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SP's Military Yearbook 2021-2022
SP's Military Yearbook 2021-2022

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 11-10

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Issue Features

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    Finally F414
    By Air Marshal (Retd), B.K. Pandey

    With the selection of GE F414 engine, it is clear now that the GTRE-Snecma proposal would in no way militate against the selection of the engine for the Tejas Mk II

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    Sail & Fly
    By SP’s Aviation News Desk

    The seaplane-convertible trimaran is now a reality

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    Soaring Sky high
    By R. Chandrakanth

    Business in the Middle East, indeed, is looking up. There is a growing demand for private charter flights as the responsibilities of top executives based in the region involve quick and frequent trips abroad

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    A Class Apart
    By R. Chandrakanth

    E-Jets have been helping airlines to replace older, inefficient aircraft, and to develop new markets with lower operating costs, greater efficiency, and outstanding passenger comfort

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    Training - Modern & Tech-savvy

    Training Command has always provided aid to civil authorities in times of crisis or natural calamities

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    Maintenance - Aiming for Excellence

    Maintenance Command provides quality maintenance support to operational units of IAF

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    Joint Exercise - Exercise Indradhanush

    The final phase of the Indo-UK Air Exercise Indradhanush has began at Air Force Station Kalaikunda with increased number of launches and full-scale large force engagement (LFE) missions.

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    F-16IN APT for MMRCA: Lockheed Martin
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    The company officials claim that many countries

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    Independent choice is our strength: SAAB
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

    Besides the MMRCA deal, which it terms as the “mother of all businesses”, the company is also looking forward to many more business opportunities in India

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    Sales Sparse, But Mood Buoyant
    By LeRoy Cook Missouri, USA

    A total of 24,206 registrants were on hand, representing a five per cent increase over the 2009 figure, and 1,083 exhibitors packed the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta at the sixty-third NBAA convention

  • Northrop Grumman AESA is relevant in the modern battlefield
    By SP’s Team

    In an interview with John Fagnant, Director of ISR and Targeting Strategy at the Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems sector

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    Honeywell sees India as a key global location
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    Pritam Bhavnani, who assumed office as the President Honeywell Aerospace India in June this year

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    Albert Scott Crossfield (1921 - 2006)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    He was an aeronautical engineer, an aerodynamicist and a designer, who felt that his flying was primarily because it was essential to designing and building better airplanes for pilots to fly

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

    Acknowledging how India had emerged as a world power, Obama sought to enhance the partnership on many counts. The takeaways included deals worth $10 billion including selection of GE F414 for the Tejas Mk II programme

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    Chinese unmanned lunar search
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

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    Flying Saucers for Earthlings
    By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia

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    Paradigm Shift
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

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    Burgeoning Friendship
    By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

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    Consolidating Partnership
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey