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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 4-2016

Issue Features

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  BUSINESS AVIATION | CHINA
  Crisis Looms Large
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The economic downturn is expected to have a telling effect on business aviation and airframers are worried about the cascading effect it will have on global markets

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  CIVIL | POLICY
  Need of the Hour
  By Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd)

  “India will be the third largest aviation market by 2024” has become more or less a slogan now raised at every public event that relates to aviation

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  SHOW PREVIEW | ABACE 2016
  Potential Remains
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Despite the slowness of the Chinese economy impacting the pace of growth of business aircraft sales, the show is still riding on optimism

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  REGIONAL AVIATION | EMBRAER
  The E2 Edge
  By R. Chandrakanth

  This family of aircraft from Brazilian aerospace major Embraer is the latest addition to give competition to narrow-body aircraft such as the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX, Bombardier CSeries, Mitsubishi MRJ90 and COMAC C919

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  MILITARY | OEM
  Airbus Group Eyeing Big
  By Ranjeet Kumar

  Airbus has made it clear that the group will be able to invest in the Indian defence sector only if it get contracts as it takes ‘two to tango’

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  MILITARY | OEM
  Expanding Sustainment
  By R. Chandrakanth

  Boeing’s military aircraft are playing an important role in the modernisation and missionreadiness of India’s defence forces...

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  MILITARY | EXERCISE RED FLAG
  IAF Contingent Ready
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The US Air Force (USAF) has invited the Indian Air Force (IAF) to take part in the prestigious joint air exercise codenamed ‘Ex-Red Flag 16-1’

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  MILITARY | DPP 2016
  Key Highlights
  By R. Chandrakanth

  The Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, in his inaugural address of Defexpo 2016 stated the need for India to develop its indeginious platforms and production.

• MILITARY | DPP 2016
  Implications for the IAF
  By Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd)

  DPP 2016 calls ‘self-reliance’ a major cornerstone on which military capability rests and asserts that ‘Make in India’ theme is the focal point of defence acquisition policy/procedure

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  MILITARY | SPECIAL MISSION
  Special Aircraft, Specific Mission
  By Joseph Noronha

  Airborne platforms afford unmatched speed, flexibility and responsiveness and offer commanders a variety of scalable options to choose from in complex situations

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  FACT FILE | F/A-18
  F/A-18 by Boeing
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  In all likelihood, India may prefer the twin-engine F/A-18s over the single-engine F-16s which is also on offer.

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  Hall of Fame
  Winkle Brown (1919-2016)
  By Joseph Noronha

  Winkle Brown was not just a highly skilled test pilot, but the most prolific, having flown more types of aircraft than anyone in history

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

  There are a number of infirmities in the DPP 2016 that need to be addressed urgently for timely modernisation of the Indian armed forces

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  News with Views
  Additional Su-30MKI Jets for the IAF
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  Russia is keen to expand licensed production of the Su-30MKI jets in India, Anatoly Punchuk, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation told Interfax-AVN on March 29 this year. “The project has been successful.

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  Last Word
  Create True Capability
  By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

  The continuously dwindling strength of the combat fleet has been a matter of concern for the IAF since the beginning of the last decade