibian include its capabil-ity of landing on and take-off in high seas in rough sea state condition (up to sea state 5). We believe that this aircraft is really the best and second to none in its category. In addition to the traditional role of SAR, this aircraft can be highly useful in conducting anti-piracy missions, effective economic constabulary operations like fishery protec-tion, prevention of toxic dumping at sea, illegal human migration and smuggling of weapons and drugs. We also believe that the unique capabilities of the US 2i am-phibian aircraft can be gainfully utilised by the Indian Army and the Indian Air force in high altitude areas, river/lake operations and for transportation of troops and stores to remote areas. As you can see, US2iis a

very versatile aircraft and is capable of con-ducting many useful roles. It is now left to the user imagination to gainfully utilise the aircraft potential. Accordingly, we have of-fered the same US-2i to the Indian Navy.

Where does India figure in your global strategy? How attractive is the Indian market for your company?

Since its independence, Japan has main-tained very cordial and friendly relationship with India. We truly value the relationship with India. India was the only country that signed a separate peace treaty with Japan and waived off all war claims. Japan has significantly participated in India’s efforts in major infrastructure development and revolutionising/revitalising industrial base/facilities/infrastructure. Under bilateral agreements there are several state-of-the-art projects most successfully executed, across India. The year 2012 marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with India. In this context, it was appropriate for ShinMaywa to also share its domain expertise and skills with our trusted friends. Encouraged by the sus-tained bilateral relationships between our two countries, ShinMaywa has decided to share its proven technology towards the ongoing modernisation of Indian Defence Forces.

What are your long-term plans for India, considering that India itself is seeking to grow from a buyer status to an equal development and manufac-turing partner?

Our long term aim is not to just estab-lish a typical ‘buyer-seller’ relationship by selling ‘state-of-the-art products’ but also wish to build the service and maintenance facilities of some of our products in India, involve the Indian MSME in our supply chain, work with Indian Design and Engi-neering Companies for new products and

Sujeet Samaddar, Director and CEO, ShinMaywa Industries India Private Limited, on India’s requirements for the amphibious air platforms and the strategy for the Indian and global markets

perhaps also engage with India academia. That would help in bringing new technol-ogy for the Indian industries. We are here in India to establish a long term relation-ship and wish to grow in a calibrated and systematic manner.

With regard to your civil aviation products, where all do you see scope for growth in your business and what is your plan?

ShinMaywa began its business opera-tions in India almost 20 years ago. We already are a major supplier of Passenger Boarding Bridges and wire terminating ma-chines to Indian customers. ShinMaywa’s Passenger Boarding Bridges can be seen in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai airport. However, our present focus is to in-troduce the US-2 in the Indian Navy. How-ever, we wish to expand our operations in a calibrated manner which ideally suits the Indian business environment and will best contribute to the needs of the Indian Armed Forces as well as other customers in India.

What are the capabilities that you will be showcasing during Aero India 2013?

During the AERO INDIA 2013, Shin-Maywa would be showcasing their Passen-ger Boarding Bridges and the world’s most capable amphibian aircraft, US-2i.

arms, India is well positioned to receive a significant share of the work with offset obligations acting as a catalyst.

If India wants to be a regional man-ufacturing hub by earning its piece of the investment pie, it may have to start proceedings by increasing the FDI cap. Due to the current FDI restrictions, India could be losing out on a number of foreign companies who are likely to be keen on developing India as a ‘home market’, i.e. both as a major domestic sales market and a global manufacturing hub in its supply chain. With only $4.12 mn having come in as FDI in the Defence Sector since 2001, there have been calls by various bodies to increase the current 26 per cent FDI cap in defence sector. Foreign OEMs have not come forward to invest in the Indian defence market, with or without key technologies, as the 26 per cent ownership cap probably contin-ues to be a disincentive.

Certain sections of the indus-try may propagate that infusion of technology will not take place with an increase in FDI. Though increasing FDI to more than 50 per cent will encourage technol-ogy transfer however, even in-creasing the cap to 49 per cent

will encourage more investments than what is present today, which in turn may promote technology transfer through spillover effects of FDI. These are bound to occur when the foreign enterprises of-fer subcontracts to the domestic industry.

The issue of fulfillment of offset obli-gations where the capacity of Indian in-dustry to absorb offsets comes in. With limited defence infrastructure and non-existent exports, absorbing offsets worth $2 to 3 bn annually may be a challenge. Moreover, FDI utilised for discharge of offset obligations may be presently the best route for technology transfer.

The MoD could have apprehensions that raising the FDI cap significantly would marginalise the DPSUs and Ord-nance Factories. The private sector may also raise objections because it could potentially lead to the crowding out of India’s domestic industry. However, India’s defence expenditure has been rising with big ticket deals and massive modernisation programmes. The large scale of the market leaves enough space for growth for the domestic enterprises. Secondly, the Industry is on a strong foundation that will encourage OEMs to forge links with the OFB, DPSUs and the private industry for components, raw materials and sub assemblies. Thus if the Government policies encourage col-laboration between foreign enterprises investing in India and the domestic in-dustry, the crowding out effects of FDI can be neutralised to a great extent and the opportunity exploited to bring in high technology manufacturing on Indian soil.

—rajiv chib

8�Rolls-Royce will carry out half of its research and development require-ments in India.

8�BAE Systems, has signed a deal with Mahindra & Mahindra to develop a five-seat light aircraft. The National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, will cooperate on this project.

8�Airbus will set up the Airbus Engi-

neering Centre India in Bengaluru, which will hire over 200 engineers

8�Indian defence engineering company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and EADS will set up a joint venture in India to develop and manufacture high-end defence electronics products.

8�Samtel Display Systems will pair with the Thales Group to manu-facture avionics component and assemblies

8�Tata advanced Systems and Lock-heed Martin have formed a JV for production of aerostructures

8�M&M and BAE Systems are manu-facturing armoured vehicles

8 BEL and Thales intend to form a JV to manufacture radars

8�Mahindra has formed a JV with Tele-phonics to manufacture surveillance systems

TIE-UP: Mahindra Defence Systems is one of the companies that has tied up with BAE Systems to manufacture armoured vehicles — photo shows Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director (left) at the inauguration of the MDS facility at Faridabad

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In this interview to Geopolitics, Ananth Ramaswami, Managing Director, CAE India, speaks about future plans

“We are aiming to grow in the niche of modelling and simulation in India” You have now moved into the private sector with your collaboration with InterGlobe for a training centre in Greater Noida. Is this the beginning of a much bigger much more ambi-tious programme with InterGlobe?The CAE and InterGlobe collaboration certainly has the potential to grow as time goes by. InterGlobe, through IndiGo Airlines, has ‘carved a niche’ for itself in the last few years. They have captured significant market share and are a leader amongst the ‘no-frills’ air-lines. They have huge ex-pansion plans with firm or-ders placed for nearly 100 more aeroplanes.

We are working closely with them at our CAE Ben-galuru type-rating train-ing complex, and now we are getting together at Greater Noida. In addition to the flight simulator pro-gramme, CAE also provides pilots to InterGlobe (IndiGo Airlines). We train these ab initio pilots at CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Gondia and prepare them with a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL). Successful graduates are then in-ducted into IndiGo Airlines as First Of-ficer co-pilots. This kind of arrangement ensures mutual benefits to both compa-nies and enhances the confidence to the user as well as to the training provider.

CAE and InterGlobe are looking at opportunities to grow together. Most im-portantly, we want to provide world-class services to the people of India.

Tell us something about you engi-neering centre of excellence where visual databases and other software components for CAE’s simulators are developed. CAE Simulation Technologies Pvt Ltd., located at our new complex in Benga-luru, provides software development and testing services to CAE headquarters in Canada as well as other CAE global sub-sidiaries. More than 150 engineers and technical staff provide software develop-ment such as visual database develop-ment, aircraft systems, communication simulation, computer-generated forces scenario creation, and instructor operat-ing station (IOS) development.

In the private sector, your partner-ship is moving from strength to strength. Could you outline your fu-ture plans for partnerships in India?

Learning to fLy: (Top) The Dhruv simulator at the (Below) HATSOFF Helicopter Training Centre.

CAE has always had a culture of partner-ship, and in our military programmes we often partner with either OEMs or other suppliers to develop a solution that meets the training requirements of the military customer we are working for. We are ac-tively involved in various partnerships and collaborations in the Indian mar-ket, and will continue to be a company with this culture of partnership. Our joint venture with Hindustan Aeronau-tics Limited of India called HATSOFF is

a great example. This facil-ity represents India’s first synthetic helicopter training centre and now offers train-ing for the Bell 412, Euro-copter Dauphin, and HAL Dhruv.

Typical of a mid-size company like ours, we are aiming to grow our posi-tion in the niche of model-ling and simulation in In-dia. What we’d like for the defence and security market in India to know is that CAE is really an expert at apply-

ing modelling and simulation to help our customers save money, become more effi-cient, maintain readiness, and solve chal-lenging problems, no matter the market segment. Because of our strong brand and position related to flight simulation, the market at large is perhaps not as aware that CAE offers a range of simu-lation-based solutions for all the major domains: air, land, sea as well as critical infrastructure and public safety/security.

