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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 09-14

Issue Features

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  Airline Conundrum
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Presently, airlines in India are going through turbulent times, making one wonder how new airlines are daring to enter this business when there is bloodshed around

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  IAF for 200 light bullet-proof vehicles
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to procure 160-200 light bullet-proof vehicles for movement and operations of small independent teams.

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  BREAKING NEWS
  MoD approves Chinook & Apache purchase
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  The DAC has approved the purchase of 22 Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III and 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters...

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  IAF scouts Jaguar DARIN II/III full mission simulators
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to procure 1-3 Jaguar DARIN-III ‘Fixed Base Full Mission’ and 1-3 Jaguar DARIN-II...

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  DRDO scouts long-range sensors for aerostats
  By SP’s Special Correspondent

  The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is scouting a long-range electro-optic (LREO) payload...

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  Dr Vivek Lall, CEO, General Atomics
  

  Dr Vivek Lall has taken over as the Chief Executive of General Atomics headquartered in San Diego and will be overseeing the global operations of the company.

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  Beginning of an era
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  India will be setting a new template for defence cooperation with Japan, which other strategic partners of Japan would also like to emulate

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  Responding to Disaster
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  True to its reputation, the IAF has once again risen to the occasion to respond effectively to the unforeseen disaster that struck the state of Jammu and Kashmir

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  A Season of Hope
  By Joseph Noronha

  The growing inadequacies in the offensive and defensive assets of the IAF may undermine its capability to effectively shoulder its responsibilities

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  Connecting Japan
  By R. Chandrakanth

  JAL’s wholly-owned subsidiary J-Air is playing a significant role in JAL’s restructuring and the new E-Jets ordered are in line with its regional expansion plans

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  Fasten Your Seat Belt & Relax
  By R. Chandrakanth

  If we look at the global scenario for aviation safety, approximately 1,00,000 flights take to the sky and land without incident on a daily basis

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  Safety Management Systems (SMS)
  By Air Commodore A.M. Ganapathy (Retd)

  afety management is a prerequisite for any sustainable aviation business and few organisations can survive the economic consequences of a major accident

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  Latin America Holds Promise
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The airframe manufacturers are going ahead with their programmes in the hope that the market around the world will pick up

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  Bessica Raiche (1875–1932)
  By Joseph Noronha

  The Aeronautical Society of America declared Bessica’s flight as the first solo flight by a woman in the United States for which she was awarded a diamond-studded gold medal inscribed ‘First Woman Aviator in America’.

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

  Clearance of long-pending deals within 100 days of the new government coming to power does signal the possibility of speedy finalisation of the contract for the Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft

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  Tender for Light Utility Helicopters Scrapped
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has scrapped a scam-tainted tender worth over Rs. 6,000 crore to procure 197 light utility helicopters (LUHs) for the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to replace the vintage fleet of Cheetah and Chetak helicopters that are used to support forces deployed in high altitude locations such as on the Siachen Glacier.

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  Dealing with Misdemeanour
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Blacklisting of defence firms would ultimately have a deleterious impact on the operational preparedness of the armed forces.