www.aeromag.in n May - June 2018 | Vol 12 | Issue 3 Tejas – Inching Closer to FOC in association with Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries 5 th AEROSPACE & DEFENCE MANUFACTURING SHOW 9th & 10th August 2018 HAL Convention Center, Bangalore 1 5th AEROSPACE & DEFENCE MANUFACTURING SHOW Energising the Indian Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Industry 9th & 10th August 2018 Seminar HAL Convention Center, Product Exhibition Bangalore B2B Meeting Vendor Development Programme Organised by In association with Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries EOS GmbH India Branch Office( Electro Optical Systems)No.36, Sivananda Nagar, Kolathur| For Sponsorship, Presentation and Exhibition Chennai-600 099, IndiaPhone +91 443 964 8000 | Fax +9144 3964 8099 | Mobile:+91984 003 3223 Please Contact : Preethi M , Tel – + 91 9448447509 | Email : [email protected] | [email protected] 2 3 formnext_AufstellerA5_Linde.Liebherr.Ariane.Nextgeneration.Tireapplication.indd 3 09.11.2017 11:24:25 EDITORIAL efExpo which was held in April 2018 provided excellent opportunities for Indian Dand Overseas industries involved in defense equipment manufacture to network and plan for Content strategic partnership in R&D as well as manufacture 6 Tejas – Inching Closer to FOC Editorial Advisory Board as per the ‘Make in India’ mission for meeting both Dr. C.G. Krishnadas Nair India’s growing requirements and also share global 9 DRDO Awards Presented Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy (Rtd) market with greater profitability. Defense Minister PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar has exhorted Indian industries not to look at only 10 Reminiscence of the Birth of Tejas Air Marshal P. Rajkumar (Rtd) India’s requirements but also at the global market Tryst with Glory PVSM, AVSM, VM and enhance India’s export of aeronautical and 14 Air Marshal Ajit Bhavanani (Rtd) defense equipments and services. Indian offset 18 Towards “Tranquillity and Peace” along LAC PVSM, AVSM, VM partner industries must look at the opportunities Rear Admiral K. Mohanan (Rtd), AVSM made available under the offset scheme and also proactive provisions for defense 22 Time is Ripe for Private Defence Firms to Prove Mettle Mr. Pushpindar Singh Chopra procurement with emphasis on ‘Make in India’ and plan for long term relationship for Dr . K. Ram Chand sustainable mutually beneficial partnerships. Indian SMEs have a great role to play. 24 BEL Sets Three-Year Target of Rs. 15K Cr Turnover Mr. J.K.Sharma Foreign OEMs have already advised their Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers to become aware Mr. Arunakar Mishra of Indian SMEs capabilities and build partnerships. GIFAS had recently brought a team 28 Exciting Foray into Space Segment Air Cmdre. (Rtd) Joseph Varkey of sixty Tier-1 and Tier-2 companies and held B to B meetings in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Recent Berlin airshow and exhibition focussed on supplier 31 Widening Horizons Berlin, Germany conclave. SIATI participated at the Berlin airshow and there are invitations from Detlef Becker aerospace clusters of Germany and of France for Indian delegates to visit for discussion 33 LCA Tejas to be Fully Operational with AAR Soon E : [email protected] on strategic partnership and collaborations. Russia, who has been India’s traditional T : + 497 112317595 partner and a major supplier / collaborator for defense equipments did not have any 38 GRSE Aims at Marking Global Footprints M : + 491 701626053 offset agreements in the past. A number of Russian organisations have shown special interest in collaborating with SIATI members for building mutually beneficial long 40 Deterring India’s Maritime Threats Paris, France term relations. 9 Marie-Thérèse Bonfigli 42 Defence Corridors are Engines of Growth: PM E : [email protected] Our study and interaction with SME organisations in Europe revealed that their M : +33 (0)6 89 20 95 68 success has been mainly due to developing co-operative consortium among 44 Gagan Shakti 2018 Display of IAF Might themselves to become reliable and cost effective supply chain. In India, we have a Moscow, Russia number of aerospace and defense manufacturing SME clusters in various regions. 48 LMW – Building up Aerospace Manufacturing Industry George Smirnov Our experiments so far with formation of consortium have met with both success E : [email protected] and some failures. Failures resulted to a large extend due to lack of legally binding 56 DRDO @ 60 - Ushering in Self-Reliance in Defence M : +7 (906)711-03-51 / (495)644-17-33 agreements and lack of trust. Learning from this lesson, we need to go forward to form consortiums on strong foundations of mutual trust and co-operation with 61 Fulfilling Defence Indigenization Dreams Sunny Jerome legally binding agreements to become global players and to be part of the global 64 GSL Aims at Absolute Indigenization Managing Editor supply chain. India’s major aerospace public sector and private sector industries and quality assurance and regulatory agencies such as CEMILAC, DGAQA, DGCA as well 18 65 DSA 2018 Marks 30 Year Milestone Preethi M. as National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Ministry of MSMEs are looking Associate Editor forward to extending support to such efforts on the part of SMEs, to be excellent and 68 Propelling Indian Aerospace Industry reliable cost effective supply chain for Indian industries as well as for global aerospace Anantha Narayanan K and defense majors. 