Aero India 2013 Show News
The legendary Serge Dassault visits Aero India 2013 Page 3
R K Tyagi
Serge Dassault
Chairman, groupe dassault
Eurocopter India upbeat after retaining market lead in 2012
HAL has plans to become $ 20 billion firm by 2020 Hal Chairman
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Lutz Bertling
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President & CEO, Eurocopter
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Boeing showcases ScanEagle UAS for India's unmanned aerial vehicles market Page 3
Tata-HAL Technologies awarded cemilac Page
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vignettes from the second day of aero india 2013 Page 24
a detailed look at the products on display at the show Page 18
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BENGALURU, February 7: Despite increasing budegetary constraints the government is facing, Indian Air Force Chief N A K Browne assured the nation that the available funds would be optimally used to ensure that all the programmes in priority were implemented. Asked to identify the priority areas of the IAF over the next few years during his interactions with the Press on the occasion of Aero India, Browne said that the signing of the 126 Medium Multi-Role
Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal would be ‘a top priority’ in the 2013-14 fiscal year. He said the cost negotiations with French Dassault Aviation for its Rafale planes was progressing on the right track and the IAF expected it to be signed by the middle of 2013. “There are no shortcuts. All the process in the tender will have to be followed before the contract is signed,” he added. On the other priority procurement IAF plans to effect in
2013-14 fiscal year, Browne said his force would process the fresh order for six C-130J special operations planes for basing them at Panagarh in West Bengal. These would be additional orders to the six C130Js that are based in Hindon air base outside Delhi. The priority-list also includes the conclusion of the 22 attack helicopters deal with US major Boeing for its Apache choppers, conclusion of the contract for the 15 heavy lift helicopters for
Come join us, says EADS BENGALURU, February 7: EADS announced that the aerospace and defence group will run a recruitment drive at Aero India 2013. The campaign will be held on February 9 and 10, 2013 which are the public days of Aero India. The set of events will take place in the form of Career Talks for 30 minutes with 20 participants at regular intervals from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with the aim of highlighting the potential opportunities at EADS and for the HR Team to meet talented potential employees in India. Besides this, there will be closed Talent Networking Events, that will be held for candidates who have been pre-selected to inform them
about the potential opportunities available within the EADS group. The events will be for experienced engineering professionals or recent engineering graduates with at least 3 years experience in aeronautic, automobile or avionics engineering. Commenting on the recruitment campaign Yves Guillaume, CEO of EADS India said: “India has always been an important country in terms of talent and at the same time we are very committed to the growth of the country. Through this drive, we hope to attract a large number of budding engineers for a greater future with EADS.” The EADS group has been present in
Boeing’s Chinook, apart from the six Airbus-330 MRTT refueler tankers, he added.“The government is fully aware and conscious of our requirements and I am sure these will go through.” According to the Air Chief, the IAF plans to induct in the next two Plan periods, till 2022, about 350-400 aircraft, including both fixed wing and rotary wing planes. Among them will be the replacements (Continued on Page 3)
India for over 50 years and has several projects running in the country. The EADS group has a very large presence in Delhi and Bengaluru including the engineering centre, pilot training centre and the Innovation Cell. EADS currently has about 460 direct employees in India and this total is expected to increase further in coming years. Over 300 Indian engineers are directly working for EADS in research and engineering centres across the country and over 3,000 Indian engineers indirectly through our global supply chain. This is India’s contribution to the growth of EADS. EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2011, the Group — comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter — generated revenues of € 49.1 billion and employed a workforce of over 133,000.