SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 10-13
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The IAF is undergoing a major transformation, upgrading and inducting new aircraft.
Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force
The issue of finalisation of the contract with Dassault Aviation for the MMRCA programme is still openended.
Dr R.K. Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director of HAL, in an interview with SP’s Aviation gave out details of the state-owned enterprise’s achievements.
For a few more years, the IAF’s 17-strong fleet of Il-76 aircraft will continue to soldier on, possibly with a midlife upgrade, despite sharply reduced operational numbers.
The X2 technology is scalable to a variety of military missions including assault, armed reconnaissance, close-air support, combat search and rescue, and unmanned applications.
In the context of the IAF, acquisition of force multipliers took time but the pace has picked up in the last few years.
The IAF strives to develop human management as a verifiable, objective and transparent process...
The evolution of flying training in the IAF in the last 30 years has unfortunately been afflicted with inclination to gloss over problems, short-term fixes, delayed decision-making and at times...
India cannot afford to remain reliant on foreign nations to enhance its aerospace prowess.
If the IAF has to avoid a humiliation in the air reminiscent of the 1962 debacle on land, it needs to concentrate single-mindedly on the PLAAF.
Lockheed Martin continues to engage with the IAF to understand customer requirements and offer relevant capabilities and solutions that are, like the C-130J, proven and without equal
The company is steadily growing internationally with orders totalling $2.4 billion and sales of $1.8 billion for 2012
With the recent deliveries of military aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft and P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft...
The airlifter has the capability to fly distances up to 4,700 nm (8,700 km) at a cruising altitude up to 37,000 ft and at a speed of up to Mach 0.72, very similar to that of a turbofan-powered airlifter.
In a recent interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief of SP’s Aviation, Colin Mahoney, Senior Vice President, International and Service Solutions, Rockwell Collins, spoke at length about the company’s business strategy.
Rolls-Royce is celebrating 80th anniversary of its partnership with Indian Air Force in 2013
NBAA 2013 is the can’t-miss business aviation event of the year with key operators and industry leaders meeting in Las Vegas...
We do not need more regulations. The Indian civil aviation industry is probably the most regulated industry in the world.
Whether it is the avionics, the engine, the communication systems, in-flight entertainment, the interiors—the business jet industry...
The major factor impinging on the economics of regional aviation is policy framework relevant to civil aviation.
Beechcraft secures largest general aviation propeller driven aircraft order in history
On July 31, 1944, he took off from an airstrip in Sardinia, Corsica, in an unarmed Lockheed P-38 (F- 5B) variant on a reconnaissance mission.
We at SP Guide Publications felicitate the IAF on its 81st anniversary and regard it as a pride and privilege to dedicate this special issue of SP’s Aviation to this wonderful organisation.
While the Indian private sector has developed expertise in the manufacture of components and aero structures, even the leading Indian companies...