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Cover_Edit & Content_JF_08.indd 1 2/11/2008 7:30:13 PM FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE Record 273 global players Offset Not showcase at Defexpo 2008 Quite Set record 273 defence covered space, Defexpo 2008 here are not so quiet manufacturers from 30 will see the launch of a stun- rumblings over In- Acountries will be show- ning 91 new products ranging Tdia’s defence offsets casing their varied portfolios at from radars, to communica- policy. Foreign arms majors the Defexpo 2008 international tions systems, torpedoes, and associated industries exposition being held at New anti-mine vehicles, unmanned were hoping that clear Delhi from Feb 16th to 19th. aerial vehicles and combat policy guidelines would be 202 domestic manufactur- clothing. announced at Defexpo-but ers will be vying for a share of According to Secretary the government has made the estimated Rs.155 billion AK Antony (defence production) Pradeep it clear that clarity will only that the Indian armed forces Defence Minister Kumar, ‘Defexpo, now in its come post-April this year. will spend over the next five fifth edition, ‘has been con- While the Defexpo was years on their modernisation vast experience of the DEO as ceptualised to promote busi- being seen as the ideal drive. organisers and the expertise ness activity in global land and platform for the MoD to According to defence min- of the CII as event manager naval systems’. He feels, ‘the announce guidelines and ister A K Antony, ‘it is a matter will further propel the event event allows the international changes to the current of pride that Defexpo India towards new pinnacles of suc- defence industry to promote policy outlined in the De- has gained worldwide recogni- cess and glory.” and showcase their products fence Procurement Policy tion in a short span since its Spread over eight halls and and services and also gives of 2006-that is now unlikely. maiden show in 1999. The 32,000 sq metres of open and Contd. on page 02 Degree of uncertainty Under the offsets clause, 30 per cent of all defence PM for Increased Naval Surveillance deals worth over Rs.3 billion has to be reinvested rime Minister days retreated to Goa and then in India’s defence industry. Dr Manmohan visit the Defexpo08. The invi- With six global aerospace PSingh addressed tees will mingle and mull over majors to submit by June the IONS on 14th issues amongst each other as Rs 21,000 crore worth of February in Vigyan Mehta has suggested that the offsets proposals in the Bhavan, and he spelt Symposium be a regular affair contract for supplying 126 out the need for coop- and a platform for consultation. Medium Multi-Role Combat eration and surveillance The response has been Aircraft-the writing on the in the Indian Ocean very heartening from the lit- wall is unsettling for the as the world’s energy toral as the Indian Ocean has moment. The offset obliga- and trade and stabil- gained prime importance in re- tion in this deal is 50 per ity depended on this cent times. The Chief of Naval cent. area which had vulner- Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta One of the key conten- able choke points. He took the initiative early on last tions has been offset bank- also reminded all that year as the predominant Navy ing and technology transfer the area was prone to in the region to plan and invite issues. While the MoD has the maximum natural all the 31 Naval Chiefs of the indicated changes in the disasters. The delega- Indian Ocean Region (IOR) offing-there’s nothing down tions after the presenta- including Pakistan, Iran, Egypt in black and white so far. Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh tion of papers over two and France which is a riparian addressing the gathering Contd. on page 02 Contd. on page 04

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domestic Singh, said, ‘India is on an in- make technol- demonstration area will show- manufactur- exorable path of rapid econom- ogy or prod- case a range of equipment ers an oppor- ic growth, which has opened uct specific covering peacekeeping, border tunity to do up new avenues of trade and presentations security and explosive ordi- so’. investment. The Indian de- to Indian nance disposal activities. ‘The fence sector has also remained defence es- BAE Systems and Rolls Indian pri- abreast with the trend liber- tablishments, Royce are among the major vate sector alising defence procurement R&D institu- British companies participating Rao Inderjit Singh is slowly policies and by opening up to Pradeep Kumar tions, defence at Defexpo 2008. The India- Minister of State for acquiring investment, joint ventures and Secretary Defence public sector Britain defence co-operation Defence Production strengths technological tie-ups.” Production undertakings, goes back many years and for defence And given the fast warming ordnance fac- there are currently many prod- manufacturing and the defence ties between New Delhi and tories and to Indian industry’, ucts of British origin in service public sector units are begin- Washington, it is not surpris- which include telecom and IT with the Indian armed forces. ning to leverage this,’ Kumar ing that US companies should companies,’ Kumar points out. ‘With the support of the two points out. be making a beeline for the The fourth India Defence governments, Indian and Brit- ‘We are also looking at biennial exposition. A total of Industry Summit is also being ish companies are increasingly exports and while these are 46 American companies, the held during the event. working together on a range currently only at Rs.500 crores largest from any country, will Meanwhile Britain is having of key equipment programmes (Rs.5 billion), we hope to be representing at the show. a great presence at the Def- from aircraft to electrical com- see these rise as the Indian They include giants like expo 2008 with 20 companies ponents,’ a British High Com- industry acquires cutting edge Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed participating in the exhibition. mission statement said. These technology from around the Martin, Northrop Grumman The companies are demon- joint ventures and other collab- world,’ he says. and Sikorsky besides the US strating its industrial capabili- orative activities are aimed at Welcoming the esteemed defence department. ties and technology to potential meeting the equipment require- guests, exhibitors and partici- A major highlight of Defexpo customers and partners in ments of India, UK and other pants, the minister of state for 2008 will be the inclusion of 16 India and the wider region. countries. defence production Rao Inderjit seminars ‘to enable exhibitors In addition, a British Army PM for Increased Naval Surveillance From Page 01

Indian Ocean state to a unique degree East longitude to maiden initiative to address 147 degree East longitude Maritime Issues in the Indian and covers 73.6 million Ocean. Former Indian Chiefs sq Kilometres. This region of Naval Staff including Admiral is the third largest water Vishnu Bhagwat are special body on this planet and invitees presented papers constitutes 20 per cent of and expressed their views on the world’s oceanic area. regional maritime concerns, The importance of this re- ULCLOS and the way ahead gion and its impact on the for cooperation. global maritime scenario This maiden Symposium can not be underscored for these nation states shall form the Indian Ocean to address with the theme “Contempo- the world’s trade and energy part of this Naval Symposium. present and anticipated chal- rary Transnational Challenges needs that transit the sea lanes The Symposium is also being lenges to maritime security and International Maritime Con- and choke points of Lombok, widely attended by various stability. nectivities”, aims to increase Malacca, Bab El Mandab think- tanks of the Ministry of maritime co-operation among and Hormuz. As a part of its Defence and the Ministry of (c) To establish and promote a participating navies/ maritime contribution towards consoli- External Affairs. The IN has of- variety of trans-national, mari- agencies by providing a forum dating the growing recognition fered to host the secretariat of time, cooperative-mechanisms for discussion of maritime is- of the importance of the Indian the symposium. designed to mitigate maritime sues, both global and regional, Ocean Region (IOR), the In- The principal objectives security-concerns amongst na- and in the process gener- dian Navy has taken the initia- envisaged for the IONS have tion-states of the Indian Ocean. ate a flow of information and tive and proposed setting-up of been defined as follows:- opinion between naval profes- an inclusive and consultative (d) To develop interoper- sionals leading to common regional forum, to be known as (a) To promote a shared ability in terms of doctrines, understanding and possible the Indian Ocean Naval Sym- understanding of the maritime procedures, organisational agreements on the way ahead. posium (IONS). issues facing the littoral states and logistic systems and The guidelines provided in Thirty-three countries of the Indian Ocean and the operational processes, so as the Indian Maritime Doctrine (including India) have been formulation of a common set of to promote the provision of issued by the Indian Navy lays identified as littoral nation strategies designed to enhance speedy, responsive, and effec- emphasis on cooperation in the states of the IOR. Navies and regional maritime security. tive Humanitarian Assistance Indian Ocean for stability and maritime security organizations and Disaster-Relief (HADR) security in the region. (in respect of countries who do (b) To strengthen the capabil- throughout the region. The IOR extends from 20 not have any formal Navy) of ity of all littoral nation-states of -Ranjit B Rai

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 03 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Offset Not Quite Set From Page 01 Posture of assurance Ultimately, whatever the In an effort to boost confidence changes being worked in, they among the arms majors, how- will have to be approved from ever, an ‘India Regional Offset the highest offices in the gov- Conference’ was organized ernment. by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) along with the Civilian Offset Policy Defence Manufacturer’s As- Back at the offset conference, sociation of UK (DMA) and R. Gopalan, Additional Secre- the Global Offset and Counter tary, Department of Commerce, trade Association (GOCA), just Ministry of Commerce and days ahead of Defexpo India Industry, Government of India, 2008, in New Delhi. Represen- also spoke about a civilian tatives of the world’s largest offset policy. He pointed out defence companies from 19 that more than 100 countries countries attended the confer- use counter trade, and it is ence. a practical approach that will L to R: Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for Defence Production; India’s offset policy for provide access to sophisti- Lt. Gen S S Mehta, Director General, CII and Mr. Satish Kaura, Chairman of the purchases of military hardware cated technology, investment, CII Manufacturing Council and Chairman of the Samtel Group of Companies will boost the country’s buying and joint ventures. The World at CII Meeting on ‘India Regional Offset Conference’. power to upgrade technology, Trade organization (WTO) improve infrastructure and does not ban offsets, as long make it part of the interna- as there is no dumping, and it tribution to such a fund could civilian industries. This could tional defence supply system, does not reduce competitive- be accepted as mitigation of also be an opportunity, he the seminar was told. “India’s ness. He also warned that indirect offset liability. said, and industry could learn offset policy will help equip our offset may increase the cost One of the aims of the and become part of the global armed forces with sophisticat- of procurement, and therefore conference was to enable defence supply chain. ed technology and strengthen there could be provision for participants to increase their In an interesting parallel of the technology base of the exclusion of certain purchases. awareness of the practi- Malaysia’s experience with off- Indian defence industry,” Rao The Indian offset policy is a calities of pursuing the MoD’s set policy, Dr Kogila Balakrish- Inderjit Singh, Minister of State simple policy with a liberal out- business through offset fulfill- nan of that country’s Ministry for Defence production, said. look, simple to understand and ment and the opportunities of Defence, said that in many Even as foreign delegates operate, according to Satyajeet upcoming in the civil offset ways India’s ground reality seemed to find the lack of Rajan, Chairman, Defence field. was similar to that of Malaysia policy clarity not very encour- Offset Facilitation Agency and which had been in the offset aging-the government was Joint Secretary, Ministry of De- Leveraging buying power business for 18 years now. frank in indicating that posi- fence, Government of India. Don Brown, Chairman of the She said Malaysia’s industrial tive steps were being taken Asian Committee, Global masterplan and its science and nothing should be read Much to learn Offset and Countertrade and technology needs were between the lines-or the lack It is an integral part of the Association, mentioned the carefully studied and factored of them. Optimists felt that the defence procurement proce- potential of offset policies, into the offset policy which signs were at least pointing in dures announced in 2005 and and also said that anti-trust was developed. Emphasis the right direction. revised in 2006. A “modest 30 and competition laws needed was made on technological And the right talk at least per cent offset” and adequate to be stringently followed. development. The bottomline seems to be coming across. freedom to choose the Indian In his opening remarks, in the policy’s making was Addressing media persons partner, ensures ‘market forces Satish Kaura, Chairman ultimately geared toward what ahead of Defexpo, Defence have a rightful place’. Offsets of the CII Manufacturing the needs of Malaysia were, Production Secretary, Pradeep could also be fulfilled through Council, and Chairman of above all other concerns. Kumar, has already said that FDI and technology transfer, the Samtel Group of Compa- In his concluding remarks proposed changes in the and he expressed the view that nies, said that the culture of on India’s offset practices, Lt Defence Procurement Policy technology transfer in research innovation had led to India’s Gen SS Mehta, Director Gen- will be based on suggestions and development would pro- recent economic growth. eral CII, said that we need to from companies which have vide a much needed fillip to This had been displayed think of how we can position or are obliged to meet offset the industry. He pointed out, particularly in the services ourselves so that we become obligations. Asked whether the however, that only one offset sector. With the policy frame- a manufacturing and tech- government wanted to take contract had been signed so work in place for entry of the nology power as well as an steps to legalise arms agents far, and India had a great deal private sector in offset, India economic power, and offsets and frame rules in the revised to learn. can now leverage its buying in the public and private sector DPP, Kumar urged ‘Please wait An India Offset Infrastruc- power to upgrade technology had opened up new avenues till April.’ ture Fund was suggested by through technology transfer. of possibilities. But, he said, On the delay in registering Ravi Parthasarathy, Executive Another advantage of the definition of ‘dual use’ is private industries as Rakshya Chairman, and Infrastructure offsets is that it will help important so that it does not Udyog Ratna to qualify them easing and Financial Services the small and medium become a roadblock. India, he for defence offsets, he said the Limited. Considering ‘India’s enterprises (SMEs) enter said, could be a global manu- idea was opposed by defence deep requirement for infra- the sophisticated defence facturing hub as well as a part public sector unions but con- structure, at about $300-500 industry. He also called for of the global supply chain. sultation process was on. million”, he suggested that con- a National Offset policy for -Amitabh Joshi

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 05 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Shaping India’s Air and Space Power In the 21st Century he Air Power India 08 Hence air preserve, upgrade and acquire conference opened with power capabil- new and latest technologies Ta bang ahead of the 5th ity has be- into the future. “We need a edition of the Defexpo on the come increas- collaborator and participative 13th of this month. The first ingly important approach to facilitate mutual day of the conference was and the fact growth in the coming years. presided by Admiral (Rtd) that the IAF The future lies in building and Walter F. Doran, President, is a strategic, nurturing the country’s air Raytheon Asia highlighting the professional, power on all the resources importance of air dominance powerful and surrounding it and our choices today. proven force today will determine the fu- The conference was inau- that should ture.” gurated by India’s highly deco- in any given Air Vice-Marshal Profes- rated and only 5-star chief of circumstances sor R A Mason spoke about the Indian Air Force Marshal be able to pro- the scenarios of future wars Arjan Singh, who remarked tect and pun- and the important roles that that there has been tremen- ish the enemy air power might play, disputing dous innovation and progress he added. the Marshal’s opening remarks in the field of aviation and the F.H. Major earlier. He mentioned that importance to integrate the Air stated that the although the battleground of Force, Army and the Navy to IAF was on the the future was uncertain, there reduce casualties as well as threshold of was always an opportunity to the operational costs. transformation, identify them. “Although the world has not which included Some of the identifiable witnessed any major wars af- a 3-pronged factors that might play an im- ter the World War II, countries approach to portant role in the future that continue to prepare for the Marshal Arjan Singh same.” The Marshal opined that some of the immediate “We need a collaborator and participative approach to global threats concerning forc- facilitate mutual growth in the coming years. The future es today included insurgency and terrorism, which needed lies in building and nurturing the country’s air power on to be dealt swiftly and smartly. all the resources surrounding it and our choices today will However he voiced that air power can only play a minimal determine the future.” - Air Chief Marshal F H Major role in the manner of convey- ance in these situations. include regional co- and political considerations. “Whatever the medium, operation, dispute According to Mason air power one thing is for sure that the amongst armed will play a very important role primary objective should be to forces, the remain- at both, low as well as the reduce the number of civilian der of media as a higher end of the spectrum. casualties,” he stated. Closing weapon of war and Speaking about insurgency at the inaugural speech Singh the dominance of the lower level as well as the mentioned that the participa- air power in wars. higher level he mentioned, tion of the delegates proves He elucidated “Insurgents in any country the importance as well as it’s that just because will not have the financial emergence of India as an eco- the world had not base and industrial support to nomic power win the global witnessed a war launch a powerful air attack, arena. Air Chief Marshal Fali since the past 50 but the role of the air power Homi Major voiced similar years does not will be similar in both situa- sentiments while addressing mean that they tions of delivering surveillance, the delegates stating that this might not in the reconnaissance, precise at- gathering was an unmistak- next 50 years. But tack, fire support and denial of able and inherent importance he was quick to in- sanctuary as well as concen- of India as a global player in form that the wars tration.” the future. “It is undeniable of the future might In conclusion Mason voiced that Asia is the new arena not be same as the that future warfare was un- and global engine due to its past due to inter- certain but air power provided economic importance, which vention and asym- flexible options across the means that India’s interest metric responses, spectrum of operations while have surpassed its boundar- humanitarian containing the enemy. Air-Chief Marshal Fali-Homi-Major ies.” considerations -Bhavya Desai

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 07 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Shift in US geo-political Scene Russia, China Alliance on Cards f experts are to be believed will reduce bi-lateral trade times. With Associated Press then recent developments between both China as reporting that the Russian Ishow that Russia and China well as India. While China bomber last week flew over the are well on its way to forming has continued to maintain Nimitz twice, at a low altitude an alliance to fulfill the latter’s its secrecy on its activities of about 2,000 feet, while an- raw material requirement. This with the recent blanking other bomber circled about 58 comes hot on the heels of the out the US satellite with its miles out is an indication of its volatile economic situation surveillance over the North activities. between the US and China Korea activities as well as Apparently, the bombers relationship. the denial of providing ac- got about 500 miles out from Dr. Phillipa Malmgren, cess to Hong Kong through the Nimitz strike group -- which President, The Canonbury China. included the Pearl Harbour- Group, who has also served Malmgren in her ad- based destroyer USS Chafee. as an advisor on international dress also spoke briefly Four F/A-18 Hornet fighters economic issues to George W. about the recent concerns were launched from the Nimitz, Bush during his presidential as well as debate at the G7 which intercepted the Russian campaign, spoke about the being estimated at around US$ summit as well as Econom- bombers about 50 miles south geo-political situation between 1.5 trillion dollars. With the ic Forum about the use of the of the Nimitz. the US-China-Russia relation- vast amount of reserves and a Sovereign Fund. According to The reports suggest that at ships on the sidelines of the wide spectrum of opportunities, her the recent activities in the least two Hornets trailed one Defexpo 2008. China has also recently revised geo-political environment have of the bombers as it came in She said that the shift in the its earlier plan of building 40 placed increased importance low over the Nimitz twice, while US political leadership has led airports to 90 new airports in on the investment on satellite one or two of the other U.S. to the breakage of geo-political the country. guidance and surveillance sys- fighters followed the second ties in recent times since the To add to China’s woes, tems. “Satellite Guidance Sys- bomber as it circled nearby. new government opines that the recent development in the tems are going to be a priority This is the first time Russian the current situation in China Indo-US relationship with the in Air Power dominance in the Tu-95s, known as Bears, have is leading to a reduction in job latter offering state-of-the-art future. This means that upgrad- flown over or interacted with opportunities in the US. military and aviation technol- ing the air power capabilities of a U.S. carrier since 2004. It is While on the other hand the ogy has created a lot of unrest every nation will be important clear that Russia has revived vast economic manpower at amongst the top political brass in the years to come.” its Cold War activities of long- China’s disposal has resulted in China. On the other hand the US range patrols by placing strate- in a rise of manpower inflation. It is believed that the seems to be having its hands gic bombers over the Atlantic, This surge in the country’s all- trouble started brewing only full with the reports that Russia Pacific and Arctic oceans last round activities has increased recently with the anticipation has already commenced its August. China reserves, which are now that a change in government Cold War activities in recent -Bhavya Desai Phalcon Deal Under Probe? ndia’s Phalcon deal with Is- channelising kickbacks in the rael has hit turbulent weather deal into India. Ibefore the flight touches The MoD has asked for down. a detailed report on Frankel The Ministry of Defence has and his dealings. Reports say swung into action and asked its Israeli authorities are being ap- Defence attaché in Tel Aviv to proached for sharing of informa- probe allegations that kickbacks tion. amounting to Rs 100 crores Last month, a reputed Israeli were paid to the NDA govern- newspaper, Haaretz, hinted at ment in the $1.1 bn Phalcon commissions being paid to an AWACS (airborne warning and “agent” in the Phalcon deal that control systems) deal. This New Delhi signed with Israeli dollars”; China was to get a been lobbying for Tel Aviv’s sale was revealed in an exclusive Aerospace Industries (IAI) in Russian aircraft mounted with of the Phalcon airborne early story on TV channel, Headlines March 2004. the Phalcon radar. warning system on the back Today. Reports say the agent, who The deal with China was of a new-found “anti-Islamist” Sources say the Indian was handling the marketing of finally scrapped under US bond with Israel post 9/11. Embassy has responded, say- IAI in Russia since the early pressure, with Beijing getting Delivery of the first of the ing initial evidence points to ir- 1990s, was instrumental in $375 million in compensation. three Phalcon AWACS was slat- regularities. The man under the clinching a Phalcon deal with But Israel and IAI found a new ed for November, last year. It is scanner is middleman Aharon China in 1996-97. Under the customer in the Phalcon deal, now likely to arrive by August- Frankel-who is being investi- exorbitant deal, in which the India, at four times the price, September this year. gated by Israeli authorities for agent was “paid several million Haaretz reports. New Delhi had -Amitabh Joshi

