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SP's Aviation SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION ED BUYER ONLY) ED BUYER AS -B A NDI I 100.00 ( ` aviationSHARP CONTENT FOR SHARP AUDIENCE www.sps-aviation.com vol 22 ISSUE 1 • 2019 CALL FOR SERIOUS ATTENTION 2019 TO WITNESS iaF’s FigHter squaDrons likely to SOME KEY inDuctions go FurtHer Down to • raFale arounD 27/29 PAGE 14 • APACHe • cHinook Hal: PAST perFECT, GLOBAL Future tense AVIATION SUMMIT a Huge step towarDs MUCH MORE... globalisation oF inDia’s PAGE 18 civil aviation IN THE NEWS F-35• 141 units contract by us DoD; • 147 units planneD procurement by japan; • 91 UNITS per YEAR PRODuction as in 2018, eXPECTED TO be RAMPED up FURTHer RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 “In a country like India with limited support from the industry and market, initiating 50 years ago (in 1964) publishing magazines relating to Army, Navy and Aviation sectors without any interruption is a commendable job on the part of SP Guide“ Publications. By this, SP Guide Publications has established the fact that continuing quality work in any field would result in success.” Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India (*message received in 2014) SP's Home Ad with Modi 2016 A4.indd 1 01/06/18 12:06 PM PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jayant Baranwal SENIOR EDITOR TABLE OF CONTENTS Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Neetu Dhulia SENIOR TECHNICAL GROUP EDITOR Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd) AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION GROUP ASSOCIATE EDITOR SP’s Vishal Thapar CONTRIBUTORS 100.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER 100.00 (INDIA-BASED ` aviationSHARP CONTENT FOR SHARP AUDIENCE India: Group Captain A.K. Sachdev (Retd), www.sps-aviation.com VOL 22 ISSUE 1 • 2019 Group Captain Joseph Noronha (Retd) CALL FOR SERIOUS ATTENTION 2019 vol 22 ISSUE 1 • 2019 TO WITNESS IAF’S FIGHTER Europe: Alan Peaford SQUADRONS LIKELY TO SOME KEY INDUCTIONS GO FURTHER DOWN TO • RAFALE USA & Canada: LeRoy Cook AROUND 27/29 PAGE 14 • APACHE • CHINOOK CHAIRmaN & MANAGING DIRECTOR HAL: PAST PERFECT, COver IMAGE GLOBAL FUTURE TENSE AVIATION SUMMIT Jayant Baranwal A HUGE STEP F-35 is now regarded as a “game changer” TOWARDS MUCH MORE... PLANNING & BUSINESS DEVELOpmENT GLOBALISATION OF INDIA’S PAGE 18 Executive Vice President: Rohit Goel by the armed forces of several countries CIVIL AVIATION IN THE NEWS ADMIN & COORDINATION across the globe operating this platform. Bharti Sharma ASSt – AdMIN, HR & INFRA COver image bY Pooja Tehlani Lockheed Martin F-35• 141 UNITS CONTRACT BY US DOD; • 147 UNITS PLANNED PROCUREMENT BY JAPAN; • 91 UNITS PER YEAR PRODUCTION AS IN 2018, DESIGN EXPECTED TO BE RAMPED UP FURTHER RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 Holistic Directions: Jayant Baranwal Creative Director: Anoop Kamath SP's Aviation Cover 1-2019.indd 1 23/01/19 6:57 PM Designers: Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, Sonu Singh Bisht Research Assistant: Graphics Survi Massey CIVIL REgular DEPARTMENTS DIRECTOR: SALES & MARKETING Neetu Dhulia 5 SUMMIT SALES & MARKETING 2 A Word from Editor-in-Chief General Manager Sales: Rajeev Chugh India 3rd-largest Aviation Market SP’S WEBSITES Sr Web Developer: Shailendra P. Ashish of the Future 4 News with Views Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma © SP Guide Publications, 2019 Controversy over Purchase of Subscription/Circulation MILITARY Annual Inland: `1,200 • Foreign: US$320 Rafale Jets E-mail: [email protected] 10 Modernisation [email protected] LETTER TO EDITOR 2019 a Landmark Year for 27 Hall of Fame [email protected]; [email protected] Inductions For Advertising details, contact: Allan Lockheed (1889-1969) [email protected] [email protected] 14 Fighter Squadrons SP GUIDE PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD 28 News Digest A-133 Arjun Nagar, (Opposite Defence Colony) Scrambling for Numbers New Delhi 110003, India. Tel: +91 (11) 24644693, 24644763, 24620130 18 F-35 32 Last Word Fax: +91 (11) 24647093 E-mail: [email protected] In the News! Positive Step Representative Office BENGALURU, INDIA 204, Jal Vayu Vihar, Kalyan Nagar, INDUSTRY Bengaluru 560043, India. Tel: +91 (80) 23682204 22 Hindustan Aeronautics MOSCOW, RUSSIA LAGUK Co., Ltd., (Yuri Laskin) Past Perfect, Future Tense Krasnokholmskaya, Nab. 11/15, app. 132, Moscow 115172, Russia. Tel: +7 (495) 911 2762 Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 SPACE Awards 2017 25 ISRO MEMBER OF SPECIAL GSAT-7A Good CONTRIBUTION TO BUSINESS AVIATION Need Holistic Approach NEXT ISSUE: Aero India 2019 Special www.sps-aviation.comWWW.SPGUIDEPUBLICATIONS.COM ISSUE 1 • 2019 1 A WORD from editOR-in-CHIEF Irrespective of any political repercussions, we