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February 17, 2016 Singapore Airshow P&W Bids on New Boeing Display Stays Static, Says it can provide a geared turbofan for Boeing midsize. PAGE 4 but the Numbers Grow! Thales Wins at Singapore IFE for the airline’s A350 XWBs is a major victory, it says. PAGE 8

Simulation in Borneo CAE Brunei seeks role as a regional training center. PAGE 12

Rocketsan Shows Talents Turkish company aims rockets, missiles at world markets. PAGE 52 This year’s show boasts the BIGGEST AIRCRAFT STATIC DISPLAY that we can recall at Singapore. Through the entrance arch the little lion points the way to 60+ EXHIBITS, from light aircraft through helicopters, business jets, military New World Ordnance fighters, drones and transports to today’s airliner behemoths. Alas, he’s not a guide – you’ll have to find your own way through the massed machines! Asia’s fighters are more capable than those of the U.S. PAGE 61

A New Ameco Takes Shape Mitsubishi Signs First MRJ Lease A restructured Ameco Beijing Aerolease Aviation, a Florida-based lessor with Mitsubishi Aircraft president Hiromichi says it is even stronger. PAGE 60 a portfolio of 40 used Boeing 757s, has signed Morimoto said here. a letter of intent for 10 Mitsubishi Regional The 10 firm MRJ90s are slated to start Opinion: Singapore Puzzle Jets plus 10 options. delivering to Aerolease in 2018. Mitsubishi Aerolease thus becomes the first lessor to Aircraft (Booth U01) expects the letter of intent to Richard Aboulafia points to a gap commit to the MRJ. “We firmly believe that be turned into a definitive agreement “in the in Singapore’s defenses. PAGE 62 the asset value of the MRJ has now been next month or so,” said sales and marketing recognized in the aircraft finance market,” VP and GM Yugo Fukuhara. AESA Radar for Eurofighter The first, fitted to a test aircraft, was unveiled yesterday. PAGE 52 SingaporeSingapore Lessoresessor OOrdersrdersrs Fiveive ATAATRsTRsR Singapore-based lessor Aviation PLC has ordered five ATR 72-600s valued at US$130 million. They will join the company’s current fleet of 20, and bring to 35 the total number of ATR 72s it has on firm order. Here ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac (left) and Aviation PLC executive chairman Jeff Chatfield clinch the deal. Aviation PLC’s ATRs, which are mostly -600 models, fly in the liveries of Virgin Australia, MOBILE NEWS ACCESS: Flybe, UNI Air (Taiwan), Air India and Fiji Airways. “We believe the ATR 72 is Get the Latest Singapore the most efficient aircraft type for regional routes. It provides the News and Insight Online lowest fuel burn and the most Visit AviationWeek.com/Singapore and reduced operating costs among all regional receive the latest news and insight right aircraft of its on your mobile device. category,” said Chatfield. Whatever the mission – be it medevac, intelligence and surveillance, or search and rescue – Bombardier has an aircraft that can be readily adapted to your needs.

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AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | February 17, 2016 3 P&W Says GTF Will Suit Boeing’s Midsize Plan

Pratt & Whitney says Boeing has fully embraced the concept of the geared turbofan (GTF), and is in discussion with the engine maker over its potential use for the new middle-of- the-market aircraft now in the early study phase.

o many people pooh- “Right now the “Spoohed it,” says Pratt & only airplane we Whitney president Bob Leduc see out there is of the PurePower Geared Boeing’s middle- Turbofan. “Now virtually of-the-market air- every airframer you go to, even plane. The Airbus Boeing, are all believers.” Pratt product line is is “starting to have middle-of- basically set top the-market-airplane discus- to bottom,” says sions,” with Boeing, and sees Leduc. Boeing The new engine will use similar architecture to the PW1000G the project as a rare near-to- is targeting the geared turbofan. midterm opportunity to expand 220-seat-class the geared turbofan family into area “... because the higher thrust bracket cur- the Airbus A321 is just kill- that market.” they haven’t even defined the rently occupied by the out-of- ing them, particularly the In Leduc’s view, Boeing thrust requirement, though it production PW2000 and Rolls- A321 with the geared turbo- needs to move sooner rather is nominally 40,000 lb.,” says Royce RB211-535. fan on it – and we have 71% of than later to attack the gap in Leduc. “It’s all paper and is in the Airbus lineup. “Boeing has their advanced group and in got to do something, because our advanced group. So it is all the 737 cannot compete early days but we will figure it against it. So the question has out. I certainly would love to get got to be, do they do a new air- back on a Boeing airplane.” plane, because they have got While publicly saying nothing nothing between the A321 new on the middle of the mar- and the A330. Boeing has ket (MOM), Boeing is believed got a hole and they need to go to be seeing a potential advan- and figure that out. I know Ray tage to bringing the develop- (Conner, Boeing Commercial ment forward. The company, Airplanes president) is work- which sees a market for at least ing on it hard. He’d prefer to 2,000 aircraft in this sector, is do a new airplane. We are in studying a 220- to 280-seat conversation with them, as is product with a range of 4,500 GE, as is everybody. This is to 5,000 mi. The key question how it works.” for the development is whether From the engine archi- to link the MOM to plans for tecture perspective Pratt is a successor to the 737 MAX. China Rolls Out Wing Loong II working with Boeing to eval- “That’s a really hard question to uate whether the upgrade answer – obviously, we have got Seen for the first time at an international show outside China (here path already planned for the to sort through all of that,” says on the CATIC Booth S0-9) is a model of the Chengdu Wing Loong PW1100G, the largest mem- Scott Fancher, SVP and general II unmanned air vehicle, apparently an equivalent of the General ber of the current GTF family, manager of airplane develop- Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, with a turbine engine and a 20.5-meter- might support a scaled design ment at Boeing Commercial span wing. Chengdu’s Predator-size Wing Loong I is in Chinese to power the potential new air- Airplanes. “When we see an military service with the designation GJ-1. craft development. “Or is it a opportunity, we will take it.” brand-new core? It is so early —Guy Norris

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NEXT IS NOW™ ATW Honors Airline Industry at Awards Gala

Winners at the ATW Annual Airline Achievement Awards gala in Singapore this week. From left: ATW editor-in-chief Karen Walker, IATA DG Tony Tyler, Wizz Air CEO József Váradi, Fraport fleet manager Bernhard Scholz, Etihad CEO James Hogan, Airbus VP strategy Kieran Rao, Hong Kong Airport operations director CK Ng, Lufthansa head of Asia-Pacific Heiko Brix, Air New Zealand head of sustainability James Gibson and ANZ Capt. Philip Kirk, Alaska Airlines VP communications Joe Sprague and ATW publisher Beth Wagner.

tihad Airways president Besides Tyler and Etihad’s with suppliers and in common the changing global aviation Eand CEO James Hogan Hogan, award recipients training centers for crew and landscape.” and IATA CEO and DG Tony included Wizz Air CEO József other employees. IATA’s Tyler was recognized Tyler were among those Váradi, Alaska VP of commu- The airline is also a strong for his exceptional leadership honored Monday at the Air nications Joe Sprague, Air New code-share partner, with its and commitment as head of the Transport World 42nd annual Zealand head of sustainability most recent agreements forged association. “Tony is someone airline industry achievement James Gibson and ANZ Capt. with Air Europa, JetBlue, who has won universal respect awards in Singapore. Philip Kirk, HKIA executive Philippine Airlines, GOL, for his tireless, ambassador- Top honors went to Etihad director airport operations CK SAS, Hong Kong Airlines and like advocacy on behalf of the (2016 Airline of the Year) Ng, Lufthansa Group head Aerolineas Argentinas. world’s airlines. No matter the and Tyler (the Leadership of Asia-Pacific sales Heiko “Etihad is a company that frustrations and hurdles, he Excellence recipient) at a Brix, Fraport senior executive approaches business with indi- carries the IATA brand with gala dinner in the Singapore manager fleet management viduality and passion; with a determination, patience and Pan Pacific Ballroom Feb. Bernhard Scholz and Airbus leadership that has maintained flair,” Walker said. 15. Other top awardees were executive VP strategy Kiran the high road in a sometimes Accepting the award, Tyler Alaska Airlines (Airline Market Rao. lowball fight over who and paid tribute to the IATA staff, Leader), Budapest-based Wizz Etihad Airways, the national what defines fair competition; thanked the airline CEOs who Air (Value Airline of the Year), airline of the United Arab and an airline that sets itself serve on the board of governors, Air New Zealand (Eco-Airline Emirates, has seen remarkable apart with unique products and and said that the ATW awards of the Year), Lufthansa Group growth since it was created just services,” Walker said. were the most prestigious in the and Frankfurt Airport opera- 12 years ago, Walker noted. “Twelve years ago we had industry. tor Fraport (Eco-Partnership), Under Hogan’s leadership, it a clear view of how to build a Váradi, who created and Hong Kong International has also become the center business and a clear mandate leads Budapest-based low-cost Airport (Airport of the of an airline equity partner- from our shareholder: Build a carrier Wizz Air, remarked that Year) and the Airbus A350 ship that includes airberlin, safe airline and also contribute many people said the airline XWB (Aviation Technology Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, to UAE society,” Hogan said in would not survive, but he told Achievement). Alitalia, Jet Airways, Virgin his acceptance speech. them to come back in five years. The awards were hosted by Australia and Swiss-based He said that Etihad now “We started with $200 million ATW editor-in-chief Karen Darwin Airline, trading as had “a robust business model and are now worth $2.2 billion, Walker and presented by Etihad Regional. Together, and innovative products and so that was a good investment. Walker and colleagues ATW these partnerships delivered superior service delivered by The ultimate goal is to be the senior editor Aaron Karp, more than 5 million passengers our 27,000 dedicated employ- low-cost leader in Europe,” European bureau chief Victoria onto Etihad’s flights last year. ees. I am delighted to accept he said. Moores, Southeast Asia cor- The airline’s unique part- this award on their behalf. Alaska’s Sprague noted that respondent Jeremy Torr nership strategy is paying divi- As an airline, we have offered 8,000 employees completed and Aviation Week & Space dends. For example, Etihad a unique proposition to the the airline’s “Beyond Service” Technology editor-in-chief Joe leverages its airline equity part- traveling public and expanded workshop “to make great cus- Anselmo. nerships in strategic contracts our business to help shape tomer service part of our DNA.”

6 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews Passion for innovation

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À Q P HFFDQLFDFRP Vist us at Singapore Airshow, Booth G55 Thales Wins Singapore Airlines IFE Deal French avionics company Thales has scored a major victory at Singapore Airlines, ousting its traditional supplier to equip the carrier’s future fleet of Airbus A350 XWB aircraft with in-flight entertainment and Ka-band connectivity.

his is a major win for Thales, offers a flexible architecture and incor- “Tand a significant step toward porates a user application portal through us becoming the market leader,” says which Thales will assist Singapore Airlines Dominique Giannoni, CEO of Thales to constantly introduce to its passengers the newest and most-sought- after apps present in the consumer market. Delivery of the system will begin in 2018. This illustration graced the cover on Giannoni says the cam- Aug. 24, 1929. paign to win over Singapore Airlines lasted more than a year, with major factors Aviation Week being Thales’ willingness to understand how the air- Opens Archive line wants to interface with its passengers and custom- for Centennial Celebrating the win at SIngapore Airlines (L to R): Jean-Noël Stock, CEO, izing the system accordingly. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Avia- Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd.; Patrice Caine, Président Directeur Général, “Our IFE systems are highly tion Week & Space Technology last month Thales; and Dominique Giannoni, CEO, Thales InFlyt Experience. customized and robust, with made its entire digital archive of over InFlyt Experience. “Fifteen years ago we an architecture-driven approach with a lot 4,500 issues, nearly 500,000 pages, free were nowhere in the IFE market; now we of modularization. This made it possible to to the public for the very first time. The are a very strong second.” design the system and evolve the technol- archive was launched in collaboration with Thales InFlyt Experience will equip Boeing, which also traces its roots to 1916. Singapore Airlines with its AVANT As part of the celebration, Aviation In-Flight Entertainment system and Week is asking readers to vote on their Ka-band connectivity solution on favorite cover from a selection shortlisted A350 XWB aircraft configured for by the editorial team. From the decoration medium-haul operations. of Charles Lindbergh in 1927, to the space The fleet will be equipped with shuttle’s first launch in 1981 to Aviation Thales’ latest AVANT monitors, Week’s groundbreaking scoops over the which it says are the most lightweight decades, readers can vote on their most ever deployed, featuring full high- memorable cover of all time. The most definition video and integrating Avii, popular photos will be published in a spe- Thales says its latest AVANT monitors are the most lightweight the newest evolution of the Thales ever deployed. cial anniversary issue this May. Touch Passenger Media Unit, in the If you are a subscriber to Aviation Week premium cabins. Avii provides intuitive ogy with the airline.” & Space Technology or the Aviation Week navigation and full Android smartphone Other factors included Thales’ long his- Intelligence Network (AWIN), you can in- look and feel, and acts as a second screen. tory in Singapore, its presence in the region stantly access the library with your exist- That, Thales says, greatly enhances the with more than 650 employees, and a local ing username and password. Otherwise, cabin experience for premium passengers. repair hub near Changi Airport to provide a simple free-registration process will They will have access to a wide selection customer support. connect you to this spectacular history. of connected applications, seamless per- “Singapore Airlines’ selection is a crucial Here is the link to start your journey: sonal device integration allowing a home step in our growth and development. The archive.aviationweek.com experience in the air, high-power USB airline has pioneered IFE and remains at And you can vote for your favorite cover charging and NFC technology. the forefront of innovation in this sector,” at http://aviationweek.com/100covers The AVANT Android-based system says Giannoni.

