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SP's MAI July 01-15, 2012 REBOOTING INSURGENCIES : A VIEWPOINT Page 19 SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION ONLY FORTNIGHTly ON MILITARY A-BASED BUYER ONLY) I AEROSPACE 55.00 (IND ` INTERNAL SECURITY maiwww.spsmai.com Vol: 2 Issue 13 ❚ July 1-15 • 2012 PAGE 4 IAF modernisation to be completed by 2022 Underwater weapon systems PAGE 11 Boeing and Embraer join C-17 Globemaster will play an integral role in the modernisation of the Indian Air Force hands for KC-390 PAGE 20 FROM THE MILITARY AEROSPACE INTERNAL SECURITY CORPORATE EDITOr’s DESK 3 Lockheed Martin 20 Eurosatory Report 7 Developments 16 Viewpoint 19 SP’s EXCLUSIVES 4 has a New Office DELENG/2010/34651 SECURITY BREACHES 22 Updates 14 Unmanned 18 Technology 21 Superiority: The New Benchmark Finmeccanica is Aeronautics, Helicopters, Space, Defence Systems, Defence and Security Electronics, Energy and Transportation. Many areas of expertise with one common aim: to build a brighter future together M-12-0318 FNM Sea King ATR 72 advert.indd 1 27/06/2012 14:41:24 From the EDITOr’S DesK Modernisation of armed forces, it’s a long haul massive military as ours, with varied on underwater weapons systems across size or weight. It introduced the split-torque responsibilities, needs to be mod- the world, including India’s programmes. face gear technology, on the Apache Block ernised post-haste. As the defence India has sought from the US 32 MK-54 III helicopter, which gives helicopters more Aindustry is in a transitory phase, moving lightweight torpedoes and allied equipment power without becoming heavier or bigger. from totally controlled production by the for P-81 maritime aircraft which the Indian There are so many technological devel- defence public sector industries to almost Navy is procuring. Meanwhile, the Defence opments as witnessed at Eurosatory where a free-market enterprise, the challenges of Research and Development Organisation the number of new products and innovation modernisation are many. It is going to be a (DRDO) is developing a light weight tor- launches exceeded 350. In the concluding long haul. pedo called TAL and a heavy weight torpedo part of Eurosatory reportage, there is cover- Confirming this is the IAF Chief Air Chief called Varunastra. age of some new product launches which Marshal N.A.K. Browne who has stated The modernisation process, which India may be interested in. that the current state of IAF modernisation includes indigenisation, transfer of technol- would be complete by 2022. The contracts ogy etc, has been well understood by the which were signed during the 11th Five Year OEMs and other stakeholders. Lockheed Plan, amounting to `1,12,000 crore, would Martin, like many other OEMs, has made its be executed by 2017, accounting for almost intent clear that it is here for the long-term, 70 per cent of the modernisation plan. Simi- as the market is going to unfold surely but larly, the new Army Chief, Chief of Army steadily. What is needed is a major impe- Staff, General Bikram Singh has commit- tus to the research and development efforts ted to fast-track modernisation process. In which is dismal, euphemistically speaking. the near future, we are going to see major Our academic institutions have not been acquisitions in all the tri-services, the big- platforms for accelerated R&D, unlike the US gest being the MMRCA deal which has gone where the academia-industry linkages are to Rafale. Considering the dynamic technol- strong. In the technology section, we have ogy environment, modernisation is going to featured how the US Army Research Labo- be a continuous process. ratory has revolutionised and increased In this issue, Lt General (Retd) Naresh transmission power in the Apache helicop- Jayant Baranwal Chand has written a comprehensive article ter without increasing the transmission’s Publisher & Editor-in-Chief credit for cover images (clockwise from left) : usaf, australian navy, embraer PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Jayant Baranwal DESIGN & LAYOUT [email protected] SENIOR ART DiRECTOR: Anoop Kamath SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD: ASSISTANT GROUP EDITOR (BANGALORE): R. Chandrakanth Vimlesh Kumar Yadav DesiGNERS: A-133 Arjun Nagar, (Opposite Defence Colony) Sonu Singh Bisht SENIOR TECHNICAL GROUP EDITORS: Air Marshal (Retd) ReseaRCH AssisTANT-GRAPHICS: Survi Massey New Delhi 110 003, India. Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 B.K. Pandey, Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia, Lt General (Retd) SALES & MARKETING Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 Naresh Chand, Lt General (Retd) V.K. Kapoor, R. Adm (Retd) DiRECTOR: Neetu Dhulia GENERAL MANAGER SALES: Rajeev Chugh Email: [email protected] S.K. Ramsay SP’s websITES REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE: SR WEB DeVELOPER: Shailendra Prakash Ashish SpECIAL CONTRIBUTOR: BENGALURU, INDIA WEB DeVELOPER: Ugrashen Vishwakarma Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch 534, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kammanhalli Main Road Bengaluru 560043, India. SENIOR COPY EDITOR & CORRESPONDENT: © SP Guide Publications, 2012 Tel: +91 (80) 23682534 Sucheta Das Mohapatra ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: INLAND: `1,150 • Foreign: US$325 Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process CHAIRMAN & MANagING DIRECTOR: Jayant Baranwal Email: [email protected] Pvt Ltd and published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110 003, India. