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DAY TWO WEDNESday, 20th february, 2008

FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE Dassault Falcon A Promise Delivered Opens Spares We have now delivered on our promise”. These Centers in “were the words with which Prime Minister Lee India & China Hsien Loong officially opened assault Falcon will the inaugural Singapore Air- be opening its Falcon show 2008 on Tuesday. Dspares distribution And it was the timely centre in Shanghai, China preparation of a 82-million- and has signed an agree- Singapore dollar new site here ment for spares distribution which evoked such pride, after centre in Mumbai, India. The the Asian Aerospace show left inventory is valued at nearly for in 2006. US$2.2 million in Shanghai and US$1.5 million in Mum- Positive outlook bai and will be in place by Lee also said that despite high the end of March and May fuel prices and the slowdown L - R Jimmy Lau, along with Ho Ching, wife of PM Lee, respectively. in the US economy presenting with Singapore Airport officials Once operational, a stiff challenge for the aero- Dassault Falcon will have space industry, the long-term “The region is expected to said. “With China and India approximately US$8 million outlook looked positive. The lead the growth in air travel, integrating more closely into worth of Falcon spares in the Prime Minister said the signs as the industry’s centre of the global grid, demand for air Asia-Pacific region- nearly are especially encouraging in gravity shifts to the East,” Lee Contd. on page 02 double the inventory in this Asia. region from one year ago. Shanghai and Mumbai will join a regional distribution centre in Singapore, where Sikorsky X-2 Technology Update tooling for the Falcon 7X has recently been positioned, Offers Black Hawk Global Version and a satellite distribution Stephen B. Estill, “We would like to show- centre in Sydney, Australia. Vice President and case the technology to the According to Frank Chief Marketing Of- public since we have been Youngkin, Vice President ficer, Sikorsky spoke talking about for 4-5 years. of Worldwide Spares for to giving an update The helicopter will have the Dassault Falcon, “We have on the X2 technol- capacity to fly faster than launched aggressive cam- ogy programme and 250 knots combined with the paigns to increase service the recent MoU sign- bundle of technology that we levels, lower prices, extend ing with Tatas for the have been able to put togeth- our spare parts warranty and S-92 cabins. er like the new rotor designs end supplemental invoicing Currently the with low drag on the main associated with the ex- Stephen B. Estill technology has rotor mast, fly-by-wire technol- change transactions. We are already been ground ogy, all glass avionic cockpit, now focusing on a dramatic ith the first fly-by-wire tested and the company has composite shell and blades reduction in delivery times.” helicopter flown in taken a break from its testing in a fuel efficient with high Similar to Singapore, the WDecember last year, to showcase the aircraft to power-to-weight ratio.” inventories in Shanghai and Sikorsky is certain and excited the public at the HAI show in He said that the full flight- Mumbai will support the about its X2 technology. Houston next week. Contd. on page 02 Contd. on page 03

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SHOW DAILY • 2008 01 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 A Promise Delivered... Contd. from page 01

travel in the region will soar.” Over 800 companies from 42 countries and regions, representing 59 of Forbes’ top 100 aerospace companies, are displaying their goods at the 30 hectare space.

Singapore sings Prime Minister Lee had some good news for Singapore, whose aviation output hit a high of $ 4.9 billion U.S. in 2007, a growth of more than 10 percent over the previous year. Up to $355 million worth of investments are likely to be flagged off during the six-day show. Contd. on page 03 Sikorsky X-2 Technology...... Contd. from page 01 testing of the H-92, which has programme where they will we have taxed our existing here to manufacture the tool- been incorporated with the X2 be introducing this technology supply, hence we needed a ing as per our specifications technology will be done in the onto the Hawks. second source, which is why and concurrently the process second quarter this year. “We Estill feels that this technol- we have elected to work with managers will help Tata feel that the global markets ogy will improve the helicop- Tata.” develop the metal and quality need a fast and maneuverable ters efficiency and safety due The agreement not only processes for the internation- helicopter in the light armed to the reduction in the moving involves delivering composite al environment.” category, which is ideally parts in the rotor as well as materials for the S-92 but also Currently there are no suited for this helicopter.” the workload of the pilot. “We parts for the other international S-92 customers in the coun- Sikiorsky will initially intro- are also working on a program commercial as well as military try but Estill hopes that after duce the helicopter in this cat- called Sandblaster that will products. The commercial today’s developments the egory and already has three incorporate synthetic vision, value of the agreement is in situation might change. “Gen- designs on the board with a which enables the pilot to land excess of USD 800 million erally we like to have access small weapons suite configu- in a blacked-out or hostile over a 7-8 year period added to the market that we have a ration. “Although the helicopter environment.” Estill. supply chain from but that is is a new entrant in the market The company has now Under the agreement not the reason of this agree- and might not be produced started marketing the inter- Tata’s will produce fuselage, ment. We are bidding for the it in time to compete for the national version of the Black door structures, aircraft exte- Air Force’s VIP Programme light helicopter contracts in Hawk, which will be a com- rior skins and a combination with the S-92 aircraft for the the region we would certainly pletely capable Black Hawk at of these products for Sikorsky. Prime Minister’s flying.” like the customers to keep it in an affordable price since we Although the finer details of The other VVIP officials mind for the future.” have been able to resource a the agreement have not been that are already operating the Speaking about the pos- lot of the components to lower finalized, Sikorsky is looking at S-92 in this version include sibility of the technology being cost manufacturers. “We have the fuselage for the S-92 to be the President of Korea, The incorporated into the Black changed how we built the delivered within a time period King of Thailand, Emirate of Hawks Estill replies that there Black Hawk into a real com- of 18 months. “However it is Qatar and Kuwait, the Royal are some variants of the X2 mercial scenario. We have important that they meet the Saudi family, Prime Minister technology in the US Govern- started taking orders for the company standards and we of Turkey, besides there are ment programmes, but there same now and in these region are now working with Tata to several fortune 100 compa- no concrete plans to produce countries that have shown establish the manufacturing nies who also use the S-92 that programme into the Black interest include Korea, Philip- and quality systems to meet for their VVIP travel. Hawk currently. pines, Thailand, Middle-East our standards. Ideally within a Estill mentioned that However, the fly-by-wire and India.” time period of 18 months we Sikorsky is also consider- technology which has been Talking about the MoU would like to be able to export ing opening a maintenance developed from BAE Systems signed with Tata’s a few days fuselages to our global distri- facility in partnership model flight management control back Estill said that the MoU bution supply chain.” India and a concrete decision systems is going to be incor- is in the initial stages currently, “Sikorsky’s integrated on the same will be around porated onto four programs, it involves the manufacturing product team that specializes the end of this year. “We will which include the CH-53K for of composites and advanced in developing quality suppli- have a service center in the the US Marine Corps, the X2, materials as a second source ers is already ready in the US country so that the customers the Canadian MH-92 (set for for the S-92 fuselage. “The to assist with the technical can service their commercial delivery in late 2009-2010) global demand for the S-92 transfers. We will have a core aircraft in the partnership and the Black Hawk upgrade has increased to a point that team of engineers located model.”

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 03 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Glimpses of First day’s Fly Past Contd. from page 02

Dazzling flying display national colours as they went their manoeuvres were the solo followed by Italy’s trainer Shortly after Lee threw the about their dazzling display. Delta Flyby, Twisted Loop, outfit Alenia Aermacchi-which doors open on the event came Crowds by the scenic green Vertical Twist, the amazing fielded an M-346. an exhilarating flying display. waters at the site were left en- Flaming Heart and Curtains. But the swansong came This was led by including one thralled as the fighters blitzed On roll after them were as the Airbus A380 rolled by the Black Knights, F-16 across the sky against robust Royal Australian Air Force’s in-like a God from the skies. pilots from the Republic of music. Roulettes-flying six Pilatus The huge mega-liner en- Singapore Air Force. They were led by LTC Leng PC 9s. Solo aerobatics by the tranced the audience as it The new team compris- Wai Mun, a specialist pilot at F/A 18 & F 16 of the USAF, gracefully lit up the beautiful ing 6 F-16 C Fighting Falcons HQ Tengah air base-with 23 a T-50 of Korea Aerospace sky. donned the red and white years on the force. Among Industries and another swift - Amitabh Joshi Dassault Falcon Opens..... Contd. from page 01 current Falcon models based gapore and Shanghai. DHL. Through their bonded DHL and Dassault has a long in the area with a main focus The regional distribu- warehouse, DHL, in partner- history of partnership. They on the Falcon 2000, Falcon tion centre in Shanghai will ship with Team Aviation, will be provide shipping and customer 900 families as well as the be managed by Aerospace responsible for the import/ex- service for Dassault’s spares Falcon 7X. The Mumbai facility Products International (API), port, shipping receiving and distribution centre in Le Bour- will be supplemented by the while the distribution centre in transportation of Dassault get, France and other related larger inventories held in Sin- Mumbai will be managed by Falcon Replacement parts. services.

