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Falcon 8x Is Better

Vadim Feldzer, the Head of Global Communications at Dassault tells Arpita Kala of SP’s Aviation during Wings India ‘18, all about the fate of Falcon 5X and busts myths about Dassault’s mysterious new aircraft. And about 6X, 7X and 8X.

The Dragon On A Shopping Spree

Practical airplane purchases, hand-me-down jets and more, our Asian neighbour is setting new business aviation trends

Slow Revamp

The latest blow to the IAF is the abandonment of a two-year-old plan to produce single-engine fighters in large numbers indigenously with foreign collaboration under the ‘Make in India’ initiative

1st Full Details Of Rafale's €4-Billion Make In India & Offsets Plan

Livefist has obtained access to the first comprehensive details of France’s plans on what will easily be the most challenging component of the Rafale deal: the offsets. Offsets involve investments and sourcing that companies manufacturing the Rafale must make in India amounting to half of the deal’s €7.87 billion value.

Tianjin Airlines– Embraer, perfect Fit for China's Regional Expansion

Tianjin Airlines is also the largest E-Jets operator in Asia with 62 aircraft, which redefined the operation model of regional aviation in China.

Future Of Aviation

Aerospace scientists, engineers and designers are continuously working on various projects to make air travel faster, safer, eco-friendly and experiential.

civil regional connectivity

embraer talks about the regional connectivity plan & pitches ‘fleet smart’ concept.

multiplying effectiveness

the iaf needs to start planning for emerging force multipliers such as directed energy weapons (dew) including high power lasers (hpl) and high power microwaves (hpm).

Tailored To Mission Requirements

When the G500 and G600 enter the market, they will offer the same high-speed capabilities as the G650 and G650ER and give customers additional range option for diverse business needs

US Aerospace Industry And Boeing's Standing

One of the aerospace majors in the United States (US) is the Boeing Company that is virtually the pillar of strength for the US aerospace industry

RCS Helping Create An Ecosystem

The policy sets out to establish an integrated ecosystem which will lead to significant growth of civil aviation sector, which in turn would promote tourism, increase employment and lead to a balanced regional growth.

Japanese Stealth Fighter

The Japanese defence industry has been unshackled from the national policy of pacifism and has received the much needed impetus to develop weapon systems and military aircraft.

Aviation Sector at Inflection Point

The 23 per cent growth seen in the domestic aviation sector, which is also highest in the world, is “not a flash in the pan”.

Ireland & India

Ireland has been a pioneer of sorts in aviation and aircraft leasing industry due to the full support from its government. With expertise in all aviation related activities, Ireland is offering business opportunities to India. In an exclusive interview with SP’s Aviation  Editor-in-Chief Jayant Baranwal, the Ireland Minister of State for Employment and Small Business, Pat Breen, states that Ireland and India have so much to share. Patrick Edmond, Group Strategy Director, Shannon Group Plc and Managing Director, International Aviation Services Centre, also participated in this discussion.

Carter reaffirms road map for the next US Defense Secretary

AFTER CONTRIBUTING IMMENSELY to Indo-US defence relations in his various avatars in the Pentagon, and hence giving a solid content and meaning to the India-US strategic partnership in the 21st century described by President Barack Obama as defining partnership of the present century, the outgoing US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter selected India among Japan, Israel, Jordan and the UK, as one of his farewell visits to countries with whom he had taken exclusive interest in laying an unshakeable foundation and creating strong bonds of relationship which can only be weakened at the cost of US national strategic