www.indiastrategic.in AERO INDIA 2011 February 09–13, Bangalore SHOW DAILY #2 India invites aerospace majors MRCA decision likely by September for partnerships, outsourcing By Gulshan Luthra it transparent and effi cient, the minister angalore. India should select told a select gathering of national and Bthe Medium Multi Role Combat international delegations that the scope Aircraft (MMRCA) by mid-2011, or of the offset policy guidelines has been latest by September. expanded to civil aerospace, internal Releasing the Aero India special security and training to include eligible edition of India Strategic defence products and services to enable global magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) fi rms bagging orders to discharge their on the opening day of the Aero obligations. “We hope the revised defence production India 2011 here, Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief angalore. India has invited leading policy and procurement policy will provide Binternational aerospace fi rms to partner better opportunities to foreign original Marshal P V Naik, said that the with its strong defence organisations, state- equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and progress of the evaluation process run enterprises and the emerging private help build indigenous capabilities to was going on satisfactorily and sector for the all-round development of its undertake outsourcing of products and that he expected the decision by aerospace industry. services for the global aerospace and the middle of this year, or latest by “We are open to joint ventures, civil aviation industry,” Antony pointed Contd. on pg 3 long-term partnerships and licence out. (IANS) production under transfer of technology ■ with leading international aerospace companies to make our aerospace sector strong, competitive and self-reliant,” Defence Minister A.K. Antony said while inaugurating Asia’s biggest air show Aero India 2011 here Feb 9. “Our latest defence production policy spells out the blueprint of the roadmap that we intend to follow. We are encouraging our public and private sector industries to become active partners in this initiative,” Antony said, declaring open the eighth edition of the biennial event at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base near Yelahanka on the outskirts of this aerospace hub. Noting that the defence procurement procedure was being fi ne-tuned to make IndiaSTRATEGIC 1 The technology of yesterday’s dogfights will not win in the modern battlespace. The Super Hornet gives India the advanced capabilities required to prevail for decades to come. It’s the only aircraft available today with a proven, fully integrated suite of networked radar, sensors, avionics and weapons systems— enabling the Super Hornet to engage potential threats beyond visual range like nothing else. To engage, fight and win. Aero India 2011 CH-47F Chinook: Powerful Contd. from pg 1... August or September. The Indian Air Force had Tool in Peace and Confl ict completed the technical trials and submitted the report on time, angalore. Versatility, reliability and The Chinook is capable of handling and the process of evaluating the Bunmatched performance by CH-47 useful loads up to 24,000 lbs. and a Transfer of Technology, Offsets maximum gross weight of up to 54,000 Chinooks over fi ve decades of service have and pricing was moving forward shown that the tandem-rotor helicopter is a lbs. Its tandem rotor confi guration also in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) powerful tool in peace and in confl ict. provides exceptional handling qualities that enable the CH-47 to operate in appropriately, and he expected And, with the introduction of the CH-47F commercial negotiations also to model Chinook in 2008 – complete with climatic, altitude and crosswind conditions begin very soon. new airframes and advanced capability for that typically keep other helicopters from He did not say if any one or more digital cockpits – the future of the Chinook fl ying. was solidifi ed for the next several decades. The tandem-rotor design eliminates the aircraft had been down-selected or Boeing has entered the CH-47F Chinook need for a tail rotor, thereby allowing 100 short-listed. into the competition for the Indian Air Force’s percent of its power to be used for lifting, The Air Chief said that the fi rst new heavy-lift helicopter, with a decision greater operational agility in a wide range meeting of the Cost Negotiations expected in the next several months. of missions, and a wider center of gravity. Committee should be held in The CH-47F is the U.S. Army’s premier Put simply, the tandem rotor design march heavy-lift helicopter for intra-theatre troop enables operators to carry more, keep Air Chief Marshal Naik and cargo transport. It features the latest lifecycle costs down and perform their