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 05 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 CFM’s Leap 56 Programme on Fast Track FM International, the longer initial on-wing life; a 10 50/50 joint venture – 15 decibel reduction in noise; Ccompany between and a 60 percent reduction in Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and NOx emissions. CFM intends General Electric Company’s to meet all of these goals advanced technology acquisi- without any sacrifice in the tion programme, LEAP56 is on industry-leading CFM56 progress. The company com- reliability standards. pleted component and rig tests The test schedule for in 2007 and many more are 2008 includes a com- scheduled for 2008 and 2009. posite fan case contain- “With LEAP56, we are ment test, along with focusing our efforts on engine fan aerodynamic and architecture, advanced aerody- Eric Bachelet bird strike tests, TAPS namics, materials, and environ- combustor, and high- mental technologies to address customers expectations over pressure compressor the major challenges we see in the long term.” rig tests, in addition the future,” said Eric Bachelet, Compared to the current to high- and low-pres- President and CEO of CFM. CFM56 Tech Insertion con- sure turbine component “The goals we have set are figuration, CFM is targeting 10 tests. The company will aggressive by any measure, but – 15 per cent lower specific fuel also complete component we are committed to validating consumption; 15 percent lower tests on the resin transfer and maturing the technology maintenance costs; 25 percent molding (RTM) fan blade and that will continue to meet our the ceramic matrix composite pressure turbine. The highly (CMC) high-pressure turbine efficient low-pressure turbine nozzles. with reduced parts count will The current LEAP56 con- also incorporate advanced, figuration incorporates an RTM low-weight materials such as fan and composite fan case. titanium aluminide. The ultra-high pressure ratio For the longer-term, CFM is core includes an eight-stage also studying game-changing high-pressure compressor driv- technologies that will address en by a high-efficiency single- the ever-increasing require- stage high-pressure turbine. ments for lower noise and The core will incorporate emissions. Using LEAP56 third generation three dimen- technology as the foundation, sional aerodynamic design the company is actively pursing airfoils; the advanced TAPS counter-rotating fan technology, II (Twin-Annular, Pre-Swirl) as well as opens rotor designs combustor; and advanced that build on the experience of aerodynamics, materials, and the unducted fan from the late cooling technology in the high- 1980s.

ST Kinetics Showcases Eco-friendly Tow Tractors

he land systems arm of the first customer to use the between ‘electric mode’ and diesel fuel and is more fuel Singapore Technologies HETT20. SATS is the leading engine mode. Additionally, on efficient compared with a con- TEngineering Ltd, ST Ki- provider of integrated ground board alternative power unit ventional diesel tractor.” netics is showcasing its hybrid handling and airline catering charges the battery on demand, Says SEW Chee Jhuen, electric airport baggage tow services at Singapore Changi eliminating the need for static President, ST Kinetics, “ SATS tractor HETT20 at the Singa- Airport. charging or battery swapping. endorsement as our launch pore Airshow2008. The tractor The HETT20 incorporates According to Karmjit Singh, customer for the HETT20 incorporates the latest in hybrid a state-of-the-art diesel tech- Chief Operating Officer, SATS, amidst established industry electric technologies and is nology system that offers an “we have been evaluating the players, represents our com- part of ST Kinetics’ offering of improved fuel economy of up to benefits of introducing hybrid mitment to be socially respon- green products designed to 15per cent and zero emission tractors at our baggage han- sible through the design of reduce the emission of green- in the ‘electric (battery) mode. dling areas for sometime. The more environmentally friendly house gases and increase fuel To improve the ease of opera- HETT20 fits our requirements products.’ efficiency. tion the tractor has a built-in in terms of functionality and The HETT20 is on display Singapore Airport Termi- patent pending RFID system performance. In addition, it at the show, at Airport Pavilion, nal Services (SATS) will be that switches its operation reduces the consumption of booth 417.

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 07 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Lockheed Martin aims to Boost Sales in Asia-Pacific

ockheed Martin had turer as a multinational effort potential market in India is ambitious plans for the to build an affordable, super- probably the largest in Asia LAsia-Pacific region. sonic stealth fighter, and is Pacific,” Larson said on the George Standridge, vice designed to replace a wide sidelines of the Singapore president for F-35 business range of aircraft. Airshow. development, has projected The sales target suggests Lockheed Martin, the a production programme to revenue from the region Pentagon’s No.1 supplier by sell approximately 500 of the exceeding US$20 billion, as sales, announced earlier this stealth fighters to the Asia- the U.S. government’s initial month that it would sell six C- Pacific region. Lockheed orders were priced at US$45 130J military transport planes planned to focus on countries million per plane in 2002. worth about US$1 billion to that are positioned to upgrade In a separate session, India. Larson said that India from models such as the F- John Larson, vice president had taken an option to buy a 16, F-18, or the Harrier. F-16 and T50, Lockheed further six of those aircraft. Standridge disclosed Martin expressed strong con- Lockheed is bidding that Lockheed Martin was in fidence that India could be the against Boeing Co and Rus- talks with four likely buyers, largest defense market in Asia sian and European rivals, including Japan, South Korea, with US$20 billion in possible for a potential US$10.2 Australia, and Singapore for air force, navy and commu- billion deal to sell the Indian its F-35 aircraft. The F-35 nications contracts over the air force 126 new multirole Lightning II fighter has been next decade. fighter aircraft. described by the manufac- “For Lockheed Martin, the George Standridge -Nazir Keshvani Honeywell Expands its Presence ith one of the wid- When asked about the est portfolio in the focus on the participative and jet segment. “The business Windustry, Honeywell joint collaborative approach jet market is of particular is present from engines to in the region Howes responds interest due to the robust avionics. Mark Howes, Presi- that the company is currently increase in the regional jet dent, Asia-Pacific, Honeywell interacting and looking at a lot operators. We are making Aerospace spoke to Bhavya of possibilities under the nu- a lot of effort to ensure that Desai on its wide presence in merous parameters and new our initial support structures the aerospace industry. parameters in the region. Fo- are in place to support this Howes explains that the cusing specifically on China, growth as they start to prolif- company has been doing busi- the company is in dialogue erate in the region.” ness in the region for a num- with the AVAC I and AVAC II, Sharing his views on the ber of years now, which has including the design bureaus. debate about the forecast on been predominantly driven by “We are also working with the the turboprop versus regional the airline, defence and busi- leading avionics and mechani- jets Howes states that from ness jets. However, there are cal system providers among what has taken place in the several dimensions of change others to explore new plat- few years it is more economi- in this approach with aggres- forms as well as working on cal to operate regional jets, sive movement in sourcing further developments. Besides which is the reason why they and manufacturing in this China we are already working have seen an increase in region, which has doubled this closely with other countries in demand. But in recent times year and will continue to in the the region like Austraila, Ko- due to the increase in the Mark Howes nature. “Some of the products rea and Japan to name a few.” fuel price, which has led to that we plan to source out The significance of the substantial increase in the of the region include APUs, ity. “We are also expanding APAC region is clear when demand for the turboprop engines work, and mechani- our engineering capabilities, Howes states that the com- aircraft. “Interestingly AVEC cal suite on the A350 among one of which includes domain pany will do a close billion I is also seen an interest in others. So this is the intent of knowledge present to support dollar’s business this year their MA 60 as well as the investment that we are look- our outsourcing and sub-con- with majority of the share MA 70. But largely the choice ing at” tracting and manufacturing coming from activities sur- depends upon the economic On the other hand we are expansions. But also engage rounding the airline segment. benefits as well as operat- also expanding our manu- our personnel with compa- This is closely followed by ing environment. However facturing footprint by looking nies in the region in technical the defence space business, we think that the demand for at a three-fold increase in dialogue for joint-development which is expected to build turboprop aircraft will continue these operations and capac- programmes.” in time before the business to grow in the coming years.”

