SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 09-14
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Top News
- Prime Minister Modi Visits Punjab’s Adampur Air Base, Interacts with Airmen after Successful ‘Operation Sindoor’; Stern Message to Pakistan
- The layered Air Defence systems that worked superbly, the key element of Operation Sindoor
- Operation Sindoor | Day 2 DGMOs Briefing
- Operation Sindoor: Resolute yet Restrained
- India's Operation Sindoor Sends a Clear Message to Terror and the World – ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’
- Japan and India set forth a defence cooperation consultancy framework, talks on tank and jet engines
Issue Features
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Airline Conundrum
By R. ChandrakanthPresently, 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 CorrespondentThe 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 CorrespondentThe 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 CorrespondentThe 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 CorrespondentThe 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 KumarIndia 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 NoronhaThe 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. ChandrakanthJAL’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. ChandrakanthIf 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. ChandrakanthThe 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 NoronhaThe 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-ChiefClearance 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.
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