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Vayu Issue II Mar Apr 2011 II/2011 ARerospace &Defence eview Aero India 2011 in retrospect Air Show China Zhuhai 2010 Comparing ZW-10 and LCH Getting the M-MRCA right ! Air carrier for the BrahMos Civil Aviation Boom by 2014 To see where a new engine will take you, look at where it came from. LEAP-X History alone makes the LEAP-X engine the right choice for the A320neo. No other engine manufacturer equals the record of CFM* in developing and seamlessly introducing technology and innovation. Or matches its legendary reliability. The LEAP-X engine is the next generation. Offering 15% lower fuel consumption and 15% lower CO2 emissions than the engines it will replace. See history repeat itself. Visit www.cfm56.com/xpower *CFM, LEAP-X and the CFM logo are all trademarks of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of Snecma and General Electric Co. VAYU_280x215_TOANDFROM.indd 1 14/03/2011 10:05 II/2011 II/2011 Aerospace &Defence Review with a mega acquisitions programme coupled with the government’s proactive stance, a healthy foreign supplier base mix and an increasing Aero India 2011 in retrospect number of deal closures seen over the Air Show China Zhuhai 2010 past few years’. Comparing ZW-10 and LCH Getting the M-MRCA right ! Air carrier for the BrahMos Civil Aviation Boom by 2014 No Surprises ! ‘Pashtun Jaguar’ : 52 Preceding the 2011 Aero India Training for Helmand Cover : The first prototype of HAL’s light combat Show, there was great hype in the Richard Gardner reports from helicopter (LCH) in flight demonstration at Aero air, with senior executives from almost India 2011 (photo by Phil Camp). 106 Netheravon in the UK during every major aerospace firm heading ‘Exercise Pashtun Jaguar’ as crews for the Yelahanka event. Although the and helicopters are prepared for an much anticipated arrival of a pair of operational return to Afghanistan. EDITORIAL PANEL F-22 Raptors turned out to be a squib, MANAGING EDITOR there was an unmistakable M-MRCA Vikramjit Singh Chopra overhang. Contenders for this largest ‘contract of the 21st century’ flew in EDITORIAL ADVISOR their aircraft and demonstrated them Admiral Arun Prakash to perfection. The contending fighters certainly eclipsed the few civilian aircraft That other Air Show in EDITORIAL PANEL elbowing their way in, while new HAL Pushpindar Singh types were the LCH and IJT with a Asia – Zhuhai 2010 An interesting comparison Air Marshal Brijesh Jayal mockup of the LUH. But there were 82 between the China Air Show The Civil aviation boom : Air Cdre. Jasjit Singh no other surprises. a few months before Aero India 2011, This was the largest Vayu editorial 3.3 billion air travelers Gp Capt JC Malik where domestic participation reached team extant to cover an Aero India, Dr SR Valluri an all time high. Apart from well-known by 2014 all through the various exhibition halls, Cdr M Nirmal International exhibitors from the west, According to IATA’s the industry aircraft on static display and in the Gp Capt Anant Bewoor the Chinese civil aircraft industry 110 consensus forecast, by 2014 there air, press conferences, et al. Readers will be 3.3 billion air travelers in the world Ritika Sabharwal showcased its new range of airliners are given a flavour of what was what even as ‘fellow travellers’ Pakistan had and China will be the biggest contributor, Monica Arora during the Show, with exclusive an impressive presence. with nearly half of the new travelers being Richard Gardner (UK) pictures and individual interviews. There is also a new competition in on Asia-Pacific routes. Inevitably, Asia- Reuben Johnson (USA) The Air Chief’s announcement of an the air with the Chinese ZW-10 and Pacific will also lead the demand for new Simon Watson (UK) imminent decision certainly created Indian LCH being developed near aircraft over next 20 years. ‘shock waves’. Read on. Bertrand de Boisset (France) simultaneously (see cover). Dr Nick Evesenkin (Russia) Tamir Eshel (Israel) ADVERTISING & MARKETING MANAGER Husnal ALHTK : BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER The Raptor Factor Premjit Singh Sayan Majumdar writes on 118 the new concept dubbed Air GENERAL MANAGER (UK) The M-MRCA : Launched Hit-to-Kill (ALHTK) which Avi S. Sodhi has gained momentum, based on a war e-mail: [email protected] getting it right ! The Haft of the Spear game in the European Theatre in 2020. Admiral Arun Prakash writes The inimitable Professor The ALHTK strategy would have roving 88 about the lucid comparative 98 Prodyut Das examines various packs of fighters, supported by ISR assessment by US-based strategic options for selection of an airborne platforms to intercept missiles in rapidly analyst Ashley Tellis on the M-MRCA carrier to launch the Indian BrahMos established protection zones. selection process. This monograph supersonic cruise missile, ‘Buff, Bone ‘Dogfight’, was commissioned by the or the Spirit’. The case for