We are always looking for partnership opportunities that can help leverage our technologies, expertise and experience to bring value to our customers. CAE is also expanding the use of simulation in the healthcare and mining market segments.

As part of your acquisition of Oxford Aviation Academy last summer, you also gained the Parc Aviation portion of their business. What is the signifi-cance of Parc to your portfolio?With the acquisition of Oxford Aviation Academy and Parc Aviation, CAE offers the industry’s only comprehensive Cadet-to-Captain total lifecycle solution: Ab initio ATPL/CPL and MPL train-

ing — CAE Oxford Aviation Academy is the world’s largest Flight Training Organisation (FTO) network with 11 locations, including Rae Bareli and Gondia

Type rating training — the world’s largest type rating training organisa-

tion (TRTO) network with 45 loca-tions and growing

Pilot provisioning, leasing and other services through CAE Parc Aviation

A complete suite of products driven by Level D simulation: from distance learning to the world’s leading full-flight simulators.CAE Parc Aviation is the global mar-

ket leader in providing aviation personnel and support services to airlines, MROs, aircraft manufacturers and aircraft leas-ing organisations; currently providing over 1,400 personnel on assignment to over 70 organisations in more than 30 countries. Based in Dublin and with three offices in the Asia Pacific region, Parc Aviation’s Technical Support Services di-vision specialises in technical personnel resourcing and a wide range of aircraft leasing support solutions to facilitate the aircraft delivery and redelivery process.

It is a bit of a surprise that you have not chosen to enter the ATC training market considering the huge short-fall globally and in the sub-continent of trained personnel to take over in control towers across the country.Again, CAE’s real value-add is our exper-tise and experience is the application of modeling and simulation to solving chal-lenges. As a matter of fact, CAE does have experience with air traffic control simulation. For a number of years, in the United Kingdom our CAE UK business has provided ATC simulation and train-ing solutions at Royal Air Force Base Shawbury, so the company does have some capability in this segment.

That being said, our primary focus in India has been educating the Indian defence forces about our capabilities in flight simulation and training, and pro-moting that India should in-crease the use of high-fidelity simulation to enhance safety and cost-efficiency.

Any plans for some foot-prints in the business aviation side of the business in the sub continent?The business aviation market in India is growing, but still has a relatively small base. We serve business aircraft operators from India primarily at the Emirates-CAE Flight Training facility in nearby Dubai, UAE, which provides a superior customer service experience. They have 13 full-flight simulators, most of which serve business aviation, including training pro-grammes for various Bombardier, Das-sault, Gulfstream and Hawker Beechcraft

aircraft, as well as Airbus, Boeing and Bell Helicopter.

Through our international business aviation training network we provide training for most of the popular in-pro-duction aircraft models and many out-of-production aircraft types.

We continue to monitor the business aviation market in India, of course, and will continue to listen to the needs of our clients to meet their training needs.

What is the roadmap ahead for CAE in India in terms of building and delivering simulators, software de-velopment, training centres in Ben-galuru and elsewhere, and your

overall cooperation with the defence forces?CAE is well-positioned and at the threshold of delivering world-class, state-of-the-art simulators to the defence ser-

vices in India. We have already been in-volved in delivering a couple high-fideli-ty, full-mission simulators to India — the C-130J simulator and the helicopter sim-ulator at HATSOFF — so the Indian de-fence forces are beginning to appreciate the value and capability of these kinds of simulators. We are actively involved in requests for proposals to compete for the training systems required by India, and we believe our expertise, technical prow-ess and quality products will help us win more programmes.

The CAE Dynamic Synthetic Environ-ment (DSE) is an integrated solution combining an ar-chitecture based on the shared, public Common Database (CDB) specification;content creation software tools from both Pre-sagis and CAE;

core DSE simulation software; and DSE-enabled products such as

image generators and computergenerated forces software.

The latest generation CAE Medallion-6000 image gen-erator will be shown in a demonstration highlighting CAE’s immersive, realistic visual solution for fast-jet training. The demonstration will show content-rich scenes from our worldwide database while highlight-ing the outstanding run-time performance of CAE Medallion image generator features such as dynamic run-time shadows, crowd management and render-ing, dynamic vegetation, 3D weather, generic heads-up display and weapon effects.

The Helicop-ter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), a joint ven-ture of HAL and CAE, is India’s first advanced helicopter

training centre and has set the standard in India for

advanced helicopter simulator training. Major General (Retd) Ajit Hari Gadre, the CEO of HATSOFF, expects that simulation-based training will continue to grow and prove to be one of the best approaches for improving safety, operational efficiency and mission readiness.

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CAE is a world leader in providing simulation and model-

ing technologies and integrated training solutions for the

civil aviation industry as well as defence and homeland se-

curity forces around the globe. CAE has a significant presence in

India that today includes more than 300 CAE employees in-country

serving both the defence and civil aviation markets. CAE’s exhibit

at Aero India 2013 will feature a range of simulation-based tech-

nology and capability demonstrations aimed at helping India’s de-

fence forces cost-effectively enhance safety and efficiency.


HAL plans to grow into $10 billion firm by 2020: Tyagi

tems, Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop, were present along with other General Managers of BEL.

The CoMPASS is a day-and-night surveillance system that includes a colour TV daylight camera, Third Generation 3-5 µm FLIR sensor, Laser Target Designator and Rangefinder (LTDRF) and automatic tracking capa-bilities, as well as command and con-trol capabilities. It is distinguished by a wide variety of interfaces, enabling integration with various aircraft/heli-copter systems, such as Mission Com-puter, fire control, radar, GPS, data downlink and helmet-mounted track-ing systems. Its small dimensions, low weight, high level of stabilisation and

coverage angles make it an op-timal choice for long-range, day-and-night surveillance, target tracking, fire control applications and search and rescue.

CoMPASS is the most ad-vanced payload version of its family, featuring reduced weight, high degree of modu-larity and flexibility, space-sav-ing packaging and advanced operational and video process-ing features. CoMPASS has been nominated for 56 Naval Utility Helicopter programme of the Indian Navy.

BEL has recently completed transfer of technology for in-digenous production of CoM-PASS in India. BEL will provide Indian users with local produc-

tion and maintenance support. CoMPASS was already selected and installed in the Indian Army Aviation and Air Force versions of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of HAL.

BENGALURU, February 7: India’s pub-lic sector military planes manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has set itself a target of growing into a $10-billion company by 2020, even as it prepares to take on new projects such as the Medium Multi-Role Combat Air-craft (MMRCA) and the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) and also entering the UAV and MRO businesses in the com-ing years.

HAL Chairman and Managing Di-rector R K Tyagi told a press conference here on Thursday, the second day of the five-day Aero India show, that under the firm’s Vision 2020, it intends to get into all areas of the aviation and aerospace business, including airport management,

BENGALURU, February 7: Navratna De-fence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop Ltd., Israel, for the joint production of Compact Multi Purpose Advance Sta-bilisation System (CoMPASS) for Naval helicopter applications at Aero India.

The MoU was signed by H N Ramak-rishna, Director (Marketing), BEL, and Adi Dar, Executive VP, Managing Direc-tor of Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop Ltd., Israel. Amol Newaskar, Director (Other Units), BEL, Roy Zentner, Vice President, Business Development & Mar-keting, Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop, and Neri Zin, Senior Director, EO ISTAR Business Unit, Airborne EO & Laser Sys-

BEL inks MoUwith Elbit

BANGALORE, February 7: Boeing sees signs of an improving commercial avia-tion market place in India, according to Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president of Asia Pacific and India Sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Keskar told reporters today at Aero India 2013 that while traffic was drop-ping due to reduced capacity, yields were improving and fuel prices were

Boeing sees improving commercial aviation market

stabilising in the market. “These are all positive signs for the airlines in India,” said Keskar. “There is now a balance between supply and demand helping airlines get reasonable yields to make a profit.”

Boeing continues to be the choice supplier of long-haul, twin-aisle air-planes, with the 777 and 787 Dreamlin-er playing key roles in the fleets of major airlines in India. Over the next 20 years, the Boeing Current Market Outlook proj-ects that the airlines in India will need 1,450 new airplanes worth $175 billion. The 20-year forecast of airplane deliver-ies by the airplane type is shown in the table below.

Single-aisle airplanes such as the Next-Generation 737 and new 737 MAX continue to be in high demand with air-lines in India, making up the bulk of new deliveries in the next 20 year period. “Be-cause fuel prices are higher in India, our newest products such as the 737 MAX will help airlines in India save fuel and lower their costs,” said Keskar. “In addi-tion the capabilities of the 737 MAX will allow airlines to fly passengers farther and in more comfort with the Boeing Sky Interior.”

H N Ramakrishna, Director (Marketing), BEL, and Adi Dar, Executive VP, Managing Director of Elbit Systems Electro-optics-Elop Ltd., Israel, exchange documents after the signing of the MoU at Aero India 2013 in Bengaluru.

Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, apart from the planes and helicopters that it currently manufacturers.

With regard to the MMRCA project, he said the Nasik facilities of HAL was preparing to take on production of the Rafale planes once the contract is signed. The deal is likely to be inked later this year with French Dassault Aviation.