08 SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 - Day TWO Abu Dhabi Airport’s Third Terminal Significant to be Commissioned in April 2008 United Kingdom Presence at Singapore

he United Kingdom has one of the larg- Test visiting national pavilions at the inaugural Singapore Air Show with a significant number of companies exhibiting within the Society of British Aero- space Companies (SBAC) UK pavilion. The UK’s official del- egation is led by Tony Pawson, head of defence exports. He is accompanied onstruction of a third 2008. December 2007 from 26,905 by Keith Smith, regional terminal in Abu Dhabi Meanwhile, work on the tons last year, a growth of director for Asia and Air CInternational Airport is second runway is progressing 5% and for the full year 2007 vice-marshall Gavin Mack- entering the final stages, with fast, with construction work cargo volumes increased 22% ay who is the senior military some of the facilities due to almost complete. This CAT III from 257,622 tons in 2006 to adviser in Defence Export go operational this April. The runway will be able to handle 315,317 tons. Services Organisation remaining portions will come the new generation of wide- A substantial factor in the (DESO). DESO provides up in phases, and the terminal bodied aircraft, including the Airport’s strong growth has government assistance to will become fully operational Airbus A380. The dual-runway been the rapid expansion of both British Industry and its later this year. system will enable the airport its home base airline, Etihad overseas customers. “The new terminal will help to handle 70 take-offs/land- Airways. In 2007, the national “UK companies are very improve the customer experi- ings per hour. carrier of the United Arab experienced in operating ence of ADIA and enhance Emirates expanded with 9 new within South East Asia. the operational efficiency of Traffic Growth destinations in 2007, increas- They recognise the need airlines,” said H.E. Khalifa Abu Dhabi International Air- ing their number of average for partnerships, long-term Al Mazrouei, Chairman of port has registered a record weekly services from 463 per relationships, excellent post Abu Dhabi Airports Company year in 2007, with a rise of 31 week in January to 719 per acquisition support and (ADAC), the owner and opera- per cent in total passengers week in December. Growth technology transfer,” said tor of both Abu Dhabi and Al and 15 per cent in aircraft was also driven by a 10% in- Pawson. Ain International Airports. movements compared to 2006 crease in the number of other “British companies con- The new 64,200 sm ter- to make it one of the fastest airlines operating at the airport tinue to be at the forefront minal will offer passengers growing airports in the region. with the commencement of of technological innovation enhanced duty free choice The airport handled a total services by Oman Air, Ethio- and their ability to supply and a range of restaurants of 730,404 passengers in pian Airlines and SAMA. highly capable equipment and cafés. For premium pas- December 2007, a 40.4 per “It is very pleasing to see at competitive prices has sengers, it will feature new cent rise over the 520,133 the continued expansion of led to outstanding inter- dedicated lounges and a con- passengers seen in December our largest customer, Etihad national success making cierge check-in facility. 2006. The number of aircraft Airways, and the commence- the UK the second largest The 5 million passenger movements increased 19.9% ment of so many airlines defence equipment supplier facility will raise ADIA’s capac- during the same period, rising taking advantage of the quick after the United States”, he ity to 12 million passengers from 6,517 in December 2006 and efficient services of the added. per year. Featuring eight to 7,811. airport and the underlying eco- The Singapore Air gates, including two A380 For the year 2007 (Janu- nomic growth of Abu Dhabi,” Show gives UK compa- compatible, the new terminal ary-December), the number of Al Mazrouei said. nies the opportunity to will meet the demand of Eti- total passengers increased by “ADAC will continue to de- develop these relationships had Airways until the flagship 31.0 per cent achieving a re- liver on its commitment to the and build new ones. The Midfield Terminal Complex is cord 6.926 million passengers. Government and the people significant attendance by ready in 2010. Aircraft movements increased of Abu Dhabi to provide world UK companies and military ADAC is currently upgrad- 15.0 per cent, having regis- class customer service. Our and civilian representatives ing the existing runway from tered a total of 86,767 move- plans for the future will de- reflects the importance of CAT II to CAT III, which will ments, compared to 75,437 in liver best in class facilities to the relationship between enable landing and take off at the same period in 2006. ensure this airport is a fitting UK and Southeast Asia a visibility level of 50 metres. Cargo volume continued gateway for a world class city especially in the areas of The upgrade work will be its strong performance and and the Emirate as a whole,” Defence. completed before the end of increased to 28,184 tons in Al Mazrouei concluded. - Nazir Keshvani

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 11 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 E-2D Hawkeye Programme Well Underway Bruce J. Wais, variant to the other countries Programme Man- John E. Beaulieu, U.S. Navy, ager, Airborne PEO(T), EC/C2 FMS New Surveillance Business Manager said that Radar, Lock- currently the programme is heed Martin said under review for export, which that the APY-9 should conclude by the end increases the of this year or early next year. aircraft capability There have been a lot of inter- to cover a wider est from many countries in spectrum and vis- the Hawkeye, but we can only ibility over clutter. engage with them once the The E-2D’s clearance is obtained from the nose has also government. been completely Some of the countries that redesigned to fit have shown keen interest in a co-pilot who include UAE, who has shown ith the successful With the initial operational can work as an operator. While considerable interest and has testing of the first pro- capability set to 2011, the the conventional instruments issued a request for informa- Wtotype E-2D Hawkeye company plans to roll out on the earlier version were fit- tion India and Malaysia are completed last year and the four aircraft a year for the US ted with analogue instruments, also considered to be export second prototype also in the Navy. While on the outside the this has been replaced entirely prospects. testing programme, Northrop aircraft looks very much the by an electronic cockpit in the Speaking on the Indian Grumman is very optimistic same, it is the avionics system E-2D variant. issue he stated that there about the success of its new that has been given a complete The aircraft features new have been numerous dia- variant, which already has 75 facelift from the earlier version. glass cockpit, based on three logues between US and Indian firm orders from the US Navy. At the heart of the E-2D is 17-inch colour displays, one in counterparts as early as 2005, Speaking exclusively to the the Lockheed Martin APY-9 front of each pilot and one be- whereas the earlier version of International Aerospace Show radar system with an ADS-18 tween them. While both pilots the Hawkeye has already been Daily about the current status antenna, which rotates like the are fully occupied during take- cleared from exporting from the on the programme, Tom C. earlier Hawkeye radars offering off and approach, one pilot is US Government. Trudell, Manager, International electronically scanned phased needed to fly the aircraft once Currently the aircraft is ex- Business Development, AEW array, allowing great versatility it reaches its operational area. pected to come into operation- & BMC2 Programmes high- in beam-shaping and direc- Consequently, the E-2D is al capability in 2011 and de- lighted that both the prototype tion. The biggest advantage configured so that the co-pilot liveries to the US Navy might aircraft are currently in the that the rotating antenna with can use his or her display as commence by 2009, which will vehicle and systems testing its capability offers is that no a tactical screen and act as a go into service immediately. programme phase at the St. matter, which way the aircraft fourth mission system operator. On the other hand should the Augustine, Florida production is pointing the antenna pro- To cope with the extra export clearance from the facility of the company. “The vides optimum performance. weight of the new equipment, Department of Defence come test programme will continue Since positioning the aircraft the E-2D has upgraded to as early as this year end, the until the end of the year and correctly for the radar may not the Rolls-Royce T56-A-427A E-2D could be in the hands of then head to the Naval Air Test always be possible, depending engines. an international customer by Center to complete its final on the scenario, this capability When asked about the 2012 or 2013. testing.” increases its versatility. clearance on offering the E-2D -Bhavya Desai Phase Two Upgrade of APR-39 Radar System orthrop bags US$17m threat levels, and then com- includes the integration of the expansion will upgrade the US Navy Deal mand countermeasures. APR-39 RWR with Northrop system and allow program- N Northrop Grumman Under the terms of the Grumman’s Directional Infra- mers to keep up with threat announced that it has been $17 million contract, Northrop red Countermeasures (DIR- developments,”. “In addition, selected by the U.S. Naval Grumman will incorporate all CM) systems onboard each of the integration of APR-39 Aviation Systems Command electronic warfare (EW) inte- the helicopters. and DIRCM will provide a for phase two of the APR- gration capabilities of the A (V) “The insertion of new, State-of-the-art solution for 39 radar warning receiver 2 and B (V) 2 versions of its faster processors into the war fighters looking to pro- (RWR) integration program APR-39 RWR now in produc- APR-39 in addition to the mas- tect against electro-optical, for the Navy’s CH-53K heli- tion including EW controller sive,” said Greg Schmidt, vice infrared, radio frequency and copter fleet. The radar warn- and integration interfaces president of Radio Frequency electronic warfare threats.” ing receivers are electronic to multiple missile and laser Combat and Information The APR-39 B(V)X systems on-board the aircraft warning sensors into the Systems programs at Northrop upgrade is scheduled for that essentially detect all existing fleet of CH-53Ks. The Grumman’s Aerospace completion and flight testing radar signals, determine the phase two programme also Systems Division. Memory in late 2009 or early 2010.

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 13 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Raytheon ‘Paves-way’ to Orders

ith the Paveway that Paveway brings to the clude the new enhanced vari- having reached the floor. Paveway is answering ants of Paveway (GPS/INS Wmilestone of booking the emerging requirements of and laser guidance or dual orders in excess of US$ 100 air forces around the world. mode laser guided bombs. million in the APAC region, These bookings represent Mark Borup, Raytheon business in 5 countries that Does this mean that only Missile Systems Business are long-standing customers the F-16s or the F-18s will Development Sr. Manager of Raytheon Missile Systems. operate these missiles? spoke to Bhavya Desai about We hope to expand sales of Our Enhanced Paveway the Paveway missile at the Paveway to other regional weapon systems are cur- Singapore Airshow. Excerpts: customers in the near future. rently being integrated on 15 Mark Borup aircraft worldwide including The Paveway booked orders What are the options that the F-16, F-18, Eurofighter in excess of US$ 100 million in this region. The $100 mil- these countries have or- and JSF. Raytheon has the in the APAC region. Can you lion in bookings shows that dered? unique capability to integrate update us on the same? countries here understand and These countries are already these new weapon systems Raytheon is very excited about value the new technologies the existing customers of the on older or legacy aircraft the opportunities that we see in precision-guided weapons company and their orders in- as well. We offer unique integration solutions that are currently employed on aircraft such as the AV-8B Harrier, Super Etendard and Mirage 2000.