a ‘Super Also : Published by: Carnegie Foundation. Canberra’ is logically argued. THE SOCIETY FOR AEROSPACE STUDIES India’s Defence Budget D-43, Sujan Singh Park, 2011-12, Countering Chinese New Delhi 110 003 India Seapower in the IOR, the Tel: +91 11 24617234 ‘Shi Lang’, the Hercules in Fax: +91 11 24628615 e-mail: [email protected] India, The Dream Machine, e-mail: [email protected] and beginning the new series ‘Vayu 25 years back’. Printed at Aegean Offset Printers The opinions expressed in the articles published Regular Features in the Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review do India’s Aerospace and Defence Industry Commentary, Opinion, Aviation & not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Based on the CII-KPMG Report, released on sidelines of Aero India 2011, it Defence in India, World, Aviation & The Society for Aerospace Studies. 40 is observed that India is already ‘the most lucrative defence market globally. Defence news, Tale Spin Visit us at: www.vayuaerospace.in COMMENTARY COMMENTARYCOMMENTARY Herculean efforts. While everybody talks about how India is Choosing a fighter aircraft being encircled by China, what’s the status of the Bhutan-India efore year end, the government is expected to sign one of rail link vis-a-vis the Beijing-Lhasa railway that China is now Bthe country’s most expensive defence deals estimated at $11 set to expand to the strategic Chumbi valley area near Sikkim? billion for purchasing 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft Given its record, there is little reason to doubt China will meet (equivalent to seven squadrons) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). its deadline. And once the Tibet railway comes within 500 km The induction of these aircraft, proposed several years ago, is of the Siliguri corridor by 2017, Bangladesh too may demand aimed at replacing some of the IAF’s antiquated fighter fleet. connectivity to the Chinese market through India. There will It should also assist in making up for a steady depletion in the be a sister line to the Nepal border, and eventually Kathmandu number of the IAF’s fighter squadrons. perhaps. Meanwhile, the Kumming-Singapore railway project Considering the huge monies involved and the significant is making rapid progress, with the blessings of the Thai post-Cold War improvement in India’s relations with the government. Add to that China’s Stilwell Road project, and the West, notably with the US, New Delhi is being offered top picture is near-complete. of the line fighter aircraft from five companies — Boeing and Although the benchmark has been set, and too high for India’s Lockheed Martin from the United States, Saab from Sweden, comfort, ultimately this isn’t about China. It’s about India’s Dassault from France, the European consortium EADS and the capacity to develop its border areas — economic integration of Russian RAC- MiG. As India gets underway with negotiations, the Northeast and development of Arunachal Pradesh, where the the months ahead are likely to witness considerable lobbying environment ministry has unwisely chosen to obstruct projects. by these companies. Offers of bribes and kickbacks are not Better connectivity, roads, airports and railways are as much uncommon, especially when big sums of money are involved. about trade and growth as the need to mobilise and dispatch The government, therefore, needs to tread cautiously in the next troops if the necessity arises. At the moment, India has little few months during negotiations. India is already lagging behind in terms of such border infrastructure to sleep peacefully over, in modernisation of its considerably antiquated armed forces, although sleeping is what it seems to be doing best. and it can ill afford a controversy that could lead to cancellation From The Indian Express of such a deal and hence delay. For almost a decade India was haunted by the Bofors episode Defence in times of resource crunch in the late 1980s. Unnerved by the spate of inquiries and adverse n India’s 2011-12 Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee media reports following allegations of kickbacks, successive has allocated Rs.1,64,415 crore ($ 36 bn) for Defence. An governments at the Centre suffered from a near paralysis in I increase of 11.59 per cent over the budget estimate of Rs 1,47,344 making defence purchases for almost a decade. This, in addition crore for fiscal 2010-11, this amounts to just 1.8 per cent of the to other reasons, resulted in a major setback to India’s defence country’s gross domestic product (GDP). modernisation process. In recent years, India has either cancelled According to the Stockholm International Peace Research or aborted three major deals - artillery guns from South Africa, Institute (SIPRI) database, India is among the world’s 10 highest light howitzers from Singapore and helicopters from Europe military spenders.
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