described the Tejas Light Combat technologies to ensure continuing military missions with greater maneuverability Aircraft (LCA) as a milestone in effectiveness, relevance and long-term than conventional helicopters. developing indigenous aerospace service for present and future warfi ghters. Modern tandem rotor helicopters now capabilities. But Chinooks are much more than have fully integrated, digital cockpit India Strategic’s Aero India combat helicopters, having proved their management systems, long-range fuel edition also quotes DRDO’s Chief tanks and advanced cargo-handling mettle repeatedly as a humanitarian asset. Controller and Distinguished capabilities that compliment their mission Chinooks provided invaluable support Scientist Dr Prahlada as saying performance and handling characteristics. in response to humanitarian needs after that the next step in developing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and performed These types of enhancements mean the indigenous capability was the essential recovery operations in response far greater situational awareness for Medium Combat Aircraft (MCA), to the tsunami disaster in South East Asia. aircrews, improved communications The CH-47F enables operators to maintain and networking capabilities, and mission which should be operational in the their unparalleled capability to support the management improvements. next decade. Preliminary design full spectrum of military and nation-building The Chinook is Boeing’s longest- work on this aircraft had already missions around the globe. running aircraft program in continuous begun. The CH-47F helicopter delivers greater production, built just outside Philadelphia, The edition also quotes Chairman mission-critical capability for the warfi ghter Pa. The U.S. Army has contracted with and Managing Director Ashok with a newly designed, modernized airframe; Boeing to modernize 464 of its CH- Nayak of HAL as saying that a Common Avionics Architecture System 47D Chinooks, a decision that will keep the current model of LCA, of cockpit; and a Digital Automatic Flight Chinooks in the U.S. Army fl eet at least which the IAF had orderd 40, was Control System. through the 2030s, an unprecedented “jampacked with avionics, pipelines 75-year service life. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that and wiring” but its Mark II would has unsurpassed ability to deliver heavy In addition to the U.S. Army, U.S. Army be longer by a meter with room payloads to high altitudes, and is ideally Reserve and National Guard, international to “reallocate” systems. “It will suited for operations in the high Himalayas. operators of the CH-47 Chinook include have a fresh internal design with the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, The aircraft has been battle-tested in diverse more wiring , bus and whatever Singapore, Thailand, Argentina, Japan, extreme conditions throughout the world although it would be a replica of and has proven capability to operate in Republic of Korea, Australia, Spain, Italy, Canada, Egypt, Morocco, and Greece. its predecessor in looks.” the wide range of conditions that typify the ■ Indian subcontinent. ■ IndiaSTRATEGIC 3 Aero India 2011 Finmeccanica at Aero India 2011 A global partner for the Indian aerospace, defence and security industry angalore. Finmeccanica – EADS Germany leading the campaign. X10, the AROMOR X7. Bthrough its Operating Companies The Eurofi ghter Typhoon is a supersonic SELEX Communications is present in AgustaWestland, Alenia Aeronautica, DRS twin-engine multi-role aircraft for air India since last 20 years providing avionics, Technologies, SELEX Communications and defence, interdiction and air superiority, tactical and naval communications systems SELEX Galileo – is taking part in Aero India and with a production agreement for directly to end-customers or through 2011 in strength, presenting products, more than 700 aircraft, is Europe’s largest leading local companies, such as HAL and platforms and technological solutions. military aircraft programme. BEL. At Aero India 2011, the company is Finmeccanica’s presence in India dates Alenia Aeronautica also intends to showcasing its wide range of products back to more than 40 years: over this promote in India the M-346 aircraft and capabilities in the ground tactical and period it has been developed solid (produced by Alenia Aermacchi, a avionics sectors. industrial partnerships in the defence company controlled by Alenia Aeronautica) SELEX Communications will display: and security sectors through participation recently purchased by the Italian and the SDR (Software Defi ned Radio) in both in several successful programmes. For Singaporean governments and selected the vehicular and the handheld versions; Finmeccanica, India is a country of by the UAE Government. This aircraft the Guardian; the LOAM (Laser