have no choice but to look at as to how we can arrest this seemingly most scary depleting scenario of the fighter squadrons. Our nation’s security remains paramount. No compromises whatsoever, on this front, with any kind of excuses are acceptable. Indian Air Force (IAF), since the very induction of technologies moving beyond the expected limitations. Mirage 2000s in ‘80s has been quite impressed with the quality A combat platform that has been in the news on the global not only of the fighter jet itself, but also the service (after sales) front is the F-35 Lightening II, a fifth generation fighter aircraft they have been receiving from the OEM - Dassault Aviation in developed in US. Massive acquisition plans globally of this 5th Gen this case. Time and again IAF has conveyed the level of happi- fighter are remarkable. We have made a brief attempt to cover ness and the joy their pilots had while flying the Mirage 2000s. this development. Some very important factors emerge when we With this in view, one believes that the upcoming 36 Rafale will go through the way the F-35 is making strides in the world, which indeed be a boon to the drastically dwindling scenario fighter are the increasingly massive pace of production per year, incred- squadrons of the IAF. Rafale, a far more improved version and ible level of pricing and time line of technology validity. an extension of the Mirage family, equipped with latest gen- To ride the strong tailwinds in global aviation and pave the eration avionics, armaments, radars, etc. will prove to be an way forward for the sector, the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation incredibly versatile military machine for India. organised a Global Aviation Summit with a theme “Flying for all - Having said that, we must keep in mind that while IAF especially the next 6 Billion” on 15-16 January, 2019 in Mumbai, remains left with 31 squadrons at this point of time, even with the financial capital of India. The Summit hosted policy mak- 36 Rafale inducted by 2022 and a few more squadrons of Su- ers, leaders and delegates from various governments along with 30MKI coming in, the situation will persistently remain grim as experts and CEOs from global aviation fraternity and provided the total number of fighter squadrons will get further reduced a platform to the stakeholders to brainstorm over the future of to around 27 (with a few existing squadrons phased out during aviation industry and identify the growth areas. The event has this period) by around 2025, posing a very strong question on witnessed unveiling of various policies and a vision document the much needed preparedness of the IAF. for 2040. We have a detailed report on the event in this issue. We must look at this critical scenario with discreet under- All this and more in this issue of SP’s Aviation. Welcome standing. The possibility of the indigenously produced Light aboard and wish you happy landings! Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk I and IA alleviating the current Jai Hind! woes of the IAF is very remote. Therefore, the ‘Make in India’ programme of 114 fighters needs to be paced up by the Gov- ernment of India and the numbers should rather be raised to at the least 200, if not more. Also, the programme should be fast- tracked. Irrespective of any political repercussions, we have no choice but to look at as to how we can arrest this seemingly most scary depleting scenario of the fighter squadrons. Our nation’s security remains paramount. No compromises what- soever, on this front, with any kind of excuses are acceptable. For our policy makers and our decision makers, we wonder JAYANT BARANWAL if they are noting the developments taking place around the world changing the dimensions of security equations and the PUBLISHER & EDITor-in-CHIEF Owned, published and printed by Jayant Baranwal, printed at Kala Jyothi Process Pvt Ltd and published at FOLLOW US ON A-133, Arjun Nagar (Opposite Defence Colony), New Delhi 110003, India. All rights reserved. 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. @SPsAviation SPPublications 2 ISSUE 1 • 2019 www.sps-aviation.com 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_SPsAviation.indd 1 1/21/19 3:56 PM Client: Pratt & Whitney - Commercial Engines Ad Title: GTF. No Comparison. No Equal. Publication: SPs Aviation - January Issue #1 Trim: 210 x 267 mm • Bleed: 220 x 277 mm • Live: NEWS with vieWS NEWS CONTROVERSY OVER PURCHASE OF RAFALE JETS The controversy over the NDA Government’s decision to purchase 36 Rafale combat aircraft from the French company Dassault Aviation has been domi- nating India’s political discourse for the last several months. The ruling BJP and the main opposition party Congress are at loggerheads over the deal.
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