Can you update us on the status of the Paveway IV and also on the delivery of the Paveway IV to the RAF since they were expected in the year 2007? All the issues with the Pave- way IV deliveries to RAF have been resolved and deliveries are on schedule. The RAF was one of the first countries to prove the value of Enhanced Paveway II in combat. The two variants employ similar technologies. Paveway IV offers a smart fuse and hardened warhead, bringing even more capability to the warfighter. Changi Passenger Traffic Hits All-time High Of 36m assenger traffic at sengers on Dec 15 was the Apart from these new car- Mr Lim said he believes Changi Airport hit an airport’s record in a single day. riers, the jump in passenger more good things are in store Pall-time high of 36.7 Overall, 2007 was ‘a good traffic can be traced to con- this year for Changi, now million in 2007. Last year’s year’, said CAAS director-gen- tinued strong growth from key served by 81 airlines flying to tally marked a 4.8 per cent eral and chief executive officer markets like China and India, 190 cities in 60 countries. increase over 2006’s figure. Lim Kim Choon, who cited the said CAAS. The opening of Terminal 3 Announcing the latest take-off of the world’s first Air- One area was down though in January, for example, puts numbers, the Civil Avia- bus 380 commercial flight from - cargo volume. the airport in a good position tion Authority of Singapore Changi as a highlight. This fell 0.9 per cent to 1.89 to tap demand for air travel, (CAAS) also cited two other The year also saw five million tonnes as a result of he said. With four terminals, records: More than 3.5 million new airlines, including Etihad softening demand for electron- including one for low-cost car- passengers passed through Airways from the United Arab ics in the United States and riers, Changi’s annual han- Changi in December 2007, Emirates and homegrown Jett8 manufacturers switching to sea dling capacity is now about 70 the highest ever in a single Airlines Cargo, join the Changi freight to save on high jet fuel million. month; and 125,000 pas- family. charges. - Nazir Keshvani

14 SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 - Day TWO Indian Defence Minister Assures Changed DPP Including Offset Policies here was a sense of involved in the execution of DEFEXPO-08 India’s land expectancy in the eyes the large Air India and Indian and naval defence show was Tof foreign suppliers on Air Lines under the new name held from 16th February in off sets gathered at recently National Aviation Company New Delhi and it attracted over concluded Defexpo 2008, in of India (NACIL). The order 200 foreign companies from 30 India as the Indian Defence on Boeing and Airbus is for countries, the largest pavilion Minister AK Antony announced 68 and 43 platforms respec- being taken up by USA led by that a new revised Defence tively. The STC has divided the its behemoth companies Boe- Procurement Policy-08 which offsets in to direct and indirect ing, Raytheon, Lockheed Mar- will include amended offset offsets (loosely also called a tin and Northrop Grumman and rules will be issued in April as type of counter trade) in the others who have deep pockets DPP-08. aviation sector and appropri- and most have assured orders, It was therefore music for AK Antony ated some in to what is known thanks to USA’s war in Iraq. the potential foreign vendors Defence Minister as the ‘Vanilla Sector’ which USA’s delegation was led by to hear from the Secretary of includes other industries and William Cohen the former Defence Production, Pradeep also initiatives in universities. Defence Secretary of USA Kumar, “We are getting some EADS 319 Casa version and The values of the offsets are and the US camp was buoyed feedback that there are the large 317 utility helicopters large and some details are by the recently announced some difficulties (in MOD’s for the Armed Forces. Soon appended below are being contract to buy 6 C-130Js Offset policies), and it is in there after the Navy will have finalised with the platform and from Lockheed Martin under our interest to make it easier to order 12 ASW helicopters engine suppliers. the FMS route for $ 1 b and for companies to fulfill their for its Type 17A and Type 15A Airbus, Indian – US$ 650 expectations for the 126 fighter obligations”. Pradeep Kumar frigates which begin delivery million and the obligation of deal are high. As the date 3rd stated this could come about in 2009 from the Mazagoan Air Bus is 40 per cent; CFM March approaches for submit- by the April of this year. This Docks Ltd, and another Air International, Indian – US$ 69 ting the technical and financial would cut some of the red tape Force order for heavy lift heli- million; Boeing, Air India – US$ bids it is Boeing for F-18s and associated with India’s dila- copters should follow. 1.792 billion (STC is han- Lockheed Martin for F-16s tory weapons-buying. Some The MOD offset policy dling Category A & B) and the who will be in the fray with the US $ 20 billion dollars worth obliges firms to engage in obligation is 30 per cent of the Grippen, Eurofighter, MiG-35 of trade is in the offing by way direct offsets, local manufac- deal and GE, Air India – US$ and Rafale to submit their of offsets for 126 fighter deal, turing and transfer of certain 100 million. technical and financial bids for the recently placed order technologies. The only report- Most foreign suppli- the $ 10 b deal, which includes for 40 Hawks for the IAF on ed and officially acknowledged ers have scoured the Indian 50% Direct Offsets. The first BAe which will extend to 17 offset deal has been between defence and soft ware market 18 planes are to be delivered more for the Navy , the Indian Israeli Aircraft Industries and and also defence ancillaries within 48 months of signing Navy’s order on Fincantieri engineering giant Larsen and and held negotiations to be the contract. At Defexpo the for a Replenishment Tanker Tuobro Ltd and Astra Micro- poised for contracts as MOD next largest pavilions were the which is in the final stages, wave Products Hyderabad for requires these details in their Israeli, Russian, French, Italian the Army’s buy of 155 mm around $ 70 million. Astra will bids. and the British all traditional Lightweight air transportable supply the Transmit/ Receive At Defexpo08 Boeing suppliers being in attendance. Howitzers short listed between switches for the Indian Air signed a MOU to invest $ 500 Most vendors have shared Bae Systems and Singapore Force order of Medium Power m with Tatas and this a pre- their valid concerns on the Technologies(Kinetics), the Air Defence radars from IAI. cursor to the revised Offsets large off sets being direct in Navy’s Net Centric Warfare MOD’s policy is at vari- policy of MOD which could nature and whether India’s de- systems order and its Medium ance from the national policy allow greater offsets in the soft- fence sector can absorb such Range Maritime Surveillance which has been executed by ware sector as most weapon a large volume comfortably. Patrol Aircraft order between the State Trading Corporation systems are now majority Changes are in the offing. Boeing P-8 Poseidon 737 and of India STC and is at present software driven -Cmde(Retd)Ranjit B Rai ST Techologies Engineering’s 40th Anniversary ingapore Technologies cept Antarctica and chalked up the Republic of Singapore Air Today, ST Engineering is Engineering began sales of S$4.49 billion last year. Force warplanes set the scene more than a weapons com- Sin 1967 as Chartered Last year, Overhaul & Main- for ST Aerospace’s move into pany. Commercial services Industries of Singapore (CIS). tenance magazine ranked ST performing such work on airlin- such as airliner maintenance Forty years on, what started Aerospace as the world’s top ers. work and ship repairs account as a humble bullet factory provider of maintenance, repair Ten years ago, the defence for about 70 per cent of the has grown into a global giant. and overhaul services. Such industries marked their 30th group’s sales. Military-related The group employs more than work keeps the world’s airliners year with the merging of ST sales to the SAF and custom- 18,000 workers in about 100 flying. Aerospace, ST Electronics, ST ers abroad account for the companies. It has offices and Skills developed for repair- Kinetics and ST Marine into ST remaining 30 per cent. factories in all continents ex- ing, upgrading and modifying Engineering. - Nazir Keshvani