8 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews COCKPIT B50 THE ULTIMATE PILOT’S INSTRUMENT

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BREITLING.COM A Bell 505 JetRanger X is depicted here over Singapore. Bell Helicopter Upbeat About Asia

Despite plunging oil-and-gas helicopter market,” he says. intent (LOIs) to date. budgets, rotary manufacturer “Certainly we don’t think we’ll deliver In the entry-level market, Bell has also lots of aircraft to O&G, but we are very con- put considerable energy into its new Model Bell sees significant sales fident that the effect on our business will 505, which made its first flight late in opportunities in developing be unsubstantial,” he adds. 2014. Since then Bell has taken more than Asia-Pacific markets. Rehman says the company is instead 300 LOIs for the type, to be used for train- pinning its hopes on what it calls a “rising ing, personal transport and similar roles. ith one of the most volatile industry tide” of rotary-wing aircraft usage in Asia. Rehman says these strong order books Wsectors – oil-and-gas – seeing plung- “Unlike the mature markets in Europe are evidence that although the O&G mar- ing profits and investment worldwide, the and North America, there is still a huge ket was not buoyant, the move toward the O&G supply service industries are visibly potential [here] for replacement, refurbish- purchase of new, efficient, low-mainte- cutting back on new investments, includ- ment and training as well as new sales,” nance and multi-mission-capable aircraft ing across Asia. he notes. was helping compensate for that across However, says Bell Helicopter Asia Bell is confident that its existing foot- the region. Pacific managing director Sameer print in the region will be key to further “Buyers like government agencies and Rehman, this is not leading the company sales. Rehman says there are still hundreds large companies are all looking to stretch to anticipate shrinking regional sales. of decades-old Bell 206 JetRangers flying their dollar further. One example is the “Ten years ago we as a company took in many countries across Asia, bringing Australian New South Wales Police, a very distinct decision to establish a what he sees as an untapped replacement which took a Bell 412 for both tactical diverted and revitalized R&D division to market in the training, law enforcement and response use – policing and lifesav- update our products,” he told Aviation and personal transport sectors. ing,” he says. Week. “Incumbency makes a big difference in Rehman also underlines that sale of air- Now, says Rehman, this diversified the replacement market,” he says. craft is just part of Bell’s operation. approach is paying off: Although the Rehman also asserts that Bell’s 525, “With our new Singapore Service Center O&G slowdown has led to fewer orders currently in final testing (the second test ‘mothership’ serving the region, we have for medium- and large-size aircraft for aircraft flew on Dec. 21), will bring “new a reinvigorated offering. Our main aim is offshore rig supply work, that is only part energy” into the rotary market. He cited its to provide customer satisfaction, and we of Bell’s Asia market. ability to deliver the first ever fly-by-wire just happen to sell helicopters,” he says. Rehman says the new range was driven capability allied to sophisticated safety and —Jeremy Torr by a recognition that Bell had fallen behind avionics as being key factors to high-end its competitors in terms of models and purchasers of a rotary-wing aircraft. The second Bell 525 Relentless needed to revitalize its offerings. “The 525 is part of our future,” he is now in flight test. “So rather than see the current down- says, noting that the region holds sig- turn in O&G markets as a problem, we see nificant potential for the aircraft to our new models like the 505 Jet Ranger X, be equipped with VVIP interiors – for 525 Relentless and 429 as an opportunity which the 525 is particularly suitable, to change the way [Asian] buyers see the and which has resulted in 70 letters of

10 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews

TRAINING CAE, Brunei Look to Grow Training Center

A regional training center for Sikorsky helicopters plans to expand into emergency and crisis management, supporting disaster preparedness for Brunei and neighboring Association of Southeast Asia (Asean) nations. It also plans a joint civil-military ab-initio-to- airline flight-training school.

he CAE Brunei Multi- to find more customers TPurpose Training Center for the Pilatus PC-7 sim- (MPTC), a joint venture of CAE ulator training services (Booth T87) and the Ministry of it has provided for the Finance of Brunei Darussalam, Royal Brunei air force a small country in the north of since November 2014. the island of Borneo, brought Courses for disaster its CAE 3000 Series S-92 response and emer- full-flight Level D simulator gency management His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei online with European Aviation training, based on Darussalam, lands the CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Center’s S-92 helicopter simulator Safety Authority (EASA) CAE’s experience with on an oil rig. approval in mid-2014, and simulation training for has just received that author- military scenarios, are also and the oil-rich nation plan to China Southern, operators in ity’s approval for training with being developed. share revenues as it is devel- Thailand and Korea, and soon CAE’s in-house instructors. The center was initiated oped into a regional training the Royal Thai Air Force, which Next will be the addition of with a 25-year contract with hub with customers from sur- is transferring its S-92 training an S-70i Black Hawk simu- the Royal Brunei Air Force rounding nations. Brunei and from CAE’s S-92 center in Oslo. lator, currently under test and a seven-year contract with Royal Brunei Shell operate four The CAE 3000 Series heli- in Montreal, by the end of S-92 oil-and-gas operators S-92s, the air force a fleet of 12 copter mission simulator fea- October. The center also hopes Royal Brunei Shell; both CAE S-70i’s and four PC-7 turbo- tures unprecedented realism prop trainers. for helicopter-specific mission “This multipurpose training training, including offshore A Flight School With Pipers center is a shining example of oil and gas, search and rescue CAE IS NO stranger to live two schools. Brunei investing to diversify (SAR), and other types of oper- flight training, operating Brunei, despite its and grow knowledge-based ations. The simulator enables ab-initio-to-airline-pilot geographically small size, industries that provide high- pilots to practice – without risk training academies around could provide a base, he quality job opportunities,” – challenging procedures such the world. But there is, believes. CAE is already notes Kevin Speed, CAE VP of as low-level flight, confined- notes CAE’s Kevin Speed, in formal discussions to defense and security for Asia area operations, autorotation VP of defense and security set up a joint-use military/ and director of the CAE Brunei and landing on platforms at for Asia and director of the civil school, he adds, and MPTC. “It will also play a key sea. CAE Brunei MPTC, a gap the curriculum could begin role as a learning and training The CAE 3000 Series S-92 in the region surrounding before the end of the year. hub for the wider Southeast full-flight simulator features Brunei and Singapore. As a bonus, the Brunei Asian market.” the CAE True 6-deg.-of-free- Flight training is lim- government has owned It is, he notes, the single larg- dom electric motion system ited in Malaysia and Piper Aircraft since 2009, est foreign direct investment in and high-performance vibra- Indonesia, and impossible and that manufacturer’s Brunei outside the oil and gas tion platform to replicate vibra- in Vietnam, China and aircraft types are already industry. tion cues critical to helicopter other countries where the in widespread use by CAE The MPTC is already win- pilots; a high-fidelity CAE military owns the airspace. in its flight academies. It ning customers among the Medallion-6000 image genera- The nearest large-scale is likely that Piper aircraft operators of the fleet of 100 tor; and a direct-projection 210 training centers are in Aus- would equip a flight school or so S-92s in the region. They deg. x 80 deg. extreme field-of- tralia, where CAE operates in Brunei, he says. include Bristow, CHC and the view dome display system. Aviation Authority of Australia, —John Morris

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Saab is unveiling the GlobalEye airborne surveillance system here them together via a single data- and saying a lot more about its technologies and capabilities than link to a central ground com- mand and control system. was released at the Dubai Airshow, when the company was declared Saab’s “swing role” philoso- the winner of a long-running competition to supply the United Arab phy is different: According to Emirates with an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system. Micael Johansson, head of the But GlobalEye is a lot more than an AEW&C aircraft, and that is the key company’s electronic defense business, the high performance to Saab’s strategy. of the Global 6000 platform allows it to carry multiple sen- aab has sold more than bandwidth (good for jamming The radar also works better sors, quickly reposition itself to S20 AEW&C systems to resistance) and lower noise. against small and relatively make optimum use of its sen- eight customers, a respectable That last attribute is impor- slow surface targets, which sors for dedicated missions, share of a small but lucrative tant to Saab’s radar develop- becomes more important when and still offer long endurance – market (the UAE deal for two ment. When Saab unveiled the combined with the GlobalEye’s up to 11 hr. – at a long distance GlobalEyes and upgrades to Giraffe 4A, engineers touted signals intelligence (Sigint) from its base. For instance, two Saab 340AEWs was worth the “purity” of the new radar’s suite. Rather than simply being in a counter-drug mission, US$1.27 billion). The core of signal – a measure of how much an AEW&C aircraft, it can sur- GlobalEye can maintain an air the system, the EriEye radar, of the energy is concentrated veil the entire area – sea, littoral picture and a sea picture and started development more than at the nominal wavelength. and air – with radar, fused with monitor a transfer taking place 30 years ago. Although it has With a high-purity signal it a Sigint picture. The aircraft onshore. been upgraded continuously, is possible to measure very can also carry a belly-mounted, That in turn could mean a it was time for a revamp. small Doppler shifts and pull 360 deg.-scan X-band radar – bigger AEW&C market. Some The EriEye Extended smaller echoes out of clut- Range (ER) on the GlobalEye ter. The radar can detect looks like the original, with a targets with very small dual-sided, air-cooled active radar-cross section (RCS) electronically scanned array measurements, such as (AESA) operating in the micro-drones and stealthy S-band, but the hardware is aircraft. all new, from the power supply Other counter-stealth through the transmit-receive technologies in Saab’s modules and receiver-exciter new radars include “mul- to the processor. tiple hypothesis” track- The new radar is already ing, in which weak and running in rooftop tests at ambiguous tracks are Saab’s Gothenburg site, and analyzed over time, the first Global 6000 platform and either declared for the UAE is due to arrive or discarded based on in Linköping “shortly” for the their behavior. start of modifications. The sys- In fact, the EriEye ER’s tem is due for delivery in 2019. name is a bit of a misno- The EriEye ER radar on the GlobalEye surveillance aircraft is Two years ago, Saab pulled a mer. Like any powerful a completely new system using rabbit out of its hat by announc- AEW&C radar, the EriEye gallium nitride technology. ing that it was on the way to can see conventional air- delivering the first production craft at normal cruise AESA radar based on gallium altitudes all the way to its an option selected by the UAE customers, Saab believes, see nitride (GaN) radio-frequency radar horizon. The new ver- – to add to the surface picture. the advantage of AEW&C components, the land-mobile sion restores its range against In the early 2000s, Israel but can’t commit that kind of Giraffe 4A. GaN radar modules stealthy targets, against which took a different approach to money for a single-mission sys- beat gallium arsenide (GaAs) it offers a 70% range increase multi-spectral surveillance, tem. Says Johansson: “With an in many ways, but chiefly they or “the same range, against a developing separate AEW&C, AEW that has swing-role flex- are more efficient (so they can target one-tenth the size,” a Sigint and ground-surveillance ibility, we can capture custom- produce more power without Saab engineer says. “That was systems, mounting them on a ers that might be hesitant.” overheating) and have a wider a major criterion in the design.” common platform and netting —Bill Sweetman

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Visit us at the Singapore Airshow, Booth L39. World’s Largest Jet Engine in Final Assembly

eneral Electric is gear- each individual blade measur- Final assembly follows suc- pre-swirler (TAPS) combus- Ging up for test runs of the ing more than 5 ft. in length. cessful tests of the high-pres- tor, as well as in the HP tur- first GE9X turbofan as com- Ground tests will get under- sure (HP) core that began in bine’s first- and second-stage ponents of the initial engine way at the company’s Peebles late 2015. The core, which nozzles and first-stage shroud. come together at its Evendale, facility in the second quar- includes the HP compres- The turbine also incorporates Ohio, facility. ter of 2016. Components for sor, turbine and compressor, blades made from a new man- The engine is in development the second GE9X engine are also demonstrated operability ufacturing process that inte- for Boeing’s 777X series and in also under assembly for tests above the maximum “redline” grates an improved cooling terms of physical dimensions scheduled to begin in 2017 speeds and achieved compres- circuit into the airfoil. The will be largest turbofan ever along with flight testing on sor pressure ratios over and performance of the CMC com- produced. Overall fan diameter GE Aviation’s Boeing 747-400 above the engine’s 27:1 design ponents was verified in 2015 will measure 134 in. compared flying testbed. Engine certifi- target, says GE. during tests of a modified to 128 in. for the GE90-115B, cation is anticipated in 2018, Key GE9X core design fea- GEnx-1B engine fitted with currently the world’s biggest around the same time as first tures include ceramic matrix scaled GE9X components and most powerful engine. flight of the 777X. The initial composites (CMCs) in the made from the low-weight, The GE9X will be equipped 777-9 variant is scheduled to outer and inner liners of the heat-resistant material. with only 16 fan blades, with enter service in 2020. low-emission twin-annular —Guy Norris

Parker China JVs Win Broad Approvals

PARKER AEROSPACE’S and ARJ21. The Nanjing JV two joint ventures with China’s supports both manufacturing AVIC have received AS9100C and assembly and test functions certification. and features a state-of-the-art Parker FACRI Actuation machining center and special Systems is a joint venture processing line. between Parker Aerospace “The AS9100C certification and AVIC’s Flight Automated of the two joint ventures signi- Control Research Institute, fies a high standard of quality of located in Xi’an to provide the work done in their facilities, manufacturing and produc- providing assurance to their cus- tion support of Parker flight tomers and product end users of control actuation products on superior consistency, reliability, the C919 single-aisle trans- and safety,” Parker says. Successful teamwork (from left to right): Dr. Jörg Henne, SVP engineering port and ARJ21 turbofan “We are committed to provid- and technology at MTU Aero Engines, and Theodor Pregler, SVP commercial regional jet, both developed ing products and services that programs, at the last bolt ceremony for the GE9X TCF in Munich and produced by COMAC, meet and surpass the highest the Commercial Aircraft standards of the global aero- MTU Completes First Corporation of China Ltd. space community, providing GE9X Turbine Center Frame The JV includes the FAA- and the C919 and ARJ21 with supe- CAAC 145-approved MRO cus- rior equipment and support,” MTU AERO ENGINES (Booth SVP engineering and tech- tomer service center supporting said Parker Aerospace VP and J65) has completed the first nology, on the occasion of domestic Chinese airline cus- regional Asia GM Pui Ho. development turbine center the last bolt ceremony held tomers for Parker Aerospace, Parker Aerospace (Booth D23) frame (TCF) for the General in Munich in late Janu- AVIC and third-party products. researches, designs, manufac- Electric GE9X engine. “In ary. The new GE engine NEIAS Parker Aero Systems tures and services flight con- this engine program, we are has been selected to be the & Equipment is a joint venture trol, hydraulic, fuel and inert- not only responsible for the exclusive propulsion system between Parker and AVIC’s ing, fluid conveyance, thermal manufacture of the TCF, for the Boeing 777X. The Nanjing Engineering Institute management, lubrication, and but also assumed respon- first run of the engine is of Aircraft Systems to provide pneumatic systems and compo- sibility for its development slated for this spring, and manufacturing and production nents for aerospace and other right from the outset,” entry into service is expect- support of Parker components high-technology markets. Parent explained Dr. Jörg Henne, ed for 2020. for Parker’s fuel, inerting and Parker Hannifin logged sales of hydraulic systems on the C919 $13 billion in fiscal year 2015.

