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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 10-14

Issue Features

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  Preparing for a Two-Front War
  By Air Marshal N. Menon (Retd)

  Developing friendly relations with China does not mean that India can discount them as strategic rivals. Development of relations must go hand-in-hand with enhancing military capabilities.

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  'The IAF would always shoulder responsibilities entrusted to it to safeguard our national interests. We are fully prepared.'
  

  Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force

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  Long Wait
  By Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (Retd)

  The IAF desperately needs the Rafale MMRCA to restore its operational edge in the region

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  Transporting the IAF into the Future
  By Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (Retd)

  With the acquisition of replacements for the tactical fleet in the pipeline, the IAF transport fleet will be well equipped to meet with its operational commitments in the decades to come

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  In Transition
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The helicopter fleet of the Indian Air Force is constantly on call for operational deployment, be it in peace or war

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  A Multiplier Effect
  By Joseph Noronha

  The credibility and performance of the IAF will rest heavily on its force multipliers

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  Aerial Weapons Systems for the IAF
  By Group Captain B. Menon (Retd)

  The IAF has for long preferred to upgrade its launch platforms without paying the same attention to the weapons that these platforms carry

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  Going Unmanned
  By Joseph Noronha

  The DRDO must put UAVs on the fast track and produce a range of capable models so that the armed and paramilitary forces may reduce their crippling dependence on imports

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  Training for the Next War
  By Air Commodore K.B. Menon (Retd)

  The operational preparedness of the Indian Air Force must be relevant to the challenges of tomorrow

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  Cadre Management
  By Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (Retd)

  IAF needs to make it an inclusive service. The aspects that need to be looked at are: the peculiarities of UAV, SAM and SSM operations during peacetime and warlike situations

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  IJT Imbroglio
  By Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd)

  The legitimate demands of the IAF in respect of acquisition of modern trainer aircraft to produce top grade pilots have been undermined by various factors

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  Partnering Indian Aerospace
  

  Safran has been operating in India across its three core businesses – aerospace, defence and security – for over 60 years.

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  Mangalyaan: Mars Conquered
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The success of the mission to Mars is adequate proof of ISRO’s capability of handling complex space technologies of deep space missions

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  Music to the Ears!
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Aircraft deliveries to HNWls account for about one-third of the overall business jet market

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  Forward Movement
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The number of new jets that are getting delivered has been on the upswing, while sale of used jets has slackened

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  Educating Policymakers: Five Years of "No Plane, No Gain"
  By Rick Adams

  The NBAA/GAMA “No Plane, No Gain” advocacy campaign, created to counteract recession misimpressions, has changed the conversation in Washington

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  Quick, Short Connects
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Regional jets are gaining in prominence as the need to connect smaller towns to the cities is so intrinsic to overall development of a country

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  Improving Efficiency
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Engine manufacturers are under constant pressure to develop engines which give the lowest fuel burn, fuel continuing to be prohibitive pricewise

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  FSTC steps up training
  

  Captain Sanjay Mandavia, Director of FSTC, outlines his plans to meet the growing demand for pilot training in India as deliveries of narrow aisle and other aircraft are expected to go up.

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  Developing India's Entrepreneurial Base
  

  The recently concluded “Technology Expo” in Goa, organised under the Indian Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP)...

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  Thomas Elmhirst (1895-1982)
  By Joseph Noronha

  With the British due to leave shortly, chiefs had to be found for the three services of India and Pakistan, since the native officers were still too junior to assume this responsibility

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

  Since its birth in October 1932, the IAF has grown from strength to strength and today it ranks as the fourth largest air force in the world with respectable strategic reach and the capability

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  Indigenisation: A Challenge
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The inability of the Indian aerospace and defence industry to deliver quality products in the required time frame, Will only undermine the operational capability