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RAFAEL AND KALYANI GROUP ANNOUNCE JOINT VENTURE

SCHIEBEL’S NIKOLAUS WEIHS ON INDIA AND UAVs

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ir Chief Marshal Arup Raha has highlighted the importance of Indian Air Force (IAF) having 42 combat squadrons and offered a rough blueprint that would plug the operational gaps in the near future.

I nt e rac t i n g with the media at the 10th Aero India show at Bengaluru, he hoped that a speedy decision on the acquiring of 126 Ra-

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“But the IAF does not have a ’Plan B’ and decision on Rafale will be taken by MoD soon.“ fale from France in the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) category will go a long way in plugging the gaps of MiG-27 fighter aircraft which have outlived their utilities.

Even though there have been some upgrades of these ‘legacy aircraft’, they will not last beyond five to seven years, he said.

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HAL TO BECOME A TECH PLAYER

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HAL Chairman T Suvarna Raju presenting a model of SU-30MKI to BrahMos CEO & MD Sudhir K Mishra at the handing over ceremony of the first aircraft fitted with the BrahMos missile

SAMTEL’S PUNEET KAURA ON JOINT VENTURE WITH HAL

EUROJET’S CLEMENS LINDEN TALKS ABOUT EJ200 ENGINE FOR AMCA PROJECT

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LATEST CARL-GUSTAF M4 SYSTEM AT AERO INDIA

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FV Ordnance, part of defence and security company Saab, presents the newly-developed next generation Carl-Gustaf M4 for the first time in India at the Aero India 2015 exhibition.

The Carl-Gustaf M4 is the

latest man-portable shoulder-launched multi-role weapon system from FFV designed to provide users with flexible capability and help troops to remain agile in any scenario. It is also compatible with future battlefield technology such as intelligent sighting systems for programmable ammunition. With a wide variety of munitions available, it is a weapon system capable of handling multiple tactical situations, bridging the gap between full scale operations and low intensity conflicts, and providing the modern warfighter with unprecedented flexibility and capability on the battlefield.

RUSSIA READY FOR TECH TIE-UPS R

ussia is willing to support ‘a positive tendency in military and technical cooperation’ with India. An announcement was made regarding the offer of full transfer of technology for the Ka226T. According to Alexander Potapov, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, “The technology transfer cooperation with India can support the positive

tendency in the development of military technical cooperation with India.”

Popatov also pointed out: “Our cooperation with India has a long standing history and we recently started to transfer technologies to India for military licensed production and joint development of new samples.”

The Minister said he was ready to discuss these issues during the meeting with the Indian Defence Minister. More than 30 Russian

RAFAELKALYANI IN A JOINT VENTURE

Pawan Hans receives Airbus Award R A irbus Helicopters has conferred an Excellence Award on Pawan Hans Limited for its

overall contribution to the success of the worldwide Dauphin rotorcraft fleet. The honor was bestowed during Aero India.

“Pawan Hans is one of most trusted names in Indian aviation today, and its Dauphins serve as the flagship rotorcraft in this operator’s fleet – with a proven track record of reliable operations in offshore and onshore sectors,” explained Xavier Xavier Hay, MD of Airbus Helicopters’ Customer Center in India handing over the Hay, MD, Airbus Helicopters’ Customer Center in India. “We award to B S Bhullar, CMD, Pawan Hans

are committed to continuing the relationship with Pawan Hans, backed by our company’s dedication to safety, reliability and efficiency.”

BS Bhullar, CMD, Pawan Hans added, “The Dauphin is perfectly tailored to our needs, having successfully served us for 30 years. The helicopters have proven their ability to perform all types of missions, especially in offshore operations.”

PANASONIC INDIA MAKES AERO INDIA DEBUT

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nion Civil Aviation Minister Pasupati Ashok Gajapathi Raju unveiled a range of dual use radar systems by OIS Advanced Technology at Aero India.

OIS focuses on research, development and manufacturing of advanced technologies across Defence and Homeland Security.

Commenting on the development of the new radars Sanjay Bhandari, founder CMD of the OIS group of companies, said, “OIS Advanced Technology has been working for some time now with our European technology partners and have entered into a number of collaborations as the India OEM to bid for and subsequently manufacture these sophisticated systems in India.”

SIMULATOR UNVEILED

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en Technologies and Rockwell Collins announced their decision to join forces in military flight simulation by unveiling a next generation rotary wing simulator at Aero India 2015. The two industry leaders recently signed a MoU to combine their strengths in simulation and training to offer advanced and high fidelity aviation solutions. The strategic alliance between Zen Technologies and Rockwell Collins will produce top shelf solutions while also ensuring cost benefits for customers across the region.

afael and Kalyani Group announce Joint Venture (JV) to manufacture high technology products in the country. These relate to missile technology remote weapons, remote weapon systems and advanced weapons systems. This venture will be located in Hyderabad. The JV is scouting land and infrastructure facilities for the area. JV will include components for the Spike anti-tank missile, for which BDL is the prime contractor.

Baba Kalyani said ”As part of the “make in India” campaign, we aim to develop and produce high end technology systems and expand Defence Industry.”

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anasonic India showcased its range of Toughbooks & Toughpads centered on rugged mobile solutions which are specifically developed to endure adverse usage conditions.

The entire range of Toughbooks & Toughpads that will be displayed during the exhibition are developed to meet complex

SYSTEM CONTROLS IN TIE-UP S ystem Controls Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd, represented by Francis Xavier, CMD and Nexeya, represented by Philip Gautier, Chief Executive Officer, signed a strategic cooperation agreement at Aero India 2015.

Through this partnership, both System Controls Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd and Nexeya benefit for the development and marketing their products in the field of Defence, Aerospace, Railways, Energy and other customer defined areas in the market.

business requirements and serve as an ideal tool for field service professionals. Allied with the spirit of Aero India 2015 and towards achieving the vision of the ‘Make in India’ campaign, Panasonic India aims to reiterate its commitment to India through the range of solutions that will be displayed during the exhibition.

companies are participating at Aero India 2015 including Rosoboronexport, UAC Mig, Beriev and Russian Helicopters.

NASMYTH INDIA’S ROLE IN MAKE IN INDIA B

engaluru-based Nasmyth India, established in 2013 plays a key role in the globalisation of Nasmyth Group – a supplier of precision engineering, products and services worldwide. Nasmyth India is currently enjoying annual sales growth rates of over 300 per cent. This level of activity is a measure of Nasmyth’s commitment to the country, which was also evidenced by the opening of the company’s new office in Bengaluru last year and its involvement in the VIP tour of India, sponsored by the British Government’s UK Trade and Investment department and led by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

Already partnering with manufacturing businesses across the south of India – including Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kolar and Hyderabad – for the machining of turned and milled/prismatic components, Nasmyth India is now expanding and further accelerating development of its services to encompass additional engineering capability.

THE JAVELIN CONTINUES TO SHINE

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ockheed Martin continues to market the Javelin antitank guided missile (ATGM) in the Indian market, undeterred by the recent orders for the Spike missile family by the Indian Army (IA). LM is preparing for fresh demonstration trials to potential Indian users later this year, in a bid to exhibit Javelin’s lock on before

launch (LOBL) capability out to 4 kms in certain conditions, ease of use and ease of training for use. Interestingly LM is also offering the Javelin for being fielded on board small naval surface combatants. Indeed LM’s focus for the Javelin in India seems to have shifted to tapping the platform borne ATGM market.

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Fine Tubes strengthens Asian distribution network U K-based Fine Tubes and US-based Superior Tube announce that they have signed a two year contract with Fusoh Aviation Co., Ltd to act as their aerospace and space distribution partner in Japan.

With an international reputation for manufacturing high specification tubing in a wide range of

advanced metals and lightweight alloys, the companies design and supply critical tubing for airframes & aircraft engines including instrumentation, hydraulic and transmission tubing and tubes for pipe assemblies.

Their specialist engineering expertise in manufacturing high strength titanium tubes can offer customers substantial weight savings compared to the industry standard.

HAL IS THE TALK OF THE SHOW

Air Chief Raha in a BAE Hawk cockpit at the HAL pavilion

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mong the leading participants at Aero India 2015 exhibition is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), torchbearer of India’s aerospace sector in aircraft manufacturing since over seven decades.

HAL Chairman and Managing Director, Dr T Suvarna Raju spelt out some of the initiatives the DPSU has embarked upon to take on current challenges in the rapidly proliferating aerospace sector.

A ‘green-field facility’ for manufacture of Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and Naval Multi-role Helicopter (NMRH) in Timkur District, Karnataka is one such proposal.

“HAL and National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL) will jointly take up design, development and manufacture of 70 to 100-seater regional civil aircraft through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV),” said HAL Chairman.

