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SP's Military Yearbook 2021-2022
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SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 2-2022

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Issue Features

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    SPACE | TECHNOLOGY
    James Webb Space Telescope — A Human Engineering Marvel
    By Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd)

    James Webb Space Telescope was designed with a life of 15 years, it is the only space telescope designed to be maintained in space by astronauts

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    SPACE | ISRO
    ISRO Lights up the Sky
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    Lifting off the first of its 19 missions planned for this year, ISRO successfully placed three satellites into orbit

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    EXCLUSIVE

    CAS INTERVIEW | EXCLUSIVE
    “IAF Views Cyber Operations as an Integral Part of all Military Operations. We are Continuously Working to Upgrade these Capabilities at all times.”

    In an exclusive interview to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Aviation, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff...

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    TECHNOLOGY | HENSOLDT
    Hensoldt’s Core Competence is to Recognise and Detect Threats and to Protect End Users

    HENSOLDT has been pursuing innovative ideas which translate into technologies for the protection of forces across the globe and into a successful business for over 125 years.

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    DEFENCE BUDGET | INDIA
    The Defence Budget and Atmanirbharta Focus
    By Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd)

    In order to realise the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ initiative to achieve $5 trillion economy by 2024, defence has been identified as one of the prominent sectors

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    FACT FILE | C-390 MILLENNIUM
    Evolving Multi-mission Capabilities
    By Rohit Goel

    Flying faster and delivering more cargo, both the C-390 Millennium and the KC-390 variant are the right sized platform for major deployment scenarios

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    INDUSTRY | MAKE IN INDIA
    Manufacturing Centre of DRDO Established
    By Staff Correspondent

    The two units will generate revenue, provide employment opportunities to the youth & help in achieving ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’: Defence Minister

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    SINGAPORE | AIRSHOW HIGHLIGHTS
    LCA Tejas Flies High
    By Staff Correspondent

    A 44-member contingent of Indian Air Force participated in the Singapore Air Show 2022, held from February 15-18, 2022. Every two years, high-level government and military delegations, as well as senior corporate executives around the world attend the Singapore Air Show to forge partnerships and seal deals in this region.

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    CELEBRATIONS | BEATING RETREAT 2022
    When Pride, Innovation, Indigenisation & Heritage were in the Air
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    The annual Beating Retreat ceremony this year witnessed light, arts, music, and patriotism like never before with the first ever laser and drones show

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

    Indian Air Force is on the path of transformation. In his interaction, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff was very forthcoming and laid emphasis on soft power based capability enhancement and adaptation of modern technologies as the basis of IAF’s modernisation.

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    HALL OF FAME
    Edward O’Hare (1914 - 1943)
    By Joseph Noronha

    Edward “Butch” O’Hare was born in St Louis on March 13, 1914 and later became the United States Navy’s first fighter ace of World War II

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    LAST WORD
    Exports - BrahMos Sets the Pace
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    For India to build its exports of military hardware, the focus will have to be not just on selling the equipment but also on providing adequate training and support to the customers

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    NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh address webinar titled ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence - Call to Action’

    Ministry of Defence (MoD) organised a post-budget webinar titled ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence - Call to Action’ on the announcements made in Union budget 2022-23, on February 25, 2022.

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    NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    IAF Exercise Eastern Bridge-VI (2022)

    The Indo-Oman exercise, Eastern Bridge-VI (2022) was successfully conducted at Air Force Station Jodhpur from February 21 to 25, 2022.

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    Indian Navy to Evaluate Rafale M (Maritime Version) & Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet for Indian Aircraft Carriers

    It has been widely reported that the Indian Navy carried out evaluation from January 6, 2022 onwards to test the maritime version of the Dassault Rafale M fighter (Maritime Version), for its suitability to operate...

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    Pakistan Acquires J-10 Fighter from China

    The Pakistani military has confirmed that it was acquiring J-10 fighter from China. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed confirmed that 25 of the new jets would carry out a flypast during Pakistan’s Republic Day...

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | AMERICAS
    Defiant Executes Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Mission Profile

    It was reported on January 18, 2022 that the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT successfully completed FLRAA mission profile test flights, including confined area landings and low-level flight operations.

  • NEWS DIGEST
    Appointments

    Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Delhi-based Western Air Command on March 1, 2022 from Air Marshal Amit Dev who superannuated after over 39 years of distinguished service in the IAF.

  • NEWS DIGEST
    QuickRoundUp

    Bell, a Textron Inc company has reported on January 26, 2022 that it has completed the first Nacelle Improvements Modification on an Air Force CV-22 Osprey.