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SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION ED BUYER ONLY) ED BUYER AS -B A NDI I 100.00 ( ` Aviation Sharp Content for Sharp Audience www.sps-aviation.com vol 17 ISSUE 9 • SEptEmbEr • 2014 • IAF Key Programmes • Connecting Japan with ERJs • LABACE Report • Safety Management Systems Indian Air Force in for Business Aviation Disaster Management • Indo-Japan Defence Cooperation FIRST Dr Vivek Lall, CEO, General Atomics PAGE 19 PARADOX RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 OF AIRLINES IN INDIA TEASER ADVERT OF SP'S AND BAOA SUPP_Final.indd 1 09/09/14 1:26 PM table of contents vol 17 ISSUE 9 • SEptEmbEr • 2014 SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION 100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER 100.00 (INDIA-BASED ` Aviation Sharp Content for Sharp Audience www.sps-aviation.com VOL 17 ISSUE 9 • SEPTEMBER • 2014 • IAF Key Programmes • Connecting Japan with ERJs • LABACE Report • Safety Management Systems Indian Air Force in for Business Aviation Disaster Management • Indo-Japan Defence Cooperation FIRST Dr Vivek Lall, CEO, General Atomics PAGE 19 PARADOX RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 OF AIRLINES IN INDIA SP's Aviation Cover 9-2014_Final.indd 1 12/09/14 8:11 PM COVER IMAGE: Airlines in India are going through a period of transition and hopefully should witness an upward trend in the coming years. LOOKING UPwards: THERE IS NO DISPUTING THE FACT THAT INDIA’s aVIATION SECTOR HAS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, BUT PRESENTLY THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS IN A MAJOR CRISIS. Cover image by: SP’s Design SP’S EXCLUSIVES BUSINESS AVIATION page 19 6 Modernisation 28 Safety – IAF for 200 light bullet-proof vehicles Safety Management Systems (SMS) – MoD approves Chinook & Apache LEAD STORY purchase SHOW REPORT – IAF scouts Jaguar DARIN II/III full 31 LABACE 2014 mission simulators Latin America Holds Promise – DRDO scouts long-range sensors for AIRLINE CONUNDRUM aerostats Presently, airlines in India are going OEM REGULAR through turbulent times, making one 9 First Interview DEPARTMENTS wonder how new airlines are daring Dr Vivek Lall, CEO, General Atomics 4 A Word from Editor-in-Chief to enter this business when there is MILITARY bloodshed around. 5 NewsWithViews Bilateral Relations 10 Tender for Light Utility Helicopters Beginning of an Era Scrapped 13 Relief Operations Responding to Disaster 34 Hall of Fame Bessica Raiche (1875–1932) 16 Indian Air Force APPLIED FOR A Season of Hope 35 Focus India CIVIL 37 NewsDigest Regional Aviation NEXT ISSUE 24 Connecting Japan 40 LastWord NBAA + IAF Special 26 Fasten Your Seat Belt & Relax Dealing with Misdemeanour www.sps-aviation.com ISSUE 9 • 2014 1 table of contents 10 Beginning of an Era PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SP’s websites Jayant Baranwal Sr Web Developer: Shailendra P. Ashish Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma SENIOR EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) © SP Guide Publications, 2014 ASSISTANT GROUP EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION/ Circulation R. Chandrakanth Annual Inland: `1200 • Foreign: US$ 320 SENIOR TECHNICAL GROUP EDITOR E-mail: [email protected] Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS LETTER TO EDITOR INDIA [email protected] Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd) [email protected] Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) FOR Advertising details, contact: Europe [email protected] Alan Peaford [email protected] USA & Canada LeRoy Cook SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD A-133 Arjun Nagar, CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR (Opposite Defence Colony) Jayant Baranwal New Delhi 110 003, India. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, photocopying, recording, electronic, or otherwise without prior written permission of the Publishers. WWW.SPGUIDEPUBLICATIONS.COM 2 ISSUE 9 • 2014 www.sps-aviation.com The best-selling business aircraft in history. King Air® 250. The King Air 200 series has outsold every other line of business aircraft—including turboprops and jets. The King Air 250 builds on the legacy with an outstanding combination of systems redundancy, speed and fuel efficiency. Not to mention luxury. Its larger cabin with leather club seating and premium appointments lets you conduct business comfortably and efficiently. For more information, contact: EMEA +44.1244.893851 | Sanjeev Choudhary +91.99582.00918 | Beechcraft.com ©2014 Beechcraft Corporation. All rights reserved. Beechcraft and King Air are the registered trademarks of Beechcraft Corporation. Beech141999 KA 250 SP Aviation India.indd 1 9/3/14 