Towards narrowing the gap in skill requirements in the sector, now a meagre two per cent

when compared to Germany (75 per cent), Korea (96), Japan (80) and UK (68), HAL has tied up with Bangalore Chambers of Industry & Commerce (BCIC) and Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Indus-

tries (SIATI) for skill development in aerospace sector.

HAL has successfully absorbed the technology for manufacturing Su-30 MKI, a 4.5 generation fighter and is manufacturing the aircraft from raw material stage onwards.

Till date 150 Su-30 MKIs have been delivered to IAF since 2005.

In addition, the first overhauled Su-30 MKI aircraft was also handed over to IAF on January 9, from HAL’s newly established overhaul facility at Nashik. With the establishment of this facility, HAL has developed capacities and capabilities to support Su-30 fleet for next 30 to 40 years, he asserted. This will have significant export prospects since nearly ten countries operate the Su-30 fleet.

SIKORSKY: WE MAKE IN INDIA

Lt Gen Philip Campose, Vice-Chief of Army Staff (centre) along with Sikorsky's Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arvind Walia, Regional Executive-India & South Asia, at their booth. Sikorsky has a joint venture with Tatas which manufacture aerospace components for Sikorsky in India

SNECMA-HAL TO BUILD PRODUCTION FACILITY S

necma (Safran) and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 28, 2015 in Bengaluru to explore establishing a joint venture in India for the production of aeroengine parts. The MoU was signed by Bruno Durand, Vice President for Industrial Operations & Supply Chain of Snecma and Arunachalam Muthukumaraswami, General Manager of the Engine Division of HAL. The proposed JV will initially focus on the manu-

5 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP

facture of high-tech parts for the Dassault Rafale’s Snecma M88 engine, then subsequently contribute to other major aerospace projects of HAL & Snecma, in India and worldwide.

THYSSENKRUPP TO BUILD IN INDIA

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arshall Aerospace and Defence Group and Maini Precision Products Pvt Ltd (MPP), commemorated their five years of association at Aero India 2015. Marshall and MPP entered into a long term contract for structural machined parts and sub-assemblies for a major aircraft OEM. Since then MPP has established itself as a strategic supplier to Marshall.

Representatives of both companies met at Aero India to commemorate this collaboration.

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group was represented by Andrew Monk, Supplier Manager and Jeremy Rogerson, Supplier Quality Manager. Maini Group was represented by Gautam Maini, Executive Director, Maini Group and Naresh Palta, CEO, Aerospace & Defence, Maini Group. Gautam Maini thanked MARSHALL for their continued support and exuded confidence in further growth of the relationship.

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hyssenKrupp Aerospace, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Group, is planning to build its first facility in Bengaluru, India. The facility is planned to be located Aerospace Special Economic Zone near the international airport.

It will process materials and source various metals such as titanium, aluminium, steel and alloys for the aerospace segment.

Joachim Limberg, Chairman at ThyssenKrupp, said, “We will process and stock here, and supply to tier-1, tier2 and tier-3 vendors. This facility will play a critical role in developing a system in India for the growth of aerospace manufacturing." The plant will feature machining centres, cutting and milling units, and testing facilities to produce cut-to-size and machine-ready materials. It has a workforce of 30.

‘WE’LL CONTINUE TO POWER INDIAN AIRCRAFT’ STEVEN GILLARD, VP, Customer Business–Defence, Rolls-Royce on the legacy of its engines…

Given that quite a few aircraft in space Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd the Indian military’s inventory (IAMPL) also supplies parts for (both legacy and more recent) fly various Rolls-Royce engines, inwith Rolls-Royce engines, what cluding the Trent family. progress has been Including the XWB varimade in terms of ant of the Trent family producing any Rolls as well?

-Royce engine here Yes, including that as in India? well.

Well, as you know Hindustan AeroHAL is the lead integranautics Limited tor for India’s regional (HAL) builds the civil aircraft project.

Adour Mk 871 that Has Rolls-Royce been powers the Hawk STEVEN GILLARD sounded out to power Advanced Jet trainthe same? er under license We are watching that here in India. And a lot of it is built from the raw programme very closely. There material stage. Besides, our JV are a range of policy issues inwith HAL, International Aero- volved as you can imagine. But

as I said, we continue to track the development of that programme.

Which of your engines are currently undergoing MRO in India for Indian military customers?

That list includes the likes of Adour, Gnome and Pegasus engines.

Will products like the AE 2100 that powers Indian C-130Js and AE 3007 that powers Embraer Jets being used as platform for AEW&C also see MRO in India at some point?

These engines don’t undergo MRO here at the moment. Let’s see how the future pans out.

“We believe that Aero India offers a significant platform to further expand Rolls-Royce’s business opportunities in the defence sector. The event will allow us to demonstrate to India how our long-term commitment to the country, combined with our innovative technologies, makes us the natural ‘Make in India’ partner.”

Kishore Jayaraman (extreme right in picture), President, Rolls-Royce India and South Asia at the Rolls-Royce stand

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6 IAI AND INDIA’S ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES TEAM UP

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srael Aerospace Industries (IAI) and India's Alpha Design Technologies have signed a teaming agreement for the production and marketing of mini-Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in India.

The IAI-Alpha cooperation includes IAI's Bird-Eye 400 and Bird-Eye 650 mini UAS as well as other mini-unmanned aerial systems, to accommodate the operational needs of Indian customers.

Production of the systems will take place in India, while the marketing will be a joint effort of the two companies. Integration of additional applications and subsystems will be performed by Alpha in India with IAI’s support. Potential customers in India include security agencies and all defence organisations including police forces, coastguard and Border Security Forces (BSF).

Shaul Shahar, IAI VP and General Manager of the Military Aircraft Group said: "IAI's teaming agreement with Alpha follows India’s policy for “Buy and make in India”. Our unique mini-UAS have proved exceptional operational capabilities.

IAI's knowledge in producing the world's most advanced and innovative unmanned aerial sys-

tems, with Alpha's know-how and access to users will create a strong, fruitful partnership for the benefit of India’s defence and security organisations. Col. H. S. Shankar, Chairman & Managing Director, Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited, Bengaluru said: “The important vision of ‘Make in India’ is being made fully effective by this joint effort. Alpha will meet the huge market in India and will examine further, later exports by Alpha, through IAI to various countries”.

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‘CAMCOPTER S-100 IS A PROVEN UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM’ NIKOLAUS WEIHS, Sales Manager, Schiebel, talks about its preparedness to participate in the Indian UAV programmes Can you show the size and scope applications. Fields of applicaof the change in your operations tion for the drone are manifold: surveillance at land and on sea, before and after June 2011?

Schiebel has successfully com- safe mine detection from the air, anti-bootleg and pleted demonstraanti-people-smuggling tion for the Indian actions, rescue misNavy in the past sions in the case of and is fully preforest fires, avalanchpared to participate es and floods, search in any Indian UAV missions for persons programmes. We lost in pathless areas, look forward to be routine monitoring a part of the grownot only of pipelines, ing UAV industry water lines, power in India.

NIKOLAUS WEIHS lines and communication lines, but also Give us the best features of Camcopter S-100, its of large factory premises and varied applications and about its plants, as well as the use for scientific measurements and movground control system?

Of course, the CAMCOPTER ie shoots can be possible fields S-100 is a highly developed, of application for the S-100. certified Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with over 150 of the Tell us about your tie-up with Boeaircrafts being successfully used ing to market this vertical take-off around the world by a number and landing UAV? of military, police and civilian Schiebel has a very successful agencies. The Vertical Takeoff teaming agreement with Boeand Landing (VTOL) UAS needs ing for US customers. This has no prepared area or supporting been, and continues to be a launch or recovery equipment. very fruitful partnership.

It operates in day and night, under adverse weather condi- Is your VTOL UAV availtions, with a beyond line-of- able to the global market? sight capability out to 200 km, Will it be offered to India for the both on land and at sea. It is ship-borne requirement or for any dependable, reliable and effec- other military needs? tive and we receive feedback Yes, the CAMCOPTER S-100 from our customers that contains phrases like ‘Mission Critical,’ ‘Robust’ and ‘Dependable’.

Given the circumstances, we understand the Indian market would be using the CAMCOPTER S-100 for, we have no hesitation in saying that, within its class, it is the best VTOL UAS in the world. When our customers buy the S-100, they are buying a system that provides them with a step-change in capability and at a price that makes business sense.

Wherever surveillance from has a proven capability for milithe air or sensor measurement tary and civilian applications. is required, the use of the CAM- At this point in time the S-100 COPTER S-100 is possible. It is in operational use in different especially stands out for its countries worldwide.

