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INTERVIEW: PUREPOWER INDIA DECLARES RAVI S. MENON pw800 – DRONE AIR WORKS INDIA A PROFILE POLICY P 11 P 19 P 25 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 5 WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA GREGORY HAYES: HE RETAINS HIS POSITION OF CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES. HE WILL OVERSEE THE TRANSITION THAT INCLUDES CREATION OF COLLINS AEROSPACE SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO THE LONG- ESTABLISHED ENGINE AND PROPULSION UNIT PRATT & WHITNEY, AND ALSO THE DIVESTMENT OF THE TWO NON-AEROSPACE BUSINESS UNITS THEREBY POSITIONING UTC GROUP AS AN ABSOLUTE AEROSPACE ENTITY. EXCITING TIMES: ALPHA BRAVO COLLINS PAGE 8 AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 THERE IS NO COMPARISON. NO EQUAL. THERE IS ONLY ONE. THE COMMERCIAL JET ENGINE IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN. Powered by an industry-fi rst geared architecture — and more than 40 other groundbreaking innovations — the Pratt & Whitney GTF is unlike any engine that’s come before it. EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT AT PW.UTC.COM PW_CE_GTF_SPsAirBuz.indd 1 8/29/18 2:47 PM Client: Pratt & Whitney - Commercial Engines Ad Title: GTF. No Comparison. No Equal. Publication: SP’s Air Buz - Oct/Nov Trim: 210 x 267 mm • Bleed: 220 x 277 mm • Live: TABLE OF CONTENTS OEM / ACQUISITION P8 EXCITING TIMES: ALPHA BRAVO COLLINS Cover: INTERVIEW: PUREPOWER INDIA DECLARES The acquisition of Rockwell RAVI S. MENON PW800 – DRONE AIR WORKS INDIA A PROFILE POLICY United Technologies’ acquisition Collins by UTC group, creating P 11 P 19 P 25 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2018 `100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 5 of Rockwell Collins is one of the Collins Aerospace Systems WWW.SPSAIRBUZ.COM ANAIRBUZ EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE ON CIVIL AVIATION FROM INDIA GREGORY HAYES: HE RETAINS HIS POSITION OF CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF is aimed towards its unique UNITED TECHNOLOGIES. HE WILL OVERSEE THE largest acquisitions and mergers in TRANSITION THAT INCLUDES CREATION OF COLLINS AEROSPACE SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO THE LONG- ESTABLISHED ENGINE AND positioning as an absolute PROPULSION UNIT PRATT & WHITNEY, AND ALSO THE DIVESTMENT OF THE TWO the history of aerospace world. This NON-AEROSPACE BUSINESS UNITS THEREBY POSITIONING UTC GROUP AS AN ABSOLUTE acquisition brings together Rockwell aerospace entity. Gregory Hayes AEROSPACE ENTITY. remains Chairman & CEO. Collins alongwith UTC Aerospace EXCITING TIMES: Cover Photograph: ALPHA BRAVO COLLINS PAGE 8 AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Systems to create Collins Aerospace UTC RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24198 Systems. SP's AirBuz Cover 5-2018.indd 1 06/12/18 3:24 PM EXCLUSIVE MRO / INTERVIEW P11 “THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES THREATENING OUR VERY SURVIVAL AND THESE CONTINUE TILL DAte.” Ravi S. Menon, Executive Director, Air Works India, spoke to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s AirBuz, about the company. P31 TRAINING / OEM ENGINE / TECHNOLOGY P&W’s INDUSTRY CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME P17 ENGINE DESIGN TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS The way the cost of Aviation Turbine Fuel DEPARTMENTS (ATF) is escalating, there is a need to look for P2 A WORD FROM EDITOR alternative sources of energy or for designing engines with better efficiency. P3 NEWS BRIEFS P32 FINALLY P7 ENVIRONMENT / IATA A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR CORSIA P15 BUSINESS aviaTION / OPERATIONS ANA BA DIVISON TAKES OFF P22 TECHNOLOGY / GREEN ENGINES TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO GO GREEN! P25 DRONES / POLICY ENGINE / PRATT & WHITNEY INDIA DECLARES DRONE POLICY P19 PUREPOWer PW800 – A PROFILE P28 DRONES / REGULATIONS THE NEED TO REGULATE DRONES P&WC began working on the future- Awards 2017 IN INDIA looking PW800 series in July 2008 when it launched the PurePower PW800 engine. P30 ATC / RCS SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE RCS BUSINESS AVIATION SP’S AIRBUZ • ISSUE 5 • 2018 • 1 A WORD FROM EDITOR PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal EDITOR Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia CONTRIBUTORS Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd) Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) S.R. Swarup, Vasuki