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 09 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Pac-3 Missile Programme Lockheed Martin wins Contracts worth $556 m

ockheed Martin has an- be producing and delivering nounced recently that it equipment to begin upgrading Lhas received contracts all U.S. Army Patriot fire units totaling $556 million from the to the current Configuration-3 U.S. Army Aviation and Mis- capability (two PAC-3 launch- sile Command (AMCOM) for ers per fire unit), allowing all hardware and services associ- fire units in the Patriot fleet to ated with the Patriot Advanced be capable of firing the PAC-3 Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Missile. This U.S. Army initia- programme. tive, called “Pure Fleet,” was The contracts includes the launched in 2006. production of 148 hit-to-kill “The PAC-3 Missile will con- PAC-3 Missiles, 17 launcher tinue to provide theater-level modification kits, spares and defense of critical assets for other equipment besides years to come,” said Richard programme management and McDaniel, Director, PAC-3 engineering services. The pro- Programmes at Lockheed Mar- duction of all the equipment will tin Missiles and Fire Control. take place at the company’s “PAC-3 provides our Soldiers manufacturing facilities in Dal- with lethality overmatch against las and Lufkin, TX, Chelmsford, the ever-advancing threat on MA, Ocala, FL, and the PAC-3 today’s battlefield.” all-up round facility in Camden, Lockheed Martin is the AR will be delivered as per the prime contractor on the PAC-3 contract by July 2010. Missile Segment upgrade to “The PAC-3 Missile offers the Patriot air defense system. combat-proven hit-to-kill lethal- The PAC-3 Missile Segment ity to protect the Warfighter,” upgrade consists of the PAC-3 said Mike Trotsky, Vice Presi- Missile, a hit-to-kill interceptor, dent, Air & Missile Defense the PAC-3 Missile canisters missiles. has also been selected as the Programmes at Lockheed Mar- (which each hold four PAC-3 Currently, the Lockheed U.S. primary interceptor for the tin Missiles and Fire Control. missiles, with four canisters Martin-developed Aegis Weap- multi-national MEADS, a model “We continue to see interest per launcher), a Fire Solution on System, PAC-3 Missile, the transatlantic programme for the in the PAC-3 Missile Segment Computer and an Enhanced Terminal High Altitude Area next generation of air and mis- around the world, and Lock- Launcher Electronics System. Defense (THAAD) Weapon sile defense. MEADS will focus heed Martin remains focused The PAC-3 has the capa- System, the Medium Extended on risk reduction, application of on producing this vital technol- bility of increasing the Patriot Air Defense System (MEADS) key technologies and validation ogy for our customers, both system’s firepower, since 16 and the Multiple Kill Vehicle of a system design incorporat- here and abroad.” PAC-3s load out on a single (MKV) utilize this technology. ing the PAC-3 MSE Missile as As part of these con- Patriot launcher, compared The PAC-3 Missile Segment the primary interceptor. tracts, Lockheed Martin will with four legacy Patriot PAC-2 Enhancement (MSE) Missile Elbit Subsidiary Bags $26.5 Million Contract

lbit Systems’ U.S. sub- in support of their mission The LRTI is a portable, binocu- a laser spot that has been sidiary, Kollsman has readiness requirements and lar, hand-held, battery-oper- placed on a target as a guid- Ebeen awarded a $26.5 farther compliments our strong ated thermal imager, used for ance aid, which allows the million delivery order under a relations with this impor- long- laser spot to be seen in previous Indefinite-Delivery/ tant customer”. day or night Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) con- The TLSI to be and in tract for Thermal Laser Spot provided, devel- adverse Imagers (TLSI) with accesso- oped jointly with weather ries and logistic support from its sister compa- condi- the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) ny Elbit Systems tions as Systems Command, based in Electro-Optics well. The Quantico, Virginia. Elop, is an en- TLSI works Raanan I Horowitz, CEO hanced version of in conjunction of Elbit Systems of America the company’s AN/ with the com- stated that, “This award dem- PAS-22 Long Range range observa- pany’s Portable Laser onstrates our commitment to Thermal Imager (LRTI), tion, and is currently in Designator Ranger (PLDR) provide cutting edge electro- augmented by incorporation service with the USMC. which is also being supplied optic systems to the USMC of a Laser Spot Tracker (LST). TLSI will be used to identify to the USMC.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 11 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 BAE Woos Indian Armed Forces with Land, Naval Systems With the Indian Air Force ready to induct the BAE Systems Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) into the IAF on the 23rd of this month, the company is now focusing on offering other products to the armed forces. Alan Garwood, Marketing and Business Development Director, BAE Systems spoke to Trilok Desai about the company’s participation at the show and its products on offer. Excerpts:

- M777, which is the world’s manufactured aircraft in Indian partners for manu- lightest 155mm Howitzer, India? facturing several products weighing less than 10000 lbs The Hawk India programme is related to the Indian army? (4218 kg) and now in service going very well. The first two We are in discussions with with the U.S. Marine Corps and of 24 UK built aircraft were Indian Industry but we are not U.S. Army as their next gen- delivered in November of last yet ready to elaborate further. eration Medium Force weapon. year on schedule. Further deliveries from the UK are What are your future plans Can you tell us in detail taking place and Bangalore for India? about the JV with HAL and based production from HAL will Defexpo is has always been Wipro that was established deliver another 42 aircraft to an important event for BAE in early 90s? make 66 in total. Our partner- Systems. Our company’s Our JV with HAL, called BAe- ship with HAL is a strong one rapid growth in both size and HAL concentrates on the IT and has lasted for many years capability means that this year and software engineering. This on programmes such as Harri- will see be our biggest ever Mr Alan Garwood, business is currently going er and Jaguar. Our companies presence at the show, and the Group Business Development from strength to strength and respect each other’s capabili- first as the global number one Director, BAE Systems some of the clients that have included What are you displaying at are British the Defexpo 08 this year? Airways and Defexpo is primarily focused Sagem. on land and naval systems and Whereas as one of the largest defence our partner- company overall, we will be ship with showing a broad range of Wipro, which capability from across the busi- is an agree- ness, including tactical commu- ment for the nications, land and naval gun joint teams systems, and vehicles. from both However, the two largest companies features are: to work in the The RG-31 Mine Protected US, UK and vehicle, which is a variant India on flight of the 4x4 vehicle, which is and engine newly in service with the US control sys- and other forces across the tems. This globe. The vehicle is all-steel, also included welded armour, monocoque the estab- hull that protects the crew from lishment of anti-tank mines and roadside a Technical bomb detonations. It has the Development ties and look forward to more in land systems. India has capacity to carry a crew of 8-10 Centre in Hyderabad. While its years of close partnership. always been an important people and the company is still early days, we are confi- market for BAE Systems supplying three of the five Mine dent we will be able to secure Are you close to any deal which is why we’ve been in Resistant Ambush Protected significant business together. that can probably lead to India for over sixty years. We (MRAP) vehicle types that are signing at the forthcoming haven’t just arrived so we meeting the Pentagon’s current With the delivery of the first Defexpo 08? have long term and proven requirement for around 20,000 2 Hawks already done in We do not believe we will take industrial relationships al- vehicles. November last year. Can you part in any public signing cer- ready in place and we look The other highlight at the update us on the delivery emonies at Defexpo. forward to adding more, and show would be the M777 schedule of the remaining in greater breadth and depth, Light Weight 155mm Howitzer jets as well as the Indian Have you short listed the in the future.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 13 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Rheinmetall Sets its Sights on Indian Market he Rheinmetall Group’s Representative Office in India. decision to set up of a Serving as highly competent TRegional Representative point of contact to the Indian Office in India, coupled with its government at its disposal and first-ever participation in the representing the entire range Defexpo trade fair in Delhi, un- of Rheinmetall products and derscores the German defence services. contractor’s bullish view of the Having already supplied country as a highly significant the Indian Army with large future growth market. numbers of antiaircraft guns in In establishing a perma- the past, Oerlikon Contraves nent presence in the India, (a member of the Rheinmetall Rheinmetall is taking a further Group since 1999) is a long- its expertise to air force and nuclear power plants); Active important step in its strategy of standing partner of the Indian naval applications and internal and passive vehicle protec- progressive internationaliza- armed forces. security technology. tion (e.g. anti-mine systems) tion. As a leading supplier of Generating annual sales Rheinmetall intends to mar- Future Soldier System systems and equipment for of approximately €1.8 billion, ket in India a wide variety of (state-of-the-art infantry ground forces, exports now ac- Rheinmetall Defence is the high quality and superior prod- technology);Armoured ve- count for some 60% of Group defence technology arm of the ucts from Germany such as: hicles such as the versatile sales, and the percentage is Rheinmetall Group of Düssel- Rheinmetall’s unrivalled Yak and Gavial; Short-range rising. dorf, Germany. L52 155mm artillery weapon cannon- and missile-sup- Gerhard Hoy, who last Rheinmetall Defence is system, known from the PzH ported air defence systems served as Vice President instrumental in the develop- 2000 SP Howitzer; Naval coun- such as the Skyshield Marketing for the Air Defence ment and production of ar- termeasure systems against 35mm;Skyranger turret, activities of Rheinmetall’s moured vehicles, weapons missile threats; Light weight mountable on lightweight Swiss unit Oerlikon Contraves and ammunition as well as air high-performance medium cali- platforms and Simulation sys- in Asia, has been appointed defence products and defence bre guns; Protection systems tems for world-class instruc- to head the new Regional electronics. And also extends for critical infrastructure (e.g. tion and training. Israeli Defense Company UTG-PRI Develops Futuristic Weapon Systems as confirmed by leading US the enemy. On the other hand, scientists in their April 7, 2005 FMP can loiter constantly letter to the Congress. over the Israeli or US territory, Revolutionary approach of providing the impregnable air UTG-PRI LTD to MDS is that it defense shield without analogy. applies airborne censoring and In case of Lebanon and new aim-to-kill technology against means of Israeli air assault Qassam and Katyusha rockets, against the Hezbollah and its enabling to destroy them within rocket launchers, said FMP seconds at the launch course. would patrol the Lebanese And with regard to UTG’s airspace 24h around the clock BMDS and enemy’s BMs, they to release its cluster bombs or can be destroyed over enemy’s air-to-ground missiles, making territory, thus being impossible any involvement of the IAF fully For Illustration purpose only to launch, since the enemy unnecessary! state will annihilate itself by Moreover, a tandem Rock- sraeli R&D company UTG- It goes without saying that own nukes or chemical war- et-Scramjet System (RSS) by PRI has developed concept no current ground-based MDS heads. the company acts as a unique Idesigns of attack space- or BMDS actually work, includ- UTG-PRI LTD has designed interceptor of jets and BMs, crafts, amphibious JSF far su- ing latest US and Israeli air de- the Flying Missile Platform since it can not only intercept perior to F-35, future jets and fense systems based on radars (FMP) to loiter as unmanned any BM, but can catch up future combat systems, sub- and ground anti-missile sys- strategic bombers in enemy’s with the BM and destroy it’s mersible aircraft and missiles tems which waste 8-11 minutes stratosphere. Such systems launched multiple warheads carrier, front-derive subs, MDS to detect the target and cannot are impossible to shoot down, with air-to-air missiles. It and BMDS without analogy to destroy it at the boost, mid- since they are equipped with means that said RSS can out- secure impregnable air de- course or terminal trajectory. In air-to-air missiles to protect run any BM at its terminal tra- fense of Israel against Qassam particularly, new Russian BMs them from ground-to-air mis- jectory, since RSS is based on and Katyusha rockets, and with multiple nuclear warheads siles and can destroy any a triple supersonic and accel- Iranian and Syrian ballistic mis- and trajectory vectoring (could launched ballistic missile. Said eration factor, i.e., speed of the siles threats. Same concerns be sold by Russia to Iran, Syria FMP can be armed with a nu- mother rocket, the speed of the defense of S. Korea against N. and Venezuela) cannot be clear device, so if hit by enemy launched scramjet, with added Korea, Taiwan against China destroyed by current ground- missile, the fallout from the speed of the air-to-air missiles and India against Pakistan. based missile defense (GMD), nuclear explosion would bury launched by the scramjet.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 15 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Boeing, Tatas plan US$ 500m Indian JV he Boeing Company and “I look forward to the contemplated. Tata Industries Limited joint venture becom- “Boeing is strengthening Tof India have agreed ing a world-class facil- and deepening its partnerships on a plan to form a joint-ven- ity in India.” with Indian industry through a ture company that will initially Manufacturing wide range of new teaming op- include more than US$500 capabilities estab- portunities,” said Ian Thomas, million of defense-related lished within the president of Boeing India. “Our aerospace component work in joint-venture company joint venture with Tata marks India for export to Boeing and would in later phases a significant milestone in our its international customers. be leveraged across ongoing journey to build world- Under the memorandum of multiple Boeing pro- class aerospace and defense agreement signed by Boeing grammes, including manufacturing capability in and Tata, it is contemplated Boeing products more globally the Medium Multi-Role Combat India.” that the joint-venture company competitive.” Aircraft (MMRCA) competition. Boeing’s history in India will be established by June It is the intent of Boeing and In the first phase of the reaches back more than 60 2008, and shortly thereafter Tata not only to utilise existing agreement, Boeing would years, marked by success in will begin work building Boeing Tata manufacturing capability, potentially issue contracts for working with airline custom- aerospace components. but also to develop new supply work packages to the joint- ers, parts suppliers, research Said Jim Albaugh, president sources throughout the Indian venture company involving institutes and others to pro- and CEO of Boeing Integrated manufacturing and engineering defense-related component vide products and services. Defense Systems,” It repre- communities for both commer- manufacturing on Boeing’s F/ In December 2003, Boeing sents another step in our com- cial and defense applications. A-18 Super Hornet for the U.S. established a wholly owned mitment to India, in this case “This joint venture between Navy and Royal Australian Air subsidiary, Boeing Interna- by linking the capabilities and Tata and Boeing is an impor- Force, CH-47 Chinook and/or tional Corporation India Private heritages of these two compa- tant part of our strategy to build P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Limited (BICIPL), to support nies, in order to bring real and capabilities in defense and A research and development the growing demands of India’s lasting value to India’s aero- aerospace,” said Ratan Tata, center for advanced manu- aviation, aerospace and de- space industry, while making chairman of the Tata Group. facturing technologies is also fense industries. Advertorial World’s Second Largest Hand/ General Tools Selling Company

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16 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one From Subsonic to Hypersonic era

etter late than never. On 23 Feb 2008, Defence BMinister AK Antony will welcome the Hawk 132 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) into the Indian Air Force (IAF), fulfilling its long-standing requirement. AJT Hawk 132 will effectively bridge the gap between the slow jet trainer, such as the Kiran and the advanced fighter aircraft currently in IAF’s inventory. It was in 1982 that the need for an AJT was first articulated by the IAF and ever since had remained high on its agenda for procurement. The IAF felt that there existed a quantum difference in the skill and judgment levels required of young fighter pilots as they transited to state of the art fighters, such as the Su-30 MKI, Mirage 2000 and MiG-29. fully combat capable and can approximately 150 Km from by Air Marshal GS Chaudhry, The Hawk 132 is expected carry air to air missile and air Hyderabad, was chosen as Air Officer Commanding-in- to adequately serve as an ideal to ground armament. It could the main operating base for Chief, Training Command, IAF, for these advanced aircraft. also be used as a lightweight the Hawk. This base has been and Bangalore. Since then, The Hawk 132 is a variant fighter. a training establishment for IAF pilots and technicians have of the highly successful BAE The contract for supply budding fighter pilots of the been working tirelessly to bring Systems Hawk It incorporates of the Hawk AJT was signed IAF since 1963. To ensure this aircraft to the stringent level an open architecture mission between the IAF and BAE Sys- the smooth induction of the of its operational status. Speak- computer, glass cockpit and a tems in 2004. The deal envis- Hawk, the Air Warriors under ing to this writer, Air Commo- state of the art avionics suite aged a supply of 66 aircraft, 24 the command of Air Commo- dore (retd) Prashant Dikshit, including a new generation built in the UK and 42 license dore Ramesh Rai have put the VM, commented: “I am glad to Inertial produced by HAL at Banga- required infrastructure in place. observe that we have at last Navigation System with lore. IAF pilots and technicians The work services included acquired the intermediate range GPS (INGPS). It is also were trained at BAE Systems extension of the two runways, AJT to transit from the subsonic equipped with several Indian facilities at Warton and Brough improvement in landing facili- level of flying to the hypersonic made components such as the in UK. The initial four Hawk ties and creation of servicing era. This step is not merely communication sets, Identifica- aircraft were flown from Warton facilities for the technology useful but imperative to operate tion Friend or Foe (IFF) system to Bidar by a combined team of intensive Hawk aircraft. that fleet of the Su 30 MKI, Mi- and the radio altimeter. BAE Systems’ and IAF pilots. The first two aircraft arrived rage 2000 and MIG 29, without In addition to being an ad- Bidar airfield, located in at Bidar on 12 Nov 2007 and causing any anguish”. vanced jet trainer, Hawk 132 is North West of Karnataka, were hailed to the Indian skies -Colonel (retd) Anil Bhat, VSM Export potential for Akash missile seen? ndia hopes to get export Akash is a surface- Actual exports may take orders for it’s indigenously to-air missile while a year to come about be- Ideveloped all weather Nag is an anti-tank cause of the long procedures missile system, Akash, at the missile. Akash has involved including clearance Defexpo being held in Delhi a range of about 25 from the Indian government from Feb 16 to Feb 19th. km and its radar can and that of the importing ‘We are confident of simultaneously track country, he said. There was getting some export orders up to 64 targets. a huge potential to export for Akash and other missile About 30 countries products of Indian defence systems like Nag, radars and have already ap- public-sector undertakings other products,’ DRDO Chief proached the DRDO and the Delhi Defence Expo Controller (R&D) Prahlada infor detailed informa- will be a good opportunity to forms. The missile system will tion about its prod- tap it, Prahlada said. be exhibited along with other official of the organisation. ucts, procedures DRDO is expecting Rs.30- products developed by the The Indian defence ministry for exports and the time the billion order from the Indian DRDO at the Delhi Defence recently gave DRDO a green organisation wants to deliver defence forces for Akash, he Expo, according to a senior signal to export its products. the product, Prahlada said. said.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 17 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 The F-16IN: Unmatched Feat A Proven Multi Role Combat Aircraft With Unmatched, State-of-the-Art Technologies By Orville Prins, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics F-16IN will be readily equipped risk transition to full indigenous with emerging capabilities production of the F-16IN. throughout its lifecycle. The Involvement in F-16 co-pro- F-16 is inherently designed to duction has served as a major ensure an exceptionally long catalyst to create and ener- service life— the F-16IN is gize the aerospace industry in designed for an 8,000 hour many countries, and Lockheed airframe life. The technology Martin’s proven ability to pro- transfer offered with the F-16IN vide transfer of technology is will allow the Indian Air Force without equal. to easily maintain, upgrade and Lockheed Martin has a sustain the aircraft to provide proven history of success- proven, disciplined perfor- ful partnerships with nations mance in peacekeeping and around the world and is he F-16 is the most today. For India, the F-16IN wartime operations. committed to continuing this operationally proven is uniquely tailored to meet or Proven advanced technolo- success into the future. The Tmulti role fighter avail- exceed the specific Medium gies ensure long term mission worldwide marketplace is a able today. It continues to Multi Role Combat Aircraft effectiveness good indicator of product value. have proven performance with (MMRCA) requirements. Hav- The F-16 has the latest The F-16 is the fighter of choice the United States Air Force ing delivered over 4,300 F-16s technologies and capabilities, for 24 nations with 52 follow- (USAF) and many of the finest worldwide, Lockheed Martin including the most current avion buys, including successful air forces worldwide. The F-16 understands that by meeting onics, weapons with stand-off international licensed manufac- has logged millions of flight the specific needs of each part- and satellite guided capability, turing of 928 aircraft. Lockheed hours under the full range of ner customer, the Company advanced AESA radar, internal Martin’s worldwide industrial climatic conditions and opera- ensures that the F-16 main- electronic warfare suite, power- partnership success is unsur- tional environments making it tains an unmatched record of ful high thrust engine, and full passed by anyone and includes the most successful multi role programme performance and color all-glass cockpit. User- these accomplishments: fighter aircraft programme in mission success. friendly cockpits and proven • Establishment of four highly history. The ability to incorporate pilot/vehicle integration provide successful international The F-16, flown by 24 the latest technologies into an pilots with high situational F-16 manufacturing lines countries and with a record aircraft is the key to expand- awareness. • Demonstrated abiity to 52 follow-on buys, is without ing mission roles, improving transfer advanced technol- question, the world’s premier, combat capability and reduc- Lockheed Martin Means ogy successfully multi role combat aircraft. It ing operations and support Partnerships • Over $37 billion in offsets has extensive combat opera- (O&S) costs over the life of the Lockheed Martin believes in realized by 40 countries tions experience in ten differ- aircraft. With a robust upgra- partnerships as a cornerstone • Establishment of indigenous ent countries with hundreds of dation capacity and continuous of its foundation and engages international support systems thousands of combat sorties technology insertion path, the in more than 300 partner- • Joint technology develop- flown in the Balkans, Middle ships with ment for international makets East, and Southwest Asia. The businesses F-16 has been and continues worldwide. F-16IN… Nothing Compares to be the backbone fighter Assembly It’s clear why no other fighter in these multi role combat lines produc- aircraft try to compare to the operations by demonstrating ing the F-16 F-16. It is also clear as to why unmatched safety, lethality, have been it is the choice of so many survivability, availability and established nations. The combat proven supportability. No other aircraft successfully capabilities, low operations manufacturer can match the in five coun- and support costs, and an F-16’s combat and peacetime tries and upgradation program ensure operational performance. more than that the aircraft will remain Operating day and night in all 20 nations technologically advanced environments and weather as participate in throughout its life cycle. For the safest multi role fighter in the co-pro- MMRCA, Lockheed Martin is U.S. Air Force history, the F-16 duction of offering a configuration tailored has more: components to meet the exacting require- The most advanced and for the F-16. ments of the Indian Air Force. capable F-16 ever - designed With this The Company’s experience in specifically for India unmatched world-wide indigenous produc- War fighter combat experi- experience, tion and partnerships ensures ence drives the evolution and Lockheed that that the F-16IN will be the technology upgrades of the Martin is able most versatile, capable and F-16 to create the most effec- to ensure a sustainable multi role fighter for tive multi role fighter available smooth, low the Indian Air Force.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 19 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 24,300 Aircraft Needed In The Next 20 Years