The CAMCOPTER S-100 hovering capability, which is of advantage to many surveillance successfully completed exten-

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sive shipborne trials to various navies worldwide, including India. Since 2006, there has been a successful development of a fully automated shipboard landing system and ship takeoff landing parameters have been improved. In addition, flight endurance has been increased. To date the S-100 has successfully proved its maritime surveillance capability on 16 different classes of vessel so far in three oceans. Hundreds of flight hours with more than 200 take offs and landings meet the long-term goals of many Navies.

What are your capabilities in composite technology? What do you do in the aviation sector?

Schiebel’s carbon fiber division was set up in 2004 in the course of the CAMCOPTER S-100 development; so, Schiebel Composite has extensive experience in the use of materials utilised in the demanding UAV environment.

In the first six years, the department has grown to a 40man division in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Schiebel provides its international clients state-ofthe-art production equipment, from fully climate-controlled clean rooms to automated cut-

ters, autoclaves and annealing furnaces. The core competencies include everything that composite materials such as carbon fiber, glass fiber, aramid fiber and various core materials like honeycombs, Rohacell

and other materials have to offer. From design to component layout and construction, tool crafting, prototyping, function testing up to serial components; a wide range of services is offered. Primary markets currently served are aviation, telecommunications and racing.

Tell us about your mine detection projects and your CSR activities in this regard.

Schiebel being well aware of the fact that India is a major market for mine detecting equipment, has a long history and fruitful relationship with a well situated company in the country that represents Schiebel and its products, serving the needs of the interested parties and being a direct POC on-site.

We are focusing on the production of our proven mine detection product range (AN-19/2 Mine Detecting Set, MIMID Miniature Mine Detector, ATMID All Terrain Mine Detector and VAMIDS Vehicular Array Mine Detection System) but we are also investigating in new technologies and developments. Also in the future, India will be one of the focus markets of Schiebel Mine Detection.

The longstanding cooperation between Schiebel and the nonprofit organisation “Together against Landmines TAL” reflects our effort to fight landmines. We are proud to support the important educational work of TAL by supporting them with our MIMID Miniature Mine Detector and look forward to continuing our collaboration.

What sort of opportunities do the Indian government's decisions – such as the 49 per cent FDI, delicensing of military MRO and 'Make in India' – provide the company?

Schiebel is open for any opportunities that may arise and of course will consider the local requirements and conditions in India.

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Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems Limited is a joint Venture Company of Mahindra Defence Systems and Telephonics Corporation.

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he Mahindra Group is making inroads in the Aerospace, Security and Defence space. There are over 150 RDR-1400 Weather Radars from Telephonics operating in the Indian skies, on HAL’s Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), RDR-1600 on the Mi-17 V5 of the Indian Air Force and very sophisticated maritime surveillance radar APS-143 on the Maritime Surveillance aircraft Boeing P8 I of the Indian Navy.

Radars:

APS-143C(V)3/OceanEye At Aero India 2015, Mahindra will present its Telephonics Corporation’s high performing maritime surveillance radar that operates onboard a wide array of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft worldwide.

OceanEye is lightweight and reliable, incorporating successful mission-critical features of earlier APS-143 versions with an integrated Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogator.

Radar 1600 Built on the superior reputation of its predecessor, the RDR-1400C, the RDR-1600’s digital technology provides full compatibility with integrated or glass configured flight decks. The RDR-1600 provides a fullcolour presentation of weather returns, auto pitch/ roll correction, pilot-selectable antenna tilt and

scan angle, and Built-in-Test (BIT) for the following operational modes:  Weather Detection/Weather Alert  Search and Rescue  Surveillance  Beacon Detection Mode  Ground Mapping Radar1700B This radar has three capability tiers to satisfy diverse mission needs over land and sea. It detects small maritime targets in high seas and provides superior sea-search mode performance, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging of maritime targets and a weather detection and avoidance mode.

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THE WEAPON OF CHOICE FOR HIGH VOLUME PRECISE STANDOFF STRIKE

‘ENGAGED IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA’ CLEMENS LINDEN, CEO, EUROJET, talks about EJ200 engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project

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t Aero India 2015, Rafael will present for the first time in India, SPICE 250, a new generation standoff Precision-Guided Munition (PGM).

SPICE 250 is the latest addition to the SPICE Family of stand-off, autonomous, air-to-ground weapon systems, capable of hitting and destroying targets with pinpoint accuracy and at high attack volumes.

The SPICE Family includes SPICE-1000 kit for 1000 lb. general purpose or penetration warheads, such as MK-83 and RAP1000, with a standoff range of 100 kilometers, and SPICE-2000 kit for 2000 lb. general purpose or penetration warheads, such as MK-84, RAP2000 and BLU-109, with a stand-off range of 60 kilometers.

SPICE-250 has a standoff range of 100 kilometers. The SPICE-250 is an autonomous weapon with real time target position update capability.

SPICE-250 is a unitary munition and can be equipped with either general purpose or penetration warheads. Aircraft increase load-out and wide target set provide the optimal solution for high volume precise strike for the dynamic battlefield.

SPICE is easily integrated onto a wide range of single and dual-seated fighter aircraft, and requires no aircraft modifications. SPICE-250 uses a common aircraft interface and sophisticated Smart Quad Rack (SQR) simplifies the effort needed for aircraft integration. Four SPICE-250 weapons are carried on each SQR. SPICE-250 can be directly mounted on light attack aircraft store stations, this due to its small size and light weight.

SPICE-250 has an aircraft load out of up to 28 weapons on an F-15 and 16 weapons on an F-16. SPICE uses state-of-the art navigation, guidance and homing techniques to achieve the

accurate and effective destruction of targets with a CEP of better than 3 meters.

Never-Miss Operational Scenario Mission plan, in the air or on the ground, uses target data (target coordinates, impact angle and azimuth, imagery and topographical data) to create a mission for each target.

The pilot allocates a mission to each weapon before release. SPICE is released outside the threatened area, and performs midcourse navigation autonomously using its INS/ GPS. SPICE homes in accurately and autonomously to the exact target location in the predefined impact angle and azimuth.

While approaching the target, SPICE unique scene matching algorithm compares the electro-optical image received in real-time via the weapon seeker with mission reference intelligence data stored in the weapon computer memory.

In the homing phase, the system locates the target using scene-matching technology, and uses the tracker to hit it. As a result of this capability, SPICE can overcome Target Location Error and GPS jamming, and can dramatically reduce collateral damage. As it approaches the target, the SPICE mission profile can be set to a specific attack azimuth and impact angle to suit the selected target profile, such as a steep dive angle for deep penetration. SPICE has day, night and adverse weather capabilities, based on its advanced seeker and scene-matching algorithms. SPICE achieves high serviceability with a low life-cycle cost. SPICE simple operation and dedicated Mission Planning System requires only basic aircrew training.

SPICE is fully operational and has recently demonstrated outstanding combat performance in all parameters to become one the Israeli Air Force's leading air-to-surface weapon systems.

ROLLS-ROYCE

Your firm has recently offered the junction with the unmatched in EJ200 once again to India for the service reliability.

AMCA project? Why do you think this engine will be suitable for this In June 2013, the 1,000th EJ200 project? Have you been requested was delivered to the Spanish Air

by ADA for help on the engines for Force for the Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. What's the record for this AMCA? engine now, 18 months The EJ200 is the on? Who all are your most modern combat customers for this enengine in its class and gine? sets the benchmark The EJ200 engine is for technological ininstalled in the Euronovation, reliability, fighter Typhoon fleets flexible implementaof the UK, Germany, tion and cost effecSpain, Italy, Austria tiveness over its life and the Kingdom of cycle. It has the best Saudi Arabia and thrust-to-weight raCLEMENS LINDEN production is untio, smallest fan diderway for its most ameter; best thrust retention and, having outper- recent customer, the Sultanate formed the specifications from of Oman. Having achieved the day one, has remained relatively 1000th engine delivery in June unchanged. This equates to a 2013, the figure now stands at mature product that is ready to over 1,130 engines delivered. operate, effective and trusted, but which also still offers full ca- What is the strategy you are adoptpability and maximum potential ing for Eurojet to increase its presfor growth. EUROJET considers ence in India? Is there any Indian the EJ200 to be well suited to aircraft programme that interests the Advanced Medium Combat you to offer your engines, apart Aircraft (AMCA) project and we from AMCA? Is there any other enare continuing to engage with gine from your stable that would be offered to India?

ADA on this topic.

EUROJET are currently actively The AMCA may need about 110 to engaged in building relation115 KN thrust. Why do you think ships with Indian stakeholders EJ200 can match this need? How but as I am sure you are aware will you get the EJ200 to outper- we are the management company for the EJ200 engine speform the Indian requirement?