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Growing airline fleets in Asia-Pacific expect that 40% to are prompting UTC Aerospace grow,” says Agrawal. UTAS Wins Driving that growth Systems (UTAS) to expand its already is UTAS’ higher win Sichuan extensive presence in the region to rate on new pro- Nacelle MRO keep up with customer demand to grams, as well as support their aircraft. fleet growth. “We Contract have more content UTC Aerospace Systems will ingapore is a major indus- for customers in on newer programs put more work into its trial and strategic center the region,” says than retiring ones,” S Goodrich Aerostructures for UTAS, with two MRO sites Ajay Agrawal, VP he notes. Ajay Agrawal Service China Ltd. (GASCH) at Changi and Bedok covering of aftermarket for To meet demand, nacelle MRO facility that it nearly one million sq. ft. and UTAS. UTAS fields 6,000 customer opened in Tianjin in 2009. 1,500 employees. Now it is The US$14 billion-revenue service representatives around adding a parts distribution cen- company now generates over the world, including 240 field It announced here an ter (at the show here it signed US$4 billion from commercial reps. Its two Singapore MRO extension of an existing Prime an exclusive distribution agree- aftermarket parts and services, shops – covering aerostructures Solutions support agree- ment with Satair), and it plans with more than 40% from long- MRO for nacelle system com- ment with Sichuan Airlines to to open another in Beijing in term contracts with airlines for ponents and airframe com- provide nacelle asset support just a few weeks. “They have three to 10 years. “We’re seeing posite components; manufac- and maintenance, repair and critical parts and hardware very strong renewal rates and turing for engine controls and overhaul for the airline’s fleet drive generators; and manu- of Airbus A320ceo (current facturing for aerospace com- engine option) V2500-pow- ponents, gears and gear shafts ered aircraft. The ‘Extra Mile’ in Space and Style – are just two of 50-plus MRO JOHN S. SLATTERY, chief commercial officer at Embraer sites globally. The facility was purpose- Commercial Aviation, will have a real E2 second-genera- “We’re getting closer to built to provide MRO service tion regional airliner to show off after its rollout in Brazil customers,” says Agrawal. to airlines throughout China. on Feb. 25. Meanwhile, visitors to the Singapore Airshow And that’s necessary because can view the E2’s award-winning interior as a full-size they are becoming ever more mockup in the Embraer booth on the demanding when it comes to the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, eastern edge of the static display. cost, dispatch reliability and A320neo and 737 MAX. It was here two years ago – ex- flexibility in their support pro- A challenge, he adds, is to cept that it wasn’t, because further grams. These include different scale up support ahead of the refinements have been made in the arrangements tied to utilization ramp-up. interim. This is the latest configura- of the aircraft, such as nacelle Another is to leverage tech- tion of the “e-enabled” cabin, with maintenance and cost-per- nology as fleets produce more 18.3-in.-wide, super-slim seats; 12- landing for wheels and brakes. data from the aircraft, and to in. seatback screens; and galley and Extensive work – and invest- analyze it to increase dispatch lavatories both featuring farsighted ment – says Agrawal, is going reliability through prognostics design. into supporting the entry into and preventive maintenance. service of new models, such as —John Morris

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NEW AT THE SHOW

ulfstream (Chalet CD45) has brought Gits entire business jet fleet to Gulfstream Debuts the G650ER Singapore, including the extended- range G650ER version of its new flag- ship – powered by Rolls-Royce BR725 A1 engines and capable of flying 7,000 nm, being shown at the Singapore Airshow for the first time. Also on display: Gulfstream’s G150, G280, G450 and G550 jets. There are upward of five dozen Gulfstream aircraft based in Southeast Asia. Gulfstream special-mission air- craft are being promoted at Booth T74. Nearly 200 of the company’s jets are in service in 37 countries serving as head-of-state transports, carrying air- borne early-warning systems and sup- Gulfstream’s G650ER is making its first Singapore Airshow appearance. porting international atmospheric data collection. Singapore’s Terrex Makes a Splash ST ENGINEERING’S TERREX 8x8 8x8, where ST Kinetic is teamed with Elbit amphibious armored vehicle is emerg- Australia for a 200-plus vehicle order, ing as an export leader for the Singapore offering the improved and heavier Terrex company. Developed by the ST Kinetics 2. An award is expected in March. unit, the Terrex was selected in November Human-machine interface design and as one of two finalists in the U.S. Marine high mobility on land and water are fea- Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) tures that have helped the Terrex stand out 1.1 program. ST Kinetics and its U.S. part- in the crowded and competitive market for ner, SAIC, will build 16 vehicles that will 8x8 vehicles, according to ST Kinetics chief be tested in comparison with the Iveco/ marketing officer Winston Koh. “We have BAE Systems SuperAV. One team will be a conscript army and never have enough chosen in 2018 to build 204 vehicles. training,” Koh says, so Singaporean vehi- Next up is Australia’s Land 400 Phase cles are designed to be easy to operate and 2 competition to replace the aging fleet of maintain. The Terrex 2 on show here has Australian Light Armored Vehicles, devel- a multi-screen driver’s display to facilitate oped from the original Mowag Piranha “buttoned-down” operation. Both the Terrex and the SuperAV sur- prised the Marine Corps with their swim- You Don’t Need ming speed and agility in demonstrations at Camp Pendleton in 2013, giving an a Drone important boost to the ACV program. An A unique element of ST Kinetics’ infantry ST Kinetics engineer explains that the pro- equipment suite is the Soldier Parachute peller drive system is an important factor Aerial Reconnaissance Camera System in swimming ability: It needs to extract (Sparcs). Launched from a rifle-mounted power efficiently from the drivetrain, 40mm grenade launcher, Sparcs de- without overdriving and cavitating the scends on a parachute and takes a series propellers, despite the fact that the props of still images that are transmitted to are running in disturbed water. The Terrex the soldier’s handheld computer, where has two independently reversible props, The Terrex 2 armored vehicle on show here is fitted with software stitches them together into a a prototype “track over wheels” fit that would improve driven by hydraulic motors. wide-angle aerial view. Booth G01. soft-ground mobility. —Bill Sweetman

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aids inspection by the Brazilian Simulator, Strike, Surveillance, Satellite: airports authority and the far- ther-reaching modification of Embraer’s Mix ’n’ Match ERJ-145 regional airliners as airborne early-warning plat- Super Tucano is The turboprop trainer and next year and initial deliveries forms for India. not the half of what light attack aircraft has already in the first half of 2018. The latter contract epitomizes accumulated 30,000 hr. in Defense & Security’s purview what Embraer is able to supply, Embraer Defense & combat missions and has includes special-missions ver- says Schneider: aircraft, system Security is offering the just entered service with the sions of business jets and even and know-how in an integrated region’s air forces. Afghan Air Force under a con- sales of those aircraft to govern- package, worked out in conjunc- tract administered by the U.S. ment operators in unmodified tion with the customer. If appro- lthough outnumbered in And when combat is the duty, form. Great satisfaction is taken priate, that will include ground Athe static display by its par- the Super Tucano is cleared for at Embraer over the recent con- radars, data links, ground ent company’s business jets and 150 different combinations of tract to provide Britain’s RAF control centers and airborne even an airliner cabin mockup, armament to meet almost any with five Phenom 100s for pilot radars. From simulators to sat- the EMB-314 Super Tucano situation. training – a “stamp of approval” ellites, says Schneider, Embraer outside Chalet CD31 reminds show- At the other end of the scale, if ever there was one. Defense & Security offers “the goers that Embraer has a thriv- the KC-390 tactical jet tanker- Then there’s the conversion right-size solution.” ing military business – on land, transport has had “lots of coun- of a Legacy 500 for navigation —Paul Jackson as well as in the air. “We are in tries approaching us for Singapore because this is the data,” said Schneider. Flight most important air show in the trials began 12 months ago region,” ShowNews was told by but got off to a slow start Jackson Schneider, president because of Brazilian govern- of Embraer Defense & Security. ment funding difficulties. “Some air forces in the region “However, we have flown have made advance appoint- 100 hours since mid-Octo- ments to inspect the Super ber and the second prototype Tucano,” he confided, “and will follow soon.” I expect there will be others. Schneider is “optimistic” Already, 13 air forces have that the KC-390 will make bought the aircraft, and, pos- its international show debut sibly, more will be announced at Farnborough in July. It is later this year.” still on target for certification Jackson Schneider, president of Embraer Defense & Security, with the Super Tucano.

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Visit us at the Singapore Airshow, Booth L39. MRO Satair Expands With UTC Products

At the Singapore Airshow today, Satair Group CEO Mikkel Bardram MB: They are quite close. will sign a contract with UTC Aerospace Systems that will see Satair Initially we’re talking to some of the bigger airlines, but I’m become the exclusive distributor and aftermarket support provider of a pretty sure this model works range of UTC products for small and midsize customers. very well for smaller airlines too, and to some extent also he deal is part of Satair’s you talk to them. Of course, using our competences without for MROs. Tevolving strategy follow- UTC is a huge company, so losing control. ing its absorption by Airbus it’s a big deal for us. But our SN: Are you confident in your in 2011. Ahead of the Show, operating model is set up in SN: You’ve outlined a new ability to be able to offer both Bardram spoke with ShowNews a way where we can taketake on serviceservice-provision model, the IMS and traditional business to discuss the UTC deal, the any angle of a supplier’ser’s ccalledal Integrated Material models concurrently? changing face of aftermarket aftermarket and splitit SServices (IMS), which provision, and how his com- MB: I think the two mod- pany manages to combine Mikkel Bardram els strengthen each other. economies of scale with The integrated solution bespoke customer services. will both mean that we are extending our parts portfo- ShowNews: How did the lio and ensure we’re going partnership with UTC develop, deeper with the customers and what will it bring both to and extending our services Satair and to both companies’ portfolio. So we’re strength- extant and future customers? ening our offering across both dimensions, really. Mikkel Bardram: As a dis- tributor, we’re in contact SN: During the Paris Air Show with many different suppli- last year you announced that ers and are exploring with Eltra Aeronautics Singapore all of them how they should was being absorbed into the be approaching the after- Satair Group. How is that market, and figuring out working? where we can add value. UTC has identified that it MB: It’s gone well. We’re would make sense that they’d it according to what suits the will see you providing a part- exploring how we can expand look for an aftermarket ser- OEM. sourcing and inventory-man- that business outside Asia – vice provider for their smaller agement service on top of your maybe to the Middle East or customers, and that they go SN: What is it that gives you the usual offering. How has that elsewhere, because we have a directly with large airlines and agility to handle these sectors come about? global reach that Eltra didn’t MROs, so we split the market more efficiently and more profit- have before. in that way. We’re already deal- ably than a company such as MB: The concept is not new ing with many of those smaller UTC can manage themselves? – it’s a matter of being able to SN: As a global business, do you customers: Adding UTC’s prod- deliver it. Airlines and MROs find that regional variations in uct portfolio on top fits well MB: We are already present in have been requesting this for how the sector operates remain into our approach to them. It’s all the different places around a very long time. I think we’ve important? a good fit for us, and I think it the world, and we have credit found a way now to do that. will help UTC focus on their lines set up with those cus- This is very much the essence MB: What we’ve learned over strategic accounts too. tomers. That means that we of why Satair Group was cre- time is that, yes, we can always can then give those custom- ated. Our ownership by Airbus integrate this type of business, SN: Is splitting the market in ers better service. And the fact means we can use their techni- but the key thing is, how do we this way a type of deal you’ve that we are working very collab- cal competences to feed tech- make sure we keep the peculiar- done before? oratively with our OEMs, and nical knowledge about the air- ities that have made this busi- have a transparency around craft to optimize the planning. ness successful in the past? It’s MB: We have all kinds of differ- everything that’s going on in not just about distributing the ent setups with the suppliers we the market, ensures that UTC SN: When will you be announc- parts and executing the order – support. It’s unique every time has a feeling that they are just ing your first IMS contracts? it’s all the things around it.

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ction movie star Jackie Chan, already fulfill most of their busi- Athe owner of a spectacularly dragon- ness missions with higher liveried Embraer Legacy 650, took delivery efficiency and greater this month of the first Legacy 500 business flexibility,” he says. jet in China. The delivery also illus- “This new aircraft will further facilitate trates the changing mind- his business development, as well as his set in a different way as humanitarian activities,” says Embraer Chinese customers try Executive Jets president & CEO Marco to become more anony- Tulio Pellegrini. mous amid the country’s “He is not only a world-renowned star, austerity drive. Gone business elite and philanthropist, but is Chan’s trademark also Embraer’s long-term partner, loyal dragon that distinguished customer and brand ambassador,” notes his Legacy 650, even Guan Dongyuan, senior VP Embraer and though renderings from Jackie Chan took delivery of his new president of Embraer China. two years ago showed the Legacy 500 . . . “I believe Jackie Chan’s choice reflects new 500 would be simi- the changing mind-set among Chinese larly adorned. customers that midsize executive jets can Chan took delivery of his Legacy 650 in List price is US$20 million. 2012 and became the Taking off from airfields as short as 4,084 Brazilian manufactur- ft., the Legacy 500 has a range of 3,125 nm er’s brand ambassador. (5,788 km) with four passengers, including The super-midsize, NBAA IFR fuel reserves, which enables it eight-passenger Legacy to fly nonstop from São Paulo to Caracas, 500 was granted vali- Los Angeles to Honolulu, Teterboro to dation of type certifi- London, Moscow to New Delhi, Jakarta cate from CAAC, to Sydney, Dubai to Zurich, and Beijing to the Civil Aviation New Delhi. . . . but it won’t feature the trademark dragon of his Legacy 650. Administration of The range of Embraer business jets is on China, this past July. show here at Singapore.

between Hong Kong, Zhuhai industry stakeholders has paid Zhuhai Gets Bizav Customs and Macau, is a significant step off,” said AsBAA chairman AsBAA exults as business aviation operators forward in the enhancement Charlie Mularski. of transport links both in the “We expect the changes that now have a new gateway, with plenty of ramp air and on the ground, which will follow this announcement space, to the Hong Kong-Macau-Guangzhou- will open up the PRD area to to significantly increase over- Shenzhen-Zhuhai metroplex, aka the PRD, or increased commerce and facili- all efficiency and business Pearl River Delta. tate further growth of the avia- opportunities in the region tion sector in the region.” and can be the start of a coor- THE ASIAN BUSINESS declared a new Zhuhai Airport AsBAA notes that Hong Kong dinated approach to the con- Aviation Association (AsBAA) Temporary Business Aviation International and the Macau, gestion issues we have faced is trumpeting its successful lob- Port effective on the first of Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the PRD. . . . bying effort for customs services the year, renewable on a six- airports are all in close prox- “This is good news not just for business aviation at Zhuhai month basis. imity to each other, but “all for business aviation, but also Airport, near Macau. “This move is very encour- have recently suffered capac- for the wider economies and job AsBAA said last month aging and is an indicator of ity issues to accommodate busi- prospects in the region.” that its talks with the Zhuhai increased support from the local ness aviation growth” – which Besides increasing access Municipal Government and authorities for expanding busi- is growing at an average annual for executives, the opening of Zhuhai Airport Authority, ness aviation in the PRD,” the rate of 14%. Zhuhai is expected to “kick- and with the CAAC (Civil association said. “We’re enormously proud start further investment oppor- Aviation Authority of China) “This development, in par- that our hard work lobbying on tunities in the manufacturing bore fruit as the National allel with the Zhuhai Bridge behalf of our members, related side of business aviation,” Port Administration Office construction/development partner associations and wider AsBAA said.