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: [email protected] reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any EXECUTIVE VICE PResiDENT: Rohit Goel FOR ADVERTISING DETAILS, CONTacT: [email protected], [email protected], means, photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise without prior written ADMIN & COORDINATION: Bharti Sharma [email protected], permission of the Publisher. Issue 13 • 2012 SP’S MAI 3 SP’s EXCLUsiVES By SP’s Special Correspondent Current IAF modernisation to be completed by 2022 ignalling a push to modernisation of air power asserts and shor- ing up of dwindling squadron strength, IAF Chief Air Chief Mar- shal N.A.K. Browne said on June 30 that the current spate of IAF Smodernisation would be complete by 2022. “All the contracts which are signed during the 11th Plan are about `1.12 lakh crore and they will be executed till 2017. At least 65 to 70 per cent of modernisation will be accomplished by 2017, and the rest by 2022. So 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans are very crucial for IAF,” said the IAF Chief. The mas- sive capital commitment includes the monumental medium mul- tirole combat aircraft (MMRCA), likely to be contracted to Dassault Aviation by the end of this year for 126 Rafale jets, primary trainer aircraft, Boeing C-17 Globemaster-III heavy lift transports, many more medium transports and several miscellaneous special mis- sion aircraft and helicopters. In addition, the IAF will be investing in backbone network-centric architecture to consolidate AFNET, and begin investments in space-based assets as well. The IAF, as is well known, has also been pitching for a dedicated military satellite. The major thrust of procurement will be to shore up combat strength, and slowly pull squadron numbers up from 34 to 42 —the ideal figure Pilatus PC-7 Mk.2 sanctioned to the IAF. SP Rashtriya Rifles jawan with TETRA handset Indian Army scouts IUSAV revealed for TETRA handheld radio sets t is finally clear what India’s hush-hush stealth unmanned combat aerial vehi- n an effort to ramp up tactical communication, the cle (UCAV) will look like, with images emerging from the project’s design and Indian Army is looking to rapidly procure TETRA hand- definition stage finally providing a definite picture. The Indian unmanned held radios to meet its demands for mobile voice and Istrike air vehicle (IUSAV), under preliminary definition and development by Idata communications in a field environment. These Army the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in Bangalore under the steward- has stipulated that any new handheld radios it considers ship of aeronautical scientist and project director Dr Biju Uthup, is intended as a will be required to function along with existing TETRA stealthy autonomous bomber aircraft, incorporating flying wing aerodynamics, infrastructure already in place with the service. Apart low observable features, long endurance capabilities, and the ability to deploy from the mandatory function of voice and data communi- precision-guided weapons over enemy territory. Several different laboratories cation, the Army has stipulated that it would be interested are currently engaged in various sub-systems that will go into the IUSAV, which in supplementary functions on the TETRA handsets, the DRDO intends to begin flight testing by 2015-16, an ambitious target by which include priority pre-emption, ambience listening, current standards. The project has an initial investment of `100 crore, but with pecial Correspondent talking party identification, calling line identity presenta- additional sanctions, the amount could go up to a total of $1.5-billion overall. At S P’s P’s tion, connected line indication, call forwarding uncondi- this stage, the primary user of the intended platform, the Indian Air Force, has S tional/busy/no reply/not reachable, barring of incoming/ insisted that the secret project be a fully Indian effort. However, it is understood : Pilatus, outgoing calls, emergency call, automatic transmission of that the DRDO has held discussions at various levels with Saab, EADS, Dassault geographical location (using a GPS receiver) and call con- and BAE Systems for possible technological partnerships on the IUSAV. Earlier trol features. The Army has sought an early response from this year, Defence Minister A.K. Antony informed Parliament that efforts were on vendors interested in contributing to a test schedule. SP to modify the Kaveri jet engine for possible use on the IUSAV. SP PHOTOGRAPHS 4 SP’S MAI Issue 13 • 2012 www.spsmai.com SP’s EXCLUsiVES By SP’s Special Correspondent Government clears procurement effort of QR-SAMs for eight Army air defence he Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared a `12,000-crore Tacquisition of quick-reaction surface-to- air missiles for the Army.
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