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SP's Aviation January 2011 • MEET US AT HALL E, BOOTH 22 AT AERO INDIA 2011 • ) AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Y l N o R e SP’s UY sed b sed sed b sed A A -b -b IA IA d d N N News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. s. 75.00 (I 75.00 s. s. 75.00 (I 75.00 s. R R Aviationwww.spsaviation.net JANUARY • 2011 ›› Mission Private Space ›› Aero India 2011: Curtain-Raiser ›› Revolutionary Shapes Concept of E-Jets of the ›› C-130J Induction ›› MEBA 2010 Report RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 Future PAGE 12 SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION TABLE of CONTENTS News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. AviationIssue 1 • 2011 12 The unmanned test vehicle represents a possible future aircraft that replaces the traditional tube- and-wing design with a shape resembling a manta ray — essentially a flying wing FIRST MILitaRY 5 Operationally Flexible Cover Story 30 Industry Ahead of Schedule TECKNOW 6 Made in India SHOW REPORT SHAPES OF THE FUTURE 32 MEBA 2010 EXPERT SPEAK Aviation behemoths such as Stunning Display 16 India-China Hindi-Chini Bye, Bye! Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed HALL OF famE Martin and a host of others are 34 Douglas Corrigan DIPLOMACY investing heavily in futuristic 18 India-Russia programmes of which some REGULAR DEPARTMENTS Advancing Defence Ties may see the light of the day and 4 A Word from Editor SpaCE some may not 7 NewsWithViews 19 Business • – GSLV-F06 fails • MEET US AT HALL E, BOOTH 22 AT AERO INDIA 2011 • Mission Private Space ) AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Y l N – LCA clears drop tank o R e SP’s UY sed b sed A -b IA d jettison test N News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. SHOW PREVIEW s. 75.00 (I 75.00 s. R 24 Aero India 2011 Aviationwww.spsaviation.net JANUARY • 2011 9 InFocus Curtain-Raiser Old-Obsolescent-Obsolete INDUSTRY 10 Forum 26 Interview ›› Mission Private Combating Obsolescence Space Capturing India’s ›› Aero India 2011: Curtain-Raiser Aerospace Market ›› Revolutionary Shapes Concept of E-Jets 35 NewsDigest of the ›› C-130J Induction ›› MEBA 2010 Report RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 Future CIVIL PAGE 12 40 LastWord SP's Aviation cover 1-11 Final.indd 1 12/01/11 1:35 PM Where are the Dividends? 27 Regional Aviation Radical Concept Cover Image: SEminaR An artist’s rendition of Finnair’s A1700-2400 NEXT ISSUE: 29 Aerospace Conference Cruiser which can seat 2,400 passengers Aero India 2011 Fringes to Mainstream Cover Image: Kauko Helavuo / Finnair Issue 1 • 2011 SP’S AVIATION 1 TABLE of CONTENTS PLUS... 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No part of this publication may be MOSCOW, RUSSIA reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or LAGUK Co., Ltd., (Yuri Laskin) transmitted in any form or by any means, Krasnokholmskaya, Nab., photocopying, recording, electronic, or 11/15, app. 132, Moscow 115172, Russia. otherwise without prior written permission Tel: +7 (495) 911 2762 www.spguidepublications.com of the Publishers. Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 2 SP’S AVIATION Issue 1 • 2011 www.spsaviation.net www.spsaviation.net READ SP’S AVIATION DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE AS eBOOK CALENDAR FOR EVERY MONTH TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT PLANES TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT PLANES COVER STORY Shapes Fuof theture Aviation behemoths such as Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed HIGH ON CONCEPT: FINNAIR A600-850 CAN SEAT Martin and a host of others are investing heavily in 600-850 PASSENGERS AND HAS FOUR ENGINES THAT CAN futuristic programmes of which some may BE TILTED, ALLOWING FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFFS see the light of the day and some may not N 1893, HORATIO PHIL- By R. Chandrakanth fort; and are environment friendly. NASA’s goals for a 2030-era aircraft are: electricity-generating fuel cells to power advanced LIPS built a “Flying Ma- Airbus Research and Technology • A 71-decibel reduction below current Federal Aviation electrical systems. chine” which looked like head Axel Krein said, “The planes of Administration noise standards, which