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SP's Aviation October 2010 PLUS: • New business Jets Special • New regional Airliners ISSUE SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION A-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER A-BASED I News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. RS. 75.00 (IND RS. Aviationwww.spsaviation.net OctOber • 2010 IAFis now78 Some pertinent points to be looked at: • Su-30MKI: Mainstay of IAF as of today • The combat squadrons have reduced from 39.5 to close to 30 in numbers • Amidst tranformation • Is IAF sufficiently equipped to meet the present RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 and future challenges? Continuing a powerful partnership with ©2010 Northrop Grumman Corporation unmatched F-16 AESA radar capabilities. www.northropgrumman.com/mmrca MMRCA Good fortune and protection for India. With the operationally proven APG-80 AESA radar aboard the F-16IN Super Viper, the Indian Air Force will attain and sustain unprecedented air combat capability for the future. 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SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION TABLE of CONTENTS News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. AviationIssue 10 • 2010 39 Operations: WAC Beyond the Sky 41 Operations: CAC Destroy the Enemy 43 Operations: SWAC Victory, thy Motto 45 Operations: SAC Meeting Challenges 47 Operations: EAC Battle all Challenges 49 Interview ‘Boeing is committed to executing its commitments to India’ Fully loaded multi-role strike fighter aircraft Su-30MKI is expected to form the backbone of the Indian Air Force’s fighter 50 Interview 28 fleet to 2020 and beyond ‘F/A-18E/F is easy to fly aggressively and safely’ Hall of Fame FIRST 51 Analysis Aspy Engineer 6 First Engine Run REGULAR DEPARTMENT CIVIL ON WINGS A Word from Editor 8 Business Aviation TowARDS CENTENARY 5 What’s New The IAF is in the midst of a NewsWithViews self-claimed transformation. 19 12 Regional Aviation – Delayed Decision-Making It is true that it is transiting Growing Big – Indian AEWCS through unique challenges IAF SPECIAL but also open prospects for new 21 InFocus opportunities. AFNET Kick-Starts 18 Messages • PLUS: • New Business Jets Special • New Regional Airliners 22 Forum Interview ISSUE 25 SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Effective and Secure ‘We are in the process of News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. RS. 75.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER 75.00 (INDIA-BASED RS. Communication introducing radical changes in Aviationwww.spsaviation.net OCTOBER • 2010 the training environment’ IAFis 52 News Digest 26 Interview ‘We are at the threshold of becoming a first world 56 Last Word now78 Move Forward, Be an air power’ Some pertinent points to be looked at: • Su-30 MKI: Mainstay of IAF as of today • The combat squadrons have reduced from 39.5 to close to 30 in numbers Aerospace Power • Amidst tranformation • Is IAF sufficiently equipped to meet the present 32 Industry RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 and future challenges? Opportunities Ahead 38 OEM Cover Image: Su-30MKI is the mainstay of IAF. 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Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 2 SP’S AVIATION Issue 10 • 2010 www.spsaviation.net I CAN’T AFFORD TO WAIT IT OUT. I have four meetings in three cities today. There isn’t an option. That’s just what I need to do. Before I had my Corvalis TT, that schedule would take the better part of a week. Now it’s just a really productive day. Waiting is missed opportunities. Waiting costs my company and community jobs. Waiting slows our growth. I can’t afford to wait it out because if I wait today, tomorrow might not happen. CALL US TODAY. DEMO A CORVALIS TT TOMORROW. 000-800-100-3829 | AVIATOR.CESSNA.COM CORVALIS TT CAC1002G_StraightTalk_Corvalis_SPAviation_rev.indd 1 9/9/10 3:25 PM www.spsaviation.net READ SP’S AVIATION DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE AS eBOOK CALENDARS FOR EVERY MONTH CIVIL REGIONAL AVIATION CIVIL REGIONAL AVIATION last year, with deliveries dropping by a mere 4.1 per cent. The speed ramp-up remaining before compressibility effects set bottom half—jets costing $4-24 million—fell by a catastrophic in and the much-reviled sonic boom is generated. Companies 42.8 per cent. The market has never seen bifurcation like this like Aerion are also striving to bring a supersonic business jet in any previous downturn or growth spurt. And this trend is to the market within the next 5-6 years, but that’s a different expected to continue. The bottom half of the market is unlikely story. The G650’s tall and wide-bodied cabin will boast the lat- to rebound faster than the top half, implying a permanent shift est in comfort and convenience. What’s in favour of more expensive models. Demand for large-cabin And what would Bombardier do to preserve its present NEW jets will also continue to outpace that for light jets by a striking pride of place at the pinnacle of the business jet market, cour- degree. That’s good news for Gulfstream Aerospace. tesy the Global Express XRS? Bombardier believes the G650 Most manufacturers have emerged stronger from the crisis. is likely to be inferior to the Global, but concedes that the for- Resurgence in demand for business jets, driven primarily by a TOP OF THE LINE mer’s matchless range of 7,000 nm will indeed be momentous. Gulfstream’s Jason Akovenko says, “We continue to see signs Longer range aircraft contribute immensely to the globalisa- gradual recovery in global economic prospects, is now encouraging of gradual improvement in the business jet market. Customer tion of business aviation and Bombardier will need to move them to bring their latest offerings to the market. interest in Gulfstream aircraft remains healthy and we have quickly to claim the top spot in this category. It might either some 200 orders for the Gulfstream G650. We continue to see choose a clean-sheet design or decide to upgrade. The latter order strength across several emerging markets, including the option—a so-called Super Global Express—could be ready by Asia-Pacific region, one of the strongest markets for business 2013. It will be far less costly to bring to fruition and is an usiness aviation has been Aircraft Market Forecast and Industry aviation and for Gulfstream in particular. Large-cabin deliver- option that probably makes better business sense. The Super By Joseph Noronha, Goa languishing for nigh on two Overview, released earlier this year, ies remain on track and will go up to 76 this year.” The Gulf- Global Express might simply lengthen the existing XRS cabin years.
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