JUNE 2007 VOL - 1 ISSUE 2 AeromagAsia TCS showcases Cutting-edge Solutions at Paris Air Show A publication from SIATI in association with Bangalore Excelsior GermanNews_420x273_RZ 12.10.2006 16:33 Uhr Seite 1 Invest in Bavaria www.invest-in-bavaria.com Invest in � Germany’s high-tech location number one Contact State of Bavaria - India Office Mr. John Kottayil Namaste! � Home of BMW, Audi, Siemens, adidas Executive Director � Gateway to Central and Eastern Europe Address Prestige Meridian 2 12th Floor, Unit 1201 � Hosts the European headquarters of various 30, MG Road Bangalore 560 001, India Bavaria important international companies Phone +91 802 / 509-5860 � Broad base of Indian companies like WIPRO, Fax +91 802 / 509-5862 TCS, Reliance, Tata and a great number of Welcome! 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It was indeed an auspicious debut Chief Editor on the wings of a stupendously successful gala event. A K Antony: Tryst with Change 26 The Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) and Bangalore Excelsior, while coming together to propel this venture, had committed ourselves HCL Technologies: Alluring Horizons, Global Partnership 28 to proactively involve and intervene in promoting the interests of Aviation and Aerospace Industry. Kerala as IT Destination: Smart Surge 30 While capturing the euphoria in the air as a dazzling surge and resounding boom in the Indian Aviation Industry triggers a spectacular swarm and splash of myriad airline Sunny Jerome Aeroengine Development: Indian Roadmap 34 projects and some of our stellar flagship Companies Managing Editor and prime movers make their mark and win laurels in the international arena, we cherish and celebrate the Hyderabad hosts 58th International Astronautical Congress 36 sweet success of their innovative spirit and drive. We acknowledge our heartfelt gratitude and great BEL: Resounding Roll 38 appreciation to the esteemed members of the extended SIATI family and the regional and global fraternity of Aviation, Defence and Aerospace Industry for their unstinting support Bavaria: Glorious Feast of Aeronautical Splendour 50 and contributions to the initial success of this publication. Defence Minister AK Antony was first among our well- wishers who came forward to bless and encourage us. CADES: Scaling New Heights 54 George Jacoby Editor We are delighted to present this issue of AeroMag Asia, with a special focus on TCS unfurling the glorious Aeromag Asia Indian banner at the prestigious Paris Air Show. B-2 SAPPHIRE No. 22 & 24, Mallappa Layout Warmly, Babusapalya, Kalyan Nagar Post, Bangalore - 560043 Phone .918065952377, 919880696125, Tel Fax : 91 80 41646388, [email protected], Dr CG Krishnadas Nair Website www.aeromag.in Chief Editor Bombay. P. A. Augustine G-04, Sai Nivas Co-opt Society, Shanthi Apartment No.-3, Military Road Andheri East, Bombay -59 Mobile - 91 9869969944. Edited, printed and published by Sunny Jerome for Bangalore Excelsior. Aeromag CO V E R S TORY Our association with some of the aerospace SMEs are expected to participate in the majors spans over a decade. event. TCS has the distinction of being the first At this point of time, large aircraft Indian company to be certified AS 9100: Rev manufacturers are looking forward B for Airframe Structural Design. This gives to outsource a large proportion of recognition to TCS as a quality supplier to their production activities, hence new the Aerospace Industry, and also provides its engineering service providers are being customers with the benefits of best-in-class sought, who could lend the specific solutions and reduced cost of quality. expertise. The Business & Technology Forum, Over the years TCS has acquired and a new service introduced in the Paris Air retained customers, pioneered global Show, will provide us the required platform delivery model with vigour for quality and for one to one meetings with prospective process, made investments in competency clients and would also help in the process of development, training and R&D initiatives initiating partnerships. TCS:CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS FOR AEROSPACE with a view to provide value added service We are looking forward towards this event Raising the Indian banner for the first time at the Paris Air Show, TCS is poised to leverage the potential of defence and aerospace as its next to the aerospace customer. not just for signing deals but we see it more big global opportunity in engineering and design outsourcing. R. Suresh Babu, Director, Aerospace Practice, Tata Consultancy Services Today TCS has