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Potent Excellent Communicator Air Power” Air Chief Marshal B.S AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION r only) SP’s E y U d b SE a-ba I 100.00 (Ind ` aviationSHARP CONTENT FOR SHARP AUDIENCE www.sps-aviation.com vol 21 ISSUE 9 • 2018 SPECIAL ISSUE INSIDE 86th • STATUS UPDAte - key PROGRAMMES annIvErSary of INDIAN • MMRCa 2.0 - FIGHTER OPTIONS aIr forCE • LCA TEJAS DESERVES ATTENTION • IAF’S QUEST For 5th gen REFORM, RETHINK & RESET OFFSETS —PrATYUSH KUMAR, BOEING MUCH MORE... EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PAge 8 “WE ARE A ACE FIGHTER PILOT MAN OF SUBSTANCE & INTEGRITY POTENT EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR AIR POWER” AIR CHIEF MARSHAL B.S. DHANOA, CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 CELEBRAting the 86th ANNIVERSARy of THE IAF SkyGuardian MULTI-ROLE SINGLE SOLUTION • 40+ hour endurance provides superior time on station • Modular payloads and nine external hard-points to meet overland and overwater needs • Full national and international airspace integration with Detect and Avoid System (Due Regard Radar + TCAS + ADS-B) • Enhanced situational awareness via teaming with manned air/surface platforms • Tailored to fulfill India’s security needs ga-asi.com ©2018 GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. Leading The Situational Awareness Revolution 1808_GA-ASI_SP Aviation_(Sept).indd 1 8/29/2018 1:31:32 PM PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal SENIOR EDITOR TABLE OF CONTENTS Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia SENIOR TECHNICAL GROUP EDITOR Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION PRINCIpaL CORRESPONDENT Rohit Srivastava 100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER 100.00 (INDIA-BASED CONTRIBUTORS ` aviationSHARP CONTENT FOR SHARP AUDIENCE www.sps-aviation.com India: Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd), VOL 21 ISSUE 9 • 2018 SPECIAL ISSUE INSIDE 86TH Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) vol 21 ISSUE 9 • 2018 • STATUS UPDATE - KEY PROGRAMMES ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN • MMRCA 2.0 - FIGHTER OPTIONS AIR FORCE Europe: Alan Peaford • LCA TEJAS DESERVES ATTENTION COver IMAGE • IAF’S QUEST FOR 5TH GEN USA & Canada: LeRoy Cook REFORM, RETHINK & RESET OFFSETS CHAIRmaN & MANAGING DIRECTOR On the occasion of the 86th Anniversary —PRATYUSH KUMAR, BOEING MUCH MORE... Jayant Baranwal of IAF, in an exclusive interview, Air Chief PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOpmENT Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff EXCLUSIVE Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel INTERVIEW spoke to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, PAGE 8 ADMIN & COORDINATION “WE ARE A Bharti Sharma SP’s Aviation. ACE FIGHTER PILOT MAN OF SUBSTANCE & INTEGRITY POTENT ASSt – AdMIN, HR & INFRA EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR AIR POWER” AIR CHIEF MARSHAL B.S. DHANOA, Pooja Tehlani COver IMAge BY CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF DESIGN IAF RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 CELEBRATING THE 86TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IAF Holistic Directions: Jayant Baranwal SP's Aviation Cover 9-2018.indd 1 05/10/18 1:23 PM Creative Director: Anoop Kamath Designers: Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht Research Assistant: Graphics IAF SpeCIAL REGULAr DepARTMENTS Survi Massey DIRECTOR: SALES & MARKETING 6 Message 2 A Word from Editor-in-Chief Neetu Dhulia Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, 4 News with Views SALES & MARKETING IAF Chief General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh IAF May get Control of SP’S WEBSITES 8 EXCLUSIVE Interview / CAS the Tejas Project Sr Web Developer: Shailendra P. Ashish Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma “IAF is Committed Towards our 28 Hall of Fame © SP Guide Publications, 2018 Long Term Plans as Per the DPP” Marshal of the Air Force Subscription/Circulation Arjan Singh, DFC (1919-2017) Annual Inland: `1,200 • Foreign: US$320 12 Press Conference / CAS E-mail: [email protected] “Rafale & S-400 Booster Dose” 30 News Digest [email protected] — ACM Dhanoa LETTER TO EDITOR [email protected]; [email protected] 13 Military / LCA For Advertising details, contact: Deserves Attention [email protected] [email protected] Military / Fighters SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD 5th-Gen Options A-133 Arjun Nagar, (Opposite Defence Colony) 16 New Delhi 110003, India. Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 19 MMRCA 2.0 Contenders Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 E-mail: [email protected] 22 Military / Modernisation Representative Office Key Programmes A Status Update BENGALURU, INDIA 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar, 25 OEM / Boeing Bengaluru 560043, India. Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 Defence Offsets MOSCOW, RUSSIA LAGUK Co., Ltd., (Yuri Laskin) 27 OEM / Rolls-Royce Krasnokholmskaya, Nab. Rolls-Royce in India: Partnering 11/15, app. 132, Moscow 115172, Russia. for Future Success Tel: +7 (495) 911 2762 Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 BUSINESS AVIATION Awards 2017 MEMBER OF 29 Business SPECIAL Business Model Waiting to be CONTRIBUTION TO Exploited BUSINESS AVIATION NEXT ISSUE: NBAA Special www.sps-aviation.comWWW.SPGUIDEPUBLICATIONS.COM ISSUE 9 • 2018 1 A WORD from editOR-in-CHIEF During the press conference, ahead of IAF’s 86th anniversary celebrations, CAS repeatedly, reiterated that Indian Air Force is much more than just Rafale. It is a potent force with a focus on the mission and the brilliant men behind the machines. On October 8 this year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) noa, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), a highly experienced and an out- celebrates its 86th Anniversary, an occasion of immense signifi- standing professional, stated that the Rafale combat aircraft being cance for both serving and retired personnel of this organisation procured from Dassault Aviation of France, is a very capable plat- of high repute. Established on this day in the year 1932 with just form and would be a “game changer” in the region as neither a handful of Westland Wapiti piston engine biplanes, the journey of the two adversaries currently posses combat aircraft to match of the IAF of a little over eight and half decades since its birth, this platform from the French aerospace industry. A special mes- has been long and arduous, but none the less, the experience has sage from the CAS on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the been rewarding. Today, while the IAF with its authorised combat IAF as also a personal interview with him, are a part of this issue fleet strength at 42 squadrons can boast of being the fourth larg- of the magazine. est in the world, it also faces some monumental challenges. Writing about the Indian aerospace industry, in his arti- With efforts by the IAF since the beginning of the last decade cle on ‘Defence Offsets’, Pratyush Kumar, President of Boeing to induct fourth-generation combat aircraft failing to fructify India suggests that the country has tremendous potential for so far, the strength of the fighter fleet has dwindled to just 31 growth in the aerospace and defence industry and defence off- squadrons as against the authorised level of 42. Hopefully, the sets should be used as an ‘enabler’. He says that the provision Indian aerospace industry will gear up to provide the IAF with for offsets as an integral part of a defence contract, can be an capable indigenous fighter aircraft such as the Light Combat effective medium to harness this potential and not be a serious Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk IA and Mk II in the numbers required ‘limiting factor’ for foreign OEMs while burdening the end user. and in a respectable timeframe. This will help the IAF tide over He believes that there is a need to “Reform, Rethink and Reset” the escalating crisis, at least to some extent. The IAF is also the regulatory framework. looking forward to the success of the indigenous fifth generation All this and more in this special issue of SP’s Aviation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project to enable it dedicated to the IAF. Warmest Congratulations to IAF on the to foray into the next generation with relative ease. This is par- occasion! ticularly important in view of the fact that India has withdrawn Jai Hind! from the joint Indo-Russian project to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft. Hopefully, the AMCA project will not be plagued with uncertainty as has been the case of the LCA Tejas. There is talk of a serving Air Marshal of the IAF being entrusted with the responsibility of management of the LCA project. This issue of SP’s Aviation carries a number of analytical articles on the IAF, the formidable challenges that lie ahead, pressing requirements and the various options before the service for induction of com- bat aircraft to restore the fighter fleet to the level authorised. JAYANT BARANWAL During an interaction with the media preceding the 86th Anniversary celebrations by the IAF, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dha- PUBLISHER & EDITor-in-CHIEF Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and published at FOLLOW US ON A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publishers. @SPsAviation SPPublications 2 ISSUE 9 • 2018 www.sps-aviation.com B:220 mm T:210 mm S:180 mm B:288 mm S:226 mm T:267 mm MULTI-ROLE COMBAT-PROVEN BUILT FOR THE FUTURE As the most advanced and lowest-cost fi ghter per fl ight hour, the F/A-18 Super Hornet will deliver next-gen superiority and survivability to India. By assembling, testing and certifying this aircraft at a state-of-the-art Factory of the Future in India, Boeing will help grow the country’s aerospace ecosystem. And with a plan for growth, the F/A-18 Super Hornet will continue to outpace threats—and
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