HAL, he said, has been discussing its role in the MMRCA project with the Defence Ministry and the Dassault team. Under the plans, HAL is to be tasked with airframe, aerostructures, assembly and integration of the systems of the Rafale planes, he added

With regard to the FGFA, Tyagi said 30 HAL engineers were already in Russia to complete the Preliminary De-sign Phase by next month and after that, the Research and Development phase would begin. The infrastructure required for the project is being put in place, he said noting that the fa-cilities would come up at Nasik. There will be three proto-types of the FGFA that would be de-veloped during the R&D phase, which will then be put to flight tests by 2018. And later the pro-duction phase be-gin, he added.

On the indigenous Light Combat Air-craft ‘Tejas’ project, Tyagi said the HAL was ready with its facilities to immedi-ately begin production of the fighter jets once the DRDO obtains the Final Opera-tional clearance by next year or so.

The Initial Operational Clearance-II for LCA is expected to be obtained by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) by June this year and then HAL’s role will begin, he said. The plan is to produce a minimum of 16 LCAs a year.

Regarding the Weapon System In-tegrated Advanced Light Helicopters ‘Rudra’, Tyagi said HAL was now ready to hand over the first helicopter for the Indian Army to raise its own armed chop-per wing in its aviation corps. The Army will raise the first squadron of Rudra by March-end this year and the initial order was for 60 choppers.

With regard to the Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) ‘Sitara’, Tyagi said the de-velopment was on the right track with 647 flights completed of which 185 flights were done in 2012 alone. Both sea level and night flying have been tested and by December this year, the Initial Op-erational Clearance for IJT was expected, he said.

On the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40), HAL-developed basic train-ers for the Indian Air Force, Tyagi said the firm was waiting for clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security to go ahead with the project. He also assured that HTT-40 would be less costly than the imported Pilatus PC-7 basic trainers, 75 of which are currently on order.

Noting that HAL would gain entry into all sectors of aerospace and aviation sector, including MRO, he said the firm was awaiting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) clearance for

Ojhar airport of HAL near Nasik to act as the closest and alternative airport to the Mumbai airport.

He also pointed out that HAL was starting the country’s first aviation insti-tute for which permissions were awaited, apart from its own 10 institutes for R&D that focus on technical development and product development. He added that HAL had spent `600 crore on R&D alone in 2013 of its `.1,500-crore investment.

Another major entry for HAL soon would be the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sector, which has a great potential in India alone, Tyagi said. HAL, he said, was setting up an exclusive UAV division soon to cater to the needs of the Indian paramilitary forces and the armed forces. He also mentioned that HAL was already maintaining the UAVs of the armed forces and now it would be aiding the paramili-tary forces in acquiring and maintaining these flying machines too. “The blueprint for the UAV set up is ready and we are in talks with the Home Ministry on the plans,” he added.

Regarding the indigenous Light Util-ity Helicopter that HAL has developed, Tyagi said this platform was the answer to the civil aviation needs and the Initial Operational Clearance for the helicopter will be obtained in two years time.

With regard to the Hawk Advance Jet Trainers manufacturing, the HAL chief said the firm would deliver five of these planes licence manufactured by it in 2013-14 to the IAF. “By 2020, we intend to have 12 indigenous designs of which eight will be fixed wing and four rotary wing platforms,” he added.

With regard to Human Resources management, Tyagi said HAL has ear-marked `.70 crore for setting up an insti-tute of excellence in Bengaluru.

Airplane Type Deliveries Value (US$)Single-aisle 1,201 $114BTwin-aisle 234 $61BRegional jets 15 $0.5B

NEw AirpLANE DELivEriEs To iNDiA: 2012-2031


IAF MODERNISING AIRFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE

Modern and rapidly developing aviation demands precisely timed and incident-free oper-ations with hundreds of aero-

planes confined into a given airspace. It is in this light that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) anticipated the relevance of Future Air Navigation System popularly known as FANS and de-veloped the concept of CNS ATM.

Realising the limitations of the exist-ing ground infrastructure and the air traf-

fic system in the IAF airfields and to meet the demands of civil and military traffic as it is expected to grow in a flexible use of airspace in the future, a complete mod-ernisation programme has been under preparation at the IAF HQ for some time now.

Modernisation of an airfield unlike modernisation of aircraft fleet requires a big turn-around plan. Hence the com-plete modernisation plan for the airfields was getting passed over, year after year

until recently till the MAFI project was conceived. The project not only upgrades the IAF airfields ground infrastructure and operational environment but also en-hances the level and category of aircraft operations bringing them at par with civil international airfields meeting ICAO stan-dards and recommended practices.

It is the first time that the IAF under-took an infrastructure project covering thirty airfields on a turnkey basis. In this regard it is a matter pride for the Tata

Power Company Strategic Engineering Division to be partners to Ministry of De-fence in this modernisation activity. Tata Power SED was awarded the contract to modernise the airfield infrastructure at 30 IAF Aerodromes in Phase-I.

The scope of the project comprises in-stallation of state-of-the-art infrastructure to meet the Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (ATM) requirements at an airfield. Ad-ditionally, to set up a depot-level facility to ensure flow of spares and supplies to facilitate un-interrupted operations at all times in peace time or during war.

While the Nav-Aids include Instru-ment Landing System (CAT-II) along with its associated High-Intensity lighting sys-tem, D-VOR, DME & TACAN, the ATM system encompasses the full complement of an AutoTrac system along with Auto-matic Message Switching System (AMSS), Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) and Voice Control and Communi-cation system (VCCS). All of the above be-ing equipped with a robust and redundant power back up along with a formidable network ring.

In view of multiple systems form-ing part of the project, Tata Power SED (TPSED) had partnered with global sup-pliers of CNS/ATM (Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Man-agement) systems to provide IAF with systems that are best in performance. (Raytheon (USA), Moog Fernau (UK), Northorp Grumman Park Air Systems (Norway), M. Tech (Australia), Safegate (UK), EFLA (Finland), Nexans/Thales (France). TPSED has on board a profes-sional team of domain experts who are supervising and conducting the Installa-tions and operational configuration of the systems.

—Gp Capt S K SabeSan (Retd)


Air defence at sea, unlike sub-marine and surface warfare that pre-dominate the un-derwater and surface water

world, is characteristically the most dif-ficult, most obscure and, of course, a very expensive business. It calls for a wide range of technologies, as also consider-able tactical skill, preparedness and com-mitment.

Modern technology offers a variety of assets for air defence at sea. Active and passive sensors from airborne and ship-borne platforms for early warning of ap-proach of aircraft or anti ship missiles at great ranges. Systems are available to track both manned aircraft and missile targets — by radar, and closer in, by op-tical and both active and passive infra-red means. Weapons can be deployed by air defence aircraft and by ships, the lat-ter in area or point defence modes, with guidance and homing devices in the same spectra that are used in tracking. Finally, confusion, seduction or diversion of the threat may be carried out by electromag-netic or physical means.

These assets, however, cost money — often a great deal of money. Even for those states that have the resources to deploy the full range of systems, the constantly increasing diversity, perfor-mance and sophistication of the threat will demand steady improvement of air defence assets and, perhaps even more important, their organisation and control so that their ability to achieve the aim of air defence is maximised. That organisa-tion and control becomes even more criti-cal in the case of those maritime forces that only limited resources available for air defence. In consequence, it is entirely reasonable that air defence at sea should be planned on certain principles derived from the study of technology, practical experience in exercises at sea and war-gaming ashore.

The Indian Navy today is a signifi-cant player in the maritime world, sitting astride key sea lanes of communication for energy security and projecting power. It operates a balanced force comprising an aircraft carrier, multi-role destroyers

AIR DEFENCE AT SEA FOR

INDIAN NAVYBy 2020, the Indian Navy plans to become a three Battle Carrier Group force that will enable the country to imple-ment its maritime military strategy and become a significant player in the Indian Ocean

and frigates, fleet tankers, amphibious ships and a multitude of other aviation and subsurface combatants. The present force levels of the Indian Navy are being further augmented to encompass future tasks in support of India’s economic in-terest, as also confronting emergent mar-itime challenges of piracy and sea-borne terrorism in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and shouldering the responsibility of coastal security as laid out in its Mari-time Capability Perspective Plan (MCPP). Its rapidly growing capabilities and force levels in the coming decade are signifi-cant structural trends to enable India emerge as a true ‘Blue Water’ navy and a global maritime power.

Fundamental and defining precept to Indian Navy’s ‘Blue Water’ capability would be its capability of air defence at sea. For maritime supremacy at sea, air power and air cover at sea and maritime

reconnaissance are essential ingredients, as epitomised by the old naval dictum ‘what you cannot patrol you cannot control,’ and means must be devised to include maritime reconnaissance and air defence commensurate with the op-

erational role of the Navy. For maritime operations, whether it be for sea denial, sea control or, diplomatic flag showing and power projection, and humanitarian relief in peace time, the employment of naval maritime reconnaissance and air defence assets is most essential but an expensive proposition. The larger ‘Blue Water’ navies like the United States and French operate large nuclear powered aircraft carriers like the USS Nimitz class and Charles de Gaulle with their integral F-18s and Rafale and other potent air de-fence assets. The Royal Navy despite its manifest downsizing has plans to oper-ate US-built vertical landing VSTOL Joint Strike Fighters from a 60,000 ton futur-istic carrier design.