ccording to latest Global will be new factory built, worth need to differentiate through aircraft. Another 2,000 larger Market Forecast, Airbus US $ 200 billion. comfort will play a growing role. intermediate twin aisles will Aforesees a demand for The greatest demand for In this context, Airbus foresees be needed in the 350 and some 24,300 new passenger passenger aircraft will be a demand for some 1,700 Very 400 seat category. Today, this and freighter aircraft valued at from the Asia-Pacific region, Large Aircraft (VLA) seating segment is well served by the US$ 2.8 trillion between now which will account for 31 per more than 400 passengers like A330/A340 family, from the and 2026. This will create an cent of the total world demand the A380. This is valued at US$ 250 seat A330-200 to the 380 average annual delivery of for aircraft. It is followed by 527 billion, and represents 19 seat A340-600. From 2013, some 1,215 aircraft, up from North America (27 per cent) per cent of total value of pas- the A350XWB family will cover the previously forecast 1,130 and Europe (24 per cent). senger and freighter aircraft the entire spectrum of twin average deliveries in the last Emerging markets are also deliveries, or seven per cent aisle market requirements. GMF. ‘Air transportation is driving traffic demand. Whilst in aircraft unit terms. Of these, More than 16,600 aircraft definitely a growing industry China and India will remain nearly 1,300 will be passenger or 68 per cent of all deliver- contributing to economic devel- the largest, some 30 additional aircraft or 16 per cent of the ies in the next 20 years will opment and generating wealth emerging economies, including passenger market by value, be single-aisle aircraft. Worth around the world,’ informs Argentina, Brazil, South Africa with another 400 or so required some US$ 1,140 billion, this Airbus Chief Operating Officer and Vietnam, with a combined for freighters able to transport represents 40 per cent of all Customers John Leahy. ‘We population of almost three bil- over 120 tonnes of payload. aircraft deliveries by value. are committed to being a key lion people, will grow increas- By 2026, almost two thirds of The demand for these aircraft player in making this industry ingly prominent by 2026. all VLAs will serve today’s 32 will be in large part from North eco-efficient by providing the Airbus forecasts that popu- mega hub cities, with Asia-Pa- America with 32 per cent of most technologically advanced lations and the number of the cific emerging as the dominant the deliveries, followed by products and responding with a world’s mega-cities will contin- region requiring more than 700 Asia-Pacific (26 per cent), Eu- full ‘life-cycle approach’. ue to grow, which will inevitably passenger VLAs or 56 per cent rope (25 per cent) and the rest Demand will drive the need lead to an even greater local of world demand. Twelve of the of the world 17 per cent. for more fuel and eco-efficient airliners to cope with traffic growth and the need to replace older generation less efficient aircraft. By 2026, the fuel burn of the average world fleet is expected to be at three litres per 100 passenger kilometres, or what the A380 already delivered recently. Passenger traffic is expected to grow at an average rate of 4.9 per cent per year, leading to a near threefold increase in the forecast period and will remain resilient to the cyclical effects of the industry. Part of the forecast traffic increase will be absorbed by higher load factors as well as use of bigger more productive equipment and increased frequencies. Even so, the world’s airlines will more than double their passenger aircraft fleets of concentration of demand. This top 20 large airports for VLA The Airbus Global Market 100 seats or more, from some trend will also result in further operations will be located in Forecast gives a detailed 13,300 today to some 28,550 congestion. One major part this region. analysis of world air transport in 2026. This increase together of the solution to this growing Demand for twin-aisle air- developments, covering nearly with a forecast replacement problem will naturally be the craft (seating from 250 to 400 300 distinct passenger and of close to 8,150 older aircraft use of larger aircraft from all passengers) will continue to freight traffic flows, as well as means a total of nearly 23,400 categories. Seventy seven per grow strongly with some 6,000 a year-by-year fleet evolution new passenger aircraft worth cent of all long-haul passenger new passenger and freighter of the world’s aircraft opera- US$ 2.6 trillion will be needed. traffic already operated out of aircraft being delivered in the tors, through fleet analysis of Air freight is forecast to the 32 largest existing hubs cit- next two decades. Valued at nearly 700 passenger airlines grow even faster, with freight ies for large point to large point some US$ 1162 billion, this and 177 freighter operators tonne kilometres (FTKs) flights at the end of 2006. accounts for about 41 per cent over the next 20 years. In increasing annually by 5.8 Growing demand for air of the total value or 25 per doing so, the forecast cov- per cent. Combined with fleet transportation, increasingly cent in unit terms. Demand ers aircraft demand from the renewal, this will create de- stringent infrastructure and in the 250 to 300 seater or regional market to the very mand for some 3,800 freighter environmental constraints, small twin-aisle market will largest aircraft available, the deliveries. Nearly 900 of them competition on price and the total more than 4,000 new A380 today.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 21 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Revised RFPs for 317 Utility Copters Second Breather for Bidders ndia’s Cheetak and Chee- tah helicopters produced Iunder license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for all the three services including the ASW version for the Indian Navy have provided yeo- man and dedicated service to India’s Armed Forces but a time comes when a new and more powerful and adaptable helicopter is required. HAL attempted to modify the same chopper with a more powerful engine christened the Cheetal, for the Indian Army’s needs for its increased and challenging roles in Saichen and in support of the Corps, but it was not found suitable. discussed with Lakshmi Mittal witness it in person. In June, it IV helicopters from Russia in a After calling for tenders for who was sitting in the audi- emerged that the Eurocopter deal worth around $660 million 197 pieces (60 import and 137 ence as a member of President machine also did not meet the to be supplied by 2008, having for manufacture by HAL) and Sarkozy’s delegation. required parameters but certain earlier acquired 40 Mi-17 heli- short listing and a prolonged A revised tender (RFPs) for individuals in the Indian military copters worth $170 million. The trial competition between 197 317 helicopters for the Indian establishment unfairly favoured army has plans for import of Bell 407 ARH and the Euro- Army and Air Force is under the company. attack helicopters and IAF has copter’s AS 550C3 Fennec in issue. Once again there will Now all eyes on this large plans for heavy lift helicopters. which the Fennec passed mus- be five contenders in the fray: revised $ 1 bill order. This The IAF and Army are still ter, some discrepancies and Eurocopter, Bell, Italy’s Agusta, order will be in addition to lo- not completely agreed on the irregularities were reported and and Russia’s Kamov and Ka- cal production of HAL Dhruv command and control of the the whole order was rescinded zan. The Bell-407 was dropped choppers, which have certain attack helicopters that are in December 2007. last year after the machine it limitation of height capability funded by the Army budget There was disappoint- sent for evaluation could not and are still overcoming teeth- but flown by the IAF pilots and ment in the French quarters. perform a three-axis vector, ing vibration problems. The some junior Army pilots. At President Nicholas Sarkozy an essential requirement for Indian Army aviation has now present the IAF flies the Mi-35s who came to India as India’s flying in areas like the Siachen gained experience in flying and and has ordered a prototype chief guest for the Republic Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir. maintaining helicopters and Advanced Light Attack Helicop- Day Parade on 26th Janu- The three-axis vector enables has taken over most transport ter on HAL with seed funding ary obliquely referred to the the helicopter perform a ‘U’ and in house support to the from IAF, a model of which was subject when addressing the like manoeuvre to navigate Arms role, and hence the pitch displayed at Aero India 07. The FICCI and CII audience and adverse weather conditions in for this new type of helicopters LAH based on the ALH which said there appeared to be lack mountainous areas. When this that will serve it well in the anti is to receive the more power- of transparency in some deals deficiency was pointed out to terrorist role it is so heavily ful Shakti (Adriden) engine will in India, which was an obvious the manufacturers, the compa- committed. tentatively have Nexter Guns, reference. He said this and ny offered to either show a vid- The Bell Textron chopper Belgium supplied rocket pods compared French actions in eo of the helicopter performing holds a strong position as it and be fitted out with the Nag the case of Arcelor take over, a similar manoeuvre in Canada is already in production for anti tank missile. which he claimed was freely or to fly out Indian officials to the US army as its main ARH In the words of Air Chief type, has replaced the long ACM Fali Homi Major at the serving OH-58 Kiowa War- helipower Seminar in new riors. The Indian model is likely Delhi on 6th Feb, “Indigeniza- to be equipped with a turret tion of design and production mounted optronics sensors, a is a key goal for us and sup- secure communications suite, port to Indian firms, whether a combined pulse Doppler in the public or private sector, GPS navigation suite, auto- is an ‘article of faith’. At the matic direction finder, distance same time, the emphasis on measuring equipment, marker quality must not be lost. The beacon transponder, three Dhruv and its armed version axis auto hover system, plus are already a reality. The Light twin 2.75 rocket pods and 20 Attack Helicopter version too, I mm gun ponds. The IAF has am confident, will soon fly”. signed for additional 80 Mi-17- -Ranjit B Rai

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 23 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Boeing To Display Varied Products Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) looks forward to the opportunity to again showcase its rich portfolio of defense products and services to India during Defexpo 2008.

urrently on offer to India latest advanced US technol- are the combat-proven ogy (pending USG approval) CF/A-18 E/F Super Hor- – radar evasion, AESA radar, net multi-role combat fighter, Network Centric capabilities, the P-8I multi-mission mari- twin-engine safety for India’s time patrol aircraft (MPA), the vast distances, commonality heavy lift CH-47F and MH-47G with the US Navy, the world’s heavy-lift Chinook helicopters, 4th largest air force. and the combat-proven attack • Raytheon’s proven AESA helicopter, the AH-64D Apache radar system gives fighter Longbow. The IDS portfolio pilots and aircrews the ultimate extends to the C-17 Globemas- operational edge: ter III strategic lift cargo plane, and C4ISR platforms and Air- P-8I borne Early Warning & Control Boeing IDS is in discussions systems. IDS is also a leading with the Indian Navy to offer provider of aerospace support the P-8I, the next generation systems and network-centric of Maritime Patrol Aircraft to operations that have high rel- India. The P-8I is the world’s evance to India’s requirements. most advanced anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare plane, F/A-18 Super Hornet: offering India the reach, speed,

India a powerful workhorse he- a high-performance, afford- licopter, as capable in support- able system with designed-in ing the Indian Army in rugged payload, space, power, cooling high-altitude outposts, as it will and computing capacity re- be helping build India’s infra- serves which provide substan- structure and bringing life-sav- tial future growth capability ing relief supplies to victims of natural disasters. C-17 • The combat-proven AH-64D • The C-17 is the new global Apache Longbow is the newest airlift standard with strategic version of the Apache and a capabilities. It’s the airlifter of candidate to fulfill the attack choice in the Global War on helicopter and reconnaissance Terrorism and the airlifter of requirements of numerous choice for humanitarian and di- On March 3, Boeing will submit technology and endurance armed forces worldwide. saster relief efforts world-wide. its bid for India’s Medium Multi- necessary to protect 7,000 It’s the only remaining wide- Role Combat Aircraft competi- kilometere of coastline, and to AEW&C body military airlifter with an tion. The F/A-18 Super Hornet extend beyond India’s shores • 737 AEW&C can offer existing U.S. production line. offers India the most advanced to protect crucial international India’s armed forces a precise see-all, do-all combat fighter shipping lanes. picture of the battlefield for Harpoon in production today, capable of enhanced decision-making. • The U.S. Navy and Boeing defending the nation from the CH-47 Chinook The 737 AEW&C expands have extensive experience in Himalayas to the Indian Ocean • The CH-47 Chinook offers the AWACS family to include integrating Harpoon missiles with unmatched lethality, pilot on domestic and international safety and the promise of 30+ aircraft. Integrating Harpoon years of US Navy-funded upon the India Air Force Jaguar grades. Besides it’s fire power aircraft is low risk and pro- include: vides the IAF with exceptional • Continuous new tech- ASuW (Anti-Surface Warfare) nology insertion (US Navy capabilities. Harpoon Block supported) will provide the II expands the capabilities of Indian Air Force with advanced the Harpoon anti-ship weap- multi-role combat capabilities on. Harpoon, the world’s and robust capability to defend most successful anti-ship Indian airspace & coastlines for missile, features autonomous, 30+ years. all-weather, over-the-horizon • The F/A-18 offers India capability.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 25 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 ‘We can offer Javelin for India’s Land Combat Needs’: Raytheon Having already sold its Firefinder radars to India, Raytheon is ready to offer a variety of products to the Indian Army. Mark Nicol, Raytheon Business Development Director spoke to Bhavya Desai about the potential scope of opportunity and products on offer ahead of the Defexpo. Excerpts: Mark Nicol

Which are the products Javelin to the Indian Army Javelin Missile system that you are offering to the as well. Can you tell some- Indian Army currently? thing about the status on At the present time, we are the same? Has the Army not officially offering any land shown interest in the prod- combat products to the Indian uct? Army. We are in discussions Javelin is the premier one about responding to RFPs that man-portable and employable could involve our TOW (Tube- fire-and-forget medium-range launched, Optically-tracked, missile system in the world. Wire-guided) and Javelin Designed to take the fight to Weapon Systems. the enemy, the compact, lightweight Javelin is ideally suited Can you give us the current for one-soldier operation in update on the 12 Firefind- all environments. We believe ers that the Indian Army had Javelin is an excellent solu- procured from Raytheon? tion for the Indian Army and The Indian government is we stand ready if the Indian looking to expand on its government chooses Javelin Firefinder radar programme. for its land combat needs. TOW as well? today. TOW is in service in Having previously bought TOW 2 (Tube-launched, Opti- over 40 international armed 12 radars that are deployed Besides the U.S. govern- cally-tracked, Wire-guided) forces and integrated on over in various locations in India, ment, what other countries Weapon System, with the 15,000 ground, vehicle, and the government is now con- are using the Javelin? multi-mission TOW 2A, TOW helicopter platforms world- sidering procuring additional U.S. Army and Marine Corps, 2B, TOW 2B Aero, and TOW wide. TOW is also the pre- radars as well as a $20 million Australia, New Zealand, Bunker Buster missiles, is the ferred heavy assault weapon mini-depot to support the pro- United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, premier long-range precision system for NATO, Coalition, gramme. Kuwait and Jordan. antiarmor/antifortification/ an- United Nations, and Peace- tiamphibious landing weapon keeping Operations world- Raytheon is offering the Can you tell us about the system throughout the world wide.

BAE, Mahindra JV on mine protected vehicles AE Systems and RG-31s have been Defence Systems is in the Mahindra Defence are ordered. business of providing vehicle Blikely to jointly develop According to protection to defence forces,’ an Indian mine protected Mike Mendoza, BAE and our cooperation with BAE vehicle based on BAE Sys- Systems’ manag- Systems, who are leaders in tems’ highly successful RG-31 ing director India, this field, for joint production mine protected vehicle. BAE ‘Mahindra is an of mine protected vehicles, is Systems has already supplied enormously capable a strategic fit for our vehicle 165 mine protected vehicles world class com- armouring business.’ known as Casper to the Indian pany with the skills With a modular interior Army since 1999.This year’s to become a strong layout the vehicle can be con- 5th defence and naval exhibi- partner for BAE figured as an APC, command tion (DEFEXPO), will see the Systems on the de- vehicle, ambulance, surveil- display of a BAE Systems and other forces, including the velopment of a mine protected lance vehicle and for many RG-31 on the Mahindra de- United Nations. Under the U.S. vehicle for India.” other uses. In standard APC fence stand. Department of Defense’s Mine Says Brigadier Khutub Hai, configuration, this air-condi- Nearly 600 RG-31s are in Resistant Ambush Protected Chief Executive of Mahindra tioned vehicle carries a crew service with the U.S., Canada, (MRAP) programme, 624 Defence Systems, ‘Mahindra of 8 to 10.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 27 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 The Indian Missile Story missile is also undergoing final trials and can be launched from a modified BMP-1 tracked armoured vehicle called NAMICA or a T-72 chassis. The missile incorporates a passive seeker with infra-red charge-coupled will also jointly develop with the DRDL. A 6km range version helicopter-launched laser beam-riding variant of the Nag, based on target acquisition/ engagement technologies originally developed by BAE Sys- tems and Zeiss Optronics for the now-cancelled TRIGAT-MR anti-armour missile is also being pursued. The air-launched, missile, will be used to arm the Light Combat helicopter, under development at the fter over 50 firing trials system were also pursued. Trishul, DRDO’s Electronics & Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. spanning a 19 year Originally meant to be Radar Development Establish- starting 2011. Adesign and develop- inducted into service by all ment (LRDE) has developed MoD and the DRDO, have ment period and incurring a three armed forces , the Trishul the 35 km Akash triple SAM also negotiated and extended cost of Rs 3 billion the Defence – essentially was a reverse-en- system and demonstrated it in the licensed-production for Research and Development gineered clone of the Russian repeated trials Organisation (DRDO) R&D OSA-AK the three-beam mis- to the Indian efforts to operationalise and sile guidance system but since Air Force, who supply the Trishul short-range it suffered several technologi- are inducting (9km) surface-to-air missile cal setbacks the Navy went in the system for SHORADS (Short Range Air for nine Barak systems from operational tri- Defence System) have failed. IAI/ Rafael with the EL/M 2248 als. The Akash The Trishul is now being radar. The missile with 9km has also been treated as a technology experi- range has been in the news for offered to the ence for the scientists and some purported ‘kick backs’, Army. Con- some trials are still planned but this has not deterred the currently the but the exercise has not been much needed acquisition. The target acqui- in vain. DRDO’s Hyderabad Navy’s experience has been sition radar, based Defence Research good as the system was even a modified & Development Laboratory transferred to INS Ganga for variant of the (DRDL) has since teamed up trials and to other ships and S band, and with IAI/Rafael of Israel to co- has been treated as a portable three-dimen- develop the long range Barak system. The Navy’s other sional 150km- NG for the Navy and efforts equivalent fixed AA system range Central to rope in MBDA for co-de- the Shtil on the Krivack Talwar Acquisition veloping three variants of a class has been found too big Radar CAR new generation, 12km-range and cumbersome to maintain. that the LRDE vertically launched low-level, From experience gained originally de- quick-reaction missile (LLQRM) during the development of veloped in cooperation with a Polish collabo- MBDA developed Milan 3R ration has been proved and 3km range anti tank missiles DRDO has received orders. by Hyderabad based Bharat The Astra air- to- air Dynamics Ltd. BDL has com- combat missile also under menced series-production of development for over 15 years the wire-guided anti-armour by the DRDL would closely missile. The Indian Army is resemble MBDA’s Mica-EM reported will acquire some air-to-air missile in both looks 2,000 Milan ER launch- and performance, and will be ers equipped with the new equipped with an active radar generation MILIS optronic seeker. DRDL being overall target acquisition/engagement systems integrator BDL will be system from Safran of France the production agency. and up to 8,000 wire-guided The indigenous Nag missiles. (Snake) 4km-range anti tank -Ranjit B Rai

