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www.aeromag.in July - August 2016 Vol : X Issue : 4 Aeromag10 years in Aerospace Asia Tejas inducted into 45 squadron of IAF BOEING A Publication in association with the Society of Indian Aerospace and Defence Technologies & Industries D. V. Prasad, IAS AMARI 280 x 205_Layout 1 20/07/2016 10:36 Page 1 The metals service provider linking India with the UK n ON-TIME, IN-FULL deliveries throughout the whole of Asia from one of the world’s largest metals suppliers n Key supplier to high-tech industries including aerospace, defence and motorsport n Reliable, cost effective supply of semi-finished metal products to near net shape... in plate, bar, sheet, tube and forged stock n From an extensive specialist inventory: aluminium, steels, titanium, copper and nickel alloys n Fully approved by all major OEM's and to ISO 9001:2008, AS9100 REV C accreditations Preferred strategic supply partner to India's aerospace manufacturing sector. Tel: +44 (0)23 8074 2750 Fax:+44 (0)23 8074 1947 [email protected] www.amari-aerospace.com An Aero Metals Alliance member EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions Editorial A Publication dedicated to Aerospace & Defence Industry nduction of Tejas, India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, into the Editorial Advisory Board I‘Flying Daggers’ Squadron of Indian Air Force is Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair a matter of great pride for our nation. It marks the Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy (Rtd) fruition of a national dream and a milestone to be PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar Air Marshal P. Rajkumar (Rtd) celebrated by the Indian Aeronautical community. PVSM, AVSM, VM Air Marshal Ajit Bhavanani (Rtd) Designed and developed by Aeronautical PVSM, AVSM, VM development Agency (ADA) under the leadership Rear Admiral K. Mohanan (Rtd), AVSM Mr. Pushpindar Singh Chopra of DRDO and HAL with participation of other national labs, academic institutions Dr . K. Ram Chand public and private sector industries especially SMEs, Tejas is indeed a “radiant” Mr. J.K.Sharma game changer in the Indian Aeronautics industry. Despite oppositions, hindrances Mr. Arunakar Mishra Air Cmdre. (Rtd) Joseph Varkey created by vested interest and foreign companies, the US embargo and delays, Tejas project has helped define, transform and develop the Aerospace Ecosystem in Delhi Ashok Iyer the country with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and DRDO taking the lead role. It is E-mail : [email protected] to the credit of its designers, manufacturers, technicians and test crew, that the LCA has flown more than 3,000 sorties / 2,000 hrs so far without any distress either in the Mumbai P. A. Augustine skies or on the ground. Email : [email protected] Trivandrum There are still major issues to be solved. HAL has an order for just 20 aircraft and S.Radhakrishnan with that HAL cannot plan to enhance the rate of production to 20 or 30 per year, Email : [email protected] augmenting its own production facilities and building sustainable partnership Berlin, Germany with private sector industries to accelerate production. IAF/MOD will have to place Detlef Becker bulk order for 200 plus MK1 aircraft to enable such partnership. Private sector Email : [email protected] EOS Additive Manufacturing: Tel : + 497 112317595 participation can be obtained only with such a commitment. Under the ‘Make in Mobile : + 491 701626053 India’ initiative, more components, equipments and systems of LCA need to be Fuel Injector & Swirler, Paris, France indigenously produced, along with capability for repair and maintenance through Material: CobaltChrome MP1 Marie-Thérèse Bonfigli SMEs. Only a bulk order of 200 plus aircraft will enable HAL to realise this objective. 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Printed at Rashtrotthana Mudranalaya, 19/1, K.G.Nagar, Bangalore-19. for e-Manufacturing. With solidifying metal or plastic conservation of natural systems from EOS, the powders. resources. worldwide leading manu- 4 EOS_Anzeige_Aerospace_Seminarmagazin_indien.indd 1 04.04.2014 14:48:38 Uhr EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions EOS Additive Manufacturing: Fuel Injector & Swirler, Material: CobaltChrome MP1 (Source: Morris Technologies) Advanced Aerospace Applications: Production of fully functional, highly complex parts directly from electronic data. e-Manufacturing™ means facturer of laser sintering With e-Manufacturing you www.eos.info the fast, flexible and cost- systems, you can achieve can secure your competitive effective production directly weight and material savings, advantage in a business from electronic data for turn your most complex environment that is facing product development and design ideas into reality ever increasing and chal- manufacturing. Laser sinte- and enable functional lenging targets around ring is the key technology integration. Directly by emission reduction and for e-Manufacturing. With solidifying metal or plastic conservation of natural systems from EOS, the powders. resources. worldwide leading manu- 5 EOS_Anzeige_Aerospace_Seminarmagazin_indien.indd 1 04.04.2014 14:48:38 Uhr Contents 43 7 Tejas inducted into 45 squadron of Indian Air Force 8 Radiant surge : Tejas Soare 14 Boeing 100 20 INS Viraat sail on her own steam for one last time 27 DRDO gains success in advanced artillery Gun System 32 IAI devlivers 10th F-35 fighter outerwing ship - set to Lockheed Martin 38 SportJet by Sukhoi unveiled 40 ADMS 2016: A grand success 48 Thales, Elettronica strengthen ties in Electronic Warfare 51 Boeing, Mahindra Defence Systems Open C-17 Training Center for IAF 52 Foundation stone laid for DR. Kalam memorial 55 Farnborough International