Prasad Shriniwas Mishra HE BIGGEST AVIATION EVENT CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR in recent times was United Technolo- Jayant Baranwal gies Corp. announcing the completion of its acquisition of Rockwell Collins and PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT the formation of Collins Aerospace through the combination of UTC Aerospace Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel Systems and Rockwell Collins. Collins Aerospace supplies electrical, mechani- CREATIVE DIRECTOR cal and software solutions across all major segments of the aerospace industry Anoop Kamath Tand serves commercial and military customers. Gregory Hayes remains as the Chairman GRAPHIC DESIGNERS and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies. Our lead story in this issue gives an Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht overview of this acquisition and merger. Research Asst/Graphics: Survi Massey There are two major emerging concerns that are influencing the course of the devel- ADMIN & COORDINATION opment of the global civil aviation industry and this phenomena is relevant to the Indian Bharti Sharma civil aviation industry as well. The first of the two factors is the deleterious impact of a ASST - ADMIN, HR & INFRA Pooja Tehlani variety of toxic emissions by the civil aviation aircraft, both airliners as well as business SALES & MARKETING jets, on the environment by way of not only enhancing levels of pollutants in the atmo- Director Sales & Marketing: Neetu Dhulia sphere, but in the ultimate analysis, contributing to global warming. The second issue General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh that plagues the civil aviation industry is the perpetually escalating cost of Aviation Tur- SP’s websiTES bine Fuel (ATF) which constitutes 40 per cent of the cost of operations of airliners. Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish This has driven the leading manufacturers of civil aircraft and aero engines to inno- Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma vate and search for technologies to develop power plants that provide higher levels of fuel © SP Guide Publications, 2018 efficiency and generate less noise. In this issue of SP’s AirBuz, in separate articles, Joseph SUBSCRIPTION/ CIRCULATION Noronha and Zorawar Singh Jaiswal have carried out detailed review of the technologies that Annual Inland: `600 • Foreign: US$180 are being developed to reduce fuel consumption and address environmental concerns. In E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] another article, A.K. Sachdev has traced the development of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower LETTER TO EDITOR PW800 aero engine that has been designed to address the problems looming on the horizon. 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A report on this venture has been Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd included in this issue of the magazine. and Published at A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite All this and more in this issue of SP’s AirBuz. Welcome aboard and wish you happy Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. landings! All rights reserved. Jai Hind! MEMBER OF: B.K. Pandey Editor 2 • SP’S AIRBUZ • Issue 5 • 2018 www.spsaIrbuz.com G Earlier, Buffet had admitted it was one of his few indulgences. Subse- quently, what elevated the business jet from a luxury toy to what is increas- ingly seen as a vital corporate tool? In the US, hundreds of Fortune 500 com- panies now flaunt their own aircraft, with companies arguing that this vital conveyance saves time and boosts pro- ductivity.NEWS A recentBRIEFS CNN report quoted ( AIRLINE NEWS Indian borders and it gives us the opportu- major maintenance where expenses rose by nity of welcoming travellers from around 14 per cent. the world to experience the ‘new feeling of TATA GROUP SEEKS TO BUY JET AIRWAYS flying’ in India with Vistara. We share a lot JET AIRWAYS POSTS HEAVY LOSSES IN Q1 Jet Airways, which has been facing turbu- in common with British Airways, key among At the end of August this year, Jet Airways lence from rising oil prices and a depreci- which is our focus on delighting custom- said it will seek capital infusion and sell ating rupee and is struggling even to pay ers. We are confident that our respective the stake in its loyalty programme after salaries, is now facing a takeover bid by the customers will truly enjoy the reciprocal reporting a net loss of `13.26 billion in the Tata Group.