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 29 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 `We seek to build strong and lasting relations with India’: Lockheed Martin

he Indian subsidiary by Lockheed maintain, upgrade and sustain defence Martin is another step towards For MMRC deal, F-16 is the the aircraft to provide proven, Tmajor emphasizing the long-term older generation aircraft disciplined performance in Lockheed commitment of the company compared to Eurofighter. peacekeeping and wartime Martin towards the Indian market and How do you expect to fulfill operations. opened its industry. the requirements of the subsidiary in Lockheed Martin’s goal as Indian Armed forces for 30 to As Lockheed Martin is widely India on Jan- a business is to help nations 40 years? known as a aerospace and Ambassador Douglas uary 10th of achieve their most important F-16IN will be tailored to defence company, do you A. Hartwick this year. The objectives in defense, security fully meet the Indian Air Force’s have any other products/ser- establishment and the delivery of vital public requirements expressed in vices to offer to the Indian of the In- services. That is our commit- the RFP. The F-16 is the most armed forces? dian subsidiary also marked a ment to India. operationally proven multi role While Lockheed Martin is change in the Indian leadership Regarding the C-130J, the fighter available today. It con- recognised the world over for of the organisation. Ambas- governments of India and the tinues to have proven perfor- its fighter aircraft and aero- sador Douglas A Hartwick took United States signed a Letter mance with the United States space achievements, the over as the chief executive of of Offer and Acceptance on Air Force (USAF) and many of company, in fact, is arguably Lockheed Martin India Pvt. Ltd. January 31, 2008. Only one the finest air forces worldwide. the world’s largest and most Hartwick, who had served as aircraft possesses the unique The F-16 has logged millions successful systems integrator. Assistant US Trade Represen- mix of agility and performance of flight hours under the full Systems integration is a criti- tative for South Asia, during his to consistently operate at very range of climatic conditions cally important technology area diplomatic career, has served high operations tempos ef- and operational environments for military planners worldwide, twice in India - 1986-90 and ficiently and reliably. Whether making it the most successful the heart of “net-centric opera- 1994-97 and visited India on it’s being used for weather multi role fighter aircraft pro- tions”. Net-centric operations several occasions in his capac- reconnaissance, equipment re- gramme in history. link various systems together ity as assistant USTR over the supply via airland and airdrop, The worldwide marketplace to increase the benefit of those past two years, bringing with air-to-air or ground refueling, is a good judge of product systems that otherwise operate him “huge experience and un- coastal surveillance, or hu- value. The F-16 is the fighter of independently. derstanding” of the country. manitarian relief, the C-130J choice for 24 nations. As a premier systems In an exclusive interview to Super Hercules is the solution War fighter combat experi- integrator, Lockheed Martin is International Aerospace Show to meet the worldwide need for ence drives the evolution and a leader in providing navies Daily, Ambassador Hartwick airlift with multimission capabil- technology upgrades of the worldwide with advanced tech- said that he will seek to build- ity. F-16 to create the most effec- nologies and platforms. One ing “strong and lasting relation- The C-130J is the world’s tive multi role fighter available such system is the MH-60R ships” with Indian government most advanced transport, today. For India, the F-16IN Multi-Mission Helicopter. and industry and ensuring that combining heavy-lift capability is uniquely tailored to meet or The MH-60R, developed Lockheed Martin establishes with advanced cockpit avion- exceed the specific Medium jointly by Lockheed Martin and a “deep and lasting role” in ics and a fully-integrated digital Multi Role Combat Aircraft the Sikorsky Aircraft Company, supporting Indian services weapon system. (MMRCA) requirements. Hav- is currently operational with and government agencies and The C-130J’s sophisticated ing delivered over 4,300 F-16s the U.S. Navy in a variety of increasing India’s global part- positioning system can deliver worldwide, Lockheed Martin critical roles including: Under- nerships and presence in world 20 tons of cargo to a pre- understands that by meeting sea and anti-surface warfare; markets. Excerpts: cise10-foot-by10-foot naviga- the specific needs of each part- anti-ship surveillance and tion location. The C-130J is ner customer, the Company targeting; search and rescue; The first deal of Lockheed versatile for missions in peace- ensures that the F-16 main- surveillance; and communica- Martin for C-130 deal is now time and during conflict. Widely tains an unmatched record of tions relay. through that took place used for special missions as programme performance and As the world’s most ad- immediately after you took well as humanitarian relief, the mission success. vanced anti-submarine and over. What do you feel about C-130J was a welcome sight The ability to incorporate anti-surface warfare platform, this and what are your future bringing relief supplies to those the latest technologies into an the MH-60R is a strategic as- plans? impacted by the Tsunami of aircraft is the key to expand- set that gives fleets interoper- Lockheed Martin ap- 2004. ing mission roles, improving ability with U.S. forces. The proaches the Indian market Able to operate in extreme combat capability and reduc- MH-60R’s superior mission with a solid commitment and climatic conditions and land on ing operations and support systems can counter increas- a dedicated in-country pres- unimproved runways, the C- (O&S) costs over the life of ingly sophisticated threats. ence. On January 8, 2008, 130J can deliver large amounts the aircraft. The F-16 is inher- The MH-60R’s all-new airframe we announced the opening of supplies and personnel to ently designed to ensure an and integrated mission system of our India subsidiary, Lock- regions where normal airfield exceptionally long service gives pilots, aircrew and battle heed Martin India Pvt. Ltd. The operations have been disrupt- life— the F-16IN is designed group commanders a tremen- Indian subsidiary will represent ed. With its short, austere land- for an 8,000 hour airframe life. dous new weapons system the interests of all the operating ing strip capability, C-130Js are The technology transfer of- against emerging sub-surface systems of Lockheed Martin in often the first aircraft to start fered with the F-16IN will allow and surface threats in both the India. The establishment of the the relief process. the Indian Air Force to easily shallow littoral and open ocean

30 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one environments. can defeat the entire range of case of you being preferred problems. Another important naval as- threats: tactical ballistic mis- for MMRC aircraft? Lockheed Martin will set in protecting coastal waters siles carrying weapons of mass Lockheed Martin has a connect Ambar Jyoti to is the P-3C Maritime Patrol destruction, cruise missiles, long and distinguished record other such similar centers Aircraft. Setting the standard and aircraft. in industrial participation in the across the globe so that an for maritime patrol aircraft, the Defeating enemy armour defense and aerospace sector. increased number of more P-3C is both a military as- is a key differentiator on the Lockheed Martin recognises complex, real-time, real-world set and an asset in the fight battlefield. Lockheed Martin’s great opportunities to add demonstrations can take against terrorism. Proven in the Direct Attack Guided Rocket value to its product lines by place in this Indian facility. field, the P-3C is also an excel- [DAGR™], a weapon devel- working with Indian industry Another recent initiative, lent value in procurement and oped with company funding, to create “win-win” industrial is the India Innovation Growth life-cycle costs. is designed to defeat targets cooperation projects. Programme. This extraordi- Also in Naval systems, in urban operations, while We have discussed with nary project is designed to Lockheed Martin’s Aegis minimising collateral damage. Indian companies about how accelerate the launch of ear- Weapon System is the world’s DAGR is a 2.75-inch guided we could work with them on ly-stage Indian technologies premier naval surface defense rocket system that is fully potential Indian defense pro- into the global marketplace. system. It seamlessly inte- compatible with the fielded and grammes - including co-pro- This is a business incubation grates the SPY-1 radar, the MK combat-proven HELLFIRE II® duction and offset -- in addi- programme that advises com- 41 Vertical Launching System, missile. tion to opportunities to jointly panies with new technolo- SM-2, ESSM and SM-3 mis- Hellfire defeats advanced improve our global competitive- gies, often start-ups, on how siles, as well as its command armour and urban point targets ness. to bring their products to mar- and control system. in the presence of severe elec- Any other information is ket as quickly as possible. Aegis is battle-proven tro-optical countermeasures, welcome Lockheed Martin Partnered with the Federation against the full range of with minimal collateral damage. joined the leading Indian infor- of Indian Chambers of Com- threats, from the water’s sur- Hellfire is versatile and adapt- mation technology company, merce and Industries [FICCI] face to the exoatmosphere. able. Hellfire’s three warheads Wipro Technologies, to build and the IC2 Institute at the Lockheed Martin also of- and Smart launcher, as well as the Network Centric Operations University of Texas in Austin fers the battle proven Patriot its range from 500 metres to Centre in Gurgaon. This mod- the program has received an Advanced Capability (PAC-3) 8,000 metres, gives the system eling and simulation lab known overwhelming response from Missile, the world’s most ad- wide utility on the battlefield. as Ambar Jyoti will develop innovators, inventors, scien- vanced, capable and powerful and demonstrate emerging tists, and researchers work- terminal air defense missile. How are you prepared to net-centric capabilities that are ing across diverse sectors of This is a ‘hit to kill’ missile that meet the offset obligation in- applied to current, real-world the economy. BrahMos 2 Project on Cards ndia has embarked on the Produc- design and development of tion facilities Iproject BrahMos-2, hyper- are being sonic missiles. According to geared up Dr A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief to meet the Executive Officer (CEO) of orders from BrahMos Aerospace, the proj- India as well ect launched jointly with Rus- as future sia, under BrahMos, will see exports, more than 20 Russian insti- assures Dr tutes and industry and a big- Pillai. ger number of Indian industry BrahMos participating in the mission. missile is The hypersonic missiles will now avail- fly at Mach 5-7 speeds (one able for Mach is equivalent to velocity launch from of sound or 330 metres per multiple second), informs Pillai. platforms Dr Pillai received the 16th taken us with $4 billion and The project will be of five- which include ship to ship, Dr Y. Nayudamma Award that too by getting help from year duration and joint teams land to ship and land to land. recently. In his annual lecture, Indian technology. We should from both India and Russia Further, the submarine ver- Dr Pillai said, the country had strive to get back the leader- have started working on de- sion is ready but the platform to focus on emerging as a ship by increasing exports to signing different versions of (submarine) is still not ready. globally-competitive, technol- $7 billion by 2010, he adds. the missiles. The supersonic Similar is the case with the ogy power. It had the man- Dr Pillai feels that the BrahMos missile developed Air Force platform. However, power and wherewithal to do near future would see the with speeds of Mach 2.8 has efforts are on to use the TU so in the near future. Giving convergence of info-bio nano already got orders from the 142, a reconnaissance aircraft an example of the contribution technologies. Luckily, India Indian Navy and Army. Both with the Navy for trials soon. of Dr Nayudamma, he said in has the potential, but needs the Indian and the Russian Ultimately, this version would leather technology, the country a concerted and big mission Government have assured be integrated with the Sukhoi had emerged as a major global projects to be at the forefront adequate funding and sup- SU 32 aircraft, says BrahMos power with export of $2.5 bil- of these technologies, which port, informs Pillai. project chief. lion. However, China has over- will shape our future.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 31 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 IAF to Acquire 24 Attack Helicopters

he Indian Air Force (IAF) is Tset to acquire 24 new attack helicopters and 12 heavy lift helicopters to replace and augment its Soviet- era fleets. Accord- ing to Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Fali Homi Major, a global Request for Proposals (RFP) for 24 state-of-the-art attack helicopters was around the corner. So was an RFP for 12 heavy lift helicopters to replace the old 20-tonne Mi 26 helicopters. The Mi 17 multi-role helicopters and Mi 35 Soviet-era attack helicopters would be upgraded, and a parallel plan was underway to renew assets in the next 10 years as part of the air force’s overall perspec- that new helicopters and sys- As for the attack helicop- board sensors and weapons, tive plan. A plan to acquire 80 tems were inducted to match ters, Boeing have already so that we can use them for newer Mi 17 1Vs is already the emerging strategic sce- made known its offer to sell its long, while periodically upgrad- under implementation, the Air nario as well as requirements latest version of the Apache ing their systems or parts.’ Chief informs. for mobility of troops, men and AH 64 to India. In fact, Boeing It may be noted that Com- There was an urgent need material even during a natural had invited a group of defence mercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) for the replacement of the calamity. analysts from India, at its parts with modular, replace- IAF’s fleet of half-a-dozen Mi Noting the development of aircraft and helicopter manu- able designs are now standard 26 heavy lift helicopters while some indigenous capability by facturing facilities to showcase in aircraft and helicopters. the Mi 35 attack helicopters HAL-produced aircraft, particu- its sophistication in military For sophisticated machines are being upgraded in systems larly the Dhruv Advanced Light products. though, they have to be or- to extend their useful life for Helicopter (ALH), he feels: Boeing Vice President dered - or outsourced - from some more time, informs the ‘A number of procurement Chris Chadwick has said that other manufacturers. IAF chief. According to Major schemes are being progressed the company was offering both According to Air Marshal the IAF was ‘actively pursu- and we will, in future, have a the Apache Block III as well as Ashok Goel, strategic affairs ing a comprehensive plan to mix of indigenous and import- Chinook CH 47 heavy lift in the analyst, in a large country like upgrade its helicopter fleet by ed aircraft to meet our op- 20-tonne category to the In- India helicopters are one of upgrading older machines and erational requirements, which dian Air Force (IAF). The Block the most vital systems. ‘Their inducting new ones.’ ‘Within includes heavy and medium-lift III version would be available flights have to be stationed the next 10 years though, and utility helicopters. These to the US forces in 2011, and if at various places to give the there would be a transforma- helicopters will be inducted India chose it, the same will be armed forces reach and mobil- tion of the helicopter fleet,’ the in a phase manner during the offered to the Indian Air Force ity to counter a threat or help air chief assured while at the next two 5-year plans.’ as well. the people in a natural disas- same time pointed out that While refusing to indicate Indications are that the ter.’ newer machines with state-of- any preference, saying that the EADS Euro copter has also The helicopters are re- the-art glass cockpits, mid- aircraft and systems are pro- offered its Tiger attack helicop- quired not only for ferrying flight refueling capability and cured in accordance with the ter with latest technologies to onboard and under-slung night operations were needed Air Staff Requirements (ASRs) India, both for the Army and Air military equipment but also for to meet the contemporary and in a transparent and thorough Force. However at present, the deployment in natural disas- future requirements. process, and that ‘whosoever attack helicopter role is vested ters as has been observed Agreeing that the acquisi- makes them, he says interest- with the IAF.’Today, we want during calamities like tsunami tion process had suffered after ed suppliers will be invited to the best, with digital net-centric and snowstorms in the recent 1990, he said it was high time participate in the tenders.’ connectivity as well as on- years.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 33 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 BEL to Display State-of-the-art Repertoire at the DEFEXPO 2008 avratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics NLimited (BEL) will be displaying its wide range equipment and systems at the show, which include Communication equipment, Command and Control Systems, Radars and Sonars, Night Vision & Opto Electronics products, Tank Electronics, Simulators and Electronic Warfare Systems. BEL will also showcase its contract manufacturing and offset capabilities in electronic assemblies, precision mechanical components / assemblies, Shelters, GPS modules as well as electronic assembly facilities, mechanical assembly facilities, brazing facility and software capabilities. The company’s defence communication equipment on display at the show will include Function Selection Display posite Communication System. System (ACCCS), Battle Field encryptors, HF radio, secure Unit, Radio Altitude Switch, The Network Centric Surveillance System and Battle fax, UHF / VHF base sta- Pylon Interface Box, Cockpit Systems on display will include Field Management System. tions, V/UHF radio, VHF / UHF Modules, indigenised units Integrated Air Command and Tank Electronics systems hand-held radios, VHF trans- of Radar Warning Receiver, Control System (IACCS), Artil- on display will be Advanced receiver, Combat Net Radio, Rotmens lens for multi-beam lery Combat Command Control Land Navigation System secure telephone, briefcase jamming and phased array an- satellite terminal, Unit Level tenna for multi-beam jamming. Switch Board, tactical commu- The display will also nication system and integrated include the Battle Field Surveil- secure communication system. lance Radar - Short Range While BEL’s ship-borne, (BFSR-SR) and Compact airborne and land-based Elec- & Lightweight Interrogation tronic Warfare Systems and Friend or Foe Radar. Avionics on display will include Models of other radars Radar Warning Receiver, - Surveillance Radar Element (SRE), 3D Medium Range Central Ac- quisition Radar, Re- porter Radar, Indra Mk II, Battery Level Radar (BLR), Weap- on Locating Radar (WLR) and Flycatch- er Radar, will be on display. BEL will also showcase details of Schilka Upgrade and Akash. The Ship-borne systems on display will include the Down Mast Naviga- tional Radar, Dop- pler Weather Radar, sonars, ATM based Integrated Ship- borne Data Network (AISDN) and Com-

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(ALNS), Integrated Eyesafe Laser Range Find- receivers, microwave compo- Fire Detection & ers (LRF), LRF for nents, so- Suppression System, Air Defence, lar battery Laser Range Finder Laser Des- charger, for AERV, Tank Har- ignator cum solar home ness System, L 70 / Range Finder, lighting Zu 23 Gun Upgrades Gap Measur- and street and Tank Upgrade. ing Device, lighting Opto Electron- batteries, Im- systems, ics and Night Vision age Intensifier solar lantern, Products on display Tubes and power supplies for X- band rotary joint, will be Night Vision Image Intensifier Tubes. X-ray baggage inspection sys- Goggles, Monocular, Training Simulators on tem, explosive detector, video Night Vision Binocu- display will be 81 mm Mortar surveillance, access control lars, Night Weapon Training Simulator, Forward system, biometric system, door Sights, Integrated Observer Training Simulator, frame detector and composite Observation Equip- Driving Simulators and Crew & data recorder. ment, Hand Held Gunnery Simulators. BEL will also display some Thermal Imager Some of BEL’s compo- of the turnkey system solutions - both cooled and nents and general products it has provided like the country- uncooled versions, on display will be Set Top Box, wide police network (POLNET), Nirbhay for Mortar Assymetrical Digital Subscriber EDUSAT, convergent billing Fire Control, Spot- Line Modem, Simputers, Elec- project for MTNL and Andhra ter Scope, Hand tronic Voting Machines, Travel- Pradesh statewide network Held and Binocular ling Wave Tubes, Ku band (APNET).