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 17 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Cebu Pacific Receives First ATR to Fly in Philippines and strategic market. ATR is a large margin with regard to consolidating its strong leader Chapter IV (ICAO) noise regu- position in Asia, which repre- lations, effective 1st January sents more than 60 per cent 2006. of our new orders since the About Cebu Pacific recovery of the turboprop mar- Now in its 12th year, Cebu ket in 2005. With their ability Pacific is the single largest to land on short runways, their domestic carrier in the Philip- reliability, and their ease of pines and operates the most maintenance, the ATR aircraft number of domestic destina- will bring an optimal service to tions, flights and routes. Cebu Cebu Pacific. We will be glad Pacific has the youngest fleet to take part in the expansion of in the Philippines with an aver- Cebu Pacific and the growth of age fleet age of 21 months as their network”. of 2007 yearend. The airline ATR touched orders for 113 operates 15 brand new Airbus hilippine-based low-fare Pacific expressed his satisfac- new aircraft in 2007 a record aircraft, and it flies to 21 carrier Cebu Pacific has tion with the introduction of the year. Since the beginning of domestic and soon to be 14 Ptaken delivery of its first first ATR aircraft in the Philip- the programme, ATR has sold international destinations. ATR aircraft, a brand new ATR pines. With our new ATRs, we 953 aircraft (417 ATR 42s and 72-500. The airline inked last will bring our passengers to 536 ATR 72s) and has deliv- About ATR year two contracts with ATR more destinations with airports ered 757 (397 ATR 42s and Toulouse, Southern France- for the purchase of a total of that have runway length and 360 ATR 72s), thus posting a based regional aircraft manu- 10 ATR 72-500s, and options strength limitations. We are current backlog of 196 aircraft. facturer ATR is the world for 8 additional aircraft, valued excited about having the ATR leader in the 50 to 74-seat at over US $330 million, based as part of our fleet, and we are The ‘-500 series’ ATRs turboprop market. In 2007 ATR upon list prices. pleased to offer our passen- With its ATR 42-500 and posted a turnover of 1.1 US$ Cebu Pacific will take gers the many advantages of ATR 72-500, ATR supplies billion, an increase of 57% delivery of its ordered ATRs in these aircraft, including their state-of-the-art aircraft with compared to 2006. 2008 and 2009. All the aircraft optimal comfort”. He con- jet-like comfort. The advanced ATR is an equal partnership are configured with 72 seats cluded: “We are very confident six-blade propeller provides between Alenia Aeronautica and feature the state-of-the- about the performance of the remarkably low noise levels. (Finmeccanica group) and art technological innovations ATR aircraft, and the success Low fuel burn and gaseous EADS. ATR is certified NF in the field of communications of our partnership with ATR.” emissions contribute to make EN ISO 9001:2000 and AS and navigation aid tools and Stéphane Mayer, ATR the ATR the “Green Player” of 9100 revision B:2004 / JIS Q passenger comfort. CEO, declared: “We are the regional market. All ATR 9100:2004 / EN 9100:2003, Lance Gokongwei, honoured with this first intro- models are compliant with the worldwide quality standard President and CEO of Cebu duction in such an important noise regulations and have in the field of aeronautics. Tiger Airways Confirms S$1.3 Billion IAE Engine Order ingapore low fare plans. The aircraft order com- this shows the confidence our we can look forward to low airline Tiger Airways prises 30 firm aircraft orders customers have in our current, and predictable maintenance Sannounced an order with options for a further 20. market-leading engine and the costs while concentrating for up to 50 V2500-pow- “In less than three years, further gains they will enjoy upon our core business of ered Airbus A320-family Tiger Airways has become one with the SelectOne build stan- offering low, low fares.” aircraft engines backed by a of Asia’s leading low-cost car- dard,” he added. Tiger Airways is the only V2500SelectSM aftermarket riers, and has pursued an ag- Tiger Airways CEO Tony international low fare airline to agreement. The combined gressive growth plan which IAE Davis said: “We operate in a serve the Asia Pacific region engine and aftermarket value has been delighted to support highly-competitive environment from Australia to China and to multinational aero engine through the in-service perfor- and the V2500’s in-service reli- India. This firmly establishes consortium, IAE is in excess mance of the V2500 engine ability and superior fuel effi- Tiger Airways as the leading of S$1.3 billion. and, most recently, with an ciency have made a significant low fare airline across Asia- The engine order is related OEM-backed V2500SelectSM contribution to the success of Pacific with new opportunities to Tiger Airways recently con- aftermarket agreement,” IAE our operation. One of our key for affordable travel across cluded purchase of 50 brand President and CEO Jon Beatty strategies has been stringent Tiger Airways rapidly growing new Airbus A320 aircraft as said. cost-control and the V2500Se- route network. part of its growth expansion “A repeat order such as lectSM has demonstrated that - Nazir Keshvani

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 19 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Boeing’s IDS on Fast Track hey battle with Airbus for the Boeing-Garuda Deal: commercial pie iving up to the promise of a big announcement, Boeing andT with Lockheed Mar- LCompany and Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia on Tues- tin for the prize in the day revealed at the Singapore Air Show that the airline has sky. And now Boeing is ordered four 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft. The order going on a jumbo scale is valued at more than $1 billion. with its plans for the Garuda also confirmed a previous order for seven Next- Asia Pacific region. Generation 737-800s placed in 2007, and announced that it Soon after the has converted 18 of its existing 737-700s on order to 737-800s Singapore air show and six 777-200ERs on order to 777-300ERs. kicked off, Boeing ‘We are extremely pleased with the support provided by Integrated Defence Boeing to restructure previous purchase commitments,’ said Systems sounded the Emirsyah Satar, president-director and chief executive officer bell on who’s winning in of Garuda Indonesia. ‘This will enable Garuda to strategically the Asia Pacific region. implement its fleet renewal and expansion plan to meet the “Asia is an extremely demands of a changing marketplace.’ strategic market and 54 Garuda’s shopping list now stands at twenty-five 737- per cent of our total rev- 800s and 10 777-300ERs jetliners. The airline also acquired enue in 2007 came from purchase rights for an additional 25 737-800s and 10 777- this region,” stated Joe 300ERs. Song, Vice-President, ‘The digitally designed Next-Generation 737-800 and Business Development, 777-300ER are the most technologically advanced airplane Boeing Asia Pacific. ucts and partnering with local families for the single- and twin-aisle market flying today,” said ‘We recognise the needs industry. Dinesh Keskar, vice president, Sales, Boeing Commercial of Asian customers who are Song cited that IDS in- Airplanes. As of Jan. 31, Boeing had logged orders for more very sophisticated and want ternational campaign wins than 4,500 Next-Generation 737s, and has unfilled orders for to expand on a big scale’. He included the C-17 & F/A 18F more than 2,000 Next-Generation 737 airplanes worth more emphasised that Asian secu- with Australia and the F 15 than $145 billion at current list prices. rity issues were intrinsic to the SG with Singapore. Asia Pa- The 777-300ER is the world’s largest long-range twin-en- region, with various countries cific was the largest regional gine jetliner, capable of carrying 365 passengers up to 7,930 facing threats externally and defence market and provided nautical miles (14,685 kilometres). internally. a huge number of opportuni- Boeing’s agenda was to ties. Significantly, the current push for a long-term relation- campaigns were focussing on The Asia Pacific market is but its the future now to where ship with its partners in this the F/A-18, P-81, CH 47 and growing at 5% to 8% annu- everyone’s looking. Song was sector. He particularly singled Apache with India, besides the ally and in India the figure is asked whether mooting the out players in India like HAL CH 47 with Australia. double-digit. However, the big- idea of a 6th generation fighter and Tata-saying the tie-ups India is the land of oppor- gest growth internationally is jet was just a spoiler for Lock- with them made sense since tunities as far as Boeing was expected from the Middle East. heed Martin. He said IDS was they’re good quality units with concerned. Special mention And finally there was looking at realistic develop- good delivery schedules-mak- was made of the improvement fighter talk. Song was asked ment and that they had the Su- ing them good partners. in bilateral ties between New about the impact on Asia-Pa- per Hornet F 18 to go forward Song said that Boeing Delhi and Washington - which cific region countries of recent with confidence of staying could inject new technolo- have provided a fillip to the in- problems dogging the F-15. In ahead of the competition. gies in return for technologies dustry and business. However, focus was the in-flight break up IDS is presently racing from this region. He added when questioned on the nature of an F-15 C in November last ahead with its network and that Boeing had a long-term of commitment in the P-8 deal, year, which led to the discov- space systems programme commitment to presence in the Song said his company was in ery of structural beams not up going beyond the US as a region; ‘Promises made, prom- discussions with the customer to specifications in a few other market. It has customers in ises kept’ was pretty much the for direct commercial sales of models. Song said that the F- 145 countries and over $ 29 key slogan. The strengths of the P-8 Naval Reconnaissance 15 in question was a 30-year- bn in industrial participation the company were in delivering planes. “There is competition old version. worldwide-with 6,450 suppliers and servicing existing prod- there,” he said. That may be in the past, in over 100 countries. A Child’s Delight Pilot Union Lifts Children’s Spirits at the Air Show ixty children from three the Singapore Airshow and These children are also children’s visit , ALPA-S will be charities are realising Events Pte Ltd, the children being treated to the dazzling selling aircraft models and tie Stheir dreams of get- from the Chen Su Lan Chil- aerial acrobatic displays by the pins to raise S$30,000 for the ting up close to their favourite dren’s Home, Children’s Can- Black Knights from Singapore Chen Su Lan Childern’s home flying machines during the cer Foundation and Sunbeam and a team from the Royal and the Children’s Cancer inaugural Singapore Airshow. Place will enjoy a personalised Australian Air Force followed Foundation. Located at the Organised by the Airline tour by 20 ALPA-S pilots to the by lunch provided by Kriston Booth 120, a the show is the Pilots Association Singapore 50 military and civilian aircraft Food and Beverages Pte Ltd. only booth for charity at the (ALPA-S), with the support of on display, including the A380. In conjunction with the event.