By 2020, the Indian Navy plans to become a three Battle Carrier Group force. It has two aircraft carriers on or-der, the 44,500 ton INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov) undergoing an ex-tensive modernisation at Severondnisk

in Russia and a 37,500 ton Indigenous Aircraft Carrier(IAC) being built at Co-chin Shipyard Ltd(CSL). Vikramaditya will carry 16 new MiG-29K aircraft, as well as an assortment of Kamov-28 and Kamov-31 helicopters and now that the trial are more or less successful, except for the defects in the boiler,is expected to arrive by early/mid 2013. It will be joined, hopefully a year later, by India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, which, like the Vikramaditya, will be equipped with a STOBAR (short-takeoff, barrier-arrested design) and is slated to field a slightly smaller air wing of 12 MiG-29K Aircraft. Both aircraft carriers will also carry India’s indigenously designed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).The IAC is expected to be commissioned in 2015. Following its launch, the Indian Navy is expected to officially roll out its plans for a second indigenous aircraft carrier, the IAC-II, which will be larger and more po-tent than its predecessor. Its larger size and more efficient launch system will en-able it to field an aircraft wing that is su-perior both in size and diversity. An RFI (Request for Information) has thus been issued for 40 new multi-role fighters.

With the core of these three aircraft carriers, by 2020, Indian Navy would have created a powerful modern ocean fleet, with over 70 corvettes, frigates and destroyers, over 20 submarines, includ-ing four nuclear-powered ballistic missile capable submarines, up to six general purpose nuclear submarines and about fifteen conventional submarines. This force structuring will enable India to implement its maritime military strategy and be a significant player in the Indian Ocean.

But this large ocean fleet would need to be protected at sea. The detection of a carrier battle group was not an easy task in the last century, but with present maritime reconnaissance and attack air-craft, satellites and advances in detection technology, aircraft carrier groups can be detected easily. Even Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), or drones, can now fly

The CFM International CFM56 (U.S. military designation F108) series is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines made by CFM Interna-tional (CFMI), with a thrust range of 18,000 to 34,000 pounds-force (80 to 150 kilonewtons).

The General Electric F414 is an afterburning turbo-fan engine in the 22,000-pound (98 kN) thrust class produced by GE Aviation. The F414 was developed from GE's widely-used F404 turbofan for use in the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, HAL Tejas Mk 2

GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE, is a

provider of jet, turboshaft and turboprop

engines, components and integrated sys-

tems for commercial, military, business

and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation

has a global service network to support

these offerings.

The General Electric CF6 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines produced by GE Aviation. A development of the first high-power high-bypass jet engine available, the TF39, the CF6 powers a wide variety of civilian airliners. The basic engine core formed the basis for the LM2500, LM5000, and LM6000 marine and power generation turboshaft.

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Mighty Presence: The Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier is set to become the core strength of the Indian navy


for long hours, detect and attack ships on command from their operators. In due course, UAVs will be ship launched, and be difficult to detect by radar. Large plat-forms will become easy targets at sea for long range missiles fired from planes, sub-marines, UAVs and ships. Thus an air-craft carrier group operating in a threat zones requires a large screen of ships and submarines to ensure its own safety from hostile submarine, surface or aerial attack.

The most recent existential threat to India’s carrier force takes the form of China’s newly inducted anti-ship ballistic missile, the DF-21, which can reportedly hit a moving target while travelling at a speed of Mach 10. The Indian Navy is de-termined when it comes to dealing with threats to its carriers, and it was recently reported that Lockheed Martin had held talks with Indian authorities regarding a potential collaboration with the DRDO, which would result in an integration of the future Prithvi Air Defence Shield (PADS) with the firm’s phased array AE-GIS missile defence system.

Aside from the unconfirmed reports of the AEGIS system, for air defence at sea Indian Navy has decided as a mat-ter of policy that it will only mount me-dium-long range surface-to-air missile systems on future warships, as opposed to depending on short range systems that might protect a ship, but don’t offer layered defence for the rest of the fleet. This was an early sign of its transition to a more of a ‘blue water’ navy that can reach into high-threat areas, and a logi-cal complement to India’s establishment of a serious carrier force beginning with INS Vikramaditya. Hence the LR-SAM will be the successor to the Barak missile that currently equips many Navy ships.In December 2012, Israel Aerospace Indus-tries (IAI) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the manufacture of LR-SAM. Under the MoU, BEL is the lead integrator and produce major sub systems for the LR-SAM. IAI will continue to act as the design authority and to produce other

sub systems as a main sub contractor to the Indian firm. The Barak missile has a range of 10-15 kms and can success-fully engage current generation of anti-ship missiles such as the Harpoon and the Exocet. The LR-SAM will be more manoeuvrable, with a greater range of 50-60 kms and capable of engaging next generation of anti-ship missiles.The LR-SAM is earmarked to equip Project 17A Stealth Frigates and Project 15A Kolkata Class destroyers of the Indian Navy. In the first phase, the missile will arm the three Kolkata-class destroy-ers being built at Mazagon Docks. Each

ship will have four Vertical Launch Units (VLUs), each housing eight missiles. The combat suites of both vessel classes will be built around the Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR.The system is already deployed on the lead ship of the P15A class, INS Ko-chi, but is yet to undergo complete testing and trials.Naval LR-SAM and its associ-ated IAI Elta EL/M-2248 radar provide the Indian Navy an AEGIS-class weapon system, extending its active air defence capability far beyond current capabilities. The other air defence system with Indian Navy is the Kashtan (Chestnut) Close-in Weapon System (CIWS), a naval air de-fence gun-missile system deployed by the Russian Navy. It is fitted on the Indian Talwar class frigates as also other ships. It is most typically deployed as a com-bined gun and missile system and pro-vides defence against anti-ship missiles, anti-radar missiles and guided bombs. The system can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft or even surface vessels such as fast attack boats or targets on shore. However it a dated system and other than as-fitted in ships

already commissioned, Indian Navy will not be procuring any Kashtans.

The LRSAM is expected to be fitted on all future ships as also the IAC-II. Howev-er a serious limitation is that the system requires the ELTA EL/M-2248 MF-STAR, which due its size cannot be retrofitted on smaller and medium ships, which will have to depend upon only their integral Close-in Weapon System (CIWS), ie main-ly the AK-630 mm Guns for point defence against an aerial threat. It would augur well for the Navy to consider options for a SRSAM which could be fitted on smaller ships.

Another component vital to air de-fence is maritime reconnaissance and is the basic input for any successful mari-time operation. Indian Navy’s acquisition plan to acquire eight P-81 Boeing long range maritime surveillance aircraft is quite relevant and timely to enhance Indi-an Navy’s situational awareness domain in the Indian Ocean region. The eight Boeing P-8I Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) platforms with Harpoons and Mk 58 torpedoes and APY-10 and APS-137 (stern) radars will join the aging IL-38s and TU-142s and short range Dorniers; Do-228.With the Boeing P-8I, India will become the first non-US operator of this aircraft that will ultimately replace Soviet vintage Tupolev-142 M and Illyushin-38 long range patrol aircraft. Further, the fit-ment of the Sea Dragon Mission Suite on the erstwhile IL 38 post Mid-life Update has ensured that the platform will remain a potent force well into the twenty-first century. Indian navy is also interested in acquiring four more of P-8I.India’s GSAT-7 Geo-stationary satellite dedicated for the Indian Navy is awaiting launch and

all front line warships have been fitted with the Israeli supplied Orbit Technolo-gies terminals for Ku/C band net-centric exchange of data. India’s first synthetic aperture radar fitted satellite RISAT-1 is already operational for all weather intelli-gence, reconnaissance and mapping with cameras.In addition, an RFI has been is-sued for another 6 Medium Range Mari-time Aircraft. However given the normal timelines of procurement per DDPP these may only be ordered in 2014-15.

On the UAV front, however, the Indian Navy’s present force levels of 8 Searchers and 4 Herons is highly inad-equate to meet the surveillance require-ment. Indian Navy must speed up the ac-quisition of UAVs. For long Range High Altitude UAVs a RFI was issued in end 2010 and the programme appears to be stagnant. The induction is therefore clearly a very distant proposition. It is also understood that the services are put-ting together a single proposal for their combined requirement of Medium Alti-tude Long Endurance UAVs, though no RFI has been issued as yet. Rotary Wing UAVs for shipborne applications are at the development stage at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and these may only be inducted no earlier than 2016-17. In-tegrating High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerials Systems fitted with highly sophisticated multifarious payloads supported with multi-spectral data fusion engines with the long range MPA would greatly enhance surveillance capability.

The Indian Navy is evolving into a versatile and potent force, capable of a variety of operations ranging from coast-al security to blue-water operations. In less than a decade, India’s naval force structure will be able to continuously de-ploy carrier groups on both seaboards.To meet the requirements of these roles, a quantum jump in induction of technolo-gies for defence at sea, especially against the diverse aerial threats, especially sea skimming missiles, more capable sensors and well-networked combat management systems is inescapable.

—CdR Sunil Chauhan (Retd)

By 2020, Indian Navy would have created a powerful modern ocean fleet, with over 70 corvettes, frigates and destroyers,

over 20 submarines, including four nuclear-powered ballistic missile capable submarines, up to six general purpose nuclear

submarines and about fifteen conventional submarines.