Advertorial Мотоr Sich JSC Offers New Engine For Indian Helicopters

bout 700 the TV3-117 engine. Application of the Depending on a type of operated helicopters, espe- aero-engines manufac- TV3-117VMA-SBM1V engine the helicopter, in which the cially in operation under high Atured in Ukraine at the compressor turbine excluded TV3-117VMA-SBM1V engine land and hot climate conditions Motor Sich JSC enterprise are use of the cover disks in the is installed the ACS allows to typical for the Republic of In- in operation in the Republic new engine, used in the family tune take-off power within limit dia, and increase pay-load and of India in the MI-24, MI-25, of the NV3-117 engines and of 2,000 hp (up to ambient tem- improve reliability to finish mis- MI-35, MI-8MTV, MI-142, and having the restricted service perature of +51°) and 2,500 hp sions while one of the engines Ka-29 helicopters. Motor Sich life. (up to ambient temperature of is shut down. JSC carries out permanently Thanks to this the TV3- +31°), the contingency power The helicopters with the works for further increasing 117VMA-SBM1V engine is being 2,800 hp for all tuning TV3-117VMA-SBM1V engines reliability and service life of given recently TBO (Time choices of the ACS. will give an excellent opportu- these engines and design- between overhaul) of 3.000 The TV3-117VMA-SBM1V nity to be used in the high land ing their new modifications to hours/cycles before the first engine new modification with areas of India and fulfill various meet requirements of custom- overhaul, and the assigned the updated ACS (FADEC) is special tasks. ers. service life of 9.000 hours/ under developing for projects In September 2007 Motor cycles. In the future we are of the new helicopters. Us- Such arguments as: Sich accomplished works planning to increase TBO up ing this type of ACS will lead - numerous quantity of engines for creation and certification to 4000 hours/cycles and the to further improvement of the of the TV3-117VMA-SBM1V of the new TV3-117VMA- assigned service life up to engine’s parameters. engine family, and long time SBM1V engine exposed at 12.000 hours/cycles. The Higher technical character- positive experience of their DEFEXPO-2008. Parameters weight-dimension characteris- istics to support take-off power operation, of this engine are complying tic and connecting sizes of the against ambient temperature, - availability of well equipped with modern technical require- TV3-117VMA-SBM1V engine altitude start-up, designed and arranged service struc- ments, and it has Type Certifi- are the same as those of the for the TV3-117VMA-SBM1V ture of maintenance of these cate No. ST 267-AMD, issued engines operated on the “MI” engine, were proved while engines, including the repair by the Aviation Register of the and “Ka” helicopters. The pre- carrying out tests in the FGUP depot at the city of Chandigarh Interstate Aviation Committee viously manufactured engines thermo-vacuum chamber of multiplied by high operational on 5 September 2007.The en- of the TV3-117 family can the Baranov Central Aviation parameters of the engine, and gine is designed on the bases be transformed into a design Engine Institute, where engine readiness of Motor Sich for co- of the TV3-117VMA-SBMV, profile of the TV3-117VMA- demonstrated stable operation with HAL in creation serially-manufactured-and- SBM1V engine during overhaul start-ups, up to altitude of the TV3-117VMA-SBM1V certified turbo-shaft engine, at the Motor Sich factory. of 6,000 m and steady-state engine modification adapted to using its core engine and free The automatic control operation at 9,000 m. operation in the 10 ton payload turbine. While designing the system (ACS) of the engines In so doing the installation helicopter developed by HAL, helicopter engine the best differs slightly from that, which of the TV3-117VMA-SBM1V give good chances of such an technical ideas are used, and is used in the TV3-117 engine engine in helicopter with minor Indian-Ukrainian engine to be intended to provide higher family, and there is no neces- expenditures will provide es- the most reasonable choice for parameters and service life sity to do some change in the sential improvement of techni- the new Indian multipurpose obtained from the prototype helicopter’s systems. cal parameters of the new and helicopter.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 35 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Coast Guard to Sail Newer Seas he Indian Coast Guard The Coast Guard lance to safeguard as- Coast Guard, Vice Admiral completed 31glorious has vigorously pursued sets against subversive Rustom Contractor told ex- Tyears of service to the its charter for the pres- threats from the sea. porters on the eve of the 31st nation on Feb.1, 2008. Young- ervation of marine Recently, a naval de- anniversary of India’s youngest est of the four armed forces, life. Every year, fence Boat T-60 and armed force. Of the new ships, the Coast Guard has grown Operation “Olivia” is the Coast Guard ship some 70 would be ‘bigger ves- from strength to strength since conducted to prevent Razia Sultana have sels’ like advanced off-shore its formative years. The organi- the poaching of the been deployed in the patrol vessels and the others sation that started with just two endangered Oliver Palk Bay in the wake of a wide variety like intercep- frigates, Kuthar and Kirpan and Ridley turtles along the of intelligence reports tor boats and inshore patrol five patrol boats leased from Orissa coast. The Coast Guard that the LTTE could be sending vessels. ‘We are also looking the Indian Navy, has grown into has till date seized 315 boats fresh cadres into Tamil Nadu. at six multi-mission maritime a competent and capable force along with 500 crew involved Speed boats have been patrol aircraft and twin-engine comprising 76 ships including in poaching this protected asked to intensify patrolling helicopters,’ the ICG chief said small crafts and 45 aircraft. species. The force also coor- along the Indian coastline, and of the force that started with The force is mandated with dinates the National Oil Spill helicopters have also been just two frigates and five patrol the task of protecting the for- Disaster Contingency Plan. Ef- pressed into service. The de- boats taken on lease from the midable Indian 7,500 kilome- forts are underway to make the ployed vessels have been fitted Indian Navy and today oper- tres long coastline, as well as ports and oil handling agencies with radars and 30 MM Medak ates 76 ships and 45 aircraft. marine wealth and vast ocean self reliant in providing re- guns and 12.7mm guns. The The expansion had become resources in the enormous sponse to oil spills of up to 700 ships were also expected to necessary as ‘changes in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Tons i.e Tier 1 capability. This prevent Indian fishermen from maritime environment have 2.013 million square kilome- would leave the Coast Guard entering Lankan waters. necessitated the Indian Coast tres. The motto of the force is to tackle major oil spills even in With future plans to explore Guard to evolve and take on `Vayam Rakshamah’, which the deep sea with specialised and exploit the ocean bed up additional responsibilities’, means `We Protect’. vessels. to 200 kilomtres, that is the informs Contractor. ‘We are Headquartered at New The Coast Guard is also limit of India’s EEZ, Indian also the focal point in India Delhi it has three Coast Guard assisting the coastal States in Coast Guard will need more under the Regional Agree- Regions. These are Coast setting up Marine Police Sta- vessels and aircraft-both fixed ment on Combating Piracy and Guard Region West, with Re- tions and training the police and rotary wing. For cover- Armed Robbery against Ships gional Headquarters at Mum- personnel under the Coastal ing this additional area and to in Asia (ReCAAPP - involving bai, Coast Guard Region East, Security Scheme. To date 862 prevent gunrunning, smuggling 16 countries of the region) that with Regional Headquarters police personnel have been and human trafficking, as also has seen piracy in the Strait of at Chennai and Coast Guard trained and Marine Police sta- terror attacks from the sea, the Malacca reducing 30 per cent Region Andaman & Nicobar tions set up in 41 locations. Coast Guard is reportedly eye- in the past few years,’ Contrac- Islands, with Regional The emerging security situ- ing an ambitious ramping up of tor feels. ‘We have also signed Headquarters at Port Blair. ation in the backdrop of global its assets to 217 ships and 74 agreements with Japan and The dedicated efforts of the terrorism calls for the Coast aircraft in the next five years. South Korea to gain from the Coast Guard have resulted in Guard to be at the highest ‘We are hoping to induct established practices of the saving 4,049 lives at sea to state of vigil. To counter this these assets during the 11th two major coast guards in the date, out of which 185 lives new challenge, it has stepped Five-Year Plan period (2007- region,’ he adds. Japan is one were saved in 2007 - that up aerial and surface surveil- 12),’ Director General, Indian country which, years before translates to a the Tsunami of life being saved December 2004, had every second day. acknowledged the Since its inception, Indian Coast Guard the Coast Guard as a very effective has apprehended force in not only 9,220 foreign fish- fulfilling its national ermen along with aims, but also one 925 fishing vessels whose presence in for violating the the Indian Ocean re- Maritime Zones of gion is a deterrence India Act. and begun a process The repatriation of joint cooperation. of these fishermen As such, some of the back to their coun- requirement of more tries of origin is a vessels will come responsibility that from India’s private also rests on the and government Coast Guard. 254 shipyards, whereas personnel have the rest will be pro- been repatriated cured from the world to the countries of market. their origin in the -Col (retd) Anil year gone by. Bhat, VSM

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 37 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Ferrari of the Skies hat’s the way Agus- the AgustaWestland ‘Training taWestland views its Academy’. Thelicopters. With an accent on design and technical The Indian connection prowess, the company is also With New Delhi set to float a eyeing the Indian market in its huge 0ne-billion-dollar plus expanding global plans. It’s tender for light helicopters, quietly waiting on the sidelines combining the needs of both as it sees itself among the top the Army and the IAF, Agus- contenders for India’s huge taWestland now finds itself vy- defence tender for 317 helicop- ing for the big catch alongside ters in the offing. And its sell- other frontrunners Bell (US), ing point is a trendness which Eurocopter( France, Germany it says is unmatched by other & Spain) and Kamov(Russia). manufacturers. “AgustaWestland is expecting to emerge as a sure Generation Next partner for India”, says Capt K “Shape, performance, comfort, V Kunnikrishnan, GM of India high cruise speeds and state- operations. “We will present of-the-art safety features”, says light attack combat helicopters Roberto Farnese, describing at the Defexpo 2008”. The the core of his products’ ap- defence exhibition is being 90 multi-purpose helicopter Bit of History peal. As for the Indian market, seen by experts as the final late in December, 2007. The AgustaWestland was cre- Farnese believes it will be grand showcasing for the Italian Army has ordered 60 ated by the forging of two big riding alongside the global helicopter bid contenders. “We NH 90 TTH helicopters which helicopter companies in the trend-that of rapidly increas- have a global presence and will replace older models formative days of aviation ing demand for choppers. our products range from small currently operated by the manufacturing in the early 20th However, the pride of place for single-engine to three-engine service in various utility roles. century. Agusta and Westland the company is in its avowed 15-tonne helicopters. The joint The new twin engine NH90s first collaborated in the 1960s, transmission system-the heart venture NH-90 and BA-609 aim to give the Italian Army a when Westland started license of the helicopter. The other military models have proved quantum leap in operational production of the Agusta feather in AgustaWestland’s huge success stories”, says capability. AB47G, better known as the cap, he says, is the best full- Kunnikrishnan. The NH90 TTH version is “Sioux”. Starting in 1964, West- flight simulator in the industry. Take a look at its light attack designed for tactical transport land built 250 of these small “Our training facilities are of AW 109 LUH. The baseline of personnel (16 to 20 troops) helicopters. The relationship the highest standards”, says LUH is a light twin engine heli- and material. Additional ap- between Agusta and Westland Farnese. copter in the 3000 kg class. Its plications include medical matured over 20 years through Among its primary products prolific armament capabilities evacuation (12 stretchers), a tie-up on the development are the AW 119 Ke, AW 109 include a rocket launcher, twin special operations and air- and production of the 16-ton Power, Grand, AW 109 LUH, machine gun pod, machine borne command post. multi-role EH101. AW 129, Super Lynx 300, AB gun pod (20 mm) anti-tank This was the platform which 412, AW 139, AW 149, BA 609, missiles and air-to-air missiles Growing market enabled the two Companies to Apache AH MK I, NH 90, AW (Stinger or Mistral). The company will also be seal integration when Fin- 101 and the US 101. upbeat about India’s growing meccanica S.p.A. of Italy and Vergiate in Italy is where Airborne Blockbuster private charter market, which GKN plc of the UK signed the final assembly of the AW109 The company received a boost is expanding at 40% per year. agreement for the formation Power, Grand and AW139 over two months ago, when the Also among customers are of a 50:50 joint venture com- helicopters is located and Italian Army’s Aviation Unit took various state governments. pany named AgustaWestland Sesto Calende is the home of delivery of the joint venture NH “Our first helicopter was used in 2001. In December, 2004 by the Rajasthan government. Finmeccanica acquired GKN’s The A 109 has been used or 50 per cent stake in Agus- exclusive VIP transport. The taWestland. J&K and Jharkhand governments are also using our Air Force One choppers and we’re now deliv- AgustaWestland opened offic- ering to Andhra Pradesh”, said es in Philadelphia in 2005, and Kunnikrishnan. The AW119 is won a contract to build the new in demand and the AW 139 is presidential helicopter Marine the most popular in India, he One over the U.S. manufac- added. turer Sikorsky Aircraft. News is AgustaWestland is the that the IAF is closely looking world leader in the corporate at at the US 101 model for fer- helicopter market and plays rying of the country’s VVIPs by a leading role in the Italian next year. market as well. By Amitabh Joshi

38 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one Defence Majors Vying Robust Indian Arms Market efence majors continue to woo India, which im- Dported military hardware and software worth a staggering $25 billion since the 1999 Kargil conflict. With a war chest to spend another $30 billion or almost Rs 120,000 crore on arms imports by 2012 by India, countries as well as global armament companies continue to jostle with each other to grab big pieces of the lucrative action. According to a defence ministry official “Around 40 per cent of these are international companies.” All the big players in the global arms bazaar, ranging from the American Boeing and Israeli Aerospace Industries to the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and the Russian Rosoboronexport State Cor- several even setting up India will conclude poration, are showcasing offices in recent times, since in first week of their wares. Moreover, India is there are rich pickings to be March, with six looking to leverage big defence made. For instance take the foreign avia- deals to further its own geopo- military aviation sector. The tion majors litical objectives. first leg of the ‘mother of all de- submitting Big armament players, of fence deals’, the $10.4 billion their technical course, are falling over each project to acquire 126 multi- and commer- other to come to India, with role combat fighters for IAF, cial bids. The Army, in turn, is going in for artillery modernisation worth almost Rs 12,000 crore. This turn, has already launched includes 140 ultra-light howit- commercial negotiations to zers for around Rs 2,900 crore, acquire eight Boeing P-8i 400 155mm towed guns for Rs long-range maritime recon- 4,000 crore and 180 155mm naissance aircraft with anti- wheeled self-propelled guns for submarine warfare capabili- Rs 4,700 crore. ties for around $2 billion. That’s not all. India is also Even the Coast Guard is looking for more radars, mis- now looking for ‘multi-mission’ siles, spy drones, precision- maritime aircraft. “We want six guided munitions and the like. for surveillance and search- All this frenzy of activity, of and-rescue operations,” Coast course, also provides scope for Guard director-general Vice- a lot of bloodletting. Admiral Rusi Contractor said. India is also hunting for The plans in other areas 317 ‘light’ helicopters for IAF are equally big. Navy chief and Army in a project worth Admiral Sureesh Mehta said over $2.5 billion, which like the the global tender for the fighter project will involve indig- second line of six submarines enous production with transfer — after the mammoth Rs of technology as well. 18,798 crore French Scor- “The combined global pene submarine project now tender for the helicopters is underway at Mazagon Docks being issued,” defence minister — will be issued in 2008- A K Antony said. The Navy, in 2009.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 39 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Indian Ballistic Missile to go on trial next Year go on an them.’ With this capability, we attack mode have protective missile cover in despite the western region and north- having the eastern region,’ Saraswat said. capability to India is surrounded by hit targets countries in and around the at 3,000 km region possessing various and beyond ballistic missiles that could be with Agni- fired from any direction. III and its The tracking and fire control upcoming radars were developed by variants,’ state-run DRDO in collabora- informed tion with Israel and France. Saraswat. With the development and The production being taken up con- advanced currently, the Electronics and BMD is at a Radar Development Establish- design stage ment (LRDE) in Bangalore has and will go been commissioned to roll out on trial in more radars for short, medium 2009-2010. and long range use in associa- With all the tion with the private sector. elements of ‘LRDE has a full-fledged fa- the system cility at Kolar to assemble and such as the calibrate the radars required by long-range the defence forces,’ Saraswat tracking said. radar, the Under the integrated multi-function fire control radar, guided missile programme, ndia will have an indigenous Organisation (DRDO) chief the very intelligent and potent DRDO plans to test fire Agni-IV ballistic missile defence sys- controller V.K. Saraswat told mission control centre for de- intermediate range missile in Item to intercept and destroy reporters on the sidelines of ciding the launching of the in- mid-2009. It will be able to hit intermediate ballistic missiles the 95th Indian Science Con- terceptor, the BMD will be able targets in the range of 5,000- (IRBMs) and inter-continental gress. to detect IRBMs and ICBMs 6,000 km. ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by With an advanced inte- of any country and destroy on ‘As the fourth country in 2010. grated ballistic missile defence target. the world to have capability ‘We are developing a robust (BMD) system India joins the ‘The first anti-missile de- for designing and developing anti-missile defence system exclusive club of Israel, Russia fence system, which was suc- attacking and defensive (anti) that will have high-speed inter- and the US in developing and cessfully test-fired Dec 6, 2007 missiles from short to long ceptions for engaging ballistic possessing the technology to from the integrated test range range, our technology is home missiles in the 5,000 km class attack and defend itself from in coastal Orissa, demonstrat- grown and self-reliant in spite and above. We have recently any adversary in the region or ed our capability to intercept of the missile technology con- demonstrated the capability beyond. targets at 45 to 50 km (exo- trol regime (MTCR) and denial to handle such targets up to ‘With our avowed policy of atmospheric) as well as at 15 of dual-use technologies by 2,000 to 2,500 km,’ Defence ‘no-first use’ with respect to to 20 km (endo-atmosphoric) the developed countries due to Research and Development nuclear weapons, we may not altitudes and disintegrating sanctions,’ Saraswat added. Genesis EW’s Breakthrough Solutions enesis EW Ltd. - spe- Intelligence (SIGINT) data, Suite. posed of stand-alone com- cialists in software GenCOM Suite automatically The situational aware- mercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Gsolutions for the EW generates a sophisticated and ness picture is displayed on a products, offering maximum industry, is demonstrating the accurate situational awareness friendly, highly customizable built-in flexibility and the best GenCOM Suite at Defexpo picture. user interface. GenCOM Suite fit to the client’s needs. Gen- 2008 event. GenCOM Suite Genesis EW has combined additionally functions as an COM is fully compatible with a is a leading-edge decision data fusion with innovative advanced simulation platform, broad range of sensor inputs, support platform, granting fast algorithms to produce a multi- providing complex electromag- and data can be output either and comprehensive insight into layered build-up reflecting the netic arena simulation which to a central database or to the electromagnetic battlefield. geo-spectral, communica- is used for operator training, GenCOM’s components. Incorporating cutting-edge tional and tactical status of the system components testing GenCOM Suite will be dem- technologies to process and battlefield with its breakthrough and integration support. onstrated daily at the Israeli analyze intercepted Signal development of the GenCOM GenCOM Suite is com- Pavilion, Hall 11.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 41 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 March Into History Series The Battle of Kursk The key turning point of the campaign was that while the Germans planned and initiated an offensive strike, the well- planned Soviet defence not only managed to frustrate their ambitions but also enabled the the expected German attack Soviets to follow up the suc- areas. cessful defence with counterof- Kursk further demonstrated fensives and exhausted the that the conflict in the East German abilities in the theater, contained the largest scale of thereby seizing the initiative for warfare in history, in terms of the remainder of the war. manpower involved. t was the mother of all up ahead of the fight with The pattern of the war up battles. The Battle of Kursk armour and troop concentra- until this point had been one Defence becomes offence I(or Kursk Campaign, July tions by both sides reaching of German offensive success. So well designed was the 4, 1943 – July 20, 1943), also unprecedented proportions. Blitzkrieg had worked against Soviet defensive planning, that called Operation Zitadelle by The Russians got together 1, all opposing armies, including when entering the archetypi- the German Army (Operation 300,000 men, 3,600 tanks, the Soviets’. None had suc- cal counterattack phase, the Citadel in English), was a ma- 20,000 artillery pieces, and ceeded in stopping a German Soviets were able to attack jor defensive battle strategy on 2,400 aircraft.The Germans, no breakthrough. The German de- along four separate axes of ad- the Soviets’ part in the Eastern less formidable, had a force of lay in launching their offensive vance, and execute a planned Theater during World War II. 900,000 men, 2,700 tanks and gave the Soviets four months stop at a phase line. They It was a monumental 2000 aircraft. in which to prepare, and with superbly avoided the pitfalls military operation, but it will The campaign, which every passing day they turned of overextending during the always be remembered as the included the famous sub-battle the area into one of the most counterattack and earning this largest clash of armour during at Prokhorovka, remains the heavily defended points on battle’s deserved place as a the Second World War. Hitler largest armoured engagement earth. model campaign in war college needed a victory to consolidate of all time, and included the Soviet minefields and artil- curricula. his eastern push and the vast most costly single day of aerial lery were again successful in But that glory came at a hor- area around the city Kursk pro- warfare in history. delaying the German attack rific cost. The total number of vided the stage for the deadly While the Germans saw and inflicting losses. The ability losses for the whole offensive drama. Aware of Hitler’s inten- the Battle of Kursk as Opera- of dug-in Red Army units to was put at 100,000 men killed tions, the Soviets constructed tion Zitadelle only; the Soviets delay the Germans was vital or wounded. The Soviet casu- a huge multi-layered line of saw Zitadelle as the defensive to allow their own reserves to alty figures were not released defence-laying mine fields and phase of the battle, followed by be brought up into threatened until the end of the communist putting in place huge numbers Operation Kutuzov and Opera- sectors. Over 90,000 additional era. They were recorded at of reserve forces. tion Polkovodets Rumyantsev mines were laid during the 250,000 killed and 600,000 as an offensive phase. battle by small mobile groups wounded. They also lost half of Massive build-up of engineers, generally working their tank strength. It was an astounding build A turning point at night immediately in front of -Amitabh Joshi China Absent From DEFEXPO, Pakistan not Invited

n the midst of the grow- informed cryptically, ‘Yes, I the Chinese embassy here to month. ing India-China bonhomie, can confirm that China has not visit the exposition. Spread over eight halls and IBeijing has inexplicably accepted our invitation, while The Chinese decision would 32,000 sq metres of open and decided to stay away from in the case of Pakistan, they also not impact on the growing covered space, DEFEXPO- DEFEXPO-2008 interna- were not invited,’ he added, military ties between the two 2008 will see the launch of a tional military exposition that without giving any reasons. Of- Asian giants. The two armies staggering 91 new products opened at the Indian capital, ficials here were not surprised had last month conducted their ranging from radars, to com- New Delhi. at China’s decision to stay first-ever joint drill in China munications systems, tor- Pakistan, however, was away.’ Obviously, the Chinese and are scheduled to conduct pedoes, anti-mine vehicles, not invited to the four-day do not view India as a market another in India later this year. unmanned aerial vehicles and event at which a record 273 as they sell varied equipment Chinese military officers combat clothing. defence manufacturers from to Pakistan and India would also expected to witness the And given the fast warming 30 countries - and 202 from thus be wary of doing business ‘Brazen Chariot’ war game to ties between New Delhi and India – are showcasing their with them,’ according to official be jointly conducted by the Washington, it is not surprising varied portfolios. sources. At the same time, Indian Army and the Indian Air that US companies should be Secretary (Defence sources expected some diplo- Force at the Pokhran range in making a beeline for the bien- Production) Pradeep Kumar mats and defence officers from Rajasthan’s Thar Desert next nial exposition.