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he leading operators like ter service role in Northern Heli-Express, Copterline, Norway. Scheduled helicopter TLuftransport and Helisur- flights between Bodø Airport este are opting for AW139, the and Værøy Heliport have been fastest helicopter in its class operating since 1972. produced by AgustaWest- Helisureste of Spain oper- land. This helicopter is being ates one of its AW139 helicop- showcased at the Singapore ters on the Ceuta-Málaga route Airshow this year. It has a max- flying 46 scheduled services ium cruise speed of 165 knots per week. The AW139 entered (306 km/h), which reduces service in April 2006 and can flight times while also providing carry up to 15 passengers on greater passenger comfort with the only scheduled helicopter its spacious cabin, low noise, services that links two con- low vibration levels and large tinents – Europe and Africa. windows. In 2007 a record number of Apart from these features, 21,737 passengers were flown, the AW139 also has the largest the highest since the service baggage compartment of any started in 1996. medium-twin helicopter (3.4 Copterline of Finland is to

figuration for their VIP and materials are selected from the Corporate transport opera- finest available in the world, tions. This purchase marks selected not only to maintain the entrance of the AW139 their beauty and value, but to into the Malaysian VIP heli- enhance the passenger experi- copter market. ence of flying. Dato’ Mark Yeoh, YTL The AW139 is a new gener- Group Executive Director said ation medium twin-turbine heli- “ The additional cabin space copter setting new standards in together with the certain key the medium twin market. Over safety features of the AW139 100 AW139 helicopters are make it an ideal air transport- now in service worldwide in- ers for our Corporate Execu- cluding many performing head tives.” Capt. Revi Chandran, of state, VIP and corporate YTL Group Aviation Manager transport duties. The AW139 added, “In addition the excel- is also the fastest helicopter lent hot and high performance in its class with a maximum and the extra payload avail- cruise speed of 167 knots and m3 / 120 ft3) with access from restart scheduled helicopter able will give us the flexibility the only medium twin engine both sides of the aircraft for operations very soon between to cater towards more diverse helicopter in production that fast loading and unloading. Helsinki and the Estonian operational requirements.” meets the latest certification Renzo Lunardi, Senior capital Tallinn using their first YTL, existing and new standards for safety. Vice President Commercial AW139 that has just been Malaysian civil customers will Designed with multi-role ca- Business Unit, AgustaWest- delivered and a second aircraft benefit from in-country product pability and flexibility of opera- land recently mentioned: “We that will be delivered later this support through the newly cre- tion, the AW139 is capable of are happy that the AW139 is year. ated AgustaWestland Malaysia carrying up to 15 passengers establishing itself as the heli- In June 2007 Heli Express Sdn Bhd that is completing the or six litters with two medical copter of choice for scheduled ordered seven AW139 heli- setting up of new maintenance attendants or up to four litters passenger services. We know copters. Formed in 1990 to fly and warehousing facilities at and four medical attendants that our customers and the passengers on the busy Hong Subang Airport, near Kuala at the highest speed, in the passengers they fly appreciate Kong to Macau route, Heli Lumpur, to support all Agus- most spacious cabin and with the high speed, cabin comfort Express has now expanded its taWestland products including the best power reserve of any and safety of the AW139. Hav- route network to include ser- the AW139. other helicopter in its class. ing been chosen by several of vices from Macau to Shenzhen The VIP version the AW139 The AW139 can be used for a the leading operators of sched- and now performs over 60 surpasses all other medium number of applications includ- uled helicopter services we are scheduled flights per day. twin-engine helicopters in ing executive/VIP transport, confident of more sales in this Apart from these deals, capability, speed, ride com- EMS/SAR, offshore transport, expanding market.” AgustaWestland has also an- fort and passenger cabin law enforcement and govern- Lufttransport took delivery nounced that YTL Corpora- space. The largest baggage ment roles. More than 80 of an AW139 in September tion Berhad of Malaysia has compartment in its class, can customers in over 30 countries 2005 and were the first cus- ordered an AW139 medium accommodate a wide range of have ordered more than 300 tomer to operate the aircraft twin turbine helicopter with cargo for business or personal AW139 helicopters so far. in the scheduled helicop- an exclusively designed con- flights. The AW139’s interior -Rojita Padhay

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Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 BJETS Partners With Tata Group Company To Launch Asia’s First Fractional Private Jet Co JETS, a new private jet growth potential, chief execu- operator in Asia partly tive Mark Baier said during the business fleet here to Asia which the Taj is known for.” Bowned by India’s Tata company’s launch at the Singa- simply because it is currently “BJETS will combine the Group, said it has ordered 40 pore Airshow. underserved.” best of the US and European Cessna and Hawker jets worth “There really are no dedi- BJETS will start flight opera- models of fractional ownership, more than US$600 million. cated business jet operators tions in May out of Singapore’s block charter and aircraft man- Based in Singapore, BJETS here, and the ones that are, are Seletar Airport. In India, its flight agement services and provide seeks to tap into the Asian mar- reasonably small,” Baier said. operations will be based out of a new benchmark for private ket for business jet travel, which “We’re bringing that dedicated the new Hyderabad Interna- aviation services,” said Mr. Bala it believes shows tremendous tional Airport, Baier said. Ramamoorthy, founder and The Briley Group is the managing director of BJETS majority shareholder in BJETS. and CEO of the Briley Group. The other significant sharehold- The company has ordered er is Indian Hotels Company 20 Cessna CJ2+ jets, which Ltd., better as known the Taj have a typical capacity of five luxury brand of Hotels, Resorts or six seats, and another 20 and Palaces, a part of the Tata Hawker 850XP and 900XP Group. planes, which seat seven to Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar, vice eight, he said. BJETS also has chairman of the Tata Group, options for 10 more Hawker said: “BJETS will set a new aircraft. At this rate, BJETS will standard in the way we fly and have the biggest fleet of private do business in Asia. The Indian jets in Asia in its very first year Hotels Company is very proud of operations to fly customers to be an investor in this land- throughout India and Southeast mark venture. This will further Asia. BJETS - Mark Baier, R.K. Krishna Kumar, Bala Ramamoorthy and underline the luxury experience - Nazir Keshvani Gen. Thomas Stafford BrahMos Gathers Speed at Singapore Airshow he BrahMos supersonic two countries in February cruise missile, one of the 1998. The acronym BrahMos Tmost successful prod- is perceived as the symbolic ucts of Indo-Russian military confluence of two great rivers, collaboration, is attracting the Brahmaputra of India and keen interest at the Singapore the Moskva of Russia. The Airshow. “Various countries objective of the company is to are interested, but we have design, develop, produce and not worked out who to sell it market the supersonic cruise to,” said Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai, missile BrahMos. CEO and managing director In the pipeline is a hyper- of Brahmos Aerospace. sonic version which will fly The export potential of the much faster than BrahMos, will BrahMos, is promising given have great kinematics energy, that the kerosene-fuelled mis- range and a powerful scramjet sile is believed to be more af- engine to make it a precision fordable than design concepts lethal weapon. Kinematics is worked in western countries. the study of pure motion with- BrahMos evolved out of out regard to force, momentum the joint efforts of Indian and or energy. Russian scientists along with “The hypersonic missile will a consortium of Indian and have a speed of Mach 5 (five Russian industries, under the times the speed of sound),” Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, joint venture company Brah- Dr Pillai said at the ongoing Mos Aerospace. Singapore Airshow. developing a new scramjet from the atmosphere during its The company came into “Today we are flying Brah- engine to gain that hypersonic flight stage, liquefy it, separate existence consequent to an Mos at Mach 2.8. From that we speed.” the oxygen and store it on Inter-Governmental agree- are going to increase to Mach The unique feature of this board for subsequent flight. ment signed between the 5. So, the programme involves missile is that it will collect air - Nazir Keshvani