EUROJET is in close co-operation cifically. Our partner companies, with ADA to discuss and under- however; Rolls-Royce; MTU stand the demanding require- Aero Engines; ITP; and Avio ments for the AMCA project in Aero, all have portfolio’s which more detail. EUROJET is con- encompass a number of engines vinced that we can match the and related products both in Indian requirements. Today’s military and civil aero industry.

EJ200 engine is the first batch of the production engines and up Would you consider full transuntil now we have not carried fer of technology of EJ200 when out any upgrades because the you campaign for the AMCA proEJ200 has consistently outper- gramme?

EUROJET is always preformed its specifications pared to discuss our and there has been no requirement.

This leaves lots of room for future enhancements.

We have a very solid base line from which there is great growth potential based on the modern design EJ200 of the EJ200 in con-

very comprehensive Transfer of Technology packages. Through its partner companies there is the capacity to work with India to develop appropriate work packages that can enhance India’s capabilities and contribute to the development of genuine state of the art products or capabilities in country. EUROJET brings with it the capability to access technologies of four global aerospace companies, for example the Thrust Vectoring Nozzle capabilities developed by our Spanish partner, ITP. What sort of opportunities do the Indian government's decisions such as the 49 per cent FDI, delicensing of military MRO and 'Make in India' provide the company?

Governmental decisions which open up the possibility for foreign investment in the Indian economy and specifically which open up the defence industry to collaboration with foreign entities naturally provide a number of growth opportunities and certainly ease the way for us to do business with India. Opening up the defence sector to private sector participation creates a number of localisation and partnership opportunities and that the Indian Government plans for a correspondingly raised government defence expenditure allocation is a positive signal for EUROJET. We understand indigenous programmes such as AMCA expect significant localisation and partnership. These are two areas where EUROJET can provide unequalled technology transfer.

What is the EJ200 design life and how does this compare with the actual on-wing time with customers?

The design life of the EJ200 is 6,000 hours which equates to 22,000 cycles. In other engines this figure is usually limited to 6,000 cycles. Measurements taken by the RAF give an average on-wing time that exceeds 1,000 hours and its fleet leader has achieved over 1,750 hours on-wing. These statistics are unparalleled and are also expected to increase with further service experience.

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Rolls-Royce is a Power Systems company that has been providing power for aircraft, ships and land applications.

Adour Adour is a collaborative engine between Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca. In India, the Jaguar is powered by Adour Mk811 engines since 1981 and the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) is powered by Adour Mk871 which is currently flown by the nextgeneration of Indian pilots.

Trent 700 The Trent 700 is the first engine in the highly successful Trent family. Trent 700 is the only engine specifically designed & optimised for the A330 & on all variants including MRTT. AE 2100 The AE 2100 is a turboprop derivative of the

T406 turboshaft engine. It has been developed to power the new generation of highspeed regional aircraft in the 50 to 70 seat category, military transports and long-range maritime patrol aircraft. It shares a common core with other AE engines and sets new standards in performance, efficiency and economy in modern turboprop engines.

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‘WE ARE WORKING FOR VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE PROJECTS’ ATUL PUNJ, Chairman – Punj Lloyd Group, talks about the company’s comprehensive aerospace and aero structure capabilities in the Indian private sector Punj Lloyd has got approval cannot be provided due to from DIPP to manufacture confidentiality agreements. anti-tank weapons and rocket launchers. Tell us how signifi- What is the size and scope of your MRO contract for cant this investIAF’s VIP jets? Does it ment is going to be cover the entire gamut for the company’s of MRO activity? overall business in The MRO work is the defence and the being executed by aerospace sector?

Airworks, an associWe have set up ate company of Punj a modern stateLloyd. Airworks has of-the-art plant developed capabiliat Malanpur speties and infrastruccifically designed ATUL PUNJ ture for undertaking to cater to the MRO activity in the requirements of aviation sector globland systems for the Indian Army; aero struc- ally. Among others, it is also tures and components for the a service provider for Boeing Indian Air Force and preci- aircraft in India, through sion machined systems for the which it provides MRO activIndian Navy. While defence is ity for the IAF’s VIP jets. The a long term business, we do capability created by Airworks see a larger share of revenues is unique and includes an airgoing forward from our de- craft painting facility, the only one of its kind in India in the fence vertical. private sector; avionics repair Please provide an overview of and upgrade facility and wide your tie-up with GECI that is body hangars with access to a now nearly four years old.

How has this arrangement helped you?

This tie-up, AeroEuro Engineering India, has given us an insight into aerospace engineering, in particular for stress evaluation of aerospace components and systems.

We have developed niche capability for creation of digital mock ups and carried out finite engineering 7000-ft long runway at Hosur analysis for various compo- near Bengaluru. nents, like the cockpit and the engine pylons for aerospace Give us details of your license to OEMs. This expertise is now modify civilian aircraft for milibeing projected to the Indian tary applications?

Air Force (IAF) for develop- This licence was held with us ment work of LCA Mark II and for conversion of a civilian the Advanced Combat Medi- aircraft for defence applications and was sought speum Aircraft (ACMA) project. cifically for the MRTT (multi Are there any overseas projects role tanker transporter) prothat Punj Lloyd is executing in gramme of the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD). the aerospace sector?

Yes, we are working through GECI for various internation- What are your capabilities al projects, details of which in the manufacture of aero

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components and avionics? Give examples of some projects you have worked or are working for at present?

Punj Lloyd has the most comprehensive aerospace and aero structure capabilities in the Indian private sector. The company manufactures parts and accessories for aircraft, precision manufacture of aero structures and dynamic components for aviation, fabrication and manufacture of aero structures, air frames and accessories. The company’s plant at Malanpur already has a marquee client base and is working on several projects including Upper and Lower Tank Panels for the Sukhoi jet, main gearbox assembly for the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), among others.

What sort of opportunities do the Indian government's decisions – such as the 49 per cent FDI, delicensing of military MRO and ‘Make in India’ – provide the company?

The government has taken the right steps to promote indigenous manufacturing in the defence sector.

All these steps create a positive and stable framework for investment in this sector and enables collaboration with international defence companies for transfer of technology.

The liberalised licence scheme for defence shall give a boost to the MSME sector, more so keeping in view the multiplier that a foreign OEM gets for working with Indian MSMEs in their offset discharge liability in India. The opportunity for us in land systems is for procurement of guns for Air Defence and Artillery, FICV for Mechanised Forces. In Aviation it is the different types of Helicopters like the NMRH, RSH, LUH and for the Navy it is the P75 programme.

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Bell Helicopter and Textron Systems, both businesses of Textron Inc. recently announced an agreement establishing Dynamatic Technologies Limited of Bengaluru as a single source supplier of major airframe assemblies for the Bell 407GX and 407GT over the next seven years.

BELL 407GT The state-of-the-art Bell 407GT tactical light commercial helicopter is an ideal aircraft for armed reconnaissance surveillance, bringing together the Garmin G1000H flight deck with precision weapons capability. The aircraft offers a highly flexible and configurable modern weapons system to meet various mission and operational needs with the capacity to carry personnel inside a closed cabin.

BELL 407GX The unarmed version of the aircraft, the Bell 407GX, will be on static display

during show hours. In the new 407GX, the superior performance of the 407 reaches a higher level. Its Garmin G1000H flight deck provides critical flight information at a glance for greater situational awareness and safety. It's just one more way the 407GX offers enhanced performance for every mission.

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oneywell has a long and proud history in India and remain committed to continuing to advance India’s indigenous technology, from development through to production. Over 40 years ago, the company began a partnership with HAL to manufacture and support high technology products in India.

We continue to build upon this partnership. India is the global manufacturing base for our TPE331 engine for the Indian Air Force’s and coast guard’s Dornier 228 – an engine HAL has been manufacturing for domestic and international customers for over 25 years. Our technologists and engineers across the country develop and manufacture products in use across many aspects of defense and civil aviation, not only in India but in vast range of countries around the world. We are also expanding upon our partnership strategy in India. Recently it was announced that we have signed a technology transfer deal with TATA SED. The

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landmark deal enables TATA SED to produce the TALIN navigation system under license and it is the first time that inertial land navigation technology will be produced in India. The agreement with TATA supports the Make-in India priority of the new government and provides TATA with a license for the design, hardware and expertise to assemble, test and, in the future build production kits for TALIN. We recognise the importance of Make-in-India and our strategy of continued investment, high technology jobs, global centers of excellence and development of our people means that we stand ready to support the Indian government as it works to deliver on this strategy.

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Rohde & Schwarz is a leading supplier of solutions in the fields of Test and Measurement, Broadcasting, Radio monitoring and Radiolocation as well as Mission-critical Radio communications.

IP based ED137B compliant solutions

The R&S M3SR Series4400 software defined radio family is designed for stationary civil and military secure voice and data communications.