42 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one New Surface-to-Surface Missile in the Offing? wo successful intercep- The December tests have defence programme, was also opment Programme and has tor missile tests carried validated that the AAD could involved with the development already been inducted into the Tout by Indian scientists also be used as an Extended of the India’s first surface-to- Army. as part of the country’s ballistic Range Surface-to-Air Missile, surface missile Prithvi I and The single stage liquid-fu- missile defence programme in besides being used as a bal- Prithvi II (Dhanush). elled Prithvi I with maximum the first week of December last listic missile interceptor. According to Dr. Saraswat warhead mounting capability year has led to development Dr V K Saraswat, who is , “The AAD could be used to of 1000 kg has a range of 150 of a new surface-to-surface the team leader of the ballistic target aircraft’, adding that its km. It has an accuracy of 10- missile that could be possibly successful launch has 50 metres, while the AAD is named as ‘Ashvin’. opened up a ‘new era’ precise to 0.5 mts. The endo-atmospheric with the development Prithvi II (Dhanush) is the interceptor missile AAD, the of supersonic intercep- Air Force version of 250 kms missile used to engage the tor missiles that can be range and capacity to carry a approaching ‘enemy’ missile at used for defence against payload of 500kg, while Prithvi a height of around 15 kms from Cruise missiles”. III is the naval version of 350 the surface of the earth, could He was of the opin- km range with a payload of 500 be used as a surface-to-sur- ion that the AAD part kgs. face missile in the days ahead. of the missile defence Defending the idea of hav- The AAD, which is 7.5 mts long programme is completely ing a ballistic defence pro- and has a solid rocket propel- independent from sur- gramme, Dr. Saraswat feels ler with siliconised carbon jet face-to-surface missile that threat of ballistic missile vanes, has a range of over 150 programme and that it is exists along with the prolif- kms and could achieve a maxi- purely a spin off of the eration of these threats, and mum velocity of 1400 m/s. entire project. added since India has a no first The USP of this missile is Prithvi I is India’s first use policy; it becomes inevita- its high precision INS system, indigenously developed ble to protect the country from faster on board computer with tactical surface-to-surface any future missile attack.” The advanced technologies like RF short-range ballistic mis- programme shows the defen- seeker, agility and the capabil- sile (SRBM) developed sive position of the country and ity to launch the missile in any under the Integrated not an offensive position,” he direction in autonomous mode. Guided Missile Devel- added.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 43 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 C-130J Acquisition Will Ameliorate IAF Tasks In due course the IAF could vide sub-contracts and make increase the order as the C investments worth about $ 300 -130 is one of the world’s most million, the details of which proven machines and operated are still to be worked out as all by several countries. Canada defence direct off sets have not has just placed an order. In the been successfully attempted. aviation strike in Australia the Hence details of how the sup- fleet of C-130s had come to the plier will go about fulfilling the rescue. offsets are to be negotiated, The letter of acceptance though it is reported Mahindra (LoA) issued by MoD’s procure- and Bharat Electronics Ltd ment wing to Lockheed stipu- have been approached for lates the supply of six aircraft, absorbing some off sets. The infrastructure, spares and spare state trading corporation (STC) engines. Many companies like is handling the large Boeing Honeywell, Rolls Royce and and Airbus offsets and all eyes others which supply engines are on the National Aviation and parts stipulated in the con- Company of India (NACIL) for tract would benefit. According the large multi billion dollar to the aircraft’s manufacturers, order on Boeing and Airbus for Lockheed Martin, the C-130J 112 aircraft which has a com- n 31st January the Siachen at 17,000 feet and in is equipped with low probability bination of direct and indirect MOD announced that drop Zones deep into the Solto- of intercept radar, advanced offsets in aviation, and ‘Vanilla’ Oafter prolonged de- ro snow capped reservoirs. The self-defence systems and en- offsets in other industries to the liberations a confirmed order calls for transport assistance by hanced situational awareness tune of $ 2.5 billion. had finally been issued for the the Army and at times to assist from the head-up displays and C-130J, C-130M, A400M… acquisition of 6 C-130J Her- civilian evacuations have also moving maps. It is meant for IL-76? The CC-130s are used cules transport aircraft for a increased. In the present IAF demanding special operations in a wide variety of roles, from sum of around $ 1 billion, the inventory of 26 IL-76s of which and combat search and rescue tactical transport to aerial largest order bagged by the 2 are dedicated to the aviation missions. The Indian Army is refueling and even search and US military industrial complex research centre (ARC) of RAW, converting some of its Para rescue. The Canadian Forces so far. The aircraft is manufac- the IL-76 which is a basic long Battalions in to Special Forces do not own any other aircraft tured by Lockheed and the deal range transporter can carry a and are being kitted up accord- in a similar class, which makes is a government to government 30 tonner load. The other trans- ingly. replacement essential. EADS deal through the foreign military porter the AN –32 can carry a The contract for troop trans- tried to remain in the running sales (FMS). The IAF has truly 6 tonne load so a gap exists, port aircraft is not subject to the with its Airbus A400M, and oth- been stretched as it has to airlift when the Army has a need for strict offset clause put in place er alternatives were proposed, up to 25000 tons per year and 10 to 12 tonnes load including for all defence import deals but the specific requirements most of its transport aircraft and a lift of 6 tanks. The C-130J is worth over Rs.300 crore, as it set by Canada’s Department of helicopters operate in extreme the latest model with a special is government to government National Defense (DND) tended envelopes of weather and six bladed propeller for fuel effi- FMS deal but it is understood to exclude alternatives. at times parachute stores to ciency and will bridge that gap. Lockheed has decided to pro- -Ranjit B Rai Asia’s Leading AEROSPACE MAGAZINE

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 45 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Scorpene Subs to carry SM39 Exocet Missiles

n 6th of October, The prices of the submarines associated kits from France in carry 18 torpedoes or missiles 2005 the Indian Navy include an escalation clause a plug and play mode. UDS In- or combination. The Subtics Osighed with relief as which complicated technology ternational will supply the Sub- combat management system their persistent efforts to build transfer agreement. tics combat system and Thales with up to six multifunction submarines in India came alive The Indian Navy was in the sensors, electronic warfare common consoles and a cen- again after the HDW deal, need of a land and ship attack systems and communications. trally situated tactical table, is which saw two submarines missile in its next class of sub- Thereafter the deal provides collocated with the platform- being successfully built by the marines, and only the French for the transfer of technology control facilities. The com- Mazagon Docks Ltd, India and option was available with the to India for 4 submarines to be bat management system is further operations halted in the SM 39 Exocet at that time, the built under license. The com- composed of a command and early 90s due to irregularities project was mooted. Pakistan pact 1500 ton boats based on tactical data handling system, which were never proved. The Navy had earlier acquired the the French nuclear submarine a weapon control system and Scorpene deal with involve- Exocets in their Agosta class of design will be armed with the an integrated suite of acoustic ment of the French DCN, Tha- submarines and on the French SM 39 Exocet MBDA anti-ship sensors with an interface to les and the Spanish Navantia supplied Altantiques, while the and land attack missiles. a set of Air Surface Detection companies under the banner PN P3C Orions are capable of The Scorpene’s six 21inch sensors and to the Integrated of Armaris was signed by the launching the Harpoons. The torpedo tubes will be capable Navigation System with GPS French Ambassador Domi- first two Scorpenes will be as- of firing SM-39 Exocet anti-ship for targeting. nique Girard and Indian MOD’s sembled in India with complete missiles, which have a range in Additional Secretary D Baner- systems, CIC, sonars, EW and excess of 50km. Each boat can About the Exocet missile jee for the first 6 submarines The Exocet is a French-built in a $ 3 billion contract in New anti-ship missile whose vari- Delhi on that day, in the pres- The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile ous versions can be launched ence of the Chief of Naval Staff whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, sub- Admiral Arun Prakash. This from surface vessels, submarines, and marines, and aircraft have a was the largest contract the good track record in action. Navy had signed and the prog- aircraft have a good track record in action. Several hundred were fired in ress of the project is reported Several hundred were fired in combat combat during the 1980s. The to be satisfactory at Mazagon during the 1980s. The name comes from a name comes from a French Docks Ltd and the first boat French word for ‘Flying Fish’. word for ‘Flying Fish’. The will be delivered in 2011 and Exocet has been manufac- one every year thereafter. tured in a number of versions,

46 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one DCNS to set up Indian Subsidiary

DCNS is a company on the move. with six Scorpene submarines was and combat systems and the How has been Asia-Pacific re- Way back in 2003, the Group signed on 6 October 2005 as part of secondment of technical advisors gion for DCN group against changed its legal status from gov- a broad technology transfer agree- while the first two boats are being stiff competition from others? ernment administration to stand- ment. The programme is on track. built. The first cut for the first sub- alone company or, more specifi- The initial preparatory phase un- marine took place at Mazagon DCNS has had discussions with cally, a State-owned commercial dertaken by DCNS is approaching Dock Limited’s Mumbai shipyard various countries in the Asia-Pa- enterprise under private law. In this completion and will shortly enable in December 2006. The first boat cific region, but no programmes exemplary transformation, DCNS Mazagon Dock Limited to launch is scheduled for delivery in 2012 have been announced other than reorganised key activities (purchas- the production phase. The com- with the other five to follow at a those with India and Malaysia. ing, human resources, project man- ponents to be produced by DCNS rate of one per year. agement, etc.) on commercial lines are also on track. For instance, the What about DCNS’s future to become a highly successful in- aft bulkhead for the first submarine Are there any further offer you role?: dustrial Group. To meet the growing was accepted by the Indian custom- expect to materialise with the DCNS aims to make its know-how demand for integrated naval ser- er’s representative in France after it Navy from your company? If in through-life support (TLS) and vices from countries further afield, passed its Factory Acceptance Test so, explain? naval services available to friend- DCNS offers its services as a naval last summer. We are awaiting an RFP for 6 ad- ly navies. In December 2005, the prime contractor and warship sup- In a few months’ time, DCNS plans ditional submarines in the next DCNS group set up DCNS Far port provider by drawing on its own to set up an Indian subsidiary. The few months. We are also hoping East in Singapore to guarantee resources in development, mar- main aim is to ensure the success to participate to an RFP soon to the operational availability of the keting, production and partnering. of the current Scorpene contract. be issued for additional frigates Republic of Singapore Navy’s Says Laurent Videau, delegate- In- DCNS India will offer products and within the frame of the P17A proj- Formidable-class frigates pro- dia & Thailand in an exclusive chat services, including project follow- ect. We are also interested to be duced under a technology trans- with International Aerospace , ‘Our up. It will also help to optimise the involved for the LPD project un- fer programme. Similarly, DCNS financial results are there for all to organisation of the Scorpene pro- der definition. will set up a joint venture with see. In 2006 DCNS generated reve- gramme and smoothe the associ- a Malaysian naval shipyard to nues of €2.7 billion and held firm or- ated technology transfer by super- What is the current status of maintain the two Scorpene sub- ders worth €8.2 billion. Our healthy vising the local production under the worldwide order book of marines on order for the Malay- operating income of €213 million is licence of systems, subsystems Scorpene and how many of sian Navy. Fully aware of what it the result of continuing efforts to cut and components. them have been delivered by takes to guarantee the success costs and improve our industrial and now? of its customers’ projects, DCNS management processes. Excerpts What is the size of the deal and The Scorpene is a conventional plans to set up a subsidiary in of the interview: do you think you are working on submarine (i.e. diesel-electric India to ensure that submarine schedule to deliver on time? propulsion) designed for anti-sub- production proceeds smoothly. What is the progress on the Scor- The Scorpene contract provides for marine and anti-surface warfare. In all probability, DCNS will also pene deal; would you like to high- the construction under licence of six DCNS has delivered two Scor- set up a joint venture with local light the current status of it? submarines, associated technology penes to Chile and is currently partners. The programme to provide India transfers, supply of hull elements building two more for Malaysia. - Trilok Desai including: The 670 kg Exocet is a pre determined range called MM40 version (MM40 block MM38(surface- a solid propellant missile ‘Gate’ to find and hit its target 3) has an improved range of launched); AM39(air- designed to hit large war- by a lock on. The submarine- 180 km, through the use of a launched);SM39(submarine- ships and is guided inertially launched version places the turbojet engine. launched); and in mid-flight, and turns on its missile and a booster motor in -Ranjit B Rai MM40(surface-launched). active radar during its flight at the launch capsule. The newer Rosoboronservice (India) Crosses Rs.100 cr Threshold he initiative taken The order book of Ro- made by ROS (I) during the Thane Creek (TTC) Industrial by Russia’s defense soboronservice (India) Ltd last two years have been Area in Rabale, Navi Mum- Tequipment canalising crossed the Rs.100 crore noteworthy and have re- bai, for converting a major agency Rosoboronexport threshold last week. This ser- ceived appreciation from its part of it into a warehouse for and seven eminent designs vice centre’s charter includes Indian naval customers. storing spare parts for sale and manufacturing corpora- repair, maintenance and trials The warehouse and repair to the Indian Armed Forces, tions to promote an Indo- / testing of equipment, docu- facility of ROS (I) is the first whilst the rest is to be used Russian joint venture, is mentation support, supply of its type, to be created for repair workshops. The coming of age. Created after of spare parts, assemblies anywhere in the world for management of ROS (I) and the approval by the President and replacement equipments supporting Russian Military Rosoboronexport supported of the Russian Federation besides providing Training Products at the Customers’ by FS-MTC are preparing and by an issue of a special and Specialists Services. The door step and its infrastruc- to make presentations at governmental decree, the JV services provided by ROS (I) ture in Mumbai is now a real- the MOD of India aimed at is growing rapidly to become are backed and certified by ity. It has recently acquired extending the service port- a world-class repair and the respective OEM’s in all 15,000 square feet of fully folio to all three wings of the logistics service provider. respects. The contributions built up property in Trans Indian Armed Forces.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 47 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Eurofighter Typhoon – Partner of Choice for India With the race for the MMRCA programme heating up, International Aerospace Show Daily caught up with Bernhard Gerwert, CEO, Military Air Systems, EADS Defence & Security ahead of the show. s the competition for the their strong support to win Medium Multi-Role Com- this important competition. In Abat Aircraft (MMRCA) addition, the partner nations in India is in full swing, Euro- are prepared to intensify their fighter is working overtime o political relations with India and prepare a robust and attractive support its economic and in- answer to India’s Request for dustrial development. “The four Proposal (RFP) says Gerwert. industrial partners with broad Speaking about some of experiences in international the elements of the RFP like cooperation will also join their the transfer of technology, forces in order to develop a license production and indus- close and long-lasting partner- trial cooperation Gerwert said ship between the Indian and that we are fully committed to European industry.” offer India not only a modern Currently the consortium

customers. Countries such as weapons payload capability Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, of the aircraft Gerwert re- Japan, Bulgaria and Romania sponds that the Eurofighter is have also shown strong inter- always capable of carrying six est and India is most welcomed air-to-air missiles plus addi- to join the Eurofighter family tional air-to-surface weapons not only as an important cus- such as Paveway II or GBU- tomer but as a real partner.” 10/-16, or external fuel tanks According to Gerwert on seven further hard points. one of the most impressive “Thanks to these unique features that the Eurofighter air-to-air and air-to-ground Typhoon offers is its multi -and capabilities, the Eurofighter swing-role capability, which Typhoon has proven itself provides military commanders as an awesome operational with enormous flexibility. This weapon system, which com- means that the aircraft can bines advanced technology fly either air-to-air missions or with world-class performance. combat aircraft with impres- has already delivered more air-to-ground missions or both The Eurofighter Typhoon sive operational capabilities but than 140 aircraft with a positive missions at the same time – a provides highest levels of also several political, industrial feedback from all Air Forces. characteristic that is second to mission effectiveness for all and technological advantages. “Since the aircraft’s entry into none in the ongoing MMRCA scenarios and a broad range He elucidated that all the service in the spring of 2004, competition and qualifies the of mission flexibility. In ad- four Eurofighter partners in- its order book has increased Eurofighter Typhoon as the dition, its air-to-air refuelling cluding the four Governments to more than 700 aircraft from major operationally capable capability extends mission in Germany, United Kingdom, six nations including Austria candidate. duration and range,” he con- Spain and Italy will provide and Saudi Arabia as first export When asked about the cluded. Russia To Promote Its Air Defence, Radar Systems ussia is showcasing Rosoboronexport, the state- formidable Tunguska-M1 gun/ characteristics of the Mil and many of its air defence controlled arms exporter, said. missile system for low-level Kamov helicopters, including Rand radar intelligence The Russian stall at the air defense, and the Igla air the Mi-35 Hind, Mi-35P and systems. Specialists and four-day event also features defense missile system. Mi-35M attack transport visitors will see the S- “Favorit”, a highly effective Rosoboronexport helicopters, the Mi-17-1B Hip 300PMU2 Favourit mobile counter to cruise and ballistic specialists will explain visitors attack transport helicopter, the multi-channel long-range air missiles with a range of up to about the programmes Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack defense missile system, which 1,100 km. to modernise the ZU-23, helicopter, the Ka-29 Helix-B is considerably better than The Russian stand also Pechora, Osa-AKM and deck-based helicopter, and its closest foreign equivalent, provides information about the Strela-10M air defense the Ka-31 radar picket naval the US-made Patriot PAC-3 medium- and shorter-range systems, the expert said. helicopter fitted with the (Patriot Advanced Capability- air defense systems Buk-M1- Experts will be also able E-801M Oko (Eye) airborne 3) system, a spokesman of 2, Buk-M2E and Tor-M1, the to inspect the technical electronic warfare radar.