aim to contain • With its 180-passenger D8 “double bubble” configura- the future will offer an unparalleled, objectionable noise within airport boundaries. tion, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team a motorised “Venetian unobstructed view of the wonders of • A greater than 75 per cent reduction on the Inter- strays farthest from the familiar, fusing two aircraft blind”. Over a century the five continents —where you will be national Civil Aviation Organisation’s Committee on bodies together lengthwise and mounting three tur- later, “concept planes”, able to see the pyramids or the Eiffel Aviation Environmental Protection Sixth Meeting, or bofan jet engines on the tail. Important components of some of which are straight Tower through the transparent floor of CAEP/6, standard for nitrogen oxide emissions, which the MIT concept are the use of composite materials for Iout of science fiction, are flying off the drawing the aircraft.” This can be done using special ceramics. aims to improve air quality around airports. lower weight and turbofan engines with an ultra high boards at supersonic speed. The doable futuristic • A greater than 70 per cent reduction in fuel burn per- bypass ratio for more efficient thrust. In a reversal of SUPERSONIC CRUISING formance, which could reduce greenhouse gas emis- current design trends the MIT concept increases the by- designs are getting shape and expected to rede- Sometime around 2030 or 2035, a concept aircraft, envisioned sions and the cost of air travel. pass ratio by minimising expansion of the overall diam- fine air travel in the not so distant future. by Lockheed Martin, may take to the skies. The futuristic air- • The ability to exploit metroplex concepts that enable eter of the engine and shrinking the diameter of the jet Scientists, innovators, engineers and aircraft manufac- craft is set to revolutionise supersonic cruising by relying upon optimal use of runways at multiple airports within exhaust instead. The team said it designed the D8 to do turing companies are busy designing and working on “con- a so-called “inverted-V” engine-under wing configuration, metropolitan areas, as a means of reducing air traffic the same work as a Boeing 737-800. The D8’s unusual cept planes” driven by different needs. Aviation behemoths where the engines sit atop the wings rather than beneath. This congestion and delays. shape gives it a roomier coach cabin than the 737. such as Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and a host of oth- is expected to quiet the sonic boom, the main reason why su- • The Northrop Grumman team foresees the greatest ers are investing heavily in futuristic programmes of which personic flights are banned over land routes. That prevented FOUR TEAMS RACING need for a smaller 120-passenger aircraft that is tai- some may see the light of the day and some may not. the now-defunct Concorde airliner from going supersonic ex- The teams were led by General Electric, Massachusetts In- lored for shorter runways. The team describes its si- With the turn of the 21st century, a surfeit of aircraft de- cept over water during transatlantic trips. stitute of Technology, Northrop Grumman and Boeing. Here lent efficient low emission’s commercial transport (SE- signs surfaced that have been wildly imaginative and un- In October 2008, NASA gave a mandate to the industry and are some highlights from their final reports: LECT), concept as “revolutionary in its performance, if orthodox, particularly military aircraft with stealth and strike academia to develop advanced concepts for aircraft that could • GE Aviation conceptualises a 20-passenger aircraft not in its appearance.” Ceramic composites, nanotech- features. The designs are weird, exotic and even monstrous. satisfy anticipated commercial air transportation needs while that could reduce congestion at major metropolitan nology and shape memory alloys figure prominently In the civil aviation realm, the aircraft manufacturing compa- meeting specific energy efficiency, environmental and opera- hubs by using community airports. The aircraft has in the airframe and ultra high bypass ratio propulsion nies, propelled by business considerations, are considering tional goals in 2030 and beyond.
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