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 25 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Bell Copter’s Product Line to Meet Customer Demand Bell is increasing its forward to meet our customers’ production capacity while needs.” terminating production of Analysis of its internal its 206B3, 427, 430 and structures has yielded a more 210 helicopter models. All strategic allocation of resourc- current customer commit- es and real-time decision-mak- ments will be met through ing that Bell anticipates will 2010. Like all Bell prod- enable it to deliver a larger ucts, whether they are number of commercial helicop- currently being manu- ters each year. factured or not, each of Bob Fitzpatrick, Bell’s se- these models will con- nior vice president for Market- tinue to be supported by ing and Sales added, “When Bell’s customer support we looked at the marketplace, network known around we identified important trends the world for its unparal- in the market segments we leled service that keeps serve. The data validated that the industry’s largest the capabilities of our most ell Helicopter, a leading tries with approximately 44,000 installed base flying everyday. popular models, along with our producer of commercial employees leverages its global In a latest press communi- new product offerings, are well Band military, manned network of aircraft, industrial qué, Bell President and CEO matched to meet market needs and unmanned vertical lift and finance businesses to pro- Dick Millman stated, “Our and we expect will continue to aircraft has announced that it vide customers with innovative most recent analysis of the ensure Bell’s strong competi- is optimizing its commercial solutions and services. Textron marketplace has indicated an tive position. product line to better serve its is known around the world for increased demand for our 407 “Bell is a customer-focused customer base and accelerate its powerful brands such as and 412 commercial helicop- company and we are aligning deliveries of its high-demand Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft ters, along with our outstand- our capacity to fulfill our cus- aircraft. Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, ing new 429 model. We are tomer requirements as quickly Globally recognized for Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, fully booked on these models as we can. The decision to world-class customer ser- Fluid & Power, Textron Sys- until 2010. Consequently, we eliminate these four products vice, innovation and superior tems and Textron Financial are both significantly increas- was difficult, but we feel our quality, Bell’s global workforce Corporation. ing our overall capacity - and remaining product line-up serves customers flying Bell Bell is seeing tremendous eliminating production of some along with new products in our aircraft in more than 120 coun- demand for its 412, 407 and lower volume products. At the development pipeline will ben- tries. new 429 commercial prod- same time we are continuing efit our customers and position The Textron Inc Company ucts, and is taking steps to to provide our number one the company for continued a $13.2 billion multi-industry transform itself into a stronger, rated customer support. We growth,” Fitzpatrick added. company operating in 34 coun- more streamlined company. know that this is the best path -Rojita Padhay

Telair Bags SilkAir Order Sliding Carpet Loading Systems for A319/A320s ilkAir, a wholly own global customer base,” said that SilkAir acknowledges rated, is the one-stop shop for subsidiary of Singapore Anders Helmner, President of these advantages.” the deign, manufacture and SAirlines, has selected Telair International AB. Over 60 carriers worldwide support of complete on-board Telair’s Sliding Carpet Loading “This order has a para- fly over 2600 Sliding Carpet baggage and cargo handling Systems for their brand new mount significance in the Asia Loading Systems with >99% systems for both Airbus and A319/A320 aircraft. Airbus will context where labour rate is reliability. The system consists Boeing, in addition to sup- install the systems as Buyer generally affordable, and the of a moving floor belt and at- porting more than 50 carriers Furnished Equipment (BFE) loading and unloading of the tached bulkhead and allow just worldwide. prior to the delivery of the aircraft is normally acceler- one on-board operator to load Teleflex Incorporated is aircraft to SilkAir. ated by putting in more men. an offload baggage and small a diversified company that The regional carrier But statistics and facts have cargo from a single ergonomi- designs, manufactures and ordered 12 systems, with an proven that the Sliding Carpet cally safe position at the cargo distributes quality-engineered option for a further nine, for its System loads much more ef- bay door. It has proven to products and services for new aircraft scheduled for de- ficiently. Most importantly, the reduce damages to aircraft and the medical, commercial and livery between 2008 to 2012. systems effectively protect the baggage, speed up loading aerospace markets worldwide. “We are happy to have cargo compartment flooring and unloading, and enhance Teleflex employs more than Silkair, which is one of the of the aircraft from damage, ramp operating environment. 14,000 people worldwide who Asia Pacific leading regional preserving the airlines great- Telair International, a busi- focus on providing innovative carriers, joining our growing est investment. We are excited ness unit of Teleflex Incorpo- solutions for customers.

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Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Tejas- Tiger Cub of the Skies

Tejas’ the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is the ‘smallest lightweight multi role supersonic aircraft in the world designed to primarily meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy (IN). This single engine tactical fighter aircraft has state-of-art technologies incorporated during its design and development. Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of De- fence, is the nodal agency for the design and development of LCA, with Hindustan Aeronau- tics Limited (HAL) as the prin- cipal partner. Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, various DRDO and CSIR laboratories, private and public sector industries of the country have actively participated in the programme and contributed to make the long cherished dream of LCA a reality. Today, we have two Tech- nology Demonstrators (TDs), three Prototype Vehicles (PVs) and one LSP vehicle under- L-R Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair, Hon. President of SIATI and Dr. P.S. Subramanyam, Programme Director ADA going flight trails. More pro- totypes will join flight-testing well as Fighter for IN. gives the deep/Night ground production agency, facilities for in a phased manner, towards During the last six months, attack capability has been the manufacture of eight aircraft obtaining certification leading the Tejas programme has ac- incorporated and fight tested under Limited Series Produc- to induction. Each successful complished several significant successfully. The incorporation tion (LSP) have been created flight is a tribute to the dedica- achievements. Successful and testing the radars will be at HAL, with the second aircraft tion and hard work of team firing of a close Tomcat missile completed by the end of year of the LSP series set to take to LCA. from Tejas has been accom- 2008. Tejas will be along with the skies shortly. Based on the Tejas programme also plished at INS Hansa Goa. its full functionality and sensors current progress of the pro- includes design, development, Integration and flight test- and weapons by end 2008. gramme, an order for 20 Tejas flight testing and operational ing the Drop tanks has been With smooth, efficient and aircraft of IOC standard has clearance for two seater Train- completed successfully in Jan timely transfer of technology been placed by IAF, to com- er for IAF and both Trainer as 2008. The Lightning Pod which from the design agency to the mence induction by 2010. India to Host The Biggest Civil Aviation Show at Hyderabad will offer companies of the sector.” The April 2008. tremendous opportunity exhibition is being organised The event will have exhibi- to the aviation business by Ministry of Civil Aviation, tion, conference, chalets, fly- in India. Ashok Chawla, Govt. of India jointly with Fed- ing display, customer demon- Secretary, Ministry of Civ- eration of Indian Chambers of stration flights, static display il Aviation, Government Commerce & Industry. and media conferences. Of India said, ‘Keeping in Another attraction of the Airports Authority of India mind the increasing num- event is that this will be the (AAI), Air India, Director- ber of domestic and inter- only civil aviation sector ate General of Civil Aviation national air passengers, exhibition in India, which will (DGCA), and Pawan Hans Ashok Chawla the ministry felt the need be hosted at an airport. The Helicopters Ltd support the to engage pro-actively show will be organised at the Aviation organisations. All ndia will witness the first to hold an event wherein Hyderabad Airport on Sardar major aviation companies and of its kind international the industry leaders in the field Patel Road. Hyderabad is well organisations in India includ- Iexhibition on Civil Aviation of civil aviation and airport connected to important inter- ing scheduled airlines, airport Sector in the coming months. infrastructure sector can show national destinations. The New infrastructures and operating ‘India Aviation 2008’ to be held case their strength and ac- world class airport at Hyder- companies will support and from October 15-18, 2008 tivities along with the smaller abad will be operational from participate in the show.

