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STOP PRESS : F-35C FIRST LANDING 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: 4 Issue 21 ❚ November 1-15 • 2014 Airbus Military’s C295 Welcome step: FDI cap is loosening PAGE 10 PAGE 15 KC-390 rollout triggers global competition PAGE 17 FROM THE MESSAGE MILITARY AEROSPACE PLUS EDITOr’s DESK 3 From Gujarat 4 Seminar Report 12 Developments 20 Corporate 21 SP’s EXCLUSIVES 5 Chief Minister Updates 15 DELENG/2010/34651 SECURITY BREACHES 22 Report 16 SPOTLIGHT stop press : F-35C F irst landing Page 19 SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Cover: ONLY FORTNIGHTLY ON Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a Military A-BASED BUYER ONLY) Rafale F3.4 tested in Istres I aerospace 55.00 (IND ` internal security surprise visit to Siachen on Diwali day. maiwww.spsmai.com Vol: 4 Issue 21 ❚ November 1-15 • 2014 Addressing the Indian armed forces at rom October 6 to 17, 2014, French Air Force Siachen Base Camp, he praised their valour personnel from the integrated flight test team and courage, saying that 125 crore Indians Airbus Military’s C295 (EIEV) at Istres airbase and the Rafale pro- Welcome step: FDi cap is could celebrate Diwali, and go about their loosening Page 10 Fgramme office at the air force operational trials unit lives in comfort, because the jawans stood (CEAM) at Mont-de-Marsan airbase evaluated a new guard at the borders, prepared to make release of the Rafale F3 standard. PAGE 15 every sacrifice for the nation. Kc-390 rollout triggers global competition Page 17 Designated F3.4+, the new standard being devel- FroM the MessaGe Military aerospace plus Cover images: PIB, Airbus DS, eDitor’s DesK 3 From Gujarat 4 Seminar Report 12 Developments 20 Corporate 21 sp’s exclusives 5 Chief Minister Updates 15 oped by industry under the responsibility of the DELENG/2010/34651 security breaches 22 Report 16 Embraer Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), is part of the programme’s continuous improvement process. PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SP’s websITES It takes into account the feedback from recent opera- Jayant Baranwal Sr Web Developer: Shailendra P. Ashish tional deployments, and contributes to the perma- Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma nent improvement of flight safety. Experts from the ASSISTANT GROUP EDITOR © SP Guide Publications, 2014 R. 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Finally, “in ter- rain-following mode, the F3.4+ standard introduces a new control to switch, in real time, from radar mode to digital mapping,” adds Major Rigg. During the evaluation phase, which comprised 20 flight hours, pilots from CEAM and EIEV defined the boundaries of the expanded flight envelope before : www.defense.gouv.fr revising the operational flight manual. The new F3.4+ standard of Rafale should enter operational service in early 2015. SP PHOTOGRAPH www.spguidepublications.com 2 SP’S MAI Issue 21 • 2014 www.spsmai.com From the EDITOr’S DesK Enhancing digital capabilities in the armed forces t the recent Combined Commanders’ Conference, the Prime The bottom line is that Indian firms need to get foreign invest- Minister Narendra Modi made a significant point on how ments and foreign technology and for that to happen the foreign the armed forces have to go ‘digital’ considering that future direct investment (FDI) and the Defence Procurement Procedure Asecurity challenges will be less predictable, situations will evolve (DPP) need to be addressed conjointly. We believe it will happen and change swiftly and the like. With full-scale wars becoming rare considering a proactive government is in place. In SP’s Exclusives and the durations of conflict becoming shorter, digital technologies we have featured an interesting article on how two Indian-born sis- are going to be pivotal in the scheme of things. ters serve as a perfect bridge between India and the US. The sisters The Prime Minister has rightly stated that at the end of the day, are part of a 12-soldier California Army National Guard contingent capability of the force will be crucial. “When we speak of Digital which was present at exercise Yudh Abhyas. India, we would also like to see a ‘Digital Armed Force’,” while urg- Continuing on India’s re-energised foreign relations, Lt General ing the defence forces to give serious thought to upgrade techno- P.C. Katoch (Retd) writes about the visit of the Vietnam Prime Minis- logical skills for effective power projection at all levels. ter Nguyen Tan Dung and how it pans out in Asian geopolitics. With By mentioning the invisible enemy, the Prime Minister was obvi- Modi at the helm, the geopolitics of the region is getting a dynamic ously referring to the growing threat of terrorism and insurgency shape. He seems to enthuse the region, per se. At home, he contin- that India is facing, which includes refocusing of Al Qaeda to South ues to enthuse a vast section and this time it was the armed forces Asia, entry of ISIS in Af-Pak region-Maldives and the enhanced ter- personnel with whom he spent time at Siachen on Diwali day. ror threat from our neighbourhood; Bangladeshi links to Burdwan Happy reading! blasts, Sri Lankan radicals undertaking surveillance spying in South India and the like. In line with this thinking, the importance of technologies needs to be overemphasised. It is our endeavour at SP’s M.A.I. to keep you updated on technological developments. Not just that, we regularly organise seminars/conferences in association with other industry bodies to provide necessary information inputs and also to stimu- late thinking. On October 27, in association with FICCI we organised a seminar on ‘Digitisation of the Battlefield’ which provided a plat- form for healthy interaction between the armed forces, the private sector and the defence industrial establishments and we hope to see technological advancements in the years to come. India has the capabilities, we just need to channelise our energies, our strengths and our talent. Here, it may not be out of place to mention the efforts of Brazil which through Embraer has led in defence and aerospace industry and the company’s latest roll out of KC-390 tactical aircraft Jayant Baranwal is testimony to its prowess. Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Issue 21 • 2014 SP’S MAI 3 MESSAGE From Gujarat Chief Minister CHIEF MinisteR GUJARat State • Snehi Bhai Shree Baranwal ji, Namaskar. I pleasingly acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the copy of SP’s MAI. I convey my best wishes to the associates and readers of the SP Guide Publica- tions, New Delhi and hope that your publication house will keep up the good work and will encourage more and more youth to join our defense forces and serve our motherland, India. With best compliments. (ANANDIBEN PATEL) 4 SP’S MAI Issue 21 • 2014 www.spsmai.com SP’s EXCLUsiVES By SP’s Special Correspondent Indian sisters in US Army help bridge the gap The annual Yudh Abhyas exercise is sponsored by the US Army Pacific Command. Each year, it alternates between India and the United States. The exercise has a goal of increasing interoperabil- ity between the armies of the world’s two largest democracies.