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Despite their decisive victory in the 1973 Middle East War, the Israelis will never forget the complete disruption of the

air to ground communication when the Egyptians successfully jammed the Israeli UHF/VHF radio frequencies. Since then Air Forces of all nations have woken up to the operational imperatives of EW and incorporated cutting edge EW suites in airborne platforms.

Electronic Warfare (EW) is a force multiplier and mission critical in any form of conflict besides being central to the survival of any aircraft involved in combat. Modern Air Defence weapons with their accuracy, lethality and long ranges are backed by sophisticated EW force multipliers like highly accurate means of Electronic surveillance, early detection and tracking from long ranges and effective jamming by ground and air based jammers thus negating the on board ECCM capabilities of modern Air-craft. If fourth and fifth generation air-craft boast of hi-technology they need to reckon with anti technology which invariably is a few steps ahead of Tech-nology. It can be safely said that with-out effective EW measures it will not be possible to have “first-look, first-shot, first-kill capability”. IAF would certainly have factored this important EW aspect in the MMRCA bid for the 126 aircraft while short listing the vendors during the technical evaluations.

The battle space encompasses the land, sea, air, space and cyber environ-ment and also the electromagnetic spec-trum and success in this battle hinges on the perfect exploitation of all the above. The aim of EW is to deny use of the elec-tromagnetic spectrum to enemy forces. “Dominance of battle space” being the doctrine of almost all modern Armed Forces, the aim and intention of EW is to provide such dominance. Electronic war-fare encompasses military actions involv-ing the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce or prevent the hostile use of electromagnetic spectrum and actions which retain friendly use of it. EW consists of three basic activities: first, ascertaining the extent and nature of enemy’s activity (Electronic Support Measures — ESM); second, possessing the capability to disrupt these activities or ex-ploit them for own advantage (Electronic Counter Measures — ECM); third, defend-ing electronic systems against similar disruption or destruction by enemy (Elec-tronic Counter Measures — ECCM). Since the most prevalent use of this spectrum for weapons/sensor's/communications, etc. is in the Radio Frequency (RF) (i.e. several kilohertz to tens of gigahertz) re-gion, most counter measures and coun-

Electronic warfare in airborne systemsIndia's aerospace and defence industry will benefit from the synergies between commercial and military aerospace technologies

ter-countermeasures also operate in that region. The Infra-Red (IR) and acoustic portions of the spectrum are also of inter-est, but since these regions have yet to be fully exploited by weapons/sensors/com-munications, fewer specific sensing mea-sures and counter-countermeasures exist than in the RF region. While EW is car-ried out in both the Communication and Non-Communication domains, EW in air warfare is predominantly Non-Communi-cation based.

ESM in airborne systemsElectronic Support Measures (ESM) search the RF spectrum for emissions and analyze the results to exploit the weapons or sensors involved. Exploitation includes tactical early warning, identification for counter weapon selection and recording to support countermeasures develop-ment. ESM involves wide spectrum sur-veillance, wide dynamic range of receiv-ers, unwanted signal rejection, Angle of Arrival measurement capability, signal analysis, display and recording capabil-ity.

Anti ESM in airborne systemsAnti ESM in modern aircraft is achieved essentially through stealth which in turn is achieved by Small Radar Cross Sec-tion (RCS). Today, stealth technology can be employed without compromising on Aerodynamic performance unlike in earlier generation fighter aircrafts. Radar Cross sections have been greatly reduced by use of advanced avionics and aero-space materials like carbon fibre compos-ites. Almost all fifth-generation fighters use chines instead of standard leading edge extensions and lack canards. Twin

canted vertical tails are designed to mi-nimise side RCS. Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars are also employed for reduced cross section. AESA radars are also high bandwidth and pos-sess good ECCM capability and Low Prob-ability of Interception (LPI) transmission capability.

Reduction In IR signatures : A part of RCS reduction, it is achieved by special shaping approaches, thermoset and ther-moplastic materials, extensive structural use of advanced composites, conformal sensors, heat-resistant coatings, low-observable wire meshes to cover intake and cooling vents, heat ablating tiles on the exhaust troughs and coating internal and external metal areas with radar-ab-sorbent materials and paint (RAM/RAP).

Very Low Observables (VLO) — VLO signature during combat operations are maintained by carrying primary weapons in internal weapon bays that are only briefly opened to permit weapon launch.

Use of VHF/UHF LOS links which are less prone to interception as compared to HF links.

ECM In Airborne SystemsThe basic purpose of ECM is to interfere with the operation of the sensors of the air/surface defence system, and through them to interfere with the operation of the system itself. ECM could be of two types — Jamming and Deception.

ECM can be achieved byRadiating active signals to interfere with the radar – Self Screening jammers, Stand Off jammers, Stand forward jammers.

Changing the electrical properties of the medium between the aircraft and the

radar — chaff dispersion. Changing the reflective properties of the aircraft itself — Echo/Blip enhancers, Corner reflectors.

ECCM In Airborne SystemsECCM is the art of reducing the effective-ness of an EW threat with the objective of making the cost of effective EW pro-hibitive for the enemy. The most effective measure to combat ECM is an up-to-date piece of equipment operated by a well-trained operator. Radar design for ECCM can be broken down into three areas:

Radar Parameter Management: The basic Radar parameters are power, fre-quency, PRF, pulse length, antenna gain, antenna polarisation, antenna scan, and antenna side lobe characteristics. These values, and the means with which they can be manipulated in service, are estab-lished in the design phase.

Signal Processing Techniques: These are usually functions that are incorpo-rated into the radar receiver. These tech-niques are called ECCM or anti-jamming (AJ) techniques. Current radars tend to-ward a more sophisticated design concept in which the AJ devices are included in the basic radar system. Examples are MTI signal processors that are used in Doppler Radars and Signal Processing Techniques used in CFARs. (Constant False Alarm Receivers).

Radar Design Philosophy: ECCM ra-dar design is all about incorporating un-predictable operating parameters in the radar since ECM becomes more difficult when characteristics of the victim radar are constantly changing rather than when they are predictable. The parame-ter that may most easily be varied to con-fuse the ECM operator is the frequency. The capability for operator variation of pulse length, PRF, modulation, and an-tenna characteristics is commonly built into radars to make ECM more difficult. Radar Design philosophy also involves having the right mix between operator assisted capabilities vis-à-vis. automated capabilities. While automated capabili-ties will take care of previously known ECM threats, operator discretion will be required to handle new ECM threats.

It has been rightly said that the side that can best dominate the electromag-netic battle space will win the next world war. Effective EW measures will enable exploitation of this battle space. Howev-er it must be noted that EW is a field in which the race between technology and anti-technology is never ending.

—RamaChandRan maheSh

FUtUre WArs: An US officer seen in the blue light of the Electronic Warfare module as he stands the Advanced Combat Direction Systems watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk

STIM300 is a small, light-weight and low power ITAR free tactical grade Inertial Measurement Unit suitable for various commercial and military guidance and navigation applications. It is non-GPS aided and insensi-tive to magnetic fields.

Sensonor continues to expand the boundaries of MEMS

gyros and to build a broad portfolio of high performance inertial sensors. The STIM300 is

the latest addition to our inertia portfolio and suit-able for navigation, guidance and platform sta-

bilization applications in the industrial, aero-space, defence and energy markets.

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Diehl Defence is

focussing on European guided

missile expertise at Aero India 2013.

With its broad product range of highly ad-

vanced guided missiles, Diehl Defence con-

tributes to the protection and robustness of

national and allied armed forces. The highly

efficient precision weapons can be inte-

grated into a variety of carrier platforms

— for use in the air, on the ground

and at sea.

Eurocopter India retains market lead in 2012BENGALURU, February 7: Eurocopter India recorded an impressive 2012 bookings of 12 helicopters, driven largely by the outstanding sale of nine light twin-engine EC135. This repre-sents a 70 per cent market share for the two-year-old Indian subsidiary in a fledging civilian helicopter market that is making steady progress as the country begins to realise the potential and benefits of helicopter operations.

On the deliveries front, Eurocopter India is again leading for the third con-secutive year with a total of six regis-tered helicopter deliveries last year, for an overall 43 per cent market share. The company performed very well in the light- and medium-category, where every three out of four rotorcraft de-livered were Eurocopter products.

“Eurocopter has a 50-plus year relationship with India, and the Eu-rocopter India affiliate’s performance last year underscores the value of our company’s ability to provide proximity services to meet custom-ers’ needs,” explained Eurocopter

President & CEO Lutz Bertling. “We will continue developing our pres-ence in this market, building on the strengths of Eurocopter India as the only full-fledged subsidiary to be es-

tablished in the country, with plans to expand organically and through co-operations with local partners.”

In addition to Eurocopter India’s headquarters in New Delhi, the com-

pany has an office in Bengaluru, and it expanded the footprint during 2012 with the opening of a new Mumbai lo-cation. Industrial co-operation remains a focal strategy for the company, with many local partnerships formed to boost the local aviation industry. Hin-dustan Aeronautics Ltd. has been the global supplier of composite chipsets for Eurocopter’s Ecureuil/Fennec he-licopter family; Pawan Hans Helicop-ters, who owns the largest Dauphin fleet in the world, operates the only Eurocopter-approved MRO (mainte-nance, repairs and overhaul) centre for Dauphin helicopters in India; and Ma-hindra & Mahindra has come on board as a commercial partner in the joint development of new market segments.