48 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one South African 40mm Grenade Launchers to be Built in India ippel Effect Weapons weapon in its factory in Uttar ment in India Systems (Pty) Limited Pradesh, for the local market as very much Rrecently joined hands and for other clients in the in the spirit of with an Indian company to region. IBSA (the India- manufacture its innovative “The MSGL weapon sys- Brazil-South 40mm handheld grenade tems are 100% suited to India’s Africa coopera- launchers here, it was an- FINSAS (Future Infantry Sol- tion initiative),” nounced at Defexpo event in dier as a System),” explained said Saayman. New Delhi this week. Charl Saayman, Marketing “Similar to our Currently, India is one of 20 Executive of Rippel Effect. joint venture countries operating the 40mm “With India’s defence manufac- with India, multi-shot grenade launch- turing legislation now amended Rippel Effect ers (MSGLs). The JV com- to allow foreign companies to signed a tech- that the qualification of its two pany, MGL Systems India, will partner directly with local ones, nology transfer agreement with new weapons and advanced soon start to manufacture the it made sense for Rippel Effect the Brazilian firm, Imbel, for the sighting systems was done ac- to join forces manufacture of the Rippel Ef- cording to qualification stan- with the lo- fect products in that country.” dards set at the UK Ministry cal industry Rippel Effect is showing of Defence’s Ordnance Safety to build the its handheld 40mm multi-shot Group. The Council for Indus- MSGL here,” grenade launchers at DE- trial and Scientific Research, a said BS FEXPO. The launcher has government owned research Bath, Dep- been designed and qualified body in South Africa, indepen- uty General the launchers and the sighting dently verified the qualification Manager of systems on show, according to process. Rippel Effect has MGL Sys- the latest NATO standards and registered patents on its new tems India. specifications. weapon systems, the truly in- “We see According to Saayman novative sights and the extend- our involve- the company has ensured ed range grenade.

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 49 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 EADS India: Developing New Partnerships The aerospace power is angling for a bigger share of the Indian market by dramatically increasing it’s on- the- ground operations. Yves Guillaume, CEO, EADS India, in an exclusive to International Aerospace Show Daily elaborates the targets of the European Aerospace Company. Excerpts of the interview:

Can you give us a concrete example for a partnership here in India? Our business unit defence electronics is, already en- gaged in a partnership with the Defence Research and Devel- opment Organisation (DRDO) and DARE, a research institute based in Bangalore, to jointly develop a Missile Approach Warning System for all kinds of platforms.

Could you explain the con- Yves Guillaume cept of the “soldier of the future” called Warrior 21? The Defence & Security divi- What will be your goals at sion is developing Warrior 21 the forthcoming Defexpo? for soldier modernisation We regard Defexpo 2008 as requirements. This integrated an excellent opportunity to solution for future infantry invite our current and future soldiers is fitting the Indian customers and talk with Army requirement and will be them about our products and demonstrated during Defex- capabilities. We also look at po2008 to all visitors. Warrior this exhibition as a perfect 21 provides infantry men and occasion to develop new commanders with updated and possibilities for partnerships complete situational awareness with Indian companies and to in complex missions. This can expand our existing network be realised through links with with suppliers for cooperation and interpretations into com- in new programmes. mand and control and communications systems as well as Are you looking for part- various ground–, air- and sea nerships with Indian com- - based vehicles, sensors and panies? effectors. Yes, we intend to do this very strongly. EADS and Do you offer unmanned its predecessor companies aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the has always been a reliable army as well? partner and our partnership In addition to manned combat approach has assured our aircraft such as the Eurofighter participation in the develop- Typhoon, EADS also ment of the Indian industry. manufactures UVAs for armed We are represented by EADS forces. In India, we have India Private Ltd.here in New successfully demonstrated Delhi in order to intensify our our light tactical UVA called business activities. EADS Tracker to the army. This UVA has always looked at Indian is dedicated to surveillance companies and research and intelligence missions. institutes not only as custom- It is capable of gathering, ers but as real partners in in day and night conditions, order to establish long-lasting close range high resolution partnerships for the benefit of images with secured real-time both sides. processing.

50 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one Indian Navy, Coast Guard’s Well Defined Roles he Indian Navy (IN) ports and harbours. with a total of 129 ships The Navy has also Tincluding 15 submarines acquired ability to manned by 60,000 strong uni- strike targets in land formed force and equal number with missiles and of civilians that man dockyards, when the MiG-29K armament and stores depots is are inducted. The a versatile and flexible instru- role includes the na- ment of national power, which val manoeuvre which can be used independently was conducted in the or in consonance with other Kargil war with Indian instruments to achieve the Fleets combined off country’s security objectives Karachi in readiness and protect national interests. to blockade Pakistan. The Government and the A forward Doctrine is nation now appreciates that proposed with a TRI- the Indian Navy (IN) has to AD and CNS Sureesh become a versatile and flexible Mehta announced the instrument of national power, ATV will be ready in which can be used indepen- 2008/9 and one Akula dently or in consonance with will assist in training other instruments to achieve from Russia. the country’s security objec- ference cum Grouping called Indian DRDO UAVs on order tives and protect national Diplomatic Role: This in- IONS Indian Ocean Naval for coastal surveillance. interests. India’s economy cludes showing the Flag, Symposium on 15th and 16th Benign Role: The Navy’s has done well and there is no assistance during disaster and Feb 2008 in New Delhi is being benign tasks are those such looking back even if there are force deterrence. ‘Foreign Co- formed and 30 littoral Navy as humanitarian aid, disaster set backs as a synergy has operation’ is the manifestation Chiefs are expected to attend relief, Search and Rescue set in. The roles of the Navy of Navy’s diplomatic role and from 14th February 08 and to (SAR), ordnance disposal, have been defined in IN BR 8 a full branch under the ACNS attend Defexpo08 from 16th . pollution control, diving as- Indian Maritime Doctrine, and (Foreign Cooperation and sistance, salvage operations, CNS Admiral Sureesh Mehta Intelligence) has been formed. Constabulary Role: This role hydrographic support to the lit- in his Navy Day briefing on 3rd The IN’s role in its neighbour- includes anti poaching, anti toral etc. The role is termed as December, 2007 indicated it is ing countries in the Tsunami smuggling, surveillance of the benign because violence has being reissued to include some and evacuation from Lebanon coast, anti terrorism and anti no part to play in its execution, salient roles in the early 21st in 2006 Hezbollah Israel war piracy, with a powerful Coast nor is the potential to apply Century. A summary of these are examples of its enhanced Guard which has over 40 air- force a necessary requisite for is tabled. capacity. IN aims at building craft and 50 ships. CG has 5 undertaking the operations. capacity and enhancing capa- OPVs, 3 IPVs on order at Goa It is with these roles in Military Role: This includes bility amongst all the littorals Shipyard, 3 3000 ton Pollution mind that the government has defence of the mainland, of the Indian Ocean Region. It Control Vessels of Rolls Royce sanctioned 39 ship orders and India’s maritime assets and has given up a numbers based design at ABG Surat and one is a second line of submarine shipping, interdiction of the Navy as 167 ships by 2017 to commission soon. The ship construction is to be selected; enemy’s maritime forces, sea set earlier will not be achiev- was delayed due to rain floods Navy’s MCMV selection is in control, sea denial (to the enable. The Navy now speaks of when engine room got flooded. process. emy), blockading the enemy’s capacity based Navy. A Con- 14 ALH Helcopters and Nishant -Ranjit Rai

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SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 51 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Flight Into History Series The B-29 Superfortress t was a fighter bomber like designed as a high-altitude no other and it changed the daytime bomber, but flew more Iface of war aviation forever. low-altitude nighttime incendi- Many experts opine that the B- ary bombing missions. 29 Superfortress bomber was It was the primary aircraft more intricate to develop than in the U.S. firebombing cam- even the atomic bomb. paign against Japan in the final The U.S. heavy bomber months of World War II, and B- used in World War II. It was 29s carried the atomic bombs the type of airplane that was that destroyed Hiroshima and used to firebomb Tokyo and Nagasaki. other Japanese cities and Unlike many other bombers, that dropped atomic bombs the B-29 remained in service on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, long after the war ended, a Japan, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, few being employed as flying respectively. television transmitters for Stra- tovision. The type was finally High Turning point retired in the early 1960s, with The Superfortress was de- 3,960 aircraft excluding the Tu- signed to meet Army Air 4, having been built between requirements, and immense were faced with deciding wheth- Corps specifications written in 1943 and 1946. pressure for production, devel- er to have bomb bays that were January 1940 and was then The airframe was further opment was deeply troubled. not pressurized, between fore modified to provide heavier developed into the B-50 for the On 18 February 1943, the and aft pressurized sections, or armament and bomb load. The USAF, and the Soviet Union second prototype crashed a fully pressurized fuselagewith Boeing B-29 Superfortress was developed a virtual carbon during testing due to an engine the need to de-pressurize to a four-engine heavy bomber copy Tupolev Tu-4 which was fire that spread to the wing, drop their loads. propeller aircraft flown by the reverse engineered from con- killing the entire ten man crew The decision was taken to United States Military in World fiscated B-29 bombers. and twenty others in the Frye have a long tunnel over the two War II and Korean War and meat packing plant just north of bomb bays so that crews could by other nations afterwards. A Complex task Boeing Field. crawl back and forth between The name “Superfortress” was Manufacturing the B-29 was Changes to the production the fore and aft sections, with derived from its well-known a complex task. It involved craft came so often and so fast both areas and the tunnel pres- predecessor, the B-17 Flying four main assembly factories: that in early 1944, B-29s would surized. Fortress. two Boeing plants at Renton, leave the production lines The B-29 was one of the Washington and Wichita, Kan- and fly directly to modification Launched from India largest aircraft to see service sas, a Bell plant at Marietta depots for extensive rebuilds to The initial plan, implemented at during World War II. It was one Georgia(“Bell-Atlanta”), and a incorporate the latest changes. the direction of President Frank- of the most advanced bombers Martinplant at Omaha, Nebras- lin D. Roosevelt as a promise of its time, featuring innova- ka (“Martin-Omaha”). An aircraft like no other to China and called Operation tions such as a pressurized Thousands of subcon- In wartime, the B-29 was ca- Matterhorn, was to use B-29s to cabin, a central fire-control tractors were involved in the pable of flight up to 40,000 feet, attack Japan from four forward system, and remote-controlled project. Because of its highly at speeds of up to 350 mph bases in southern China, with machine gun turrets. It was advanced design, challenging (true airspeed). This was its five main bases in India, and best defense, for fighters of that to attack other targets in the day could barely get that high, region from China and India as and few could catch it, even needed. if they were already up there This was an extremely and waiting. Only the heaviest costly scheme, as there was no of anti-aircraft weapons could overland connection available reach it, and as Axis forces did between India and China, and not have proximity fuzes, hitting all the supplies had to be flown the aircraft was next to impos- over the Himalayas. B-29s sible. started to arrive in India in early The crew enjoyed, for the first April 1944. The first B-29 flight time in a bomber, full pressur- to airfields in China (over the ized comfort. This first-ever cab- Himalayas, or “The Hump”) took in pressure system for an Allied place on 24 April 1944. The first production bomber was devel- B-29 combat mission was flown oped for the B-29 by Garrett on 5 June 1944, with 77 out of AiResearch Manufacturing Co. 98 B-29s launched from India The nose and the cockpit were bombing the railroad shops in pressurized, but the designers Bangkok.

52 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one 30 IAF Bases to get US$1.5 bn Upgrade phase will include the sup- the work within 3 years of ply, installation, testing and contract signature. One airfield integration of equipment will become a model airbase subsystems. and test bed, the official said. The effort is part of India’s Each airfield must receive new plan to increase troops’ lighting, automated air traffic mobility in conformity with the control management system, latest military doctrine, which instrument landing system, stipulates that future wars will distance measuring equipment be fast, lethal and shorter. and a Doppler very-high-fre- Last month, the Indian quency omni-range navigation government approved the system that works up to 15,000 purchase of six U.S. C-130J feet. The winning bidder must airlifters to speedily move also supply six mobile airfield troops. lighting systems to fill in when The airfields include airfield lights fail, one mobile Adampur, AFA, Agra, Ambala, air traffic control system, and Bagdogra, Bareilly, Bhatinda, facilities to train people to run ndia, which is planning a equipment sought but said Bhuj, Bidar, Chabua, Chan- and fix the systems. $1.5 billion upgrade for the Air Force is likely to spend digarh, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, The automated air traffic Iits 30 military airports and more than US$1 billion on the Halwara, Hasimara, Hindon, control system must operate their air traffic control systems, equipment. Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Jodh- around the clock, 365 days issued a request for bids in Invited to bid on the proj- pur, Jorhat, KKD, Nal, Na- a year, with lights that have January, a senior Indian De- ect’s first phase were France’s liya, Pathankot, Pune, Sirsa, a minimum life of 15 years fence Ministry official said. Thales, the USA’s Lockheed Suratgarh, Tezpur, Uttarlai and and operate from zero to 50 The Indian Air Force is Martin, Germany’s Siemens, Yelahanka. degrees Celsius. All equipment also buying air defense gear, Italy’s Celex, Britain’s Terma, Bidders must include offsets should be able to operate on a senior service official said. and India’s Tata Power and worth 30 per cent of their bid, AC power from 160 volts to He gave no details about the Mumbai-based NELCO. That and must agree to complete 260 volts.

SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 53 Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Wonder Weapons is that it can be brought into countries. It is still in use today, A US M 109 A6 Paladin self-propelled action much faster. Before the with only a few modern im- Howitzer towed artillery can be used, it provements. It was very similar has to stop, unlimber and set in design to the smaller Brown- up the guns. To move position, ing Model 1919 machine gun. the guns must be limbered up The M2 has a maximum again and brought - usually range of 7.4 kilometers when towed - to the new location. using the M2 ball ammuni- By comparison self-propelled tion, with a maximum effective artillery can stop at a chosen range of 1.8 kilometre when location and begin firing almost fired from the M3 tripod. In its immediately, then quickly move ground-portable, crew-served on to a new position. This abil- role, the gun itself weighs in t’s time to take a look at have or are currently replacing ity is very useful in a mobile at a hefty 38 kilos, and the as- some of the weapons which older M109s with the German conflict and particularly on the sembled M3 tripod another 20 Ihave made a mark in the PzH2000 which significantly advance. kilos. artillery arena. In the area of outperforms it in many aspects. Conversely, towed artillery artillery, Self-propelled artillery With the cancellation of the was and remains cheaper to Starstreak vehicles are a way of giving Crusader Program in the US, build and maintain. It is also In heavy use by the South mobility to big guns. Within the Paladin will remain the prin- lighter and can be taken to African Army, this is a British the term are covered Self-pro- cipal self-propelled howitzer places that self-propelled guns short range surface-to-air mis- pelled guns (or howitzers) and of the United States for a few cannot reach, so despite the sile manufactured by Thales rocket artillery. They are high more years, until the NLOS-C advantages of the self-pro- Air Defence Limited (originally mobility vehicles, usually based from the U.S. Army’s Future pelled artillery, towed guns re- Shorts Missile Systems), in on caterpillar track carrying Combat Systems program main in the arsenals of modern Belfast. It is also known as either a large howitzer or other comes online in 2008-2010. armies. Starstreak HVM where HVM field gun or alternatively a mortar or some form of rocket The Panzerhaubitze 2000 or missile launcher. They are Abbreviated PzH 2000, this usually used for long-range howitzer is a German 155mm indirect bombardment support self-propelled howitzer de- on the battlefield. veloped by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann(KMW) and Rhein- M2 Browning machine gun The M 109 A6 Howitzer metall for the German Army. The M109 is an American- The PzH 2000 is one of the made self-propelled 155 mm most powerful conventional The M2 Machine Gun stands for “High Velocity Mis- howitzer, first introduced in the artillery systems currently The Browning .50 Caliber Ma- sile”. early 1960s. It has been con- deployed. It is particularly chine Gun is a heavy machine After launch the missile tinually upgraded and improved notable for a very high rate of gun designed towards the end accelerates to approximately to today’s current version, the fire; in burst mode it can fire of World War I by John Brown- Mach 3.5, at which point it M109A6 “Paladin” which is three rounds in 9 seconds, ten ing. It was nicknamed Ma launches three laser beam only used by the US Army. rounds in 56 seconds, and can Deuce by US troops or simply riding submunitions. The use of The US still maintains a fire between 10 and 13 rounds called “fifty-cal.” in reference to three submunitions increases number of M109A5’s in its per minute continuously, de- its caliber. The design has had the likelihood of a successful forces. The M109 family is pending on barrel heating. many specific designations; the hit on the target. Starstreak the most prevalent western The replenishment of shells official designation for the cur- has been in service with the indirect-fire support weapon of is automated. Two operators rent infantry type is Browning British Army since 1997. maneuver brigades of armored can load 60 shells and propel- Machine Gun, Cal. 50, M2, HB, The Starstreak missile is and mechanized infantry divi- ling charges in less than 12 Flexible. It is effective against transported in a sealed launch sions. minutes. PzH 2000 has also infantry, unarmored or lightly- tube. This tube is attached to Modern self-propelled artil- been selected by the armies armored vehicles and boats, an aiming unit for firing. The lery vehicles may superficially of Italy, The Netherlands and light fortifications, and low-fly- operator tracks the target us- resemble tanks, but they are Greece, and more orders are ing aircraft. ing the aiming units’ optically generally lightly armoured, probable as many NATO forces The Browning .50 machine stabilized sight. The process too lightly to survive in direct- look to upgrade. gun has been used extensively of tracking the target allow- fire combat. However, they The key advantage of self- as a vehicle weapon and for ing the aiming unit to compute protect their crews against propelled over towed artillery aircraft armament by the Unit- the right trajectory to bring the shrapnel and small arms and ed States from the 1920s to missile together with the target. are therefore usually included Starstreak missile the present day. It was heavily The operator can indicate wind as armoured fighting vehicles. on display used during World War II, the direction to the unit, and in the Many are equipped with ma- Korean War, the Vietnam War, case of a long range target chine guns for defense against as well as during operations in provide super elevation. When enemy infantry. Iraq in the 1990s and 2000s. It the initial tracking is complete, The British Army replaced is the primary heavy machine the operator fires the missile by its M109s with the AS-90. gun of NATO countries, and pressing a button. 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Italian Ad ok.indd 1 2/14/2008 12:05:44 PM Day one - Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 Capital Corner ladies (or the Diwan-E-Aam for of greens, and deeper hues, if public audiences. There is also you’re palate is ready for some a Red Fort Museum. juicy thrills, then get ready for some succulent fare. The Qutab Minar: The Qutab Minar is a tall Mosque tower. Eating hotspots The tower is 72.5 metres high. Bukhara: Housed in the ITC In front of the imposing struc- Maurya Sheraton & Towers in ture is an iron pillar believed southwest Delhi, Bukhara has to have been built in the 5th Flintstones–style decor, with century A.D. Its uniqueness stone walls and mock log-top lies in the fact that it has not tables. You can watch chefs caught rust ever since it was at work in the kitchen, where built. Tourists are not permitted meat and vegetables are to climb the tower. skewered on kebab spears. Good choices include the murg Lodhi Gardens: This is a nice tandoori (a whole chicken mari- park. In this garden you can nated in yogurt, malt vinegar, find the tombs of Sayyid and ginger, garlic, lemon juice, chili, Lodi rulers. There are also turmeric, and garam masala); o, what do you do when Safdarjang Tomb: The garden some other tombs. If you come the tandoori pomfret, a whole you’ve got a few hours tomb was built in 1753-54 soon early in the morning or in the flatfish from the Indian Ocean Son hand and the vast after Safdarjang died. It is red evening you can witness large roasted with spices; and expanse of Delhi is at your and brown sandstone with number of locals walking or bharvan kulcha, baked bread doorstep-away from the hustle double storied towers in the running. Rather nice place to stuffed with cottage cheese. In and bustle of business? Well, corners and is one of the last just stroll in and take in the deference to the restaurant’s here are a few tips: examples of Mughal architec- sun and the green. Speaking northwest-frontier theme, there ture. Sights & Sounds The Lotus Temple: It’s a Railway Museum: Located in spectacular and colourful sight. the south of Delhi close to the Visited by more than 4 million diplomatic area of Chanakay- people annually, it receives apuri it traces, through exhibits, more visitors than the Taj the 140 year-old history of the Mahal. It is the main temple of Indian Railways. The museum, the Bahai’s in Delhi. Located established in 1977, and 13 km south-east of the city spread over a ten acre area, centre you will find the build- is the first of its kind in India. ing shaped as a lotus flower. The highlights include the It looks quite spectacular. It Fairy Queen of 1885 the oldest was constructed in 1986. It working steam locomotive, is open to all faiths and is an the luxury salon of the Prince ideal place for meditation and of Wales and the salon of the obtaining peace and tranquility. Maharaja of Mysore. Timings India Gate: Straight down Summer 0830 to 1130 and the road from Rashtrapati Bha- 1600 to 1730 hours, Winter: van along a magnificent view 0900 to 1730 hours. It is closed and totally unhampered drive on Mondays. is India Gate which is primarily a memorial to the Unknown The Red Fort: The Red Fort Soldier. Designed by Lutyens, is one of the most impressive the 42 metre high structure is sights in Delhi. The old Mu- a war memorial in honour of ghal construction is absolutely the soldiers who died during worth a visit. It was built in red the Second World War. The sandstone by the Mughal Em- imposing structure from where peror Shah Jahan in 1648. The stretch massive lush green monument is located along the lawns has an eternal flame river Yamuna as an irregular (Amar Jawan Jyoti) to honour octagon. The main entrance is the memory of the unknown the Lahori Gate, a former royal soldiers. A popular picnic spot, market. There are a lot of inter- one can see hordes of people esting buildings inside the Fort moving about the area and on like the Rang Mahal (the water the lawns. cooled apartments for the royal

