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AviationISSUE 5 • 2010 SHOW REPORT 31 EBACE 2010 Back in Business INDUSTRY 43 OEM Target India SPACE 23 ISRO Jostling for Space HALL OF FAME The interior of A318 Elite Airbus offers plenty of freedom for individual design and the world of aircraft interior industry is 40 Erich Hartmann 26 booming while the world’s markets falter REGULAR DEPARTMENTS First Cover Story 9 Airdrop Cargo 6 A Word from Editor 10 Solar Impulse, Watchkeeper FLIGHTS 7 NewsWithViews MILITARY OF - Tejas delayed FANTASY Modernisation 16 Marcelle Nethersole writes - GSLV failure Flying Fast Foward from London on the world of 11 InFocus 21 Procurement aircraft interiors and finds just A Difficult Choice why this industry is booming Mirage Jet Fighters while the world’s markets falter 35 UAVs Upgradation: Deal done Die Another Day • Forum ���� ������������������������ 12 CIVIL ������������������������������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������� ���������������������������������� ��������www.spsaviation.net ���������� Cost Factor ��������� ������������� 41 Analysis ��������� ������������������ ����������� Cabin ������������ ���������� Fading Royalty �������������� ��������� 44 NewsDigest C omforts������� TECH WATCH 48 LastWord ������������������ – Straight Up, Straight Down ����������� 15 Perform or Perish – Going Green Cover Photo: TECHNOLOGY Lufthansa Technik concept for NEXT ISSUE: A380 demonstrating luxurious interiors India: Case Study of 37 Helicopter Regional Aviation Potentials Speeding Up Photo Credit: Alan Peaford 2 SP’S AVIATION Issue 5 • 2010 www.spsaviation.net CAC1002G_StraightTalk_SPsAviation_FP2.indd 1 4/8/10 4:39 PM TABLE of CONTENTS PLUS... 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Among issue of SP’s Aviation looks at in ‘The cost factor’ (Page 12). other things on the cards is the inking of the The IAF faces another difficult choice when it seeks new Mirage 2000 upgradation deal. After two years aircraft for pilot training (See ‘A difficult choice, Page 21). of negotiations, French aerospace majors Das- But here, it would be a question of it being spoilt for choice. sault and Thales and the Indian Air Force have There are many aircraft in the fray, and what the IAF would agreed on a price for upgrading 51 Mirage 2000s. It sounds need to do is choose one to its training philosophy so that it Tgood; but like most good things, this would be costly. meets the requirements in the next three decades. In all likelihood, unless the French accede to Indian Talking of upgradations and training would bring us to wishes, the deal would be for a per unit upgradation cost in modernisation as a whole. We present an in-depth analysis the $41-43 million range. The overall cost will come to close (See ‘Flying Fast Forward’, Page 16) of how the Indian Air to $2.1-2.2 billion. It is this figure that has raised many an Force has embarked on acquiring new doctrinal perceptions eyebrow. The point being debated by many defence experts by going through fundamental and far-reaching changes is that had India gone in for a deal for 50 Mirage 2000-5s and propelling itself into being a true strategic force. way back in 2001 itself, the cost would have been the same. And you cannot possibly miss out on ‘Flights of Fantasy’ The flipside of any agreement will be that India would only (Page 26) which takes readers right inside the world of air- get an upgradation done; there would be no new aircraft. craft interiors and tells us why this industry is booming. It’s When Mirage 2000s were first drafted into the Indian Air all about comfort. It’s all about style. Force in 1985, they were looked at with reverence. This faith, as Kargil 1999 proved, was not misplaced. But as time went by, the IAF felt the need for an improved version of the Mi- rage 2000 i.e. the