The sales and deliveries perfor-mance of Eurocopter India last year contributed to the Eurocopter parent company’s all-time record turnover of 6.3 billion euros in 2012, while its annual bookings of 5.4 billion eu-ros marked the company’s third con-secutive yearly increase since 2010.

The HOSBO prototype is a modu-lar glide missile system capable of engaging stationary and mobile ground and sea targets. The glide missile can be equipped with nu-merous warheads allowing scalable impact.

IRIS-T is an advanced air-to-air guided missiles as a standard weapon system for combat aircraft. Based on the new IRIS-T SL (Surface Launched) guided missile, Diehl Defence is offers armed forces a modern and eco-nomic solution for an entire air defence system.

The anti-ship guid-ed missile RBS15 Mk3 is capable of

precise engage-ment of sea as well

as land targets. The missile is also

being offered as an air-to-ship version

for modern combat aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney powers Qatar’s Emiri Air Force

BENGALURU, February 7: Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Tech-nologies Corp. recently delivered eight F117-PW-100 engines to power two new Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF). Boe-ing delivered the two aircraft at its facil-ity in Long Beach, Calif. The new heavy lift transports join the QEAF’s first two C-17s, which were delivered in 2009.

“We are pleased to expand our rela-tionship with Boeing and Qatar by pro-viding these F117 engines in support of military and humanitarian missions worldwide,” said Bev Deachin, Vice Pres-ident, Military Programme and Customer

Support. “Pratt & Whitney remains com-mitted to producing these safe, reliable and dependable engines to help na-tions like Qatar effectively address their evolving airlift needs and capabilities.”

Pratt & Whitney’s F117 engines provide exclusive power for the C-17 Globemaster III, the world’s premier heavy airlifter. The F117-PW-100 is the military designation for Pratt & Whitney’s PW2040 commercial en-gine powering the Boeing 757. With more than 60 million hours of proven military and commercial use, the F117/PW2040 has consistently proven it-self as a world-class dependable engine.

As nations such as Qa-tar look to the future needs of their aircraft fleets, Pratt & Whitney will remain a partner in technology in-novation and foresight that pushes the industry forward. Pratt & Whitney military engines provide unmatched safety, dependability, reli-ability, and maturity to warf-ighters around the world.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space pro-pulsion systems and indus-trial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hart-ford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aero-space and building industries.

BENGALURU, February 7:Air Works India (Engineering) Pvt. Ltd., India’s only EASA approved third-party Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) provider for business and com-mercial aircraft, today announced the extension of its services with increased capabilities for repair, re-furbishment and restoration of inte-riors of helicopters and business jets at its new facility set up in Mumbai.

This dedicated interior division will cater to the markets’ growing requirement for repair, restoration and refurbishment of aircraft inte-riors for operators in India as well as neighbouring regions. The com-pany also plans to add capabilities in cabin modification and upgrade over the next 24 months; Thus making Air Works a one stop solu-tions provider to general aviation and airlines in this part of the globe.

This new service offering is the culmination of a vision to provide comprehensive and cost effective so-lution offering its Indian customers a choice not to go overseas to Europe or America for interior refurbishment requirements. With the introduc-tion of this new workshop capabil-ity in Mumbai, customers in India, Asia and the Middle East will be able to save on time and cost. One of our strengths will be the flexible approach we will adopt allowing our customers to make last minute adjustment as we install their refreshed aircraft interior.

Commenting on this launch, Nick

White, Vice President – General Avia-tion, Air Works India said, “We rec-ognised that there was a lack of capa-bility in India to refresh the interiors of a significant and growing number of corporate aircraft in India, we saw this as a great opportunity to sup-port our customers. We have a skilled workforce with the expertise to pro-vide world class restoration and refur-bishment for aircraft interiors, offer-ing customers that individual choice to create unique aircraft interiors.”

As per industry reports, global airlines will need 33,500 new planes in less than two decades, with Asia accounting for about 35 per cent of the total. Keeping up with this growing demand, production of air-crafts are also expected to rise. Air-crafts require a full cabin modifica-tion and/or restoration every four to five years and hence this will raise the need for growing aircraft MRO services as well as production and restoration of aircraft interiors, gal-leys, leather and wood restoration.

India is strategically poised on this side of the globe which connects to var-ious touch points in Asia; Air Works with its various facilities in India will be able to support customers and oth-er market players around this region. Commenting on this new set of servic-es Dr. Praveen Srivastava, AVP, Air-craft Appearance Division added, “We believe that this new offering is going to change the way customers look at their MRO requirements in India.”

Air Works’ Mumbai facility extends customer services

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

on a high: An upbeat Eurocopter President & CEO Lutz Bertling with Xavier Hay, CEO, Eurocopter India, at the static display of the company's helicopters


The Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) is a multi-role, new generation helicopter in the 5.5-tonne weight class, indig-enously designed and developed by HAL. With twin Turbo-meca TM 333 2B2 or Shakti engine configuration, it provides superlative performance throughout its flight envelope. It is excellently suited for high speed cruise for rapid deployment and to maximise the area of operations. The basic helicopter is produced in skid version and wheeled version.

Tejas is a single-engine, light weight, highly agile, multi-role supersonic fighter. It has quadruplex digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System (FCS) with associated advanced flight control laws. Extensive use of ad-vanced composites in the airframe gives a high strength to weight ratio, long fatigue life and low radar signatures. Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is the project manager for the development of the LCA.

The Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), a Stage II trainer aircraft is indigenously designed and developed by HAL. The IJT is a tandem seat, all metallic aircraft for training in General Flying, Formation Flying, Instru-ment and Cloud Flying, Tactical Flying, Night Flying and Basic air-to-ground & air-to-air armament training. The aircraft can fly at a maximum speed of 750 kmph with an altitude ceiling of 9-km.

The LHTEC CTS800 is a collabora-tive turboshaft engine between-Rolls-Royce and Honeywell. The engine features modular design with dual shafts, two-stage centrifu-gal compressor, annular combustor, two-stage HP and two-stage power turbine. All models are equipped with an inlet particle separator module. Many applications require the incorporate of a speed reduc-tion gearbox.

Adour Mk871 engine is one of the most

outstanding derivatives of Adour turbofan

engine family. It powers single-engine Hawk

100/200 aircraft. Originally, it was rated at

5,845 pounds of thrust but the latest 871

engines deliver up to 6,000-lb. Adour Mk871

engines are not provided with afterburner.

The engine has been selected for the order

Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft for the

Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

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Rolls-Royce offers

engines in all key market sectors -

combat, transport, helicopters, trainers,

patrol, maritime and reconnaissance - and are well

positioned on a number of new programmes that will

deliver products over the next decade and beyond.

The biggest draws from Rolls Royce at Aero India

2013 are the Adour Mk871 engine, which powers

India’s latest Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer

(AJT), and the CTS800 helicopter

engine.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) strength in design, development and production is being showcased through its products during the Aero In-dia 2013. The major attractions of the HAL’s pavilion in-clude in-house designs such as Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Rudra, the weaponised Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) and Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT). ALH- Dhruv, LCH and Rudra (Mk 4 WSI) will be on flying display.

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Rockwell Collins' latest in the Pro Line family of integrated avion-ics systems is Pro Line Fusion. This system offers cus-tomers the oppor-tunity to leverage commercial and business aviation technology for military aircraft applications.

The Rockwell Collins' electronic Engine Instru-ment Display Sys-

tem (EIDS) cockpit display isa cost effective solution to theproblem of continually having to repair or replace obso-

lete analog instruments. It also provides flight crews with a higher degree ofreliability, safety, operational efficiency and situational awareness.

The Virtual Avionics Procedure Trainer (VAPT) aids in the train-ing needs of today's flight crews, whether it's for newly purchased aircraft, upgrading to a new Rockwell Col-lins Pro Line avionics suite, or for existing aircraft in operation. The VAPT uses actual avionics software which matches the fidelity and performance of the avionics in operation.

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At Aero India 2013, Rockwell Collins will showcase its advanced avionics solutions for India, and discuss its con-tinued investment in the region through steady growth, strategic alliances and commit-ment to build on existing customer relation-ships. The Rockwell Collins exhibit features the company's expansive offerings for its cus-tomers in India and around the globe. Some of these products include Pro Line Fusion flight deck for commercial and military aircraft, synthetic vision for helicopter displays, radio communications, Engine Instrument Display System (EIDS), and the Virtual Avionics Proce-dure Trainer (VAPT).


The military tech revolutionIndia should develop a strategy for competing in this period of revolutionary change. Today, India is a rising power in the region and is likely to have a greater say in the global scenario in the future.

Technology has always played a significant role on the outcome of wars. History is replete with examples of how introduction

of new technology changed forever the ways wars are fought. Since World War I, a number of new technologies emerged, which critically impacted the war wag-ing doctrines. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have provided a glimpse of the potential of emerging technologies on the nature of future wars.