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ISRAEL AT SINGAPORE

growth and has accordingly received; and connectivity – to Rafael’s Tools of War become very vibrant. Recent link between the intelligence day developments have led and the firing elements as to us to the understanding that reduce response time to one “In the last few years force build-up should be single digit,” said Gat. Rafael has become updated to support both the “Rafael’s most recent ISR synonymous with traditional threat of modern, developments – RecceLite XR, active protection in well-equipped armies and an extended-range ISR collec- asymmetric threats possessed tion pod, and Litening 5, a all domains: land, air by non-state actors, or neigh- long-range navigation and tar- and sea,”Brig. General (Ret.) Itzhak Gat, Rafael chairman, told The success we had in the latest full system David’s ShowNews. Sling test marks a substantial and final step before becoming operational in the coming year.” rom Iron Dome, which —Itzhak Gat, Rafael Chairman “Fhas already intercepted 1,500 rockets in combat, with assessing a number of market- boring countries using means geting pod – both address those a success rate of 90%, to the ing opportunities, in coopera- of guerrilla or cyber-attack. challenges. The intelligence now-complete David’s Sling, tion with the Israel Ministry of “Effective response to an collected by those means can which will soon become opera- Defense [IMOD] and our part- enemy of this kind relies on be relayed to our precise air-to- tional, and Trophy APS, which ner Raytheon, and we will act the defeat of three central chal- ground weapons – the SPICE has saved the lives of dozens of in accordance with the specific lenges: visibility – to secure con- family of bombs, which have Israeli soldiers and protected needs and export and market- tinual contact with wide area the ability to engage a single our tanks.” An Iron Dome ing permits we receive from cells at adequate resolution pixel from standoff ranges of spinoff for naval purposes, the IMOD. David’s Sling is a and frequency; interpretation up to 100 km. This could very C-Dome, and a laser system state-of-the-art system by all – to enable use of automated well change the way air forces designed to shoot down very- parameters, designed to handle tools in the processing of the organize their inventory and short-range rockets are some of a large variety of threats, with large amount of information build their force.”—Noam Eshel the future spinoffs of Rafael’s scalability that can address (Booth N55) active defense changing requirements and The SPICE 250 family can hit portfolio. security demands. a pixel from 100 km away. “The success we had in “As the need for air supe- the latest full system David’s riority continues to play an Sling test marks a substantial increasing role in all types of and final step before becom- recent military conflicts, the ing operational in the com- Intelligence, Surveillance and ing year,” Gat added. “We are Reconnaissance [ISR] market currently in the process of has experienced simultaneous

control center, where a real-time situational CIDS: Beyond Island Defense picture is created. The vast seas surrounding the Southeast mand, control and communications with When the situation mandates a forceful Asian nations are a blessing to the regional precision guided rockets, to provide such action, for deterrence or defeat of potential economy but also cause disputes over nations with an affordable, effective solution threats, CIDS can launch ballistic rockets that national sovereignty, economic develop- to deter hostile exploitation of their exclusive can hit pinpoint targets at sea and on land, at ment and exploitation of offshore assets. economic zones (EEZ). distances of up to 80 nm. The solid propelled Protecting those assets, particularly along The Coastal and Island Defense System rockets used by the system enable coastal long littorals and archipelagos, becomes an (CIDS) integrates surveillance systems such defenders to respond rapidly and decisively, operational burden few countries can bear. as coastal radars and other sensors covering engaging multiple moving targets simultane- An innovative solution introduced by IMI wide sea areas and coastal strips to search ously. The system already has been deployed Systems at the Singapore Airshow (Booth for surface vessel activity. All sensor data as an “anti-landing” defense system by one N29) harnesses advanced sensors, com- is transmitted to the CIDS command and Southeast Asian country. —Noam Eshel

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ong Kong-based Dragonair has subsidiary of Cathay since 2006, and Cathay “brushwing” on the tail, and the Hrevealed a new name and livery in operates a fleet of 42 Airbus A330 and current Dragonair dragon logo will be used an effort to align itself more closely with A320-family aircraft. The first aircraft to on the aircraft nose. parent Cathay Pacific. be rebranded will be an A330, scheduled Cathay Pacific revealed an updated liv- The carrier is being renamed Cathay for April. The design will be introduced to ery of its own in November, with a Boeing Dragon, and its aircraft will be repainted the rest of the fleet progressively “in accor- 777-300ER the first aircraft to feature the with a livery design similar to Cathay dance with the regular painting schedule.” new look. These changes include modifi- Pacific’s. The two airlines will continue The carrier says the new livery will fea- cation to the brushwing, and a simplified to be operated separately under their own ture a deeper shade of red than the current color range of green, gray and white. licenses, however. Dragonair colors. It will use the familiar —Adrian Schofield Dragonair has been a wholly owned

The Cathay Dragon livery has been designed to align the airline more closely with Cathay Pacific.

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Crowd-sourced information could soon fill the voids in weather grid. Broadband connectivity to and from the cockpit will unlock the door to weather situational awareness across the network.

Honeywell Moves Ahead occur when fleets of aircraft efore the end of 2016, covering the globe can down- BHoneywell Aerospace link the weather radar snap- plans to release a new soft- shots, most likely on command ware version for its IntuVue from a ground station. RDR-4000 weather radar Honeywell recently tested that will allow an unnamed a software modification to an airline customer to begin RDR-4000 on its Boeing 757 downlinking snapshots of testbed, sending weather radar weather activity and threats information to its Global Data directly from onboard radar Center, where the data was An upgrade to Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-4000 weather radar will upload crowd- sourced snapshots of weather activity through broadband links. to the ground through broad- aggregated with other weather band links. and threat information and sent principal systems engineer in simultaneously present all the The action is part of a broader back via broadband data-link Rockwell Collins’ Advanced information to pilots and dis- plan by the avionics manufac- to the cockpit using the com- Technology Center. “We know patchers without overwhelm- turers to gather “crowdsourced” pany’s new subscription-based there’s a big gap from a global ing them. Rockwell Collins is weather in order to form a more Weather Information Service. weather perspective for high focusing on a “fused” approach, comprehensive global signa- The RDR-4000 stores in its quality weather information.” guided by industry protocols, ture of weather threats. computer memory weather The company supplies opera- that provides an integrated “We’ll get the data on the information in a 120-deg. tors with weather information view of weather and threats ground and mash it together – wedge of airspace from the sur- through its ArincDirect service. based on availability of data, analogous to what Google does face to 60,000 ft. and outward Rockwell Collins (Booth V77) mission phase and planning for highway traffic – and then for 300 nm. is a long-time participant horizon. Kronfeld says the we’ll be able to stitch together Esposito says Version 1 of the in non-radar crowd-sourced resulting images should have vast swatches of airspace with software, which will be released “Metcars” and “Amdar” weather “high glance value” so that real-time aviation weather that in 6-9 months, provides for data through its Information pilots “don’t have to tab through heretofore never existed,” says exporting the weather radar Management Services arm, different weather products” to Carl Esposito, VP of strategy, data, but adds that the company formerly Arinc. Approximately see what’s most important. marketing and product man- is already working on a Version 2,000 aircraft capture the Data-linked weather radar agement for Honeywell (Booths 2 with additional capabilities. in-situ data for the programs will be a key input for remote G39, G532). Esposito has two through onboard sensors, send- and oceanic areas with no U.S. patent applications on Rockwell Collins ing 300,000 wind, temperature, ground-based radar coverage. file detailing a system that dis- Aims to Fill Gaps dew point and, in some cases, Researchers are initially filling tributes weather radar data, Competitor Rockwell Collins is turbulence, measurements per the gaps using lightning data including convective cells, pre- also researching crowd-sourc- day through ACARS to airline from Vaisala’s global light- cipitation, hail and turbulence ing for its MultiScan weather operations centers and the ning data network, correlating regions, between aircraft and radar systems, largely for the U.S. National Weather Service. the activity with convective ground stations. same benefits – generating a While the raw data is private, weather. The results would “It lets the aircraft share what uniform, comprehensive global the forecast products are public. be displayed on a tablet or the it’s seeing with lots of other peo- weather picture, particularly in “Weather radar is an exten- installed avionics as a “simu- ple – maybe an aircraft 1,000 remote areas where none exists, sion of that type of system,” lated radar” output similar to mi. behind it; maybe a general and getting that information says Matt Carrico, senior engi- Nexrad, updating every 5-10 aviation aircraft that doesn’t simultaneously to pilots and neering manager and fellow at min. Beyond lightning, future have any weather radar,” says dispatchers via nascent broad- Rockwell Collins. inputs are likely to include Esposito. “Maybe it goes into band links. Research areas include com- satellite observations, ground wind models, or other weather “Our air transport custom- pressing the weather radar data radar and airborne radar com- forecasting applications.” ers want that additional infor- for transmission, as well as the pressed and downlinked via Crowd-sourcing holism would mation,” says Kevin Kronfeld, broader topics of how best to broadband links. —John Croft

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ELECTRONIC WARFARE L-3 to Supply Two ISR G550s to Australia

Probably to preserve good relations with its neighbors, especially have procured elint equipment that could Indonesia, Australia has avoided public admission that it puts be moved between different Orions. Either way, Australia now needs a much effort into airborne electronic intelligence. Now it has replacement. The country is phasing out broken cover. Unexpectedly, Canberra says it is buying two the Orion, preparing to replace it with Gulfstream G550s as intelligence and electronic warfare (EW) the Boeing P-8 Poseidon and Northrop aircraft from L-3 Communications for US$93.6 million. Grumman MQ-4C Triton in the maritime role. So the G550 looks like the successor for elint operations. he intelligence-gathering aircraft will Tmost likely replace and improve on a The Republic of Singapore Air Force operates four low-profile capability currently deployed Gulfstream G550s in the AEW role, the only nation so far in maritime patrol aircraft. L-3’s Mission in the region to take advantage of the capabilities of the Integration unit, a specialist in manned long-range, large-cabin business jet. intelligence, surveillance and reconnais- sance (ISR) systems, is to deliver the air- craft through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales process. A need for interoperability with other Australian systems, predomi- nantly sourced from the U.S., has driven the choice of a U.S. contractor for the aircraft, which will be based on G550 business jets. The aircraft will be modified to provide an airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare (ISREW) capability. capabilities by removing the burden of Canberra’s confirmation of the ISREW The work on the aircraft, to be done at electronic intelligence (elint) and surveil- role of the G550s appears to be the closest L-3’s Greenville, Texas, site under a fixed- lance from the country’s maritime patrol it has come to mentioning a specialized price contract, should be complete by Nov. squadrons. Under Project Peacemate, airborne elint capability. 30, 2017, the U.S. Defense Department two of the Royal Australian Air Force’s The low price leaves room for L-3 to says. Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime install the ISREW systems only in second- The timing and price suggest that a aircraft were reportedly modified in the hand business jets. mature system, or at least one under devel- 1990s for elint, including signals intelli- The high-flying G550s will be able opment for the U.S., will be fitted. gence, the interception of radio commu- to stand off farther from emitters. The program will advance Australia’s nications. Alternatively, Peacemate may —Bradley Perrett

The S-3 Viking Could Live on in Asia The last Lockheed Martin S-3B Viking to serve with the U.S. Navy has them. The first of the three departed in November 2015 for storage been retired, ending a 42-year carrier with the service. But the manu- at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The final aircraft left facturer has proposed refurbishing some of them for South Korea Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, on Jan. 11 and has been and other Asian countries. transferred to NASA where it is expected to be used by the agency’s Although officially decommissioned in 2009, a small group of S-3Bs Airborne Science Program. NASA’s Glenn Research Center has been were retained by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-30) based at operating an S-3B on science flights for several years, though the Point Mugu, California, where they were primarily used for local range aircraft is currently listed as inactive. surveillance and clearance in support of sea test range operations. The Lockheed Martin meanwhile continues to study proposals for reno- S-3B was also used for sonobuoy production lot testing by PMA-264. vating up to 12 S-3Bs for possible ASW use by the South Korean Navy. Introduced in 1974 as an S-2 Tracker replacement, the S-3B was At last year’s Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, developed into a multi-role aircraft that included anti-submarine the company said refurbished and modernized aircraft taken out of warfare (ASW) as well as tanking, electronic intelligence and carrier storage from Davis-Monthan could be in operation by 2019, assuming onboard delivery. sufficient interest materializes in South Korea, or from a number of The final three S-3Bs continued to be flown by VX-30 until, with other Asian and South American nations believed to be reviewing the costly depot-level maintenance looming, it was decided to retire proposal. —Guy Norris

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ingapore-based aircraft maintenance and modification com- Spany ST Aerospace has lent its weight to the space race, signing up to engineer the latest launch platform for Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline. ST Aero’s U.S. subsidiary VT San Antonio Aerospace will convert a Virgin Atlantic Last September, Virgin Galactic announced that in response to Boeing 747-400, which was already named customer demand, it had doubled LauncherOne’s performance Cosmic Girl in airline service. As the first to 200 kg into standard Sun-Synchronous Orbit for a price below stage in the small-satellite air-launched US$10 million, with the option to purchase further increases in rocket system LauncherOne, Cosmic Girl performance to the same orbit and for launches that reach other will carry the rocket to altitude under its port wing. altitudes or inclinations. The launch system is capable of lofting LauncherOne rockets are designed and manufactured in Long over 400 kg of payload to other orbits. Beach, California, and launches will be conducted by the dedi- ST Aero is due to finish initial heavy maintenance on Cosmic cated 747-400 carrier from various locations. Girl early this year.