1:56 PM BAILEY LAUERMAN Beechcraft King Air 250 Beech141999 Pub: SP Aviation Color: 4-color Size: Trim 210mm x 267mm; Bleed 220mm x 277mm A word from editor-in-chief CLEARANCE OF LONG-PENDING DEALS WITHIN 100 DAYS OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT COMING TO POWER DOES SIGNAL THE POSSIBILITY OF SPEEDY FINALISATION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE RAFALE MEDIUM MULTI- ROLE COMBAT AIRCRAFT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER has indeed been calamitous for of the long-pending deals within 100 days of the new govern- the state of Jammu and Kashmir during which it has been dev- ment coming to power does signal the possibility of speedy astated by floods the scale of which, as per the Chief Minister finalisation of the contract for the Rafale medium multi-role Omar Abdullah, has not been witnessed in the last 100 years. combat aircraft. However, this natural disaster has once again provided the On the civil aviation front, R. Chandrakanth analyses the opportunity for putting to test the capability of swift response state of the airline industry in India that is passing through and the state of preparedness of the Indian Air Force (IAF). It turbulent times. With the exception possibly of one carrier, all is a matter of pride for the nation that once again the trans- others are accumulating humongous losses. However, despite port and helicopter fleets of the IAF have performed credibly the difficulties, Air Costa and AirAsia India have dared to jump in meeting with the challenges of disaster management, sav- into the fray in the recent past and Tata-SIA venture Vistara is ing precious lives and ameliorating the sufferings of thousands. to take off next month. Also, there are a number of applicants Both the new inductions in the fixed-wing transport fleet, i.e. waiting in the wings to launch regional airlines. Despite the tur- the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and the Lockheed Martin moil in the industry, optimism continues to prevail! C-130J Super Hercules aircraft as also the recently acquired Chandrakanth also reports on the 11th edition of the Mi-17V5 helicopters have considerably enhanced the capability Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition of the IAF to meet with the challenges of disaster management. (LABACE) 2014 held in the second week of August at São Paulo, Salutations to the Indian armed forces for their bravey and Brazil. It was evident from the show that the airframe manufac- dedication to the nation! turers the world over are going ahead with their programmes With the Modi-led NDA Government in power at the Cen- in the hope that the market around the world would pick up. tre, there is fresh hope that the plans to modernise the IAF All these and more apart from the regular features. We will now move forward. The case for procurement of light util- would be delighted to receive any feedback about this issue! ity helicopters from a foreign vendor that had run into a dead end on account of serious allegations of wrongdoing has finally Tbeen laid to rest. This will definitely be a setback for the origi- nal equipment manufacturer (OEM) that was declared as the vendor of choice as well as the armed forces who will continue to be afflicted by deficiency in the helicopter fleet so urgently required to support troops deployed in forward locations. How- ever, the silver lining is that this decision has come as a windfall for the indigenous aerospace industry both in the public and private sector, who should benefit immensely with new busi- ness of `40,000 crore in a single contract for more than 400 light utility helicopters. Besides, the NDA Government ought to be given due credit for clearing a number of other long-pending contracts such as for the 22 Apache attack helicopters and for 15 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, both for the IAF as well as for 16 multi- role helicopters for the Indian Navy. With a few other smaller JAYANT BARANWAL contracts included in the list, the total value of deals cleared by PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the new government is to the tune of `20,000 crore. Clearance 4 ISSUE 9 • 2014 www.sps-aviation.com News with views NEWS: TENDER FOR LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTERS SCRAPPED The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) that instead of procuring helicop- has scrapped a scam-tainted tender ters from foreign sources, the Indian worth over `6,000 crore to procure industry would be given the oppor- 197 light utility helicopters (LUHs) for tunity to produce around 400 such the Indian Army and the Indian Air machines to meet with the require- Force (IAF) to replace the vintage fleet ments of the armed forces.