It features high modularity and outstanding specifications. TCP/IP-based interfaces for remote control, voice over IP (VoIP) and for service/ maintenance activities.

R&S M3SR Series4100 software defined radio family is a state-of-the-art generation of com-

munications systems designed to take HF radio to the next level.

The radio complies with all the operational requirements as per STANAG. One step ahead from the company is to achieve higher data rates and next standard of ALE.

Software Defined Radio and Waveform Development:

Networking across all operational levels is the

first and foremost condition for efficient, modern warfare. NCO require the use of SCA-based software defined radios in combination with high data rate waveforms. For international, combined missions, waveforms providing interoperability need to be ported to the software defined radios.

R&S SDxR Support external IP based applications, Jam-resistant and tap-proof communications, simultaneous voice and data transmission.

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POLICY BOOST FOR INDIAN MSMES The MSME sector is expected to land offset business worth `27,000 crore, which is 30 per cent of the overall projection for the defence sector

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ndia's Defence Ministry is all set to increase the role of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in arms production.

A policy in this regard is expected to be out from the Indian Defence Ministry before the end of this fiscal on March 31, 2015.

Involvement of MSMEs in ‘Make in India’ too is also going to be taken care of. Discussion is at an advanced stage in this regard and the MSME participation will be ensured through policy proposals.

There are about 3,500 MSMEs in the defence sector and they face challenges such as market access, financial crunch and denial of technology. No

single company can serve a single customer and survive.

But the defence sector has just one customer: the Indian armed forces. MSMEs produce low value products and hence cannot be the only focus of a defence industrial base. But they have a great contribution to make, as a support system for larger defence manufacturers within the country.

The MSMEs have greater opportunity to participate in systems integration, which is now limited to defence PSUs. DRDO too can help MSMEs through patent transfer and leaving the patents on innovations done on those products to the MSMEs. The DRDO has already devel-

oped 1,000-odd MSMEs as partners in its projects.

The Defence Procurement Policy 2013, which is already undergoing a tweak, and the ‘Make in India’ campaign have created a staggering `27,000 crore ($4.5 billion) opportunity for the Indian defence MSME sector in the form of numerous defence offsets projects from just the defence PSU. These projects would accrue from the weapons and systems procurement that India will carry out for the three armed forces over the next five years.

The aviation assets procurement alone is said to be worth $20 billion over the next five to seven years. The Navy and Army procurements too will bring in about $30 billion over the next five years. For the defence MSMEs, just the two key initiatives of the Narendra Modi government have opened up an estimated `90,000 crore buy from defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs), to be done in the next five years.

Of this, the MSME sector is expected to land offset business worth `27,000 crore, which is 30 per cent of the overall projection for the defence sector.

According to some MSMEs, `72,000 crore looms from the Indian Air Force, with the Indian Navy presenting another `13,500 crore possibility, while the prospect from the Indian Army is anywhere around `4,500 crore. The total value of the defence offsets contracted in the last few years is valued around `28,800 crore. The Indian Air Force has signed contracts worth approximately `21,600 crore, the Indian Navy worth `5,064 crore and the Indian Army `144 crore.

While the hike in the defence sector FDI to 49 per cent and the ‘Make in India’ campaign have opened up newer possibilities for both indigenised equipment makers and joint ventures with foreign partners in the defence segment, the MSMEs are hamstrung by their inability to meet defence tender parameters and shortcomings in technology acquisition. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) only handles procurement of major high value capital acquisitions, which are mostly beyond the reach of MSMEs. As a policy, MSMEs are allowed to participate in defence ministry tenders right from the

Request for Information (RFI) stage. However, most of the RFI and Request for Proposal dealt with at the ministry and Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) require technical competencies that a single MSME may not have. This is one of the main reasons that prevent MSMEs from participating in big tenders.

The challenge, though, is at the stage of implementation, when the MSMEs are reduced to being mere suppliers to the larger defence players. It is here that the ‘Make in India’ campaign provides some respite. There are military projects that MSMEs can bid, such as in Electronic Warfare Systems or Optronics Systems under the ‘Make in India’ programme. MSMEs can partner with a Prime, usually a foreign player or DPSU or enterprise level defence company, and then bid for the same as an MSME. The ‘Make in India’ campaign provides some space for the small and medium defence companies to exploit the gigantic opportunity, but some MSMEs are still skeptical about the roll-out of the centre's drive towards indigenisation.

BOEING SEES GROWTH IN THE DEFENCE SERVICES BUSINESS

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he services and support market is a significant growth area for Boeing in India and the company is working with the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy to provide training and support of Boeing platforms such as the P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, C-17 Globemaster III airlifter and Boeing Business Jets. The Indian Air Force’s C-17 aircraft and the Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft have demonstrated an excellent record in supporting the missions they have been deployed for, and our customers have expressed satisfaction about the operational readiness of both aircraft.

“In the future, Boeing will continue to ensure that we deliver on commitments to our Indian customers and partner with the Indian armed forces to achieve their modernisation and mission-readiness objectives,” Dennis Swanson, Vice President, Boeing Defence, Space & Security told Geopolitics. “We will continue to have discussions with our customers on their requirements and ramp up our support and training capabilities now and in the future.

Vinayak Rajagopal, Director of Global Services & Support in India, explained that the high mission readiness of the C-17 fleet can be attributed to the Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Programme (GISP) Performance-Based Lo-

gistics (PBL) contract.

Initial qualification training of Indian Air Force C-17 crews was conducted by the US Air Force at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina. A total of 100 Indian Air Force airmen received instruction from the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 5 on how to operate India’s C-17 Globemaster IIIs. The training included classroom time as well as simulation training on the aircraft.

Initial P-8I training for Indian Navy pilots, mission system operators and maintenance technicians that will operate and maintain P-8I aircraft concluded in Seattle last year. The programme included a combination of flight, classroom and lab training as well as real-world simulation experiences that can reduce total ownership costs. Between February and September of 2013, Boeing trained more than 110 Indian Navy professionals, including five pilot crews, five mission crews and a number of flight signallers and observers.

Boeing anticipates other training opportunities for aircrew and maintenance courseware development for platforms such as the AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook, opportunities which being pursued. Boeing has been providing simulation based training solutions to the US Army and several other international customers operating the AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook helicopters.

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UAVs COME OF AGE The operational value of UAVs, whether for ISR or combat purpose is for both Indian armed forces and paramilitary forces

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he dynamic security environment surrounding India entails a comprehensive use of technology and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with their multiple advantages are gradually becoming an important part of the overall plan of defence and security.

The US-Soviet rivalry and Gulf War rivalry during the cold war gave the impetus in increased interest in more advanced UAV technology. What began as drones being used for target practice and training purposes was later seen as a tool for reconnaissance missions in conflict zone by forces. UAV can be described as a ‘powered vehicle that does not carry a human operator, can be operated autonomously or remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or non-lethal payload’. UAVs have a substantive role in the case of India. In the present security threat, the operational value of such vehicles, whether for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) or combat purpose is for both Indian armed forces and paramilitary forces.

The security threats India faces ranges from sub-conventional, conventional to the nuclear domain. UAVs can collect intelligence data throughout the day and night from anywhere in enemy territory, regardless of weather and feed the command post. These can be used during the patrols to foresee things on the track from a gap of at least 200-300 meters and from various angles. Network Centric Warfare (NCW) and Battlefield situational awareness are two pivotal aspects for India’s future military requirements. It is in this strategic and operational context that UAVs will act as force multipliers. Recent exercise held at the corps level and at the command level have all shown the extensive use of UAV for the purpose of live feed from the battlefield environment.

The future strategy is to integrate manned, unmanned and satellite-based sensors in order to have a common operational picture of the battlefield or areas of responsibilities.

UAVs can enter and remain in environment, which were not conducive to manned aircraft, and can remain in flight for long period of time without any fa-

tigue. Their attack capabilities provided the military a chance to engage targets much faster than mobilising ground platforms and with lower operational costs, and high sortie rates.

Although the military demand is central to the expansion of the drone industry, but it is not the sole driver of the industry’s growth. Rising defence budget is seen by the manufacturers, as opportunities to earn significant profits. In August 2014, Rajarajan Shanmugam, chief executive officer of TataHAL Technologies Limited, a Joint Venture between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Tata Technologies had said that spend on development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, which is currently pegged at $7 billion globally, is expected to touch $80 billion in the next 10 years.

Consider that by 2012, world governments were spending more than $6.6 billion on UAVs annually. Media reports clearly show that the profits are expected to increase to $11.4 billion annually over the next decade for a world market to more than $89 billion a year. In addition to the profits from the manufacture of new drones, the industry may expect additional revenues from drone repairs and modifications.

