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137858
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At Aero India 2015, the star of the show was not an aerial platform performing jaw-dropping stunts in the air, though there were a few aerobatic teams. The star was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made a debut of sorts in the presence of senior (if not the top) defence and aerospace business executives of the world.
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137860
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In fact, a number of major decisions were announced after Aero India, following the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting that took place in the last week of February. Decisions taken by the DAC to allow procurement of additional Swiss Pilatus PC-7 MkII basic trainer aircraft (BTA) and acquisition of an additional Lockheed Martin C-130 J ‘Super Hercules’ to make up for attrition, would have been welcome announcements during Aero India.
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137861
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Indian requirements for helicopters — in both military and civil aviation sector — are growing rapidly. Estimates suggest that in the near term, India could buy as many as 1000 helicopters, making it a market too big to ignore. Firmly focussed on this market is Bell Helicopter, which plans to sell its latest and the most versatile Bell-407GX and Bell-407GT tactical light commercial helicopters. At Aero India 2015, the company conducted various demonstration flights of the Bell-407GX for select journalists and also provided hands-on training experience for Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter pilots. VIPs like Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Group, also received demonstration flights during the course of the Show.
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137864
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The Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) saga of the IAF is representative of the procurement problems facing the Services in general. A selection that was made public three years ago, literally to the day, is still breathing fire, or maybe just smoke now, due to the inordinate delay in contract finalisation.
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137867
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The single most important lesson to emerge from the recently announced 2015 defence outlay is what comes out each year: there will never be enough money. Hence, instead of carping about lesser funds for increased military threats, it would be wiser to cut the coat according to the cloth.
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137859
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This edition of Aero India 2015 was all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’. The government has given private companies a level playing field in defence manufacturing, which until now was biased towards the public sector units. However, despite the partnerships with the foreign companies, it is unlikely that these private companies could manufacture high technology products in the near term, especially in the aerospace sector. The Indian industry must emphasise on research and development within the country to realise the ‘Make in India’ dream.
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137866
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been quick to court both the US and China. His first overtures were to China, prompted no doubt by his several visits there as chief minister of Gujarat, Chinese investments in his home state and his general admiration for China’s economic achievements.
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ID:
137865
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Military platforms, whether tanks, artillery guns, aircraft, ships, submarines or helicopters are enormously complex mechanisms comprising numerous different systems, such as propulsion, transmission, power generation and distribution, each individual weapon, each sensor, communications, electronic warfare, fire-fighting, cooling, hydraulics etc. Each system is designed with redundancies and comprises numerous different subsystems, assemblies, subassemblies and component parts. No manufacturer makes all the component units that go into the platform; he invariably sources them from ancillary industry that fulfils requisite specifications at the most economical price. The source, particularly for dual use units, could be located anywhere on the planet. India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), for example, produces about half of the forward passenger doors used by Airbus A 320 aircraft globally.
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137862
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The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Hindustan Jet Trainer (HJT-36) ‘Sitara’ Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) was to have been a modern replacement trainer for the HJT-16 Kiran and Polish PZL/WSL TS-11 Iskara that had handled the intermediate training role since the Seventies. The programme to develop an indigenous IJT is now a decade behind schedule as Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) had originally been planned for 2006-07, later revised to 2009-10. According to a report released by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) earlier this year, “Intermediate training was/is being imparted on vintage trainer aircraft as their replacement is still uncertain”. With the HJT-36 development programme having taken an inordinate amount time and dogged by delays and technical difficulties, the Indian Air Force (IAF) released a Request for Information (RFI) last year for an imported IJT. Less than 1,000 developmental test flights have been conducted since the first two prototypes took to the air in 2003 and 2004, and as of July last year, HAL had managed to produce six Limited Series Production (LSP) IJT aircraft.
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ID:
137863
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No organisation ever exists in a vacuum. It has to have a purpose, an objective and a mission. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is no exception. Its mission statement includes ‘design, develop and lead to production state-of-the-art sensors, weapon systems, platforms and allied equipment for our defence services’; ‘provide technological solutions to the services to optimise combat effectiveness and to promote well-being of the troops’; and ‘develop infrastructure and committed quality manpower and build strong indigenous technology base’.
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