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

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 10-13

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Issue Features

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    Moving Ahead
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    The IAF is undergoing a major transformation, upgrading and inducting new aircraft.

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    'We are training and equipping ourselves to tackle the myriad situations across the spectrum of conflict'

    Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force

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    Fighters - IAF Sans MMRCA
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    The issue of finalisation of the contract with Dassault Aviation for the MMRCA programme is still openended.

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    'We have drawn up very ambitious plans to revamp our capabilities'

    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.

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    Transport - A Long Haul
    By Joseph Noronha

    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.

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    Technology - New Innovations

    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.

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    Understanding Force Multipliers
    By Group Captain (Retd) B. Menon

    In the context of the IAF, acquisition of force multipliers took time but the pace has picked up in the last few years.

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    Human Resource - People First Mission Always
    By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil Chopra

    The IAF strives to develop human management as a verifiable, objective and transparent process...

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    Training - Filling the Gap
    By Group Capt (Retd) B. Menon

    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...

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    Indigenisation - Tapping India's Potential
    By Air Marshal (RETD) Dhiraj Kukreja

    India cannot afford to remain reliant on foreign nations to enhance its aerospace prowess.

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    Strategy - Focus on China
    By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev

    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.

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    OEM Speak - A Developing Partnership
    By Phil Shaw, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin, India

    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

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    OEM - Rafael's High-Tech Air Defence Systems

    The company is steadily growing internationally with orders totalling $2.4 billion and sales of $1.8 billion for 2012

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    OEM Speak - Relationship Going Strong
    By Dennis Swanson, VP, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, India

    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...

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    OEM - First A400M Delivery
    By R. Chandrakanth

    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.

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    'We are often referred to as a technology shop'

    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.

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    OEM - On Turning 80

    Rolls-Royce is celebrating 80th anniversary of its partnership with Indian Air Force in 2013

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    NBAA 2013 - Betting Big on Business Aviation
    By R. Chandrakanth

    NBAA 2013 is the can’t-miss business aviation event of the year with key operators and industry leaders meeting in Las Vegas...

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    A Decade of Neglect
    By Rohit Kapur, President Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA)

    We do not need more regulations. The Indian civil aviation industry is probably the most regulated industry in the world.

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    Technological Feats in Business Jets
    By R. Chandrakanth

    Whether it is the avionics, the engine, the communication systems, in-flight entertainment, the interiors—the business jet industry...

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    Victim of Government Apathy
    By Group Captain (Retd) A.K. Sachdev

    The major factor impinging on the economics of regional aviation is policy framework relevant to civil aviation.

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    Record Breaker
    By Ted Farid, Vice President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Beechcraft

    Beechcraft secures largest general aviation propeller driven aircraft order in history

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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-44)
    By Group Captain (Retd) Joseph Noronha, Goa

    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.

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

    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.

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    Need for Direction
    By Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey

    While the Indian private sector has developed expertise in the manufacture of components and aero structures, even the leading Indian companies...