56 SHOW DAILY • DEFEXPO 2008 Saturday 16th Feb. 2008 - Day one is no cutlery, nor finger bowls: most extensive wine lists in the Diners are expected to tear city. their chicken apart with their Karims Jama Masjid: Hidden bare hands, with only an apron away down a narrow passage, for protection. this renowned institution has been trading since 1913 and The Spice Route: Located at still serves the best grilled meat Imperial hotel, Janpath. This in town, the chicken tikka be- is a restaurant, hand-painted ing a particular favourite. The by temple artists flown in from restaurant specializes in Mu- Kerala, resembles a temple ghlai-style food. The Mughals (or at least an Indiana Jones invaded India in the sixteenth movie). You’ll feast like a king century, and their rich, intri- on the eclectic Asian dishes cate cuisine uses lots of milk, served here, with their Thai, cream, spices, dried fruit and Vietnamese, Malaysian, and nuts. Karim’s is also famous for other influences. The irachi its brain curry, which is quite a stew of lamb and potato in heady (excuse the pun) deli- coconut milk, served with rice- cacy for the adventurous. flour pancakes, is delicious. Night fever Wash it down with a glass of For the more daring-a night

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HALL NO 9 Kintex, Bulgaria 7 Company Booth No. Connekt Electronics P Ltd 7A Bharat Electronics Ltd 8 Alpha Design Technologies 1 Technopol International, a.s, , Slovakia 9 Precision Electronics Ltd 2 Elektronik Lab 9-A 3 Rosoboronexport State Corporation, Russia 10 & 17 Anjani Technoplast Ltd 4 KBP Instrument Design Bureau Tulip IT Service Ltd 5 IZHMASH Concern JSC Mahindra Defence Systems 6 TYPHOON Research and Production Enterprise JSC ZVEZDA, JSC TSNIITOCHMASH (Central Scientific-Research Institute of Precise Mechanical Engineering) Hall 10 ALTAIR Public Joint Stock Company “Naval Radio Electronics Company Booth No. Scientific Research Institute, (PJSC “NRESRI “ALTAIR”) DOLGOPRUDNY Research & Production Enterprise JSC Defence Manufacturers Association, U.K 1&1-A NOVATOR Experimental Machine Design Bureau Allen Vanguard MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LLC Argon Electronics LLP AVRORA Corporation S&P Avon Protection Systems NUDELMAN PRECISION ENGINEERING BUREAU (KBtochmash) BAE Systems TAMBOV GUNPOWDER PLANT Federal fiscal enterprise Bruker Daltonics Ltd GRANIT-ELECTRON Concern Joint Stock Company Chemring Group Plc SEVERNOYE DESIGN BUREAU FSUE, St. Petersburg Cobham Plc Ulyanovsk Cartridge Works Open-End Joint-Stock Company Defence Export Service Organisation - RADIOZAVOD Incorporated State Company United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ROSOBORONSERVICE (INDIA) LIMITED Fischer Connectors Ltd RUBIN State Owned Enterprise “Central Design Bureau For Mactaggart Scott & Co Ltd Marine Engineering” Pearson Engineering SPLAV Federal State Unitary Enterprise State Research and Production Association Smiths Detection DISTANT RADIOCOMMUNICATION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Strongfield Technologies Ltd INSTITUTE Open Stock Company Ultra Electronics NOVOSIBIRSK CARTRIDGE PLANT DESO Meeting Room KAZAN GUNPOWDER PLANT Defense Research Development Organisation 2 &2A TULA CARTRIDGE WORKS, JSC Ediconsult Internationazionale, Italy 11-14 & 16 Hall 11 Agusta Westland Company Booth No. A.I.A.D Alenia Aeronautica SIBAT - Defence Export & Defense Cooperation, Israel 1-4 & 6 Ama SpA Azimuth Technologies Ltd Avio Beth-Ei Zikhron Ya’akov Industries Ltd Calzoni Controp Precision Technologies Ltd Elettronica Elbit Systems Ltd Elsag Datamat Genesis EW Ltd Fedegari Autoclavi IAI Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd Fincantieri IMI Isreal Military Industries Ltd Finmeccanica Isreal Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd Galileo Avionica ITL Optronics Ltd ICE- Istituto per il Commercio Estero Meprolight (1990) Ltd M.o.D New Noga Light (2000) Ltd Oto Melara Plasan Sasa Ltd Rina Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd Passaponti Ricor Cryogenic & Vaccum Systems Pompe Garbarino Soltam Systems Ltd Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems Macmet Technologies Ltd 5 Selex Sistemi Integrati

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Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei EUROTORP 12.211 Saab AB, Sweden 15 SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE 12.212 Saab Microwave Systems TURBOMECA 12.212 Taurus Systems MICROTURBO 12.212 Saab International SAFRAN 12.212 FFV Ordnance AB SOFRADIR 12.213 Saab Avitronics SESM 12.214 Gripen International BERTIN 12.214 Barracuda CNIM 12.214 Saab Underwater Systems ETIENNE LACROIX 12.214 Saab Systems EUROSATORY 12.214 Saab Bofors Dynamics GICAT 12.214 Saab Industrial Cooperation DGA/DDI 12.215 Ashok Leyland Ltd 15-A ALKAN 12.215 Singapore Technologies Kinetic, Singapore 16A PAUSLTRA 12.215 Futura Automation Pvt Ltd 18 RELLUMIX 12.215 Oxley Group Ltd, UK 19 EURONAVAL 12.215 19-A SAINT GOBAIN SULLY 12.215 Tip Top General Agencies Pvt Ltd 19-B SAINT GOBAIN CERAMIC 12.215 DEMO Ltd/Arkara Engg. Pvt Ltd 19-C GICAN 12.215 Speck Systems Ltd 20 MUSTHANE 12.216 THALES 12.217 OUTDOOR 8-11 EADS Deutschland GmbH, Europe 3 Eurofighter GmbH, Germany Company Booth No. Eurocopter, France Kirloskar Proprietary Ltd 4 Speck Systems Ltd OD-1 Metaltech Motor Bodies Pvt Ltd OD-3 Defence Research Development Organisation OD-4 OUTDOOR 12 Bharat Earth Movers Ltd OD-5&6 Company Booth No.

Hall 12 EADS, Europe OD-1 Dass Hitachi Ltd OD-2 Company Booth No.

Vectra 1 Hall 12-A SOGENA, FRANCE Company Booth No. MBDA 12.201 DCNS 12.202 Larsen & Toubro Ltd 1 SIREHNA 12.202 Johnson Machineries Ltd 2 DCI/DESCO 12.203 Tata Sons Ltd 3 DCI/NAVFCO 12.203 Tata Advanced Systems Ltd EURENCO 12.204 Tata Industrial Services Ltd ROXEL 12.204 Tata Motors Ltd SDV 12.205 Tata Consultancy Services Limited ECA 12.206 Tata Power Limited - Strategic Electronics Division ELECTRONAVALE 12.206 Tata Communications Ltd INPP 12.207 CMC Ltd GOODRICH 12.208 Nelco Limited PRONAL 12.208 Tata Teleservices Limited SOFEMA 12.208 Tata Advanced Materials Limited ULMER 12.208 Telcon PALL 12.208 Tata Technologies Ltd (INCAT) SAFT 12.209 Titan Industries Limited NEXTER 12.210 Tata BP Solar Limited

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Sap Media Worldwide Pvt Ltd 3A Airborne Systems, USA 14.109 CCO Creative Consulting GmbH, Germany 14,15 &25 Voice of Board, USA 14.110’ Atlas Elektronik GmbH IT Globe Inc, USA 14.110A Diehl VA Systems Stiftung & Co.Kg U S Dept. of Defence (US Army) USA 14.111 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG Boeing, USA 14.114 LITEF GmbH ATN (American Technologies Network, Coprpn), USA 14.115 Marlog Marine Logistic U.S. Ordnance, USA 14.116-117 MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH Meggitt Defense Systems, USA 14.118 Rheinmetall AG KVH Industries Inc, USA 14.120 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Colt Defense, USA 14.200 Schleifring GmbH Hammer Laser Instruments India Pvt Ltd 14.201 Teijin Twaron Meta Copper & Alloys Ltd 14.202 Carl Zeiss Optronics Indian Strategic Review 14.203 Heckler & Koch GmbH R K & Sons 14.204 SKL India Pvt Ltd 16 14.205 Kaercher Futuretech GmbH, Germany Raytheon Company, USA 14.206 Motley Exim Co 17 Armet Armored Vehicles (India) Ltd 14.207 Samtel Colur Ltd 18 Armet Armored Vehicles Ltd, Canada MKU Private Limited 19 Audo Viso Pvt Ltd 14.209 Concord Safety Solution Private Limited ITT Corporation, USA 14.210’ Ordnance Factory Board 20 Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA 14.301 Data Patterns (India) Private Limited 21&21A General Dynamics, USA 14.302 Directorate General Resettlement 21-B General Dynamics HQ Oasis Wear Tech Industries LLC, UAE 21-C General Dynamics - Land Systems Unex Power Point P Ltd 21-D General Dynamics - C4Systems and Itronix Zen Technologies Ltd 22 General Dynamics - IT Concept Shapers & Electronics P Ltd 23 General Dynamics - AIS Starwire India Ltd 24 General Dynamics - ATP Systems Sunlight S.A, Greece 26 General Dynamics -SBS Landrover, UK 30 General Dynamics - Gulfstream Argus Integrated Sytstems Pvt Ltd Hall No.14 Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA 14.303 GE Aviation (General Electric), USA 14.304 Company Booth No. Sikorsky Aircraft, USA 14.401 MIC, USA (1609 sqm) 14.01 ASB Aerospatials Batteries, France 14.2a FLIR Government Systems, USA 14.101 Barret Fire Arms Manufacturing Inc, USA 14.2 L-3 Communication EOTech, Inc, USA 14.102 Force 14.4 Honeywell, USA 14.103 Sap Media Worldwide 14.5 ICX Tech, USA 14.104 GE Security 14.6 14.105 Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd 14.7 MIC Office 14.106 JCB India Ltd 14.9 American Embassy 14.107 Amphenol Interconnect (I) Pvt Ltd 14.11 Textas Institute 14.108 Butler International 14.12 Analytical Graphics Inc VAYU AEROSPACE & DEFENCE REVIEW 14.12A Casecade Microtech, Inc 14.14 Dunmore Corporation Krasny Marine Services Pvt Ltd 14.14A IT Globe Inc Evolution,Wirks Pte Ltd, Singapore 14.14B Maury Microwave Corporation Maspack Ltd 14.14C Phase Matrix Inc 14.14-D Princeton Microwave Technology Inc 14.14E Southwest Microwave Products 14.14F TenCate Advanced Composites USA Inc Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd 14.16 W.L Gore & Associates Mazagon Dock Ltd

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Goa Shipyard Ltd Basant Aerospace Pvt Ltd 30-30A SDS Electronics Pvt Ltd 14.17 30B 14.19 30C 14.20 Polish Chamber of National Defence Manufacturers, Polish 30D 14.21 Polish Chamber of National Defence Manufacturers, Polish 30E SM Group 14.22 Bengal Waterproof Limited 31 Monch Publishing Group, Germany 31A Beltech Export, Belarus 33 HALL 14 OUT DOOR Rue <> Rusre<> Company Booth No. Beloma Anjani Technoplast OD Midivisana Ltd Rotomotion LLC, USA Peleng JSC Thales Training & Simulation Limited, France Disaster Management Systems Pvt. Ltd., (A division of Young India Films) 33-A AM General, USA 14.01-OD-1 Defenseworld.net 33-B Janes Information Group, Singapore 33-C Hall No.18 Mez. Flr Irobot India Pvt Ltd 33-D Company Booth No. 33E 33F 1 AeroVironment (AV Inc), USA 34 SRG Techno (P) Ltd 2 34-B TASER International (NASDAQ: TASR) USA CMT Dynamics, UK 34-C J.P. Sauer & Sohn GmbH, Germany Chanakya Aerospace, Defence & Maritime Review 34-D SAN Swiss Arms AG, Switzerland Groz Engineering Tools (P) Ltd 34-E Crimson Trace Corp, USA Bumar, Poland 35 Nacre AS, Norway 35A TDI Israel, Israel Message Time a.s, Czech Republic 39 Trijicon Inc, Australia Association of the Defence Industry of the Czech 3 Republic Ceska Letecka Servisni A.S Indra, Spain 4-5 Explosia A.S Vectronix (GIC) 6 Konstrukta - Industry A.S Astra Microwave Products Ltd 7 Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic HIAB, UK 8-10 Omnipol A.S Indian Register of Shipping 11 Policske Strojirny A.S Sandeep Metalcraft Pvt Ltd 12 TTC Telekomunikace, S.R.O Photonis Netherlands B.V, The Netherlands 14 SP Guide Publications Private Ltd 40 Shiva Industries 16 41 Astra Microwave Products Ltd 17 Undersea Defence Technology, UK 42 Pulse e Technologies Pvt Ltd 18 Johnson Controls (India) Pvt Ltd 43 Cades Digitech P Ltd 19-20 44 Austin Engineering Company Ltd 21 45 Tencate Advanced Armour Roshield A/s, Denmark 22 Korean Defense Industry Association, Korea 46 Vem Technologies P Ltd 23 Samsung Thales Co Ltd Ampex Data Systems Corporation, USA 24 KIA Motors Corp 25 Yeonhab Precision Co Ltd Aarjay International Pvt Ltd 26 Natraj Publishers 47 Volvo Penta 27-28 Yugoimport, Serbia 48,49,50 29 51 29A 52 29B 52A 29C Radiall Protectron (P) Ltd 53 29D VS Consultants 54 29E Cloud Cap Technology, USA

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Kermel India 55 Grintek Ewation, South Africa 8 56 RDI Communications (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 9 57 Tellumat Pty Ltd, South Africa 10 58 Ripple Effect Weapon Systems Pty Ltd, South Africa 11 59 Sritech Electronics & Systems P Ltd 18 SpetsTechnoExport Company, Ukraine 60 Memory Electronics P Ltd 19-21 ZAPOROZHYE MACHINE-BUILDING DESIGN Grintex India Ltd 22 BUREAU PROGRESS STATE ENTERPRISES NAMED Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd 23 AFTER ACADEMICIAN A.G.IVCHENKO (NEXPO) Roxtec India Pvt Ltd 24 MOTOR SICH JSC (NEXPO) Aaron Tech-Pro. Private Ltd. 25 Victorinox India P Ltd 61 26 62 Trident Infosol P Ltd 27 63 Voicecom Technologies Pvt Ltd. 28 64 29 65 RB Comtec Pvt. Ltd. 30 Merlinhawk Engineering Pvt Ltd 66 ITI Ltd 31 67 EDS Technologies Pvt Ltd 32 68 33 Amritlakshmi Overseas Agencies 69 Elkosta Security Systems India 33A-D Kimoha Entrepreneurs Ltd, UAE 33B Proengin India 70 Siemens AG, Germany 33-C Tyco Electronics Corporation 71-72 Kommlabs Dezign Pvt Ltd 34 Jupiter Strategic Technologies Pvt Ltd 73 Vinvish Technology 35 73A Paladion Networks 36 Vijay Sabre Safety P Ltd 74 Alcatel Lucent 17-37 Asian Military Review, Thailand 75 Coral Telecom Ltd 42 Adventures (India) Pvt Ltd 76 43 Plansee - Cime Bocuze, France 77 44 78 Arya Communications & Electronics Services P Ltd 45 79 Sure Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd 46-47 80 Agilent Technologies 48-49 Ultra Life Batteries, USA 81 Icomm Tele Ltd 50 Simrao Optronics ASA, Norway 82 Machinery Sales Corporation 52 SCD Semiconductor Devices, Israel 83 Moog Motion Controls P Ltd 53 Aviation & Radioelectronics Capital Group, Poland 84-85 Emgepron, Brazil 54 FTE CENZIN Co. Ltd. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd 55 WSK “PZL-SWIDNIK” S.A. Ministry of Defence, Republic of Hungary, Hungary 56 RADMOR S.A. Sagax Kft. (Sagax Ltd.) PZL-HYDRAL S.A. Gamma Zrt. (Gamma Exclusive Group) NAVAL SHIPYARD GDYNIA S.A Sero Kft. (Sero Ltd.) WSK PZL-KALISZ S.A. DSR Kft. (DSR Ltd.) Joseph Leslie Drager Manufacturing Pvt Ltd 86-87 Carinex Kft. (Carinex Ltd.) Hypertac (Dvn of John Crane Sealings India Systems) 88 Bonn-Hungary Kft.(Bonn-Hungary Ltd.) Arsenal 200 JSC Co, Bulgaria 89 HM Arzenál Zrt. (MoD Arzelnál Exclusive Group) FLÜ (Development and Logistics Agency) 18 Ground floor Magyar Védelmiipari Szövetség Company Booth No. (Hungarian Industrial Defensive Alliance). ECIL 57 Rolta India Ltd 1 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd 58 Navantia, Spain 2 Bharat Dynamics Ltd 59 Dynalog India Ltd 3-5 Universal Flexibles Private Limited. 60 Enertech Group of Companies 6 HR Smith Group of Companies,(techmech) UK 60-A MOH-9 Armour Ceramics, South Africa 7 Optiwave Photonics Limited 60-B

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Efftronics Systems Pvt. Ltd E10 Texplus Fibres Pvt Ltd 60-C Hyprecision Hydraulik E11 NDMA 60-D&E ElectroSolve E12 Reebok India Company 60-F Cbs Technologies E14 MATCON 60-G Yentrek International E 15 60-H S M Creative Electronics Ltd E 16 Lucas TVS Ltd 60-I Alcone Exports E17 Security Shoppe (India) Pvt Ltd 60-J Qmax Test Technologie E18-19 Mistral Solutions Pvt Ltd 61 ANDHRA ELECTRONICS LIMITED E 20 Rajasthan Metal Smelting Co. 61-A Permali Wallace Private Limited E21 Agmatel Getac 61-B Satcon Power Controls Ltd E22 Magnum (Chogori) 61-C Indian Armour E23&24 Eicher Engineer Solutions 61-D&E Lotus Machines (P) Limited E25 Tektronix India P Ltd 61-F Amitec Electronics Ltd E26 Aerial Services Pvt Ltd 61-G Bergen Electronics E27 Aerial Services Pvt Ltd 61-H Precsison operation System E28,29,30 Indian Defence Review 61-1 Zetatek Industries Ltd E31,32,33 National Instruments 61-J Integrated Digital Systems E34 62 Lambda Microwaves Pvt. Ltd E35-E36 LPS Bossard P Ltd 63 64 Capro Engineering India P Ltd 64-A 64B 64C 64D Saarc Tool Tech Pvt Ltd 64E DSM Dyneema, The Netherlands 67-69 70 Centum Electronics Ltd 71-72 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 The Official Media 91 92 Partner for 93 Elgi Equipments Ltd 94 Defexpo 2008. 95 96 Any Enquiry for Advertising & 97 98 Advertorial Roots Multiclean 99 Please Contact 100 Rochem Separation Systems (I) Pvt Ltd 101 Stall No. Hall No. 12A Booth 3A Pan Intellecom Ltd 103 or Email to: MEL Systems & Services Ltd E1&2 Intel Design Systems (India) pvt Ltd E-3 [email protected] Applied Electro Magnetics Pvt Ltd E4,5,6 [email protected] System Controls E-7 Cell : +91-9821369115 Goenka Engg & Industrial Pvt Ltd E8 System & Equipment Maintaines Co E9 +91-9867338097

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