In India, the primary manufacturer of Unmanned Air Vehicles still remains Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). UAV named Nishant was born out of the Indian Army’s requirement in 1988. Nishant’s first flight was in 1995. Lakshya-1 entered service in 2000. Lakshya-1 was designed to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battlefield and target acquisition. Ongoing projects include a variant of Lak-

shya, which would be capable of flying at low-altitude. Rustom and Rustom-H MALE UAVs are capable of gathering real-time high quality imagery and signal intelligence (SIGINT).

Panchi, the wheeled version of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Nishant, is capable of taking-off and landing using small airstrips. Panchi had its maiden flight recently. It has all the surveillance capabilities of UAV Nishant, but with longer endurance and is a multi-mission UAV with Day/Night operational capability for battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance, target tracking and localisation, and artillery fire correction.

The UAV fleet in India is mostly from Israel like Searcher Mk-I, Searcher MkII and Heron, used by all the three forces, Army, Navy and Air Force. Those made by DRDO are Nishant, Lakshya, Rostum, Rostum-H (a future project) and Aura. For their better use few things have to be kept in mind. The UAVs usually have high rate of accident thus can nibble away the budget. There were two recent accidents of the Herons in India's western coast.

In politico-military terms, some analysts argue that UAVs might lower the threshold for the use of force. We cannot be over dependent, as it will promote human lethargy thus costing in security terms. The chances of loss of innocent lives as collateral damage are high, as human live eye discretion is limited.

The high cost of aircraft, the costly training of pilots and scarcity of officers also favour the increased deployments of UAV. But, clearly, it needs to be understood that UAVs can only give partial solution and never can these replace the manned missions.

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TC Aerospace Systems announced that the United States Federal Aviation Administration

(FAA) has officially approved a product manufactured by UTC Aerospace Systems affiliate entity in Bengaluru, India. With this approval, the Bengaluru unit is among the first Indian entities to domestically produce and export an aviation product to aircraft manufacturers in the United States.

The approved product is a four-person life raft. The compact, lightweight raft enables passengers and crew in the aircraft to evacuate in case of an

emergency landing on water.

“UTC Aerospace Systems is among the first aerospace companies to manufacture aerospace products in India for direct shipment to the United States,” said Daphne Falletti, president, UTC Aerospace Systems Interiors business. “The FAA approval is verification of our world-class quality standards, and strengthens our continued commitment to the progress of the aerospace and aviation sector in India.”

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he $2.5 billion Kalyani Group, a global forging conglomerate, is India’s largest exporter of auto components and the leading chassis component manufacturer in the world.

With manufacturing and engineering facilities spread across 12 locations and six countries, the Pune-based company has developed full service supply capabilities As part of its diversification strategy, the Kalyani Group is now focusing in the non-automotive space, mainly Defence and Aerospace with Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd (KSSL).

The focus areas in Defence are Artillery Systems, Precision Ammunition, Armoured Vehicle Upgrade, Protected Vehicles, Homeland Security, Marine Systems and Aerospace.

Over past 35 years, the Group has been a traditional supplier of components and subsystems to the Indian military, including a wide range of safety and critical components like Ammunition and Shells, Aluminum Road Wheels, Track Shoe Assembly for main battle tanks, Grad BM 21 Rocket Tubes, T-72 Crankshafts, Front Axle beams, Steering Knuckles, Transmission Parts, etc. However, all these supplies were restricted to only component and sub-system levels. KSSL is now targeting the system-level segment. The vision is to become a Defence Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) by 2016 and to this end Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. (KSSL) has made major investments to make our country self-reliant.

Indian Gun Programme The Indian Gun Programme (IGP), one of KSSL’s star projects in the defence sector, is its key initiative in the field of artillery gun systems. It is the first indigenous 155/52 gun being developed in the country, which is a big accomplishment for the Indian defence sector. KSSL has acquired a state-of-the-art manufacturing line for gun manufacture and tank upgrade with all the tools, fixtures and furnaces.

The entire process of acquisition, transportation, installing and making it functional was achieved in a record time of 15 months. With the addition of this manufacturing line, the Group now has become a onestop-solution for artillery gun systems and has the full capability of undertaking manufacture of artillery systems (105, 130, 155/52 including, Naval Guns), upgrade of armoured systems, including change of barrel and ordnance and manufacture of all kinds of ammunition shells.

Being an ab initio project, IGP has given KSSL an immense advantage of customisation of solutions, as required.

In the coming months KSSL will be providing a gun that not only meets the current required specification, but is also futuristic in outlook.

Ultra-light Gun System KSSL is also currently working on the ultra-light gun system, which utilizes high-end Soft Recoil Technology. This allows the gun to be placed on light

vehicles and nonstandard platforms, including aircraft and coastal and river patrol water craft.

Ammunition KSSL has advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in the areas of conventional and special ammunition, covering the entire gamut of applications, present and future. Till date, the Kalyani Group has supplied more than 2 million shells to ordnance factories, DRDO, etc in the range of 81 to 155mm covering all variants like HE, smoke, illuminating, incendiary, etc.

The group has also successfully developed APFSDS ammunition of 105mm caliber. It has been the development partner to HEMRL, ARDE, RDI & BDL for development of shells, rockets and bombs and enjoys a long standing successful partnership with all these agencies.

In addition to conventional ammunition, KSSL is actively pursuing development of special futuristic ammunition with its in-house R&D and technology support from its foreign partners. These include pre-fragmented air bombs, precision ammunition including electronic fuzes, HSLD bombs, complete propulsion systems for Pinaka rockets etc. The aim is to become a market leader in the latest technologies and be a complete system solution provider when it comes to ammunition of all kinds.

Military Vehicle Programmes Another territory where KSSL is steadfastly trying to making inroads is Military Vehicle Programmes. The Kalyani Group has been a pioneer in the manufacturing of axles, aggregates and driveline technology for defence combat vehicles worldwide. Combining this with its deep engineering and manufacturing knowledge and the ability to absorb new technology, KSSL along with its global partners, is targeting to excel in various military vehicle programmes like Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV), Light Strike Vehicle (LSV), Mine Protected Vehicles (MPV), etc.

Electronics Capability Continuing its pursuit of making its profile all-inclusive, KSSL has recently acquired an electronics company hailed as a pioneer in the private sector in the Indian Missile Integration Programme. This subsidiary offers products and services for mission critical technologies of national importance in Defence, Aerospace, Communications and Industrial Electronics. The Company is an approved vendor for DRDO Labs and various Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in India.

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SAMTEL RIDES THE ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ WAVE AT AERO INDIA

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amtel Avionics Ltd. (SA) – India’s first complete avionics firm in private domain, along with its joint venture companies – Samtel HAL Display Systems Ltd. (SHDS) and Samtel Thales Avionics Ltd. (STAL) will be showcasing its wide array of avionics products and expanded range of capabilities at Aero India 2015.

At the Aero India exhibition, Samtel aims to showcase its indigenous manufacturing capabilities through its range and varieties of Displays as well as advanced Avionics Systems for Military/non-military market. Focusing on the ‘Make in India’ theme of this year’s Aero India exhibition, Samtel plans to demonstrate its competencies and synergies with leading Indian and International players, which underscores its strength to deliver in accordance with global standards. The booth will also provide an insight into Samtel’s ‘Push and Pull’ strategy of partnering with global system integrators which leverages its joint strengths to cater to the Indian and international markets.

The products to be exhibited at the booth will include: • NVIS compatible Multifunction Displays: MFD 5x5 and 6x6 by Samtel HAL Display Systems • Airborne indicators with inbuilt graphics: 3ATI and

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4ATI Ruggedised Land/Naval display: RSD 190 • Large area, High definition Ruggedised airborne displays: 24.0” and 17.3” • Airborne Panel PC: Panel PC 19” • Wearable and Hand-held Displays: 2.8” and 7.0” • Products for armoured vehicles by Samtel & General Dynamics Canada • LIVE DEMO: TopOwl Helmet-Mounted Sight & Display by Samtel Thales Avionics Puneet Kaura, Executive Director, Samtel Avionics said, “There is a lot of optimism among the Indian defence players – especially the private defence manufacturers, with the launch of the ‘Make in India’ programme.

The defence industry in India has a continuing focus on self-reliance, and it appears that under the new Modi government, there will be a push for reforms that encourage the private sector to make further inroads into the defence domain.”