ST Aerospace Adds Aircraft Leasing

Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) their behalf, but Lim confirms a joint venture with Japanese is moving into the aircraft leasing business that Keystone will have its own trading house Marubeni. This team of people in place to man- joint venture specializes in leas- because it sees that owning aircraft on lease to age its lease portfolio. ing CFM56 engines that power airlines may help it to sell its maintenance and Normally, when an airline the 737 and A320. ST Aero is aircraft modification services. leases aircraft it also chooses an approved MRO shop for which MRO company will CFM engines. Singapore-based MRO pro- Hannahs. But it has since provide heavy maintenance Also in 2003, ST Aero vider Singapore Technologies decided to establish the aircraft checks and handle component leased two 737-300s to Biman Aerospace (ST Aero) has estab- leasing company on its own. support. Bangladesh Airlines on a wet- lished Keystone Leasing, a ST Aero president Lim Serh Because it owns the aircraft lease basis, but the airline a year subsidiary in Singapore with Ghee says the company parted it leases, ST Aero is hoping that later returned the aircraft, argu- paid-up capital of $10 million. ways with Wings Capital it can persuade lessees to use ing it needed to streamline its Keystone itself has subsidiar- Partners because after further it for heavy maintenance and operations. Lim says because ies incorporated in the UK and discussions, it became clear component support as well. ST Aero was responsible for Ireland. that the two parties had dif- The company also hopes to pro- maintaining the 737-300s, it Singapore is the leading loca- ferent views on what the new vide additional lease transition achieved very high dispatch tion in the Asia-Pacific region venture should do. and modification work when reliability for the airline. for aircraft leasing companies Lim says ST Aero wants to aircraft move between airlines. One challenge ST Aero may to be based, thanks to its favor- make sure the aircraft leasing “We also have an ‘end-of-life face with its new leasing com- able double-taxation treaties company remains focused on its solution’ for the aircraft, which pany is that, because it wants with other countries as well original plan, which is to invest is a passenger-to-freighter con- to specialize in older aircraft, it as tax incentives afforded to in Airbus A320 and Boeing version,” says Lim, referring may find itself having to lease aircraft lessors. But Ireland 737 midlife aircraft. “This is to the fact that ST Aero has to second- and third-tier air- is arguably the world’s lead- not a financial play,” he says, supplemental type certificates lines in developing countries. ing center for aircraft leasing. adding that ST Aero wants to for converting narrowbody pas- Top-tier airlines in the Asia- ST Aero had earlier planned own aircraft to which it can add senger aircraft into dedicated Pacific region tend to operate to team in this initiative value through its maintenance freighters. newer narrowbodies and in with Wings Capital Partners and modification work. ST Aero is not new to the leas- more recent times have found Holdings, a U.S. company led Sometimes aircraft own- ing business. Since June 2011 it it relatively easy to source newer by the former head of Aviation ers employ an aircraft leasing has had an aircraft engine leas- A320s and 737s from the lease Capital Group, Stephen company to manage aircraft on ing arm called TEAM, which is market.

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Options increase for airline Safety Agency (EASA), will require airlines therefore a better choice. Two unnamed tracking solutions as European by December 2018 to have a tracking sys- small airline customers are already signed tem for aircraft with more than 19 seats up to equip their fleets with SATMs start- mandates drive an evolution in on routes that are more than 180 nm from ing in March. surveillance technologies and shorelines, and by January 2019 to equip Along with 15-min. position updates create new solutions. those aircraft with an 8.8 kHz underwater over Iridium, airlines can program SATM locator device (ULD) to augment the exist- to send more frequent data for abnormal he new rules, approved by the ing 37.5 kHz “pingers” on the flight data and distress modes. TEuropean Commission in mid- recorder and cockpit voice recorder. In addition to the installation costs, air- December, generally follow International EASA however will waive the ULD if lines pay a monthly fee of US$100-$150 Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) pro- the aircraft has a “robust and automatic” for the basic ICAO 15-min. tracking out- posed standards for tracking and alerting distress mode that can pinpoint the end puts per each aircraft, with fees increasing developed in response to the disappear- point of a crashed flight to within 6 nm, as trending or other data is sent. ance of MH370 in March 2014. While a number that requires position updates Europe may have been first to roll out every 1 min. or faster. Rockwell Collins Has a Solution new rules, other countries are likely to While airlines had largely committed Rather than adding new technolo- follow suit. voluntarily to implementing a 15-min. gies, Rockwell Collins Information Included in the multi-tiered ICAO global position update rate through existing Management Services (IMS) is focusing aeronautical distress safety system will equipage after the MH370 disappearance, on diversification of position informa- be normal mode tracking updates every carriers are now analyzing how to deliver tion of legacy links to meet the upcoming 15 min.; an abnormal mode with 1 min. everyday value from the upgrades. “Now EASA and ICAO normal and abnormal mode tracking mandates. It is looking to adapt its MultiLink flight tracking service, which fuses legacy surveillance technolo- gies already onboard for more frequent tracking updates. “We’re trying to use information the airlines are already receiving,” says Yuri Maslov, senior program manager at Rockwell Collins IMS (Booth V77). “Any addi- tional data they have to generate will bring additional costs.” The company’s new MultiLink service, now in use by launch customer Aeromexico, combines surveillance information already carried over legacy Arinc networks – ADS-C and ACARS position reports – with air navi- gation service provider radar feeds, ADS-B from third-party providers and Rockwell AeroMexico, the launch customer for Rockwell Collins’ Arinc MultiLink service, receives position reports from its aircraft Collins’ proprietary HFDL-based position from a variety of sources and media, including high-frequency-based position over the high-frequency data link. reports to give airlines multiple options for position reporting. updates; a distress mode with 1 min. inter- that EASA has published its rule, it’s going “If tracking is dependent on a single data vals that is automatically triggered by “very to force something to happen,” says Mark source or a single piece of equipment, the specific events (including unusual atti- Thompson, chief executive of Thompson likelihood that tracking could be disrupted tudes or unusual speeds); and methods for Aerospace. “Our view is that if you pick is quite high,” says Rockwell Collins in its flight data recovery – via a deployable box the right technology, you’ll get the track- MultiLink sales materials. The company or streaming data – before a crash occurs. ing for free.” converts all tracking “feeds” to the same The 1 min. reporting interval is meant to Thompson is banking on the fact that format and provides the information to air- limit the search radius to 6 nm. his SATM technology, an independent, line customers either through a streaming Basic tracking will likely be required by tamperproof add-on designed to meet data feed or as an integrated aircraft situa- 2018, with new aircraft equipped from the upcoming mandates at minimum cost and tional display with its WebASD or Hermes factory for distress mode and data recorder maximum return, is roughly equivalent in SkyView platforms. Approximately 30 air- retrieval from 2021. cost to a ULD – about US$10,000 per unit lines are customers for the two platforms. Europe, through the European Aviation – but provides many more features and is —John Croft

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The introduction of the Airbus A350 into revenue service has not been level of departure delays, but without challenges, but major disruptions have been rare. Now Airbus Iho points at the fact that the A350 is a relatively fast aircraft targets 98.5% dispatch reliability two years after its entry into service. and can recover time lost at the departure airport en route and he very beginning was airlines have proven success- scheduled services would in many cases has actually Tabout considerable drama. ful in limiting early operational reveal dispatch reliability data, arrived early back in Helsinki Airbus absolutely wanted to issues to the extent possible. saying it was “too early” and in spite of a later than planned deliver the first A350 in the While far from the extensive the data was “not meaning- takeoff in Asia. 2014 calendar year to show software and hardware issues ful” because of the few flights Iho points out that the cus- that it could stick to a sched- that made the introduction of and aircraft it is based on. But tomer feedback has been ule. But it still had to convince the Boeing 787 such a long Airbus is sticking to its target “amazing” so far. launch operator Qatar Airways challenge both for the manu- of reaching the same or better For Airbus, the challenge is and in particular its CEO Akbar facturer and airlines, the A350 reliability than the much more not yet overcome. In some way Al Baker that the aircraft was has not been without some mature A330 fleet four years 2016 will be even more diffi- indeed ready to be accepted. teething problems, too. after entry-into-service by cult as a total of eight new cus- When Al Baker refused to The A350 fleet had accumu- early 2019, according to Marc tomers plan to take their first take the aircraft on the original lated 3,000 cycles and around Virilli, senior director A350 A350s, including Singapore date, Airbus had to cancel the event (and an already ordered Singapore Airlines’ first of 67 A350 XWBs took to the skies for the first time on buffet lunch for hundreds of Feb 2. Seven of the aircraft will be delivered with an ultra-long-range capability for guests) at the last moment. flights of up to 19 hr., allowing the carrier to resume nonstop flights to the U.S. Then, when the last of what was described as “cosmetic” issues had been resolved, the airline finally agreed to take the aircraft – still in 2014, days before Christmas. It counted. What has followed since has little to do with drama, at least not with public drama. Airbus delivered 14 aircraft to four customers during 2015, one less than promised. And CEO Fabrice Bregier clearly blames Zodiac, the manufacturer of seats and lavatories, for the 16,000 flight hours between program, Customer Services. Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Thai, delay of the 15th aircraft. the start of commercial flights Bregier says a dispatch reliabil- China Airlines and SriLankan, Four airlines are flying the on Jan. 15, 2015, on the Doha- ity of 98.5% could be reached two European carriers (Air A350 in revenue service – Frankfurt route and the end of by the end of 2016. Caraibes and Lufthansa) and Qatar, Vietnam Airlines and November. The average daily Finnair, meanwhile, is flying one African airline (Ethiopian). Finnair, while TAM Brazil (or utilization reached a relatively its A350s 15-20 hr. daily, tak- Delivering so many of the so- now LATAM Airlines) followed low 11.4 hr. Average sectors ing them out of service every called “heads of versions” puts early this year once initial crew were a relatively short 5.2 hr. other week for a day of main- enormous strain on the orga- training was complete. The figures are driven partly tenance. “We are flying our nization during final assem- Little has so far been revealed by the relatively short stage long-haul aircraft more than bly. Seat and lavatory supplier about the initial operating lengths particularly in Vietnam any other airline in the world,” Zodiac has also not yet recov- performance of Airbus’ latest Airlines and partly in the Qatar says Finnair Chief Operating ered A350-related produc- design – and Qatar Airways Airways network plus the exten- Officer Ville Iho. “For the A350 tion, which may cause disrup- refused to contribute to this sive crew familiarization flying there is no extra buffer built tion and delays. For example, report. But the data and infor- that requires the aircraft to be into the operation.” Singapore Airlines now expects mation available suggests that deployed on more short-haul In spite of the ambitious to take delivery of its first A350 an enormous people and tech- flights initially. schedule, Finnair has not yet on March 2, some weeks later nical effort mainly by Airbus Neither Airbus nor the three had to cancel an A350 ser- than initially planned. and intense preparation by the airlines using the aircraft in vice. It has experienced some —Jens Flottau

44 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews AAC Delivers First Head-of-State 787-8

Associated Air Center has re-delivered the industry’s first Boeing Boeing, its was the first in the industry 787-8 outfitted for a head of state. The VVIP aircraft departed to complete a 757-200 head-of-state cus- tomer interior configuration – in 1989. from the company’s facility at Dallas Love Field in Texas Associated Air Center is a unit of following a celebration ceremony on Feb. 2. StandardAero (Booth U96).

he project marked the firm’s eighth ADVERTISEMENT Twidebody completion job. AAC’s head-of-state configuration fea- Japan Aerospace International Exhibition in Tokyo 2016 tures 2,404 sq. ft. of cabin space. It can com- JA2016 offers excellent opportunities to participants and public fortably accommodate 82 VIP passengers separated in three cabin zones, while the Japan International Aerospace days as a Japanese space office, bedroom and lavatory suite comprise Exhibition (JA2016) is scheduled company operates the H-2A and the additional fourth, presidential zone. to be held in Tokyo from 12th to H-2B rockets in the international 15th on October, 2016. This standard level with higher than AAC’s in-house team designed the exhibition is being hosted by the 97% success rate in launching. 787-8 aircraft interior, which when Society of Japanese Aerospace Business opportunities have completed was 20% lighter than Companies (SJAC) and Tokyo Big expanded to selling satellites to Sight Inc. developing countries or providing initially projected, “allowing the This exhibition is the biggest launching services for foreign customer to carry additional fuel aerospace trade show in Japan space organizations. to fly longer, nonstop missions.” and it has been held every four Japan seriously comes to seek years so that JA2016 will become possibilities of cooperation with In addition to the latest data, entertain- the 14th exhibition since 1966. foreign industry both not only in ment and lighting equipment, the interior The venue, Tokyo Big Sight is aircraft but also in space and configuration features eight passenger very close to both the defense. governmental offices and the JA2016 promotes future lavatories, and both forward and aft cabin headquarters of the major cooperative programs between overhead flight crew rest areas. companies. This condition will be countries and provides AAC designed, engineered and manu- very helpful for the most of all opportunities to discuss the factured the bulkheads, monuments, fur- trade visitors to access the direction of these areas. nishings and headliner grid system for the company’s decision makers and In the previous exhibition, a interior configuration prior to the green the governmental influential newly introduced B to B aircraft’s arrival. officials. pre-arranged meeting system AAC’s in-house team designed the 787-8 Recently, Japan’s political using web was praised for being aircraft interior, which when completed circumstance surrounding its very attractive by many industry has changed. exhibitors and the set-up was 20% lighter than initially projected, On April 1, 2014 the Japanese arranged a total of 3,497 meeting “allowing the customer to carry additional government adopted new for two days. The same system is fuel to fly longer, nonstop missions.” AAC principles and guideline on arms adopted in JA2016. was also able to achieve “unprecedented” exports, suggesting that Japan Forthcoming JA2016 is sure to (44 dB SIL) cabin sound readings for a will play a more active role in provide many business quiet environment in the presidential global security. The new opportunities in the worldwide bedroom. principles and guidelines aerospace market in the field of “We overcame significant new engineer- facilitate Japan’s cooperative aircraft, space, defense and ing challenges during this project and development and production of related equipment with high defense related equipment with level technology and qualities. maintained our goal of providing the saf- the U.S. and other close allies, The exhibition will be an optimal est and highest-quality completion services such as the members of the trade opportunity while in the world,” said AAC president James NATO. exchanging information in recent Colleary. And in January, 2015, the government policy, economics AAC said further that it expects to soon government formulated new and business trend in future redeliver a Boeing 747-8 widebody aircraft basic plan for space policy. The aerospace. and “anticipates winning additional wide- new plan put emphasis on Details about JA2016 appear on and narrowbody completion programs dur- strengthening its industrial base the following home page. ing 2016 with full capacity to accommo- and promoting international cooperation. Japanese space http://www.japanaerospace.jp/en date additional customers for both aircraft industry is also more active these g/index completions and MRO services.” AAC notes that in cooperation with

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | February 17, 2016 45 ISRAEL AT SINGPAPORE New Birds of Prey From IAI MBT

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is expanding The Next Generation the range of loitering weapons offered by its MBT Harpy NG uses a new platform based on Missiles and Space Group, with the introduction of the Harop suicide a modernized suppression/destruction air defense drone. loitering weapon and smaller variants of the EO guided Harop loitering weapons.