Airshow records $123.9bn deals 59 DPP to ensure corruption free Defence : Parrikar 61 MBDA demonstarates Brimstone Missile live firing from Apache 8 52 14 6 Tejas inducted into 45 squadron of IAF he Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), on flight testing of LCA prototypes. planned in a phased manner. The IOC Tejas, has been inducted into Tejas is the first advance Fly-by- aircraft are armed with close combat TNo. 45 Squadron of Indian wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, air to air missiles, helmet mounted Air Force (IAF). The squadron, also developed and manufactured in India. display and precision guided weapons called the ‘Flying Daggers’, was last Conceived as a MiG-21 replacement, like laser guided bombs. These aircraft equipped with MiG-21 Bis Aircraft the aircraft has been designed are also capable of dropping unguided and operated from Nalia. It's motto and developed by Aeronautical bombs with much higher accuracy is "Ajeet Nabha". The squadron will Development Agency (ADA) and due to highly advanced indigenous operate from Bangalore for nearly two produced by Hindustan Aeronautics mission computer. The FOC aircraft years before it moves to its designated Limited (HAL). It is to the credit of its would incorporate Beyond Visual location at Sulur near Coimbatore. It is designers, manufacturer, technicians Range (BVR) missiles, improved and the first fighter squadron to be a part and test crew, that LCA has flown more better stand-off weapons and air to of the Southern Air Command of IAF than 3,000 sorties / 2,000 hrs till date air refueling capability. IAF is also headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. without any accident. Tejas is a 4th pitching for additional LCA Mk 1A which Group Captain Madhav Rangachari, Plus generation aircraft with a glass would incorporate new generation an alumnus of the National Defence cockpit and is equipped with state of Active Electronically Scanned Array Academy, is the Commanding Officer of the art satellite aided inertial navigation (AESA) Radar with simultaneous air Flying Daggers. He flew the inaugural system. It has a digital computer based to air and air to ground capability, flight of LCA in 45 Squadron on July attack system
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    Unmanned Rogers T02683 00 pre 1 05/03/2014 13:36 Rogers T02683 00 pre 2 05/03/2014 13:36 Unmanned Drone Warfare and Global Security Ann Rogers and John Hill Between the Lines TORONTO Rogers T02683 00 pre 3 05/03/2014 13:36 First published 2014 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA www.plutobooks.com Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010 First published in Canada in 2014 by Between the Lines 401 Richmond Street West, Studio 277, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada. 1-800-718-7201 www.btlbooks.com Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Rogers, Ann, 1964-, author Unmanned : drone warfare and global security / Ann Rogers and John Hill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-77113-153-7 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-1-77113-154-4 (epub).— ISBN 978-1-77113-155-1 (pdf) 1. Drone aircraft. 2. Military robots. 3. Security, International. 4. Military weapons (International law). 5. War--Moral and ethical aspects. 6. War and society. I. Hill, John (Journalist), author II. Title. UG1242.D7R65 2014 623.74'69 C2013-907913-0 C2013-907912-2 Copyright © Ann Rogers and John Hill 2014 The right of Ann Rogers and John Hill to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 3335 9 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 3334 2 Pluto Press paperback ISBN 978 1 77113 153 7 Between the Lines paperback ISBN 978 1 7837 1147 5 Pluto Press PDF eBook ISBN 978 1 77113 155 1 Between the Lines PDF ISBN 978 1 7837 1149 9 Kindle eBook ISBN 978 1 7837 1148 2 epub eBook ISBN 978 1 77113 154 4 Between the Lines epub Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.
  • The International Forum for the Military

    The International Forum for the Military

    a 7.90 D 14974 E D European & Security ES & Defence 3/2018 International Security and Defence Journal ISSN 1617-7983 • www.euro-sd.com • April 2018 Regional Focus: The Black Sea Close Air Support Danish Turnaround Force Multipliers The new Defence Agreement suggests additional Combat drones have entered service in several funding for the armed forces. European armed forces. Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology MQ-9B SkyGuardian DESIGNED FOR EUROPEAN AIRSPACE • Sovereign capability and NATO interoperability • 40+ hours endurance • Modular payloads up to 2,177 kilograms • Enables European Basing Options • From a family of UAS with more than 5 million flight hours Multi Role - Single Solution www.ga-asi.com ©2018 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Leading The Situational Awareness Revolution 1804_European Security and Defence (Apr)_v2_Engl.indd 1 4/5/2018 3:20:47 PM Editorial Following the Yellow BRIC Road A lot of water has flowed under the bridge make sure that both sides reach a balanced since the world, and not least the world’s resolution as to the “type” of Brexit we will defence industry, looked to Brazil, Russia, all enjoy. “Hard” or “soft” there will be peo- India and China as its economic saviours. ­­ ple who think they have won, and people The world still seeks truth and certainty who think they have lost. The fact remains in frightening and inconstant times, but it that the Brexit vote was never a vote against appears to us as interested but clearly un- Europe, but was a vote primarily against Brus- informed observers that our political elites sels, spiced with a reaction against German- engender hopelessness and disillusion: our driven refugee policies.