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

SP's Aviation - ISSUE No 10-2022

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Issue Features

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    SPACE | LAUNCH
    GSLV Mk III Launch
    By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    With the GSLV Mk III launching 36 broadband satellites of OneWeb in October, ISRO and the NSIL are on a roll

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    BUSINESS AVIATION | NBAA-BACE 2022
    Industry Comes to Life
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    NBAA-BACE has emerged as the melting point of Business Aviation leaders, entrepreneurs, services, products, discussions, displays, and deals

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    BUSINESS AVIATION | NBAA SUSTAINABILITY
    Sustainable, Innovative Steps for BizAv’s Path Ahead
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    With the focus on environmental sustainability, innovation towards technical advancements, NBAA-BACE 22 paved the way for the global business aviation map

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    EXCLUSIVE

    MILITARY | INTERVIEW
    “We have to constantly stay alert and ready, since both our neighbours are less than friendly”

    Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Indian Air Force speaks to SP’s Aviation on the challenges regularly faced by the Air Warriors under his command

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    MILITARY | IAF DAY REPORT
    Touching the Sky with Glory for 9 Decades
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    With a theme of ‘Transforming for the Future’, the 90th Indian Air Force Day was celebrated outside the National Capital for the first time

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    MILITARY | CAS ADDRESS ON IAF DAY
    “Transform into forward thinking and forward-looking air warriors”

    Chief of Air Staff Address on Air Force Day Parade, October 8, 2022. The theme for this year’s anniversary celebrations was “IAF: Transforming for the Future”

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    MILITARY | LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER
    ‘Prachanda’ Marks its Entry into IAF
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    The Defence Minister formally inducted indigenously designed and developed LCH, uplifting the self-reliant defence industry

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    MILITARY | TRANSPORT
    Prime Minister Lays Foundation Stone of C295 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility
    By Ayushee Chaudhary

    This facility, which will be a collaboration between Tata and Airbus, will be utilised for manufacturing C295 aircrafts for the Indian Air Force. This is the first project in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.

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    MILITARY | WEAPON SYSTEMS
    Carl-Gustaf M4 to be ‘Made in India’
    By Neetu Dhulia

    Saab to bring the latest in manufacturing techniques for Carl-Gustaf ’s production in India

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    SHOW PREVIEW | AIRSHOW CHINA 2022
    China’s Military Capabilities on Show
    By Rohit Goel

    Since 1996, Airshow China has successfully taken place, becoming one of the most influential international aviation and aerospace exhibitions in the world. The air show is a great opportunity to display China’s latest achievements in military modernisation to the world.

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

    Business Aviation’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and carbon emissions reductions were on full display at the NBAA’s 2022 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) with exhibits and education sessions about evolving technology, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other solutions

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    HALL OF FAME
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
    By Joseph Noronha

    Saint-Exupéry’s fantasy novella The Little Prince features a pilot stranded in the desert, who meets a celestial visitor – a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid

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    LAST WORD
    Airlines Need to Clean Up their Act
    By Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd)

    MoCA and DGCA have taken some praiseworthy steps. Now, it is up to the airlines to take necessary steps to enhance safety and improve operational efficiency to sustain themselves.

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    DRDO Conducts Successful Maiden Flight-test of Phase-II BMD Interceptor

    Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket on November 2, 2022.

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | ASIA-PACIFIC
    TASL Delivers 200th Crown and Tail Cone of Chinook

    Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has successfully delivered the 200th Crown and Tail-cone for Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook helicopters for the US Army and other international customers.

  • NEWS DIGEST: MILITARY | AMERICAS
    Autonomous Black Hawk Flies Missions Without Pilots

    Sikorsky and DARPA have successfully demonstrated for the first time how an uninhabited Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously can safely and reliably perform internal and external cargo resupply missions, and a rescue operation.

  • NEWS DIGEST: CIVIL AVIATION | ASIA-PACIFIC
    ATR 42-600 to Enter Chinese Market

    The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has provided validation of the type certificate for leading turboprop manufacturer’s ATR 42-600.

  • NEWS DIGEST: CIVIL AVIATION | ASIA-PACIFIC
    Emirates Expands its Cargo Fleet

    Boeing and Emirates announced the Middle East carrier is further expanding its all-Boeing dedicated freighter fleet with an order for five 777 Freighters, valued at more than $1.7 billion at list prices.

  • NEWS DIGEST
    Appointments

    Air Marshal S.P. Dharkar assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force on October 1, 2022.
    Lockheed Martin announced that Michael Williamson will be the new Senior Vice President of Global Business Development & Strategy.