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‘WE EXPECT MORE WORK TO COME FROM THALES’ PUNEET KAURA, Executive Director, Samtel Avionics Ltd., on various JV and progress of work achieved on these projects to indigenously design, qualify How has your JV, Samtel HAL and serial produce multifuncDisplay Systems Limited, with tion displays for induction on HAL helped in developing infighter aircraft. While approxidigenous next-generation avimately 100 sets of onic display systems Multi-Function Disfor HAL's star programmes? plays (MFDs) have Samtel’s joint venbeen delivered by ture with HAL is a Samtel-HAL JV for prime example of induction on Suhow Defence Public 30 MKIs, and are Sector Undertakalready flying, we ings (DPSUs) can have constantly successfully partner been working to dewith private sector velop products for PUNEET KAURA to leverage on the other HAL Star prostrengths of both grammes. Recently, the companies to support inSamtel HAL Display Systems digenous production. The mandate of the Samtel HAL JV, when it was formed, was to address the avionics requirements including Test Benches and Systems for all HAL star platforms - both fixed and rotary wing. Today, with technology development under the aegis of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), and support from Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC), IAF and most importantly – HAL, we have been able to grow this JV

in India. This technology was successfully developed by Samtel under the aegis of DRDO and then MFD (Multifunction Displays) manufactured using this technology were deployed on Su-30 MKIs under the Samtel HAL JV. As we stand today, approximately 100 sets of MFDs have been delivered

by Samtel-HAL JV for induction on Su-30 MKIs, and are already flying. Moreover, we have constantly been working to develop products for other HAL Star programmes.

has received the PO for supply of MFD for LCH from HAL (MCSRDC).

offsets present SMEs in India?

What do you think the Indian SMEs should do first to maximise benefits from the offsets?

Opportunities for MSMEs exist in large number of segments such as armoured vehicles, aircrafts, helicopters, submarines, tanks, ships, UAVs, etc.

These opportunities are mainly in the areas of EW suites, radar systems, optronic systems, displays and other LRUs which have to be procured. As a matter of fact, requirements exist in segments ranging from space to underwater (submarines). Secondly, another point which is noteworthy is that the offset opportunities exist for MSMEs in the skillsets in which they already have a competency, as I do not see foreign partners investing in developing new competencies among their offset partners.

How much has the Samtel Thales Avionics Limited JV paid off in returns? Do these products have an international customer base?

The Samtel Thales JV was signed in 2008 with an aim to bring Thales's technological expertise to India as part of Thales's strategy of partnering with leading industry players around the world. The original mandate of the JV was to work towards the local development, production, sale and maintenance of Helmets Mounted Sight & Display (HMSD) and other Avionics Systems destined for the Indian market.

Later, the scope of the JV has expanded to include Engineering, design, development, manufacturing, obsolescence management services, marketing, selling, maintenance and support of products for the Aeronautical Indian Defence Market. The Samtel Thales Avionics production facility is now complete in Delhi/NCR and we plan to begin the production very soon. Multiple opportunities are under discussion right now with Thales, and with the production centre in place, we expect more and more work to come from Thales in the near future.

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Tell us more about your DRDO partnership and what's the outcome of this tie-up? What would you two do in the aerospace sector?

In 2004, we signed an MoU with DRDO (DARE) lab to develop indigenous technologies to facilitate production of rugged multifunction displays

How much of an opportunity do

What sort of opportunities do the Indian government's decisions such as the 49 per cent FDI, delicensing of military MRO and 'Make in India' provide the company?

The ‘Make in India’ campaign is designed to improve and strengthen manufacturing capabilities in India and also act as a strong mandate to foreign players to develop manufacturing units in India. The defence industry in India has a continuing focus on self-reliance, and it appears that there will be a push for reforms that encourage the private sector to make further inroads into the defence domain. Such measures help create a lot of vibrancy in the country’s defence sector by increasing the possibilities of local production.

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HELICOPTERS TO PUSH INDIGENOUS

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The IAF is all set to boost its fleet strength in the coming years with plans to induct 110 to 165 attack, cargo and utility choppers, all worth over $5 billion

Reutech, part of Reunert Limited, is a group of companies specialising in the electronics and defence industries and has been in existence for more than two decades.

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ndia's push to increase its military helicopter fleet is all set to excite chopper manufacturers across the world, but in particular Indian firms that can expect a windfall business, with the four armed forces planning to buy anywhere between 450 to 700 helicopters in the immediate future, and probably more in the distant future, all worth anywhere between $6 to $10 billion.

In particular, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to boost its fleet strength in the next five years with plans to induct 110 to 165 attack, cargo and utility choppers, all worth over $5 billion. Interestingly, the Indian Navy will be outdoing the IAF by going in for 210 to 300 helicopters in the years to come, in both multi role and specifically, utility roles. The Indian Coast Guard, on its behalf, will be buying 14 shore-based helicopters.

The Indian Army has won a major turf war in the middle of 2014 to obtain the nod from the Defence Ministry to have a fleet of attack helicopters of its own, but ahead of that it would buy anywhere between 130 to 200 choppers. Let's look at them one by one.

The Air Force chopper fleet is all set to get a boost during the next 10 years with plans for 64 light utility helicopters (LUH), 22 Apache helicopters, 15 heavy lift helicopters and, possibly 12 new VIP transport helicopters in place of the 12 AW-101. The IAF would also have the option to buy 32 more LUHs, 11 more gunships and eight more heavy lift flying machines under the anticipated deal.

The Navy will also get 56 LUHs for ship-borne operations, apart from 16 Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) worth $1 billion, and 123 Naval MRH, with options to buy 28 more LUHS, eight MRHs and 63 NMRH. The Army's fleet will get augmented by 133 LUHs, with an option to buy 66 more later, and an unspecified number of new attack helicopters in the future for use, first by its four strike corps, including the newly raised China-specific Mountain Strike Corps headquartered at

Panagarh in West Bengal, and the rest 10 Pivot Corps.

The Narendra Modi government, since it came to power in May 2014, had in August 2014 cancelled the July 2008 joint tender for 197 LUHs for the Indian Army and the Air Force, apart from the Navy's tender for 56 LUHs. Now, the Modi government has decided to hand over the job of manufacturing

the 197 helicopters required by the Army and the Air force to a private enterprise in India. The Navy requirement too, may be met through this private enterprise, which is yet to be selected.

The Indian armed forces have projected a combined requirement of 440 LUHs, which will now be manufactured indigenously involving the stateowned HAL and private sector firms in partnership with foreign players. There would be a follow-on order for another 220 LUHs in the future.

This has thrown open the field for multiple stakeholders, and defence ministry officials say they expect a capacity building, which will help in going fully indigenous in future. HAL has already started a project in Tumkur, Karnataka for building light helicopters, which will have the capability to lift a 2.5 ton payload. These helicopters will be manufactured in India under the 'buy and make Indian' category, and officials hope along with HAL, several smaller manufacturers that produce smaller parts and fittings will benefit largely.

In the case of Navy's MRH tender, the Indian government had in December 2014 selected American Sikorsky to meet the

16-chopper requirement. Sikorsky was the only vendor left, with its S-70B, after the Defence Ministry decided not to consider the European NHI's offer of NH90 due to beleaguered Finmeccanica being one of its investors.

The Navy's proposal to buy 16 more Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) too has got a nod in late 2014.

The Indian Air Force has around 500 helicopters, according to the defence ministry. The bulk of rotorcraft are Medium Lift Helicopters (MI-17/MI17IV/MI-17V5 and Mi-8s), with well over 200 of these types serving in helicopter units throughout the country, playing a vital logistic support role. While the Mi-17V5 is a quantum jump in Air Force’s medium heavy lift

In the case of the Air Force's attack and heavy lift helicopters programmes, India has already selected the US Boeing's Apache and Chinook helicopters respectively. The contract negotiations in the two deals – the first under foreign military sales route and the other under a global tender – are at advanced stages of finalisation, according to those with knowledge of the status of the programmes.

An ageing helicopter fleet with numbers estimated to be around 900 choppers across the four armed forces, and the focus on make in India, may bring a massive opportunity for Indian defence firms in chopper manufacturing. Indian authorities say more opportunities may be on the way in helicopter manufacturing, as the government focuses on promoting domestic industry. Recent clearance to 49 per cent foreign investment in defence sector gives a further impetus to the industry.

The IAF, already down on its squadron strength, suffers due to the slow speed of induction of new choppers, including those in transport and attack roles. At present, the Army and the Navy together have roughly the same number of helicopters as the Air Force.

capability, majority of the Air Force's fleet consists of old Mi-8 and Mi-17 varieties, and the age old Chetak and Cheetah.

The Army Aviation Corps (AAC) currently has 12 squadrons or 38 flights of Chetaks and Cheetahs, in addition to six squadrons of Dhruv ALH. The AAC currently flies 180 helicopters, consisting of 60 HAL-made Chetaks (Alouette II) and 120 HAL-made Cheetahs.

In February 2013, the Defence Ministry signed a contract with HAL for supply of 20 Cheetal helicopters, a more powerful version of Cheetah, over the next four years. The order is a short-term measure for logistics support to the Indian troops on the Siachen Glacier because of delays in the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Helicopter programme.