he Next Generation Harpy NG uses a mobility and operational Tnew platform based on the Harop sui- capability of expected cide drone. Harpy NG retains the original threats, number of vehicles 15-kg warhead but has an improved RF assigned to each area, etc. seeker covering a wider frequency range, Harpy can loiter at a high altitude, 15 kg (one-tenth of the weight of meeting the “migration” of modern target maximizing search area and avoiding an armed Harop). Like its bigger acquisition and fire control radars to the enemy fire. At high altitude it is also out of brother, Green Dragon uses a small EO lower frequency bands. the threat’s acoustic detection range. Once payload for a seeker. Its warhead weighs Using a common platform, Harpy NG threat radar is located, Harpy rap- only 2.5 kg. Despite its small size, will use modern subsystems and com- idly engages the radar the Green Dragon can sustain a ponents manufactured for the enter- mission endurance of 1.5 hr. and is mass-produced Harop, able to operate at a distance of 40 km thus offering the com- from the launch point. The weapon is monality and improved carried inside a launch tube that can be Green Dragon packs a life cycle support for small, but powerful punch. carried in a backpack or on vehicular 12-18 the system. Harpy NG launcher stacks. Unlike the Harop system has a loitering endur- ing a steep dive. that relies on a mobile shelter for control, ance of 6 hr. and retains the Enter the Green Dragon Green Dragon uses a tablet computer to Harpy’s autonomous operation, with Another new member of IAI’s control the entire mission, maintaining a the introduction of advanced, mission (Chalet CD03) loitering weapons group is the single active unit conducting surveillance optimization capabilities adapting the Green Dragon, a compact, electrically and attack with multiple drones airborne mission scenario to the assigned search, powered loitering missile weighing only and ready to strike. —Noam Eshel

Taking Charge of UAV Operations ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES to different users, enabling (IAI) is unveiling at the Singapore Air- optimal utilization of avail- show a Mission Operational and Intel- able assets. MOIC also has an ligence Center (MOIC) for unmanned integral exploitation center, aerial systems (UAS). The center allows command and control cell, efficient, centralized command and satellite communications, data control of UAV missions by placing storage and support facilities, pilots, mission operators, ISR analysts with the upper commander cell and decision makers at a central loca- supervising all missions. The IAI’s new Mission Operational and Intelligence Center (MOIC) for unmanned aerial systems. tion, instead of using separate facilities facility integrates a full mis- for each mission. sion trainer, supporting opera- flow provides a full operational pic- “MOIC represents another step tor training and realistic exercises. ture of UAVs and maximizes the fleet forward in the development of IAI’s The all-inclusive headquarters throughput by allocating assets accord- leading UAV capabilities,” says Joseph generates an efficient mission flow, ing to operational priorities; enhances Weiss, IAI’s president and CEO. “This which includes command and control, coordination of UAV fleet and manned unique solution addresses the needs of planning and monitoring of mission platforms; improves safety; protects the advanced battlefield and adheres to performance, interpretation of offline ground assets; and saves manpower customer requirements.” and online sensor data, archiving raw and resources by centralizing and au- Through a modular layout MOIC and processed information, and report- tomating operations and maintenance. allocates independent operational cells ing to high command. This mission —Noam Eshel

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Skylark 3, a new member of Elbit Systems’ from two aspects. This also autonomous mini-unmanned aircraft system offers ground forces the ability to significantly extend the flight (UAS) family, is making its debut at the endurance of their mission by Skylark 3 delivers Singapore Airshow. UAS hot-swaps. brigade-level and Operating larger aper- division-level units ture payloads, the Skylark 3 an ideal solution for everaging the proven tech- ground force commanders improves target detection, carrying out complex Lnology and operational unrivaled situational awareness classification and surveillance ISTAR missions in a truly experience of the Skylark 1 and enhanced force protection capabilities, providing high-res- LEX I family of mini-UASs, capabilities, ultimately allowing olution EO/IR imaging in day organic network-centric Elbit’s (Booth N65) electrically them to make faster, smarter and night operations and manner.” powered Skylark 3 provides and more cost-effective deci- in adverse field conditions. —Elad Aharonson, general manager high-resolution, high-quality sions,” Aharonson adds. Takeoffs and land- of Elbit’s ISTAR division real-time ground imagery from within enemy territo- land and redeploy the UAS ries or hostile areas without within a matter of min- being detected. The elec- Skylark 3 brings greater utes. The aerial vehicle endurance and range, and a tric propulsion system reduces Increasing the platform bigger payload. has a 4.8-meter wingspan and sound signature and enables endurance to 6 hr. and a maximum takeoff weight of operating over long distances operating range beyond ings are auto- 45 kg. It has a service ceiling and at high altitudes. 100 km, the Skylark 3 mated and simplified of 15,000 ft. “Skylark 3 delivers brigade- also can carry larger, heavier through specially adapted To support interoperability, level and division-level units an payloads weighing up to 10 mechanisms. The drone the Skylark 3 uses the same ideal solution for carrying out kg. In addition, through a is launched via a pneu- advanced technologies and complex ISTAR missions in a shared ground control sta- matic launcher that know-how found in other Elbit truly organic network-centric tion, two Skylark 3 vehi- can be mounted on UASs, including the Hermes manner,” says Elad Aharonson, cles can be assigned a trailer. Soft land- family of larger UASs, Skylark 1 general manager of Elbit’s to the same mis- ing uses a unique LEX I mini-UAS and Skylark II ISTAR division. sion simultane- “pillow-cushion- battalion-level UAS. All Skylark “Its easy launch, autonomous ously, meaning ing” retrieval systems share a common maneuverability and control, a consistent tar- system, which ground control station and the coupled with its cutting-edge get acquisition allows opera- same inertial sensors and navi- payload technology, provide is maintained tors to easily gation systems. —Noam Eshel

Controp’s Bird-Spotting Sensor Improves Safety BIRDS POSE A known flight safety The Interceptor’s display can be in- by Controp for military and homeland hazard that is rarely addressed by flight tegrated into the air traffic control sys- security applications. The Intercep- operations due to the lack of real-time tem, providing automatic alerts on bird tor implements special bird detection data on bird activity. Although radars activity along the exit and approach algorithms and tracks average birds have been used to track avian activity, flight paths. Unlike the radar that dis- in day and at night, from a distance of their ability to detect birds at low levels plays “blips” representing targets, the 4-5 km. The system also can spot bird is limited. To improve the capability Interceptor displays true visual images flock activity on the ground at a longer to detect and track bird activity near of the targets themselves, enabling distance. airports the FAA has recently tested operators to easily assess the type of Looking beyond birds, Controp (Booth the Interceptor, a new, infrared scan- alert, number of birds, their location N39) and Pharovision use a derivative of ning sensor, at New York’s LaGuardia and their altitude, without the need for the system to detect unmanned aerial Airport. This automated bird detection extensive training, enabling the airfield vehicles in the vicinity of airports. system was developed by Controp Pre- to increase its operational tempo. Further development of the system also cision Technology of Israel and U.S.- The sensor is based on the Spider per- will enable it to detect foreign object based Pharovision. sistent surveillance system developed debris along the runways. —Noam Eshel

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DEFENSE Grob, T-6C, Phenom 100 Chosen for UK Training

elementary or ab-initio flight training at Ascent is also competing provision of a Barkston Heath and RAF Cranwell, replac- new helicopter training fleet expected to ing the Grob 115E Tutor aircraft currently become operational in 2018 replacing the in service. Multiengine training will be car- privately owned fleet of Airbus Helicopters The Beechcraft T-6C Texan II is ried out on the Embraer Phenom 100 at AS350 Squirrels and Bell 412 Griffins. depicted here in RAF markings. RAF Cranwell, replacing the Beechcraft What is unclear is how just 10 T-6s will ontracts announced on Feb. 2 King Air 200, while basic flight training, cover the basic flight training needs and Ccover the purchase of 38 new train- currently carried out on the Shorts Tucano, feed a fleet of 28 Hawk T2 advanced jet ing aircraft and the cost of running the will be completed on the Beechcraft T-6C trainers when the UK is looking to increase Elementary Flying Training, Multi-Engine Texan II. the tempo of its fast jet operations. The Training and Basic Flying Training ele- According to the UK defense ministry, 2015 Strategic Defense and Security ments of the UK Military Flight Training the multiengine pilot training element will Review announced plans to form addi- System (MFTS) until 2033. be in place from mid-2018 while basic fly- tional fast jet squadrons using early model Half of the money has been contracted ing training is expected to be operational Typhoon Tranche 1s. The UK will also to the Affinity consortium of Elbit Systems by early 2019. introduce the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and Kellogg, Root and Brown (KBR), who The program aims to train 230 students at a faster rate. will provide and maintain the new fleet of a year using a mix of military and civilian —Tony Osborne aircraft, which includes 23 Grob 120TPs instructors. – to be known as Prefects, 10 Beechcraft The Ascent program Embraer is showing the Phenon 100, T-6C Texan IIs and five Embraer Phenom has already introduced 28 seen here in RAF livery, at the show. 100 very light business jets. BAE Systems Hawk T2s for Contracts have also been awarded to advanced jet training. The Lockheed Martin and Babcock, who run consortium has also intro- the Ascent consortium that runs the MFTS duced a modernized observer program. They will be charged with the training program for the delivery of ground-based training equip- Royal Navy using the Hawker ment and infrastructure to support the Beechcraft King Air 350ER, fixed-wing training capability. which is known as the Avenger The Grob 120TP will be used for in Royal Navy service.

Malaysia Orders MD530G Light Attack Helicopters

Army Aviation. Deliveries are expected only been able to fire unguided weapons. to start toward the end of this year, while MD Helicopters says the Malaysian aircraft the full complement will arrive in country will include a custom weapons package, during the first quarter of 2017. advanced communications capabilities and The MD530G is a new development of an electro-optical camera system to detect, the MD530F lightweight single-engine “identify and engage a wide range of threats.” helicopter, itself derived from the Hughes The company says it also plans to help 500 or OH-6 Loach. Malaysia will be the advance local indigenous capabilities for launch customer for the aircraft. long-term aircraft servicing and support. The aircraft has been given a higher “MDHI will work with Bumiputera partners maximum takeoff weight of 3,350 lb. in all phases of the program, from defin-

The new MD530G gunship features compared to 3,100 lb. on the standard ing requirements to a comprehensive CLS guided weapons for the first time. MD530F, thanks to an upgraded landing [Contractor Logistics Support] package that gear skid system. The aircraft also has a includes initial entry, transition and combat The Malaysian government has selected MD Moog mission computer that allows the pilot training; maintenance training for both Helicopters’ new MD530G as the country’s crew to manage the weapons on the pylons, the airframe and mission equipment; and the attack helicopter in competition with Airbus, and Garmin G500 avionics. The new aircraft development of a spare parts program with Bell, Boeing and Turkish Aerospace Industries is also configured to fire 70mm laser-guided dedicated and ongoing OEM support,” the for the long-running requirement. rockets from an M260 rocket pod. company said in a Feb. 1 press release. MD will deliver six MD530Gs to Malaysian Previous versions of MD530 gunships have —T.O.

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Roketsan, which designs, develops and laser-guided manufactures rockets and missiles, is a key L-UMTAS variant. Roketsan’s SOM player in its native Turkey and is offering its comprises a family wares to the world at Singapore 2016. of stand-off mis- Roketsan is showing its combat-proven 2.75-in. CIRIT laser-guided missile. siles with guidance ince its establishment in armored, stationary/moving technologies and S1988, Roketsan (Chalet C23) opportunity targets with high warheads designed has improved its infrastructure precision and affordable cost.” to enhance the air- and extended its product range. CİRİT missiles were delivered to-surface warfare In addition to being a key indig- to the Turkish Armed Forces in capabilities of fighter enous supplier to the Turkish 2012 and UAE Armed Forces aircraft. SOM is an Rocketsan “UMTAS” is a long-range antitank Armed Forces, Roketsan partic- in 2014. There is also a pedes- autonomous, long- missile system. ipates in NATO programs and tal-mounted version. range (250 km), low supplies equipment to friendly The “UMTAS” long-range observable, high-precision, aircrafts, while the SOM-J export customers. antitank missile system, all-weather, next-generation variant has been offered as Roketsan is showing its designed to arm attack helicop- air-to-surface cruise missile an anti-surface cruise missile combat-proven 2.75-in. ters against modern main battle intended for use against highly for newly developed F-35 JSF CİRİT laser-guided missile, tanks with heavy armor pene- defended, anti-access and high fighter aircraft. said to be the first of its cali- tration, is also on show. UMTAS value, stationary and moving Roketsan is also exhibiting ber to be delivered to different can operate in all weather and land/surface targets. Under TEBER, a new generation INS- Allied Armed Forces inven- day/night conditions with serial production, SOM is and GPS-aided Laser Guided tory under serial production both fire-and-forget and fire- already in the inventory of the Kit consisting of a semi-active contracts. It is described as “a and-update modes, with a Turkish Air Force, integrated laser seeker (SAL) located as a unique all-up round missile maximum range of 8 km. Also and certified on the F-4E/2020 body/strake kit in the front sec- designed to eliminate light being promoted is Roketsan’s and F-16 Block40 fighter tion. The tail section includes aerodynamic control surfaces, inertial guidance system com- Passenger-to-cargo bined with GPS/GNSS receiver, ST Aero Buys conversions of A330 jets by guidance computer, control EFW in Dresden date from 2013. actuation system and thermal Dresden MRO battery. ST Aero has boosted its capabilities in Roketsan’s TEBER system is passenger-to-cargo jet conversions – and designed to increase the prob- its role as a supplier of composite panels ability of hits against moving to Airbus – by taking a majority interest in targets. It is compatible with Dresden, Germany-based EFW – Elbe Flug- Mk-81 and Mk-82 general pur- zeugwerke GmbH. pose bombs. ST Aero took a 35% stake in EFW in 2012, Roketsan says it aims to grow with Airbus holding the majority interest. by having a strong financial The Singapore company said this month structure and to sustain prof- that it had completed its purchase of an- itability via a strong competi- other 20%, making it a 55% owner and ren- annual revenues of better than 200 million euros tive position internationally dering EFW an ST Aero subsidiary. Airbus Defence (US$225 million). gained via innovation and cre- and Space holds the remaining 45%. The Dresden entity is the exclusive supplier ativity. The company plans to Plans for the additional investment were an- of composite flat panels to Airbus for all Airbus continue to develop advanced nounced this past June, when an ST Aero-Airbus- aircraft and “will serve as ST Aerospace’s center products for its home market, EFW project to convert A320 family passenger jets for passenger-to-freighter conversions; aircraft at the same time conducting to cargo jets – the A320/A321P2F – was likewise maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); as well effective foreign marketing disclosed. as engineering services in Europe, leveraging ST activities. The A320 work follows a similar collaboration Aerospace’s global network, track record and The firm emphasizes its for the A330P2F conversion programs launched expertise in aircraft MRO and engineering,” ST young, growing and dynamic in 2013. Aero said. staff, which retains a spirit of EFW employs more than 1,000 people and has ST Aero is at Booth G01. entrepreneurship. —Rich Piellisch