It is the ever-changing face of future battlefield and consequent war fighting that drives a regular feed of new and inno-vative technology in the field. The future wars are likely to be short notice, short duration and fought with high intensity and tempo. These battlefields will cover a wide spectrum from terror threats, insur-gencies, asymmetric warfare and limited or intense large scale conventional war with a possible NBC overhang.

It is evident that over the next several decades, the military systems and opera-tions and in some respects, the organisa-tions and force structures that dominated the major military establishments during the earlier wars will be superseded by new, far more capable means and meth-ods of warfare and by new or greatly modified military organisations. Exploit-ing this military-technical revolution will be an integral part of the leading world militaries’ long-term strategic planning process.

Stimulated by the accelerating rate of global technological change, military-technological revolutions are taking place with increasing frequency. Because they radically change the nature of the mili-tary competition in peace and war, they have profound consequences for global and regional military balances. As mili-tary-technological revolutions can occur in relatively short periods of time, they often lead to the unexpected and seem-ingly rapid decline of dominant military organisations that could not or would not adapt to the changing environment.

History’s lessonsThere are two very apt examples of mil-itary-technological revolutions that dem-onstrate that the advantage in warfare goes to those who can most effectively utilise new technologies. The Nazi ‘blitz-krieg’ was made possible by advances in internal combustion engines, aircraft design, radio and radar, and other tech-nologies in the two decades following World War I. Although all major military organisations had access to these tech-nologies, only the Germans used them

plethora of electro-optics are providing ever increasing battlefield transparency.

Thirdly, advanced computer-simula-tion techniques are being developed to train and equip forces far more effectively and efficiently than ever before. This will permit military organisations to maxi-mise the effectiveness of their human and material resources. Better-trained sol-diers and greater automation in military operations will permit military organisa-tions to conserve perhaps their most pre-cious asset-time. Indeed, time will be at a premium on the future battlefield, to the extent that ability to translate raw data into usable information and to move that information quickly and display it clearly to those that can best exploit it to their advantage will be increased, since it will reduce the stress on and enhance the effectiveness of reconnaissance, surveil-lance and target acquisition and long-range strike systems.

Military systems development To increase military potential dramati-cally, technologies central to the emerg-ing military-technological revolution will need to be incorporated into significant

numbers of military systems or muni-tions. In addition, the ability to integrate military systems into and across net-works of systems /or system architectures will be fundamentally important.

The new military systems will be those that help military organisations establish and exploit information dominance. In contrast to the military systems that dom-inated the last century, these systems will tend to be smaller to avoid detection and destruction; rely more heavily on stealth technologies and on electronic warfare and other passive-deception measures and trade reduced physical protection for increased mobility. In addition, they will rely on automated operations and on non lethal disabling of enemy capabilities; em-ploy non-line-of-sight fires; survive on a ‘lean’ logistical support system, minimis-ing exposure to enemy deep-strike sys-tems and be designed with open-ended architectures, enabling them to quickly incorporate improvements in military ca-pabilities.

to initiate new operational concepts and innovate organisationally. The Gulf War provided a glimpse of the revolutionary potential of emerging technologies and military systems. For the first time, the importance of space systems for effective military operations was demonstrated on a large scale. In addition, the effective-ness of precision-guided munitions such as the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, the im-portance of the global positioning system to coordinate military operations, the value of stealth aircraft and the poten-tial value of theatre missile defence were demonstrated.

Technological change Three areas of technological progress offer the potential to revolutionise the nature of warfare. All are derived, in whole or in part, from the revolution in information technology that is transforming societies and the global economy. Firstly, there is the potential to locate, identify, and track a far greater number of targets, over a far greater area, over a much lon-ger period of time and with much greater effectiveness than in the past. This ad-vantage may be extended by denying

an enemy the information it requires to target and engage own forces effectively. Widening dramatically the “information gap”, will be of increasing importance in future operations. The battle to establish information superiority will likely occur in a dynamic environment, involving the use of countermeasures, counter-countermeasures, and so on. Secondly and complementing these dramatic in-creases in information capabilities, are major improvements in the range, accu-racy, and lethality of conventional mu-nitions. These advances will allow many targets to be engaged at extended ranges over a wide area with high confidence of destruction, with the help of smart and intelligent ammunition.

Warfare will become more of a com-petition between ‘hiders’ and ‘finders’.Targets that can be identified and tracked will run a high risk of sbeing destroyed, over the entire breadth and depth of the-atre of operations. Cutting edge surveil-lance systems backed by Satellites and

Operational innovationIncorporating advanced technologies into weapons and systems is a necessity but not sufficient condition to effect a military-technological revolution. Break-through operational concepts are needed as well. We are likely see a dynamic com-petition centered on creating or denying an information advantage through a va-riety of means such as establishing before a conflict begins, specific target sets or packages comprising what is perceived to be an adversary’s strategic and opera-tional centers of gravity. These targets would be accorded the highest priority for quick destruction at the onset of hos-tilities. Second, as a consequence of the requirement for higher levels of integra-tion, a progressive blurring of space, air, land, and maritime operations will occur. In the process some command layers will be eliminated.

Implication for IndiaThere are several reasons why India should develop a strategy for competing in this period of revolutionary change. Today India is a rising power in the re-gion and is likely to have a greater say in the global scenario in the future. His-tory and contemporary international re-lations show that no state can be counted upon as a top grade power by being per-manently at the mercy of other nations both for technology and weapon system. A strong demonstrable military power is a necessity for the security of the na-tion. Technological superiority being the decisive factor in future battlefields, it is imperative to build indigenous capabili-ties.

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New Generation ANVIS/HUD®24T is a Pilot and Co-Pilot Day/Night Helmet Display Sys-tem for head-out flight. The new generation ANVIS/HUD24T (including tracking capa-bilities) combines innovative line of Sight (loS) technology and HUD capabilities.

Hermes 90 — Tactical Close-range long Endurance UAS is Elbit Systems' new, next generation, expeditionary, close range long endurance tactical UAS, highly suited for manoeuvring forces and featuring performance-proven, highly autonomous capabilities of the Skylark and Hermes UAS families.

C-MUSIC DIRCM sys-tem, a unique solution against the threats of MANPADs recently performed a series of successful flight tests onboard a Boeing 707 aircraft. The system was proven effective, suc-cessfully performing all of the needed functions.

Elbit Systems will feature variety of its next-generation systems at the Aero India exhibition. Visitors to the Company booth can view a wide range of cutting edge integrated solutions and tech-nologies that have established Elbit Systems as an in-dustry leader in every one of its fields of operation.

Stimulated by the accelerating rate of global technological change, military-technological revolutions are taking place

with increasing frequency.

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The NH90 is the 11-tonne class, medium lift, multi-role military helicopter. Two main versions of the helicopters are available: the TTH, Tacti-cal Transport Helicopter, and the NFH, the naval version. The TTH operates in troop and cargo transport, ca-sualty evacuation, Search And Rescue (SAR)/combat SAR applications. The NFH is designed primarily for autonomous anti-subma-rine hunting and control of anti surface unit threat missions.

The AW109 light Utility Helicopter (lUH) is a military light-twin helicopter able to satisfy a wide range of mili-tary requirements. It has the ability to fulfill a wide range of missions. The helicopter’s avionics include an ad-vanced digital cockpit, based on 3 AMlCDs and a digital 4-axis AFCS, along with a vast array of advanced equip-ment including sophisticated sensors. The integrated Mission Equipment Package (MEP) includes day/night and IFR avionics for single or dual pilot operations with a four-axis digital Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS).

The AW139 is a new generation medium twin-turbine helicopter

designed with inherent multi-role capability and flexibility of operation. It is capable of

carrying up to 15 passengers at very high speed. The bag-gage compartment is acces-

sible both from the cabin and externally. Its Pratt & Whitney

Canada PT6C-67C turbines, together with a state-of-the-art 5-bladed main

rotor, deliver a high cruise speed even in demanding conditions at all weights. The helicopter is equipped with a Honeywell Primus Epic fully integrated avi-onics system, a 4-axis digital AFCS and large flat panel colour displays in the cockpit.

Full icing protection is available as an option.

The G150 is a mid-size aircraft with an advanced avionics suite. The aircraft has high thrust, fuel-efficient Honeywell TFE731-40AR en-gines, combined with numer-ous aerodynamic improve-ments. The G150 started breaking speed records even before it went into service.

The Gulfstream G650 is a twin-engine

business jet aircraft under develop-

ment by Gulfstream Aerospace. The

G650 has a cruise speed of Mach 0.85

to 0.90, with a maximum speed of Mach

0.925 and will have a range of up to

13,000 kms. It may be equipped with

a variety of entertainment features

including satellite phones and wireless

Internet. It uses the Rolls-Royce BR725

engine producing a maximum thrust of

17,000 pounds-force.

CONTROP's SPEED- A is field proven and also used in Israel and multiple other locations with ex-traordinary results for base and force protection. This extensive and proven operational experi-ence with the SPEED-A provides optimal security of a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in order to en-sure secured support of tactical opera-tions. The SPEED-A is a unique EO/ IR payload with capabilities which were specifically developed for use on tactical aerostats (balloons).