71 Focused Growth in System Integration Subeditor SIATI and AEROMAG Asia wish continued success and growth to Indian and overseas collaboration through partnership. DefExpo 2018 Comes to a Grand Close David Barnabhas 73 Design For Publishing Articles, Advertisements 73 Editor, Aeromag Asia Dr C G Krishnadas Nair 40 44 Aeronautical Society of India Building Honorary President, SIATI Suranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road, Bangalore 560075. Karnataka, INDIA Call: +91 94490 61925 Tel: +91 80 25284145 / 25604055 Printed and Published by Sunny Jerome, Managing Editor, Aeromag Asia, Aerosun Media, Email: [email protected] www.aeromag.in Aeronautical Society of India Building, Suranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road,Bangalore 560075. Karnataka. Printed at Rashtrotthana Mudranalaya, 19/1, K.G.Nagar, Bangalore-19. 4 5 Tejas – Inching Closer to FOC ver since its first flight, India’s requirements. In this scenario, achieving scenarios. The missile has been launched indigenously designed and the Final Operational Clearance (FOC), is from LCA Tejas on 27 April 2018 from Edeveloped Light Combat Aircraft one of the prime tasks for the LCA and the firing range off the Goa coast after (LCA) Tejas has been proving its mettle to according to the latest reports, Tejas is exhaustive study of the missile separation be a combat-proven asset to the armed inching closer to FOC by turning major characteristics and plume envelope. forces. In July 2016, it has been inducted hurdles into achievements. Integration of Derby, a BVR class missile into the Air Force by forming a separate The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is one of the major objectives of Final Squadron ‘Flying Daggers’ with an aim of and Aeronautical Development Agency Operational Clearance (FOC) of Tejas. eventually replacing the ageing fleet of (ADA), the nodal agencies for design and Based on the successful integration Mig-21 aircraft. Tejas will play a prime role development of the fighter aircraft, have and demonstration, Regional Centre for in the ongoing modernization drive of the been speeding up the FOC procedures of Military Airworthiness (RCMA), a unit of armed forces which aims at gearing them Tejas. Recently, Tejas has achieved another DRDO has cleared the series production up with the most modern systems and milestone towards Final Operational aircraft of Squadron 45, to be equipped equipment. Though there have been some Clearance (FOC) as it successfully fired with Derby operational capability. Tejas initial issues, the IAF has validated the Derby Air-to-Air Beyond Visual Range has successfully completed a series of performance of Tejas. During the recent Missile to expand the firing envelope. It captive flight trials to clear Derby for the Gagan Shakti 2018 exercise, Tejas has once has demonstrated safe full operational capability in the entire FOC again reaffirmed its air superiority and operation of the envelope. In the past, Tejas has the IAF has called for the fast aircraft qualified for the armaments production of aircraft to and missile release related meet its trials. During the Gagan Shakti 2018, the largest ever exercise by the IAF, LCA Tejas during has proven its battle-readiness. The 14- missile day exercise has witnessed the extensive testing of the newly-inducted Tejas plume supersonic fighter jets of the IAF. Being ingestion into the aircraft deployed at forward bases, the operational engine under worst case efficiency and mission worthiness of the 6 7 DRDO Awards Presented he Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has presented the TDRDO Awards- 2016 & 2017 to various DRDO scientists for their outstanding contributions, while commemorating the National Technology Day. Some of the prominent scientists, who have received the award, include former Secretary Department of Defence R&D, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and Director General, DRDO Dr. VK Saraswat for DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award – 2017, former Secretary Department of Defence R&D, Scientific Advisor to Raksha The Minister for Defence, Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the DRDO Lifetime Mantri and Director General, DRDO Dr Achievement Award - 2016 to the