28 SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 - Day TWO FAA Awards Supplemental Type Certificate To Jade he Federal Aviation tralia and New Zealand), Ms interior reconfiguration done aerospace companies can Administration (FAA) Mary Walsh, to JADE Chair- on the Boeing 747. now seek CAAS’ certification Tpresented the first man, Mr William Tan. The grant of the STC to of aircraft interior modifica- Supplemental Type Certifi- The presentation was JADE was made possible tion done on any transport cate (STC) under the Singa- witnessed by officials from under an expanded BASA category aircraft. This will pore – United States Bilateral the FAA, Civil Aviation Au- which was recently revised expedite their U.S. approval Aviation Safety Agreement thority of Singapore (CAAS) in September 2007 to meet through validation. (BASA) to Jamco Aero De- and Economic Development industry demand. The revised CAAS’ Director-General sign and Engineering Pte Ltd Board. The application for the BASA expanded the scope of and Chief Executive Officer, (JADE). STC was submitted by JADE, U.S. acceptance of aeronauti- Mr Lim Kim Choon said, “The The STC, which is for with participation from SIA, cal products from Singapore, award of the first FAA STC is cabin interior re-configuration SIA Engineering Company and a key highlight being FAA’s a significant milestone for the modification carried out on Singapore Jamco. The STC acceptance of certain STCs aerospace industry here. a Singapore Airlines Boeing was awarded after the FAA, issued by CAAS on transport - Nazir Keshvani 747 aircraft, was presented together with CAAS, success- aircraft. by FAA Senior Representa- fully carried out a shadow With the revised agree- tive (Southeast Asia, Aus- STC certification of the cabin ment, Singapore-based Etihad Wins Four New Indian Routes tihad Airways is to boost ies in this exciting market. est bourse, the Calcutta Stock tween India’s emerging cities its flying programme to “I would like to pay tribute Exchange. and the capital of the United EIndia with the addition of to both the UAE and Indian The coastal city of Ko- Arab Emirates. four new major cities, Chen- governments, particularly the zhikode will be Etihad’s third At present, Etihad operated nai (Madras), Jaipur, Kolkata Department of Transport of Abu destination in Kerala to add daily flights from Abu Dhabi to (Calcutta) and Kozhikode (Ca- Dhabi, for their enlightened to its highly successful flights the commercial capial Mumbai licut) to its expanding global vision in further opening up air to Kochi (Cochin) and state and the national capital New network. links between these two great capital. Thiruvananthapuram Delhi as well as Kochi and The decision follows suc- nations and allowing Etihad to (Thrivandrum). Thiruvananthapuram, both cessful bi-lateral talks earlier expand its services to these Known as the Pink City, in the southern India state of this week between the govern- developing cities in India.” Jaipur is he capital of the state Kerala. ments of the UAE and India, As per capital of the Indian of Rajastan in Northern India. Etihad had set its sight on aimed at further liberalising state of Tamil Nadu, Chennai It has a growing population of eight cities in India for new flying links between the two is located on the Coromandel more than 3.3 million people air services from its base in countries. Coast of the Bay of Bengal and and is one of the most popu- Abu Dhabi with traffic rights to The Abu Dhabi-based has an estimated population of lar tourist destinations in the Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Banga- airline is now finalising when 7.5 million people. country. lore and Hyderabad still to be these services will launch. Kolkata is the state capi- James Hogan spent two gained. James Hogan, Etihad tal of West Bengal and the days in September last year in Etihad will continue to press Airways’ chief executive, said: fourth largest city in India, with New Delhi meeting the Indian for more access to the Indian “Etihad is always keen to build a metropolitan population of Minister for Civil Aviation Praful market at the next round of up its Indian services and we 15 million. The city is also a Patel, and senior government inter-governmental bi-lateral are thrilled to have been given major commercial centre and officials to press the carrier’s talks between the UAE and the rights to serve four new cit- home to India’s second larg- case for additional flights be- India. Asia’s Leading AEROSPACE MAGAZINE www.internationalaerospaceindia.com INTERNATIONAL

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SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 29 Day TWO - Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 Abu Dhabi Airport Envisions Record 2007 Growth

he Abu Dhabi Interna- rector of Abu Dhabi Airports in 2007 and increased its num- to 12 million passengers from tional Airport registered Company (ADAC), the owner ber of average weekly services the current seven million. Abu Ta record growth in 2007 and operator of Abu Dhabi from 463 per week to 719 per Dhabi International Airport with a rise of 31 per cent in the International Airport, attributed week. currently receives five mil- number of passengers and 15 the strong growth in traffic to The airport’s services have lion people but in three years per cent in aircraft movement Abu Dhabi’s growing promi- won it recognition from pas- is expected to receive nine compared to 2006. nence as an attractive tourist sengers and the industry. It million. The number of passengers and business destination. has recently won the award for “Our plans for the future reached 6.926 million in the A substantial factor in the “The best airport in the Middle is to deliver best facilities to year 2007 and the number of airport’s strong growth has East and Africa” by the Air- ensure this airport is a fitting aircraft movements increased been the rapid expansion of ports Council International. gateway for a world class city to 86,767. its home base airline, Etihad ADAC is currently build- and the Emirate as a whole,” Khalifa Al Mazrouei, Airways. In 2007, the carrier ing a new terminal that would Al Mazrouei said in a press Chairman and Managing di- added nine new destinations increase the airport’s capacity statement.

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30 SHOW DAILY • sINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Wednesday 20th Feb. 2008 - Day TWO Indian LCA to Prove Critics Wrong Again? with the weapons. • Tarang radar warner and ESM trials have been attempt- ed successfully. • An R-73 Russian missile was successfully launched to com- mence the challenge of wea- poniastion. • The potent Litening pod has been fitted in the fuselage for trials and this pod is the main stay of the IAF. It was used in the Kargil war with success. • The Head Up Display has been successful and all multi function displays are proving. The LCA can be adapted to a Helmet Mounted Display. • The Martin Baker Mk 16 seat ingapore. In 1983 India’s gramme may have helped the working on. Interestingly earlier has been stabilised after the Defence and Research LCA but 66 Hawks were finally in 1991 when India was short initial Mk and Development ordered on BAe four years ago of foreign exchange and Indian S 10 fittings. authority DRDO took on the which was actually almost 20 economy was in doldrums a challenge to design and build a years later when the Mig-21s team from DRDO led by its • The trainer version will fly with modern light combat fighter jet began to see an unusually head Dr VS Arunachalam and the GE-404 IN engine which called LCA Tejas, for the Indian high rate of fatal accidents, ADA Director KG Narayanan develops greater thrust and 40 Air Force. and even parents of deceased visited Singapore and offered GE engines have ben ordered. DRDO instead of augment- pilots took up the issue. The Singapore Aerospace Indus- The question of fitting Kaveri ing the Government owned Defence Minister A K Antony is tries to join the project, which for the first lot is shelved as the aircraft manufacturer Hindu- slated to inaugurate the HAWK included a multi mode radar engine is not ready. stan Aeronautics Ltd HAL and training facility on 23rd Febru- and the Astra BVR missile. • All on board systems have allowing the same traditional ary at Bidar near Hyderabad Singapore wanted co-produc- functioned better than ex- builder of India’s trainer air- and training will begin on the tion and was willing, but it was pected and the flying charac- craft and the famous Kurt Tank five Hawk 132s which have not to be. teristics of the plane have been designed HF-24 Marut fighter arrived for Phase three train- The programme has made complemented by all the test to get on with the task, de- ing ( after Phase 1 on HTJ-32 good progress, foreign vendors pilots involved in the project. cided to ‘run without walking’. and Kiran MK 2 Phase 2) are cooperating and it was • HAL proved its capability by Had HAL’s design department before the pilots move on to heartening to hear Defence cutting metal for the IJT-36 in been augmented history may Mirage 2000, MiG -29s and Minister A K Antony just last June 2004 and flew the plane have been different. DRDO SU-30MKIs, and naval pilots week at DEFEXPO say, “We on 7th March, 2007. also did not attempt to build an transit to the Mig-29Ks. The will never abandon the proj- The Naval design of LCA Advanced Jet Trainer AJT for inputs of transfer of technol- ect.” There is confidence that which will follow much later has starters and took on a larger ogy from BAe is bound to help the LCA which has completed also progressed. India’s Mid- challenge that no develop- HAL which is the builder of the 840 accident free flights and hani has producted the marag- ing country except China has DRDO designed LCA now in to clocked 430 hours with max ing steel MDN 250 locally for attempted, but today 6 LCAs series production. With India’s speed of Mach 1.4 up to 15 km the structure and nickel coating are flying and next month economy out of the doldrums, height will now move ahead technology is available now for the heavier twin seat trainer funds have been forth coming. faster than what its critics com- the harsher sea conditions., LCA will take to the skies as The LCA project was sanc- plain and some pointers are Moog has provided the actua- ground tests are moving ahead tioned for some $ 100 mill and tabled why. tors for the Auto Throttle essen- smoothly. The programme has the journey has been one of • The plane has cleared drop tial for deck landing and the been often criticized. expenses rising to over $ 1 bill tank trials and HAL is geared design of the hook has been The Indian Air Force is and challenges and despite up for series production of completed for 80 ton load. The known for its high quality progress till 1998(India’s 5 20.The designers, some are at Russians are helping in setting fighter pilots who truly fly well Nuclear blasts took place) the Singapore Air Show are confi- up a facility for shore landing from the “seat off their pants” programme had to face severe dent the progress will be more by Mig-29K at INS Hansa in and they looked to the West sanctions by USA. Lockheed rapid to obtain Initial Operation- Goa which will contribute in and Russia for an AJT and had Martin who was cooperating al Clearance IOC by 2010. due course for trials with lead- homed in on the British Hawk. with HAL to design the ‘Fly By • The Elta EL/M 2032 radar has ing edge vortex controller. Pressures and shortage Wire system’ and other west- been fitted in the nose cone The Indian Air Force Chief of funds made the Govern- ern vendors shut door in India along with communications, It Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi ment look to Russian and and withdrew. In private the is the same radar being fitted in Major has supported the efforts Italian ofers for AJT and a ding ADA scientists even com- the Navy’s Sea Harrier and is a of the DRDO and HAL and the dong battle ensued as India plained that the US Engineers derivative of the EL/M 2022 on LCA may yet prove its critics does have vested interests in left India and even carried the Dorniers -228.HAL has the wrong in the coming years. defence business. An AJT pro- away the computers they were Cmde(Retd) Ranjit B Rai experience to marry the system

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