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“Life Is Really Good’ Thai Airways to Sell Assets, Defer Aircraft for CFM International Thai flag carrier Thai Airways will pursue a far- Already in 2016 reaching cost-cutting program from 1Q2016 to realize up to THB1 billion (US$28 million) in CFM International president Jean-Paul savings. Thai management said it would seek to Ebanga has three reasons to be cheerful as defer deliveries of up to 14 aircraft on order from the General Electric and Snecma joint ven- Airbus and Boeing, including four purchased and ture enters the second month of what prom- eight leased Airbus A350 XWBs, and the remain- ises to be another record-breaking year for der of its eight-strong 787 order. The move came engine production and deliveries. following Thai’s inclusion on a list of operations being audited by the Thai govern- “For CFM life is really good, and there ment’s State Enterprises Policy Commission (SEPC) as part of a Thai government are three main reasons,” says Ebanga. push to improve the performance of a number of quasi-government companies. “First, on the com- mercial front, we have already sold Singapore Extends TotalCare for Trents around 10,000 LEAP Singapore Airlines has extended its TotalCare service agreement with Rolls-Royce engines, and that’s for the Trent 800 engines that power its Boeing 777 aircraft. TotalCare enables the six months before business models of the aircraft owner and Rolls-Royce (Booth N23) to be fully aligned to the first even enters improve engine reliability, increase time on wing and maximize the engine services service.” The order contribution to customer business performance. Dominic Horwood, Rolls-Royce’s tally, which includes chief customer officer – civil large engines, said “Singapore Airlines is an extremely Jean-Paul Ebanga more than 6,000 valued customer and we are proud that TotalCare will continue to support these LEAP-1Bs for the Boeing 737 MAX, over 3,000 engines. This is a further demonstration of our commitment to provide flexible ser- LEAP-1As for the Airbus A320neo and the vices to our customers across the engine life cycle.” remainder for the LEAP-1C powered Comac C919, is seen as a resounding endorsement by many of the world’s airlines. It also breaks Emirates Auckland Flight to Be World’s Longest Emirates plans to launch its first direct service to all previous records for a commercial engine New Zealand in March. It will be, at least tempo- that has yet to power a revenue flight. rarily, the world’s longest flight. The Auckland- “It means a lot to see the confidence of Dubai flight using a Boeing 777-200LR will be the market in a new product,” he adds. The longer in distance and duration than the Qantas orders also continue to flow in, with 2,154 Airbus A380 service between Dallas and Sydney, new engine orders booked in 2015. Of these, which is the current title-holder. The new Emir- 1,418 were for LEAPs and 736 for the CFM56, ates flight is expected to be 15 hr., 55 min. eastbound from Dubai and 17 hr., 15 min. of which 1,638 were produced last year. Asia- westbound from Auckland. Emirates already has extensive service to New Zealand, but Pacific remains a key market for CFM, which all of its current flights are via Australian stopovers in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. has 2,736 engines in service in the region and 2,442 on order – some 436 of which are for the CFM56. As Ebanga notes, “the CFM56 is Korean Air Outlines 2016 Aircraft Deliveries still a ‘hot’ product in terms of sales.” Korean Air expects to take delivery of 16 aircraft this year to support its plans to Secondly, Ebanga says the ongoing suc- increase capacity and meet profit growth projections. In a presentation released with cess of the two LEAP flight test efforts marks its fourth-quarter earnings, the airline said it will receive three Boeing 747-8Is, two the culmination of a “textbook development 777-300ERs and two 737s that will be operated by low-cost carrier subsidiary Jin program that has so far been on time or Air. All of these deliveries are scheduled through June. In the second half of the year, ahead of time.” The extensive test program Korean expects to receive five freighter aircraft, comprising four 777Fs and a 747-8F. now includes more than 30 engines, 12 test These will add to the airline’s current fleet of 133 passenger and 28 cargo aircraft. stands and two flying test beds, and has amassed more than 8,275 hr. and almost 18,000 cycles. West Air Launches Flights to Singapore Finally, Ebanga says, after four years of West Air has inaugurated service between Singapore preparation, CFM (Booth G23) is well posi- and Chongqing, China, on an Airbus A320-200. The tioned for the dramatic ramp-up in produc- arrival of Chongqing-based West Air strengthens Singa- tion of LEAP engines, as well as readiness pore’s connectivity to Western China, opening up more for entry into service. “We are on top of the opportunities for both trade and leisure travel between most ambitious readiness program we are the two destinations. The thrice-weekly flights, which executing on right now. We are fully confident represent the Chinese carrier’s first international service, we will be able to deliver on our promises.” come on the heels of a bilateral pledge to grow air connectivity between Singapore and —Guy Norris Chongqing, inked through a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation signed on Jan. 8.

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The horizon-scanning staffs of the region’s military, meaning they are has been built on Mischief indeed looking at cyberspace Reef, only 140 nm from the defense ministries continue to have their as an operational domain, Philippine coast. work cut out for them. both to defend and go on the The island-building may offensive,” says Bill Hagestad, a not, however, be primarily hina remains an enigma, earlier this year suggest this retired U.S. Marine Corps lieu- intended to further regional Creconfiguring its military unusually speedy and forth- tenant colonel and Mandarin goals so much as to distract while strengthening trading right accusation (cyber attacks speaker who writes and con- from farther-flung Chinese links with the West; indications are generally difficult to trace sults on Chinese cyber war- aspirations. The country is pur- from inside the increasingly back to an identifiable source) fare. “The bottom line is that suing a strategy Xi unveiled in insular and bellicose North was made because the U.S.’s this makes the PLA more able 2013 known as One Belt, One Korea continue to unnerve; National Security Agency had to win future wars.” Road: This consists of a rein- and Japan is maintaining the successfully placed a series China continues to claim vigoration of historic Silk Road military modernization and of “beacons” on servers used sovereignty of the Paracel and trade routes over land between consolidation promised under by North Korea’s intelligence Spratly islands in the South China and Europe, and a so- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s called Maritime Silk Road link- policy of “proactive pacifism.” ing the South China Sea, the Xi Jinping North Korea’s intentions South Pacific and the Indian are the most difficult to read, Ocean. The PLA has a presence and the country’s actions are in territories along this new Silk almost impossible to predict. Road, where Chinese interests The nation has a huge military need to be protected. and is believed to have access “I was the only foreigner at to a range of biological and an economic conference in chemical weapons as well as to Beijing last September,” says possibly as many as 27 nuclear Hagestad. “There was much warheads. Its state-run defense talk and some laughter about industry may not match the the way the United States has competence of its neighbors’, its so-called Asian Pivot pol- and claims of successful deto- icy. Those artificial islands are nation of a hydrogen bomb in merely a distraction to keep the January are not considered U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet fixed credible. However, it appears in place so they [China] can increasingly feasible that the service, the Reconnaissance China Sea; Taiwan, Vietnam, focus on building the One Belt, underground test firing was of General Bureau, and its hack- the Philippines and Malaysia One Road maritime strategy.” components that could form ing team, Bureau 121. also claim some of the islands. Given such compelling local part of such a weapon system. On Jan. 1, China’s presi- China has built extensively on reasons, it is easy to see why It is perhaps therefore a relief dent, Xi Jinping, announced a some of the Spratlys, satellite Abe has continued to pursue that the only strikes North comprehensive restructuring of imagery showing an air and a more militarized path for Korea has been credited with the People’s Liberation Army. naval base constructed on Fiery Japan. Article Nine of the making on foreign targets were The previous seven regional nation’s constitution, which embarrassing and expensive commands are to be consoli- forbade Japan from maintain- but ultimately non-kinetic dated into four, and for the first ing standing forces or fighting cyberattacks on South Korean time the nation has officially North Korea’s intentions wars as a means of resolving TV stations and banks, and the declared a cyber component. international issues, was rein- American film studio, Sony. Offensive and defensive cyber are the most difficult to terpreted by the Diet in 2014. Pyongyang has denied involve- capabilities will now sit under read, and the country’s The reinterpretation remains ment with the Sony hackers, a unified command that also actions are almost controversial, as it bypassed who identified themselves as directs military space opera- impossible to predict. mechanisms to adapt the a group called the Guardians tions and electronic warfare constitution, but the current of Peace. units. government believes it allows The White House and the “What is most remarkable Cross Reef, while other atolls in Japan to act militarily in FBI were quick to attribute about this announcement is the group have been extended, defense of allies, and the nation the attack to the North Korean that it is much akin to a com- or islands created around reefs, can deploy forces overseas. regime. Reports published ponent command in the U.S. through reclamation. A runway —Angus Batey

56 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews DEFENSE: SOUTH KOREA

Korea, a move that led to South Korea Prepares for F-35s Chinese protests, and the plan appeared to have stalled. But claimed satellite launch in an announcement on Feb. Aby North Korea earlier this 7, just hours after the North’s month earned condemnation rocket launch, South Korean in capitals as far away from the and U.S. Army officials con- peninsula as Washington, D.C., firmed that “official discussion” Moscow and London. The on THAADTH deployment has political impact of the event beenb initiated. would obviously have been all Another Lockheed con- the more greater in Seoul. tracttra approved for South Although an object was put KoreaKorea is a US$1.9 billion pro- into orbit, the rest of the globe gram to supply three additional seems united in interpreting Aegiss combat systemss to the Pyongyang’s launch as a long- Republic of range ballistic missile test Korea Navy. rather than a genuine attempt In 2018, South Korea The service will receive the first of a at advancing a non-military cucurrently oper- 40-strong order for F-35s, space capability. North Korea’s the Chinese defense minis- while the KF-X program aatestes three KDX- neighbors have every right to try’s Foreign Affairs Office, proceeds, but with III-classIII-cla destroyers feel deeply concerned. Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, minimal funding. with AAegise on board. Countering the almost visited Seoul for annual talks The export approval entirely unquantifiable threat with the South Korean defense followed a December from an unpredictable and ministry’s director-general for 2013 announcement increasingly belligerent North international policy, Yoon by South Korea’s Joint Korea has been Seoul’s primary Soon-Gu. The summit is an Chiefs of Staff that they preoccupation since the end of annual event, but South Korea intended to double the the Korean War 53 years ago, will have used the occasion to size of the current fleet but it is difficult to argue that increase pressure on China to of three of the 7,600-ton the situation has ever been apply sanctions on Pyongyang. destroyers by 2027. more precariously balanced The key difficulty for the South The Republic also than it is now. Diplomacy is is to reassure China that a has been beefing up its intensifying around efforts to destabilized North Korea will cyber capabilities. With build a coalition strong enough not lead to a reunified and customer for the F-35, with the well over 80% of its population to rein in the North, and with America-allied peninsula, first of a planned 40 jets sched- using the Internet, South Korea the February launch follow- while China also fears a refugee uled to be delivered in 2018. has a potentially greater threat ing January’s claimed hydro- crisis should the North Korean The KF-X program, to develop surface than other nations. gen bomb test, even nations economy deteriorate further. an indigenous fighter in collab- Attacks in 2013 and 2014 on previously reluctant to line up Those ties to Washington oration with Indonesia, is also banks and utilities companies, against Pyongyang are starting remain strong, with approval proceeding, though funding for as well as TV stations, which to come around. granted by the Pentagon’s it is minimal, and there remain were attributed to North Korea, China, traditionally the near- Defense and Security serious doubts over whether underlined this vulnerability, est the North Koreans could Cooperation Agency for a U.S. radar technology will be though they also emphasized call an ally, joined Russia in Lockheed Martin-led upgrade approved for the proposed jet. the resilience of South Korea’s condemning the launch before program for Seoul’s F-16 fleet Seoul has also reviewed its digital infrastructure as the it took place. South Korea’s following the termination of position on a possible deploy- attack vectors were promptly president, Park Guen-Hye, a previous contract with BAE ment of the Lockheed-built patched and services restored. has made it a priority to build Systems. The US$2.5 bil- THAAD (Terminal High Last April, the government a strong working relationship lion package includes active, Altitude Area Defense) anti- announced the creation of a with her Chinese counterpart, electronically scanned array ballistic missile system. South new presidential post with Xi Jinping, and was the only (AESA) radars, new mission Korea had initially requested responsibility for national leader from any of the major computers, radar warning information on THAAD with cybersecurity. Reports in 2014 allies of the U.S. to attend a receivers, electronic warfare an apparent view to procur- suggest that the South has also Beijing military parade mark- management units and embed- ing the system; the U.S. Army been developing an offensive ing 70 years since the end of ded GPS/inertial navigation revealed plans in 2014 to cyberweapon for possible use World War II. systems. potentially deploy American against North Korea’s nuclear In January, the director of South Korea is also a THAAD batteries to South programs. —Angus Batey

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | February 17, 2016 57 DEFENSE

Thailand Expanding Military Capability After Coup

One might expect a the post of prime minister, the military coup to bring general is also commandermmander of both setbacks and Thailand’s police andand intelligence agencies,es, benefits for a nation’s the justice ministry,ry, defense institutions. and the office off the attorney general and heads n the one hand, interna- the National Budget Bureau. Otional responses to these International reaction was events tend to be negative, so negative, but muted; and the The Thai Air Force’s 12-strong fleet of Saab Gripens there might be a reluctance to defense budget for fiscal 2016 had jointly flown 5,000 hr. by September 2015. proceed with arms deals. On rose to 207 billion baht (US$5.9 the other, when the military is billion). This has enabled some running the government, there long-awaited procurements to Korean and Chinese manu- another six Gripen fighters ought to be few arguments over proceed, though others remain facturers. Last July, the RTN has not yet materialized. The the defense budget. unconfirmed aspirations. announced it had selected the Thai Air Force announced in In May 2014, following wide- Shortly after the coup, the Chinese Type 041 Yuan class, September 2015 that it had spread demonstrations against Royal Thai Navy opened a 540 and had placed an order for flown 5,000 hr. in its mixed Yingluck Shinawatra’s govern- million baht submarine head- three of an export variant, at fleet of eight C and four D mod- ment, the Thai military took quarters and training center, a price of 36 billion baht. The els, and in 2014 demonstrated control and installed a junta, the despite not having operated a first boat is expected to be datalinked interoperability National Council for Peace and submarine since 1951. As a delivered in 2022/3. between Gripens, a Saab 340 Order, to run the country under statement of intent, this was Saab remains a key sup- airborne early warning aircraft, the leadership of Gen. Prayut hard to misread, and offers plier of the Thai military, and the aircraft carrier Chakri Chan-o-cha. As well as holding came in from Russian, South though an expected order for Naruebet. —Angus Batey

logistics solutions VP Jon Rambeau. “We Lockheed ‘Team 21’ for RSAF are honored to assist the RSAF in training their next generation of pilots and look for- THROUGH THE REPUBLIC of ward to delivering valued Singapore Air Force’s Basic Wings Course capability for decades to program (BWC), Lockheed Martin and come.” teammates Pilatus Aircraft and Hawker As part of Team 21, Pacific have delivered 50,000 flying hours Pilatus Aircraft is the and trained more than 300 pilots since original aircraft manufac-