CONTROP has launched the FOX 1200mm and the FOX 1400mm Thermal Imaging (TI) Cameras for very long operational ranges. These new products join the FOX Family of Cooled Thermal Imaging Cameras — rang-ing in size from 250mm focal length through 1400mm focal length — all of which are well known worldwide due to their unique Continu-ous Optical Zoom lens as well as other unique features such as local AGC (Automatic Gain Control) and advanced image processing.

CONTROP's Stabilised Miniature Payloads (STAMP) is ideally suited for the small — mainly tactical — UAVs. In addition, CONTROP's other stabilised payloads would be ideal for India as they are serving medium and large UAVs worldwide, due to their high quality image and proven reliability.

AgustaWestland, the Anglo-Italian helicopter company owned by Italy's Finmeccanica, is a total capability provider in the vertical lift market. Agus-taWestland will be showcasing our extensive range of rotorcraft including the AW109 LUH, AW139, and NH90 which can fulfill both military and commercial require-ments in India. They will also be highlighting our exten-sive training and support capabilities.

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Gulfstream Aerospace

Corporation designs, develops,

manufactures, markets, services

and supports advanced business

jets. It has produced more than

2,000 aircraft for customers around

the world since 1958.

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CONTROP Precision Technol-ogies Ltd. is a privately owned company that specialises in the development and production of Elec-tro-Optical and Precision Motion Con-trol Systems for Military, Para-Military and Homeland Security applications.


The Mi-35M features enhanced combat efficiency thanks to improved flight performance, round-the-clock employment capability, and modernised weapons systems. The heli-copter is capable of carrying out a wider range of combat missions, including air recon-naissance with real-time target location and designation, by day and night, in all weather conditions.

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is an air superiority fighter developed by Russia's Sukhoi and Hin-dustan Aeronautics limited (HAl) for the IAF. A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter and is a highly integrated twin-finned aircraft.

The Kamov Ka-226 ‘Sergei’ is a small, twin-engined Russian utility helicopter. The Ka-226 features an interchangeable mission pod, rather than a conventional cabin, allowing the use of various accom-modation or equipment configurations.

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems now offers the Tac-SIS system to provide integrated aerial situational awareness for U.S. and international customers. Scalable and con-figurable, Tac-SIS builds upon AAI’s combat-proven One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) with a variety of communication and encryption component options. AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ OSRVT is based on OSRVT technology, the Tac-SIS system delivers joint battlefield sensor sharing in standardised formats among platforms including ground vehicles, fixed-wing assets, rotorcraft and unmanned aircraft.

AAI’s Aerosonde Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been developed after decades of design-ing, manufacturing, fielding and sup-porting UAS for land and sea operations. AAI’s Aerosonde UAS offers a small footprint ideally suit-ed to tactical opera-tions, easy transport via a single C-130 and a superior day-and-night, combined ISR payload.

Known as CBU-97 and CBU-105, Textron Defense Systems’ Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) is the first and only combat-proven clean battlefield weapon. The SFW is designed to accurately detect and defeat a wide range of moving and stationary land and maritime target threats — from heavy armoured battle tanks and soft-skinned vehicles to maritime threats — with minimal collateral damage and no hazardous unex-ploded ordnance.

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Textron Systems, has been pro-

viding innovative solutions to the

defense, homeland security and aerospace

communities for more than 50 years. The

Company is known for its unmanned aircraft

systems, advanced marine craft, armored ve-

hicles, intelligent battlefield and surveillance

systems, intelligence software solutions, pre-

cision smart weapons, piston engines, test

and training systems and total life cycle sus-

tainment and operational services. Textron

Systems includes AAI Logistics & Technical

Services, AAI Test & Training, AAI Unmanned

Aircraft Systems, Advanced Systems, Aero-

sonde, ESL Defence, Lycoming Engines, Med-

ical Numerics, MillenWorks, Overwatch, Tex-

tron Defense Systems and Textron Marine &

Land Systems.

Rosoboronexport is the sole state interme-diary agency for Rus-sia’s exports and imports of defence-related and dual-use products, technologies and services. It is displaying the Yak-130 combat trainer, IL-78MK-90 tanker, the new-est IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, Be-200 multipurpose amphibian air-craft, Mi-35M, Mi-26T2, Ka-31 and Ka-226T helicopters, as well as training aids and air-borne weapons.

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BrahMos is a supersonic

cruise missile that can be launched

from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It

has been developed by a joint venture between

Republic of India's Defence Research and Develop-

ment Organisation (DRDO) and Russian Federa-

tion's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together

formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

It is the world's fastest cruise missile

in operation.


and the show goes on...


Vignettes from day two: 1. Puneet Kaura and Satish Kaura of Samtel

Avionics.

2. Jay Little, Ram Prasad, T C Chan of Rockwell Collins.

3. Dr. S A Pillai of BrahMos.

4. Gyanendra Sharma of Northrop Grumman answering queries.

5. The Sarang Team.

6. The US Pavilion.

7. Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh takes a look inside the C-130 J.

8. Visitors at the Show and views of the goings-on at Yehlanka Air Base.

Photos: MoD, HC Tiwari and Hemant Rawat


FLIR i3 is a small and light thermal imaging camera. They can be used to ‘point-shoot-detect’ to obtain high-quality thermal images.

Network-Ready Pan-Tilt, Multi-Sensor Thermal Security Cameras PT-Series thermal security cameras provide opti-mum performance in darkness and in bad weather. The PT-Series precision pan/tilt mechanism gives operators accurate pointing control while providing fully pro-grammable scan patterns, radar slew-to-cue, and slew-to-alarm functionality.

The FLIR GF320 is an IR camera for opti-cal gas imaging (OGI) that visualises and pinpoints leaks of VOCs, without the need to shut down the operation. The portable cam-era also greatly improves operator safety, by detecting emissions at a safe distance, and helps to protect the environment by tracing leaks of environmentally harmful gases.

The new FLIR LS-Series thermal imaging can be used for law enforce-ment purposes to see clearly in total darkness. It can be used for many applications. These models are integrate the latest FLIR uncooled detector technology op-timised for offering extra long distance detection performance.

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FLIR Systems, Inc. specializes in de-sign, development, manufacturing, and marketing of Infrared based Thermal Imaging systems. The commercial vi-sion portion of the company manufactures products from infrared sensors to infrared news cameras for use on aircraft. FLIR's largest division, Government Systems, sells products to a variety of government entities with products ranging through weapon sights to perimeter surveillance systems to low light cameras to laser illuminators.

Indian aviation market could be in top 3 by 2020: FICCI - PwC Report

BENGALURU, February 7: Indian civil aviation sector has continued to experi-ence high passenger growth (domestic traffic CAGR is 17 per cent from 2009 to 2011), and if the trend continues it could rank among the top three aviation mar-kets in the world by 2020. According to-Indian Aviation: Spreading its wings, a strong market growth rate coupled with infrastructure expansion will help the sector back on its feet as the economy re-covers. The FICCI-PwC report also finds that this would be a good time for global players to enter India and explore the potential of a large underserved market.

However, volatility in fuel prices combined with highest tax on aviation turbine fuel and other national policy related issues continue to challenge the

sector’s growth. The recent increase of FDI up to 49 per cent in civil aviation might also not result in substantial in-crease in investment since it has been imposed on the aggregate of FDI and FII. The report also recommends a hike of the 26 per cent cap on FDI in defence as it has failed to attract foreign invest-ment. India has received only $4 mn in the 10 years since FDI was allowed in the defence sector, while the entire economy has received over $180 bn,

India’s military aviation sector needs better access to tech-nology, funding and ra-tionalise the tax and regu-latory framework to keep pace with their global coun-terparts. The medium and

long-term perspective plans should be shared with industry in a transpar-ent manner, without compromising on national security. This will provide the industry information and confidence to invest in a production process that is measured in decades than years.

Dhiraj Mathur, Leader — Aerospace & Defence, PwC India said: “The proac-tive policy regime created by the govern-ment has begun to bear fruit. We see the green shoots of the development of an indigenous aerospace and defence in-

dustry. In the last five years there have been significant investments by large and small domestic companies that has entered this industry. However, the FDI inflow has been very low at about $ 4 million. The government needs to review the 26 per cent cap on FDI as well as streamline the various polices to promote greater investment. India’s ac-quisition programme and its offset policy can potentially generate investments in excess of $20 bn along with creating massive employment for skilled and pro-

fessional manpow-er. The government should strive to make Indian indus-try an integral part of the global aero-space and defence supply chain.”

The govern-ment continues to encourage pri-vate investment in both the civil and defence aerospace sector to encourage technology transfer and achieve indi-genisation. How-ever, the ambigu-ity in the definition of defence equip-ment, inconsisten-cies in multiple

regulations further compounded by varying interpretations of govern-ment arms create barriers for invest-ment. The complex and multi-tiered tax structure in India makes domes-tic manufacturing uncompetitive and directly works against the indi-genisation policy of the government.

The government also needs to cre-ate policies that will enable creation of MSME clusters with quality infrastruc-ture and building capabilities. There are roughly 500 MSMEs across differ-ent clusters in the aerospace sector, but the clusters are fragmented and yet to evolve. The high cost of capi-tal and business makes MSME play-ers risk-averse and affect their abil-ity to build innovative technologies.

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