The Navy’s total holding of helicopters is 217 and it hopes to more than double that number over the next ten years. The 16 MRHs would replace the ageing SeaKings. Indeed, some SeaKings are being decommissioned, while the 16 new multi-role helicopter tender has reached the contract negotiation stage.

The 56 utility helicopters would replace its current holding of around 60 Chetaks.

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• High-end flight model based on the blade element model for the tail and main rotor incorporating data collection, flight manuals or OEM data.

• 6 DOF electric/hydraulic motion system to provide realistic cues.

• Reproduces faithful dynamic forces through control loading system

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SU-30 IS NO REPLACEMENT HAL FOCUS ON R&D

FOR THE RAFALE N Continued from Page 1

“For the IAF, the MMRCA, not Rafale as such, is important”, Raha asserted, generating counter- questions from the press whether this statement indicated that the Rafale has become a dead issue and that the country would reopen the MMRCA tender and that additional productions of SU-30 MKI will do the job.

However, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) clarified that as of today the IAF does not have a “Plan B” for the MMRCA and that the decision on Rafale will be taken up by the Ministry of Defence sooner than later.

“This does not mean that the Rafale’s is a lost case”. He added that the IAF is “quite happy" with the Rafale and that contract negotiations are still on.

But if for any reason, it does not work out, we may have look for "other" aircraft. However, he hoped that the deal with Assault would be signed

VOICES MOSHE YA'ALON

Israeli Defence Minister

“We welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of Make in India. We will examine with the Indian government the concept of Make in India to produce some products in India.”

‘Though of similar capacity and variety Rafale and SU-30 MKI cannot replace one another’ as it has been shortlisted as L1 or lowest bidder.

He also explained that though of similar capacity and variety Rafale and SU-30 MKI cannot replace one another; at the most they complement one another.

Similarly, the CAS gave a detailed plan of how the indigenous Tejas – both Mark 1 and Mark 2 – will be a formidable squadron in the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) category, replac-

SILENT TAKE-OFF OF INDIAN LIGHT JET

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enser Aerospace hands over conceptual design phase of the light jet GLJ 3X1 to Mission AeroFI. Genser Aerospace officially handed over the design and develop-

JOHN ASTOR

Under Secretary of State and Lords Spokesman on Defence, UK “We have more than 30 UK companies participating at Aero India 2015. I encourage UK companies and Indian companies to collaborate and deliver winning business solutions.”

ing the other “legacy” aircraft of the Mig-21 series. Dispelling doubts over the Tejas’ capability to manage sophisticated weapon systems, Raha said, “We will like to have 80 Tejas, at least 20 by the end of 2017 to have formidable LCA squadrons.

The Air Chief revealed how important the midlife upgrading of the Mirage 2000 and Jaguars have been. He clarified that the speculations over the ‘hopelessness’ of the reengineered Jaguars. “Jaguars are wonderful. With reengineering, they will last till 2035”, he asserted.

For reaching the goal of having 42 squadrons, the Air Chief said that the co-development of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with Russia and indigenous development of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) are very important.

– Prakash Nanda

ment of GLJ 3X1 to Mission AeroFI, at Aero India. Dr CG Krishnadas Nair, President of SIATI and former Chairman of HAL, was the chief guest at the event. Genjet GLJ 3X1 conceptual design summary report document was received by AVM Murali Sundaram, AVSM IAF (Retd), on behalf of aerofi.

Jan Luykx, Ambassador of Belgium, President AIAC, Canada,

and Acting Under Secretary for Civil Aviation (Kingdom of Baharain), Ahmed N Al Nemah were some of the overseas dignitaries present at the event.

Genjet GLJ 3X1 is a 2+7 seat, 10,000lbMTOW, twin engine light jet that can cruise at 0.79 Mach for a range of 2250 NM. Speaking at the handover function, CEO of Genser Aerospace, Arunakar Mishra, stated "Genjet promises to be one of the most efficient, faster, safer and simple to operate aircraft combining signature shape with aesthetics, by employing proven technologies, innovatively. He also added that Genser engineers will continue to work on the project under an aerofi cell within Genser" The event concluded with the formal paperwork, and a short introduction of Genjet by Mishra. It followed by a small video featuring making of Genjet and its virtual Flight Demo.

BIZAVINDIA RECOGNISE EXCELLENCE IN INDIA

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he Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) declared win-

WINNERS OF BIZAVINDIA AWARDS 2015: (L to R), Marshal JS Gujral of Mahindra Aerospace, Harsh Vardhan of Himalayan Heli Services, Semoun Jolly of Air Charter Services and Col. Sanjay Jhulka of India Fly Safe (on behalf of Naveen Jindal)

ners of maiden BizAvIndia Awards, in presence of an august gathering from Global aviation fraternity at the sidelines of Aero India 2015. The winners were adjudicated by an eminent panel comprising of Kanu Gohain, Ex Director General, DGCA, Inderjit Sial, President and MD, Textron India, Kapil Kaul, CEO, CAPA India, and Amber Dubey, Head-Aerospace and Defence.

The awards were conferred to the winners across three categories – Hall of Fame: Naveen Jindal, Chairman, JSPL, Operator of the Year: Air Charter Services and Himalayan Heli Services, and Award for Inno-

vation: Mahindra Aerospace.

BizAvIndia Hall of Fame was conferred to Naveen Jindal, Chairman, JSPL for his relentless contributions and towards the growth of Indian Business Aviation and General Aviation (BA & GA) sector. Expressing his thoughts on the occasion, Rohit Kapur, President, BAOA, said "BizAvIndia Awards have been instituted as the most revered distinction for Business and General Aviation Organisations and contributions towards the sector in India. We hope the Awards will set a gold standard for recognising merit within the Industry.”

ewly anointed Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman, Dr. T Suvarna Raju sought to give a sense of his company’s future evolutionary path during a press conference held on the sidelines of Aero India 2015 on Thursday. With 2015 marking the 75th year of HAL’s existence, the company as per Raju has set its sights on becoming a ‘technology player’ with a continued emphasis on ‘Make in India’. In that light, Raju pointed to the recent handover of the first series production HAL Tejas MK-I fighter to the IAF, the delivery of the 150th HAL built/assembled Su-30 MKI and also the delivery of the first overhauled IAF Su-30 MKI from its newly established overhaul facility at HAL Nashik created with an investment of over `2000 crores. Raju also believes that projects such as the FGFA programme with Russia have the potential to catapult it to the level of a ‘technology leader’ in aerospace.

Adding teeth to the Su-30 MKI programme, Raju also announced the delivery of the first Su-30 MKI integrated with the air-launched version of the BrahMos missile, BrahMos-A. The formal delivery actually took place right after the conference and Raju declared that the entire integration process had taken 11 months including ground vibration tests. BrahMos-A integration with the MKI has been done by HAL’s internal design team generating useful intellectual property in the process.

Live firing trials are expected in the next two months. And a second BrahMos-A integrated Su-30 MKI will be delivered within this year.

HAL certainly seems to be taking in house R&D activities more seriously than ever before with the company spending Rs 1083.3 crore on R&D during2013-14, a figure that represents 7.2 per cent of its financial turnover in that period. ‘Critical technologies have been identified in the area of design, manufacturing, avionics and material to support indigenisation’, said Raju during the conference. In the critical area of aero-engines HAL has taken up development projects to design and develop a 25 KN low bypass turbofan for fixed wing aircraft and a 1200 KW

power plant for rotary wing platforms.

HAL has been investing in new facilities such as the Tejas line with around 28,000 Sq. m of Hangars, Engineering and Administrative blocks that possesses jigs already calibrated to micron level tolerances. Be that as it may, this facility can only produce eight Tejas variants each year at the moment and an additional investment of `1,300 crores is required, according to Raju for it to churn out 16 units a year. But that as Raju said plainly, requires clarity on orders. Indeed a lack of clarity on ‘evident orders’ is also making the company wary of setting up a second ALH Dhruv line that could take output to the much sought after 60 units a year. Output of ALH variants currently stands at 24 units a year.

Nevertheless, HAL is investing in a new facility to manufacture light utility and naval multirole helicopters in Tumkur, Karnataka at a cost of `400 crores. This facility could be used to produce the outcome of HAL’s own 3-ton LUH which is set to take the skies in mid-2015 with certification for military users completed by sometime in 2016. HAL is also pursuing EASA certification for the ALH and expects to receive it by September 2015. HAL’s other major rotary wing programme, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) for which 179 indicative orders from the Indian military already exist is slated to achieve initial operational clearance with the IAF

by September 2015.

On the other hand a lack of interest from the IAF is not deterring the HAL from pursuing the HTT-40 trainer project, which according to Raju will fly by June 2015.

– Saurav Jha

RAFALE SHOWCASES MAKE IN INDIA

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