created 18 innovation labs in terms of networking. in conversation with AeroMag Asia across the world focusing on diverse areas like Materials, Optimization techniques, Bio AeroMag: The period just prior to the technology, Embedded systems, multimedia dotcom burst a few years back had many AeroMag: When an Indian firm ventures joint development of future programs. Does TCS have any plans to expand to the and so on. TCS recently launched the ‘Co- things similar to the present aviation into aerospace design and engineering, TCS offers solution based services People’s Republic? Innovation Network’ (COIN) which has set a boom. So many firms sprang up with it is natural that majority of the orders encompassing entire gamut of services A: As mentioned earlier, China plays a new standard for collaboration in R&D. brilliant business ideas, but it all met with would be from abroad. What is the nature starting from conceptual design to the very important role in our business and we Most importantly, the business is strongly the same fate. How can we be sure that the of your company’s participation in foreign aftermarket support. The domains that are have a roadmap created to leverage the built over ethics and values. These are some aviation boom would be an exception? aerospace projects? Can we say these are being addressed include Structures, Systems aerospace expertise available there. We are of the testimonials which will enable us to A: Dotcom boom and aviation boom BPOs? Interiors, Avionics etc. in discussion with AVIC 1, AVIC 2 and other succeed. are not comparable. People need to travel A: Obviously majority of the business in Unlike BPO, where predominantly business aerospace majors setting up there. Further, for business, leisure or social visits due aerospace engineering is being catered to transactions are being addressed, aerospace we are equally optimistic about Brazil and AeroMag: Civil aircraft design and to globalised world today. There is also the overseas customers. Today the global design and engineering addresses Russia as they are also other important manufacture is still something of a significant movement of cargo as supply aerospace industry is faced with tremendous engineering based transactions. Hence we Aerospace hubs. monopoly of the West. Why can’t our chains are becoming global. Today air travel challenge in terms of: prefer it to be EPO (Engineering Process country enter into this field in a big is more affordable than ever, thanks to the - Reducing the total life cycle cost, of which Outsourcing) rather than BPO. AeroMag: There were recent news reports way with all the technical expertise of budget airlines and globalisation air travel R. Suresh Babu, Director, product development and R&D cost According to recent reports, India is that TCS was designing the business class companies like TCS? Are you associated is rampant. What it eventually means is Aerospace Practice, constitute about 70% of the total cost poised to become an engineering process portion of a plane for an undisclosed with or planning to get associated with the need for more and more aircraft. From Tata Consultancy Services - Improving efficiency and effectiveness by outsourcing (EPO) hub with the size of the aviation customer. Is it a passenger the design and development of India’s the defence perspective there are large streamlining the supply chain EPO market expected to touch 30 billion comfort oriented design or does it have commercial aircraft, Saras? requirements of new and modern aircraft to - Increasing competitiveness and time to dollars annually by 2015. something to do with the avionics, flight A: I am not eminent enough to comment replace the ageing fleet worldwide. market safety systems or things like that? on that, keeping in view of TCS line of Considering the growth in the civil and - New Technology adaptation AeroMag: Now there are as many as A: We are deeply engaged with various business – it is a policy matter, which the defence sector (Indian defence budget In addition many of the aerospace majors eight offshore units worldwide for your customers in Design and Development of government and the Indian Aerospace is projected to be in excess of US$35 billion are in the process of globalisation for market company. The largest number among commercial airplane programs. The projects majors need to decide. However, in future by 2025), we are very confident of growth in and technology access. Indian firms, perhaps. Of these, how many involved are primarily in areas of Control if there is any such opportunity, we will be this market.