2008. Lockheed Martin and “Team 21” partners are turer for the PC-21 turbo- “The Basic Wings Course is a critical celebrating 50,000 successful flight hours for the prop trainer and provides segment of the RSAF’s pilot-generation PC-21 for the Republic of Singapore Air Force. engineering and logistics pipeline,” said RSAF training chief Col. support for the platform. Tan Yik. Pilatus describes the Pratt “A key enabler for us to achieve this and logistics management systems, course- & Whitney Canada PT6A-68B–powered 50,000-accident-free-flying-hours mile- ware and instructors. The program is oper- airplane as “as a completely new training stone is the strong partnership between ated at the Republic of Singapore’s 130 system [designed] with the objective of the RSAF and Lockheed Martin,” he said. Squadron at the Royal Australian Air Force meeting the expectations of modern air “Reaching this milestone also reflects our Base Pearce. Additional instructors at the forces over the next 30 years, both in terms common emphasis on training excellence Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore teach the of capability and life-cycle cost.” and safety. I congratulate 130 Squadron Basic Aviation Ground School under the Pilatus confirmed in December that and Lockheed Martin on this occasion, authority of the Flying Training Institute. the ADF, the Australian Defence Force, and look forward to the team achieving “Reaching this 50,000-flying-hour mile- signed a contract for the purchase of 49 the next 50,000 hours.” stone demonstrates the exceptional part- PC-21 training aircraft for Team 21 train- As the training systems integrator for nership we share with the RSAF and our ing. Australia will be the sixth country to BWC, Lockheed Martin (Chalet CS02) deliv- team’s dedication to deliver an efficient, operate the PC-21 trainer. ers a turnkey training system comprised of seamless and safe flying training environ- Hawker Pacific (Booth F75) provides aircraft aircraft, maintenance, simulators, training ment,” said Lockheed Martin training and maintenance for Team 21.

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atrbroadcast atraircraft atraircraft atr Ameco Beijing Has Restructured ‘New’ Ameco Will Keep Focus on International Business

The restructuring of one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations, Ameco Beijing, will increase its competitiveness at home and overseas, and bring new capabilities to its customers.

ew Ameco” – still business even more strongly “Nknown to the trade than before. V2500 Engine as Ameco Beijing – was cre- Lufthansa Technik and Ameco has added V2500 engine overhaul ated last year by merging Air Ameco will continue to have to its capability repertoire, bringing in the China’s in-house MRO arm Air their own sales teams to look second unit to be completed last month. China Technics into the former after their own customers sep- Ameco was authorized by CAAC, FAA and Ameco Beijing (Booth H65), itself arately. But the new Ameco, EASA to provide overhaul and modifica- a joint venture between Air with greater capabilities than tion on V2500-A5 series last year. In No- China and Lufthansa German before, expects to be even vember 2015, Ameco and Pratt & Whitney Airlines formed in 1989. While busier. signed a standard maintenance contract, the German shareholding in Chai Weixi For example, Chai says, making Ameco an approved repair station new Ameco Beijing has been Ameco is developing an air- for V2500 engine services worldwide. reduced from 40% to 25%, the amount craft-related components repair capability of its investment remains the same, says coupled with composite repair. It is also Chai Weixi, VP of Air China and CEO of focusing on new aircraft types, such as air- Ameco added seven international cus- new Ameco. craft overhaul of Boeing 747-8Is, and line tomers for line maintenance, bringing its “In the new structure, Air China and maintenance on Boeing 787s and Airbus total to more than 70. Lufthansa will continue their coop- A350s. And it has just added V2500 According to Johannes Bussmann, who eration,” he says. “Lufthansa’s vision of engine overhaul capability. became chairman of Lufthansa Technik’s Ameco’s successful development remains “After integration, new Ameco is much executive board in April, “This is a partner- unchanged, while Air China still regards stronger in its capabilities, output and ship we have [been involved in] for many Lufthansa as a very important partnership network than before,” says Chai. “It also years and we want to keep it like that. The for the development of New Ameco.” has sufficient resources, assets and chan- investment that Lufthansa has there didn’t “New Ameco and Lufthansa Technik nels, which bring a stronger ability to serve change on an absolute basis, but by the will continue to cooperate on large-scale customers in overseas markets. We believe integration of Air China Technics a lot of projects such as landing gear overhaul, our products are more competitive than line maintenance capabilities came to the as well as MRO industry development. ever before.” new Ameco.” —John Morris Transfer of technology will be unchanged, and sharing of experience and know-how will continue,” he told ShowNews. The merging of Air China Technics and Ameco will reduce duplication of resources while adding to the capabilities offered to customers. It also aligns MRO activities at nine branches – Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Hohhot, Shanghai, Guiyang, Wuhan and Guangzhou with the Beijing base. Together they hold mainte- nance licenses from almost 30 countries or Passenger-to-Freight Conversions regions, including CAAC, FAA and EASA. AMECO HAS COMPLETED freighter Ameco projects that while world While its prime role is to maintain and conversions on five Boeing 757-200s air cargo traffic will grow at 4.7% per service Air China’s growing fleet, “New in its Chengdu facility at Shuang- year over the next 20 years, the do- Ameco will establish multi-bases and net- liu International Airport. The fifth mestic market in China will expand at work services, committing to providing freighter was finished in Decem- an annual rate of 6.7%. third-party customers with high quality ber 2015; it also was the third air- Ameco Chengdu completed its first and comprehensive services,” Chai says. craft from SF Airlines, a subsidiary passenger-to-cargo conversion of a And while integration is underway, Ameco of SF Express. Boeing 757-200 in 2014. will continue to pursue international

60 February 17, 2016 | AviationWeek.com/ShowNews TRENDS AND INSIGHT

Short-Range AAM. The new Asraam New World Ordnance takes a leaf out of Rafael’s strategy book by using commonality with land- and sea- o understand the future of air-to-air a new active jamming system for a fighter launched missiles to reduce cost. Twarfare in Asia, take a careful look since the 1980s. The U.S. AAM program, by contrast, at the flying and static displays here. The Israel, Singapore and others had seen seems disorganized. The fundamental Malaysian air force’s Su-30MKM is put- that gap earlier, which is why the various limitation on Amraam is motor size, ting on a show that reminds you that the warts and excrescences on the Singapore because the weapon was designed to fit jet was impressive before the astonishing air force fighters here bear examination. the F-16’s wingtip mounts. The same Su-35S – coming to local theaters soon The F-16D has a self-protection suite by applies to the AIM-9X, designed around – joined the show circuit. The Rafale is Elbit’s Elisra subsidiary. The F-15SG’s old Sidewinder motors – the fatter Asraam back. On the ground, Singapore’s F-15SG digital electronic warfare system is also has 70% more volume per unit length. and F-16D are familiar, but some of their reportedly from Israel. Management is split between the air force features bear a second look. The F-15SG has a more jamming-resis- (Amraam) and the navy (AIM-9X), with It’s been a while since anyone claimed tant active electronically scanned array some work being done by the Defense in public that the Lockheed Martin F-35 (AESA) radar and, if the adversary’s EW Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Joint Strike Fighter would have a 6:1 is still a problem, an infrared search and it seems likely that a further complication air combat advantage over any not-as- track (IRST) system. The U.S. Air Force is is the presence of black programs. stealthy competitor. I don’t know whether now funding AESAs, IRST and new EW The result is that projects like the lon- the U.S. Air Force ever believed this, but for its F-15s. The Rafale’s presence is a ger-range AIM-9X Block III and Joint if they still did, they would not be spend- reminder, too, that Dassault, Saab and Dual Role Air Dominance Missile have ing billions on upgrades to their 30-to- the Typhoon partners addressed the EW come and gone, and minimally funded 35-year-old F-15Cs. issue from the outset. studies proliferate (Raytheon got US$14 It will be some time, in any scenario, The Sukhoi fighter’s agility challenges million in January for two self-defense- before stealthy aircraft are a big part of weapon design. That the jet is a difficult missile concepts), but nothing beyond the Asia-Pacific fighter inventory, but the target for Amraam is beyond serious dis- the AIM-120D is in sight. Black-world Sukhoi family also forces adversaries to pute: The range at which Amraam has a miracle missiles will not be available to look at two other aspects of fighter capa- high kill probability declines sharply as allies, and neither will foreign missiles bility: electronic warfare and weapons. targets become more evasive. It was why on U.S. aircraft: It literally took an act of In October 2012, the supercarrier the MBDA Meteor was developed in the Congress to get money in the 2017 bud- USS George Washington paid a visit to first place. get to test the MBDA Brimstone on the Malaysia that included a photo-op forma- All the Euro-canards are getting Meteor Super Hornet. tion of Super Hornets and Su-30MKMs. (it will be fully operational this year on F-16 operators may elect to live with Hanging on the wingtips of the Sukhois Gripen). Other recent AAM disclosures these limitations as they upgrade their were fat cylindrical pods – Russian-made and program starts include Rafael’s aircraft, but in the mid-term, EW and KNIRTI SAP-518 active jamming sys- I-Derby Extended Range – which, among weapon considerations could work to the tems. The SAP-518 is not only big and other things, buries Derby’s low-key repu- benefit of the European fighters, with sen- powerful, but it also uses state-of-the-art tation as an Amraam substitute – and the sor fusion, IRST, built-in EW and a wider digital radio-frequency memory (DRFM) new-build version of the MBDA Advanced choice of weapons. —Bill Sweetman technology. Maybe it can beat an attack by an AIM- Singapore’s F-15SGs 120C advanced medium boast advanced air-to-air missile (Amraam) weapons, radar and electronic defense and maybe it can’t, but . . systems. . Do you feel lucky today? The proliferation of DRFM jamming – the Russians design the DRFM chips but have them made in foreign foundries, which are where you’d expect them to be – triggered renewed U.S. attention to EW self-protection systems after decades of neglect: Aside from the Super Hornet’s ALQ-214, the Pentagon hadn’t sponsored

AviationWeek.com/ShowNews | February 17, 2016 61 OPINION BY RICHARD ABOULAFIA VICE PRESIDENT OF ANALYSIS AT TEAL GROUP

Singapore’s Missing Puzzle Piece It isn’t always easy to identify pressing national military aviation requirements. Most countries struggle with the usual budget limitations and a broad array of fleet replacement and new addition needs. But in the case of Singapore, there’s a very interesting capabilities gap that implies a significant short-term requirement.

There are fewer than six million Singa- The country has five of these Fokker 50 turboprop MPAs, porean citizens, crammed onto an island armed with Harpoon missiles or EuroTorp A244 torpedoes. measuring roughly 20 mi. by 10 mi. But these aircraft were acquired in the early 1990s, and while But as a world military aviation power, they are capable MPAs, they are hardly the kind of blue water Singapore punches well above its weight. long-range anti-submarine warfare-capable models deployed The Republic of Singapore Air Force by even medium maritime powers. Considering the resources (RSAF) has about 100 modern fighters, lavished on the rest of the country’s military air capabilities, including 40 new F-15SGs and 60 F-16C/ and taking into account the country’s strong interest in main- Ds. It also has a few dozen older F-5s, taining freedom of the seas, this represents a notable gap in and as an F-35 Security Cooperative Singapore’s defense procurement pattern. Participant (SCP) it will likely be an early By contrast, Singapore’s rotorcraft MPA capability is far F-35 user in the region. These fighters more modern, with six Sikorsky S-70B Seahawks acquired in Richard Aboulafia are supported by a robust airborne early 2011, and another two due for delivery this year. But these are warning (AEW) capability. A legacy force of Northrop Grumman short-range platforms lacking the range and speed of a fixed- E-2Cs is being replaced by four Gulfstream 550-based models wing MPA. using Elta’s EL/W-2085 Conformal AEW system. As a response to this need, the country has been looking at It is said that Singapore is like a large shopping mall with a maritime patrol aircraft options since 2011. There is a broad large and capable military. But this remarkable force is un- array of options, from MPA versions of business jets to MPA derstandable. While Singapore’s per capita national income is regional turboprops (a newer Fokker 50 equivalent, such as greater than that of the U.S., it is surrounded by poorer states, Bombardier’s Dash 8 Q400). Singapore has also considered which are poorly governed and prone toward instability. There used ex-U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin P-3Cs, but the youngest are also various non-governmental threats to the country’s of these are about three decades old, and Singapore hasn’t economic livelihood. purchased used defense platforms in decades. Given this reality, the first defense priority is simply self-pres- And given Singapore’s preference for high-end equipment ervation. As one local saying goes, “We are going to make sure (F-15s, high-end AEW models and jet tankers), and given its that anybody who tries to swallow us is going to get a fishbone demonstrated interest in long-range maritime safety, a large that will penetrate their throat.” As a result, it isn’t likely that jet-based choice is likeliest. This means Boeing’s P-8 Posei- Malaysia, Indonesia or any other nearby power could mobilize a don, or just possibly Kawasaki’s new P-1 quadjet. force large and capable enough to actually threaten Singapore. For Boeing’s P-8 program, a Singapore order would be a But Singapore’s military capabilities clearly extend beyond valuable addition to its relatively limited export order book. the preservation of national sovereignty. Singapore is one of So far, despite its high-profile presence around the world, only the few small powers to field a jet tanker force, with decades of Australia and India have signed on as international customers. experience using KC-135Rs. In March 2014, it selected Airbus’ Its U.S. Navy MPA/ASW predecessor, the P-3, was exported to A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft as replacements for over 15 countries. these, with a purchase of six aircraft. The RSAF also operated A P-1 selection would be much less likely, but given Japan’s Lockheed Martin KC-130 tankers. 2014 decision to overturn a law banning weapons exports, and But most of all, the country’s heavy reliance on global trade a growing interest by the nation’s large defense industry to also means that it needs to keep an eye on maritime threats. pursue export contracts, it can’t be ruled out. In 2011, Singapore conducted its first overseas maritime patrol And for Singapore, a P-8 or P-1 acquisition would represent aircraft (MPA) deployment, sending a single Fokker 50 and the final step in creating a remarkably well-equipped regional 38 personnel to the Gulf of Aden to assist with international military force. And it would give the country a much more counter-piracy operations. It also conducts ongoing security robust presence in some of the most highly trafficked shipping operations in the Malacca Straits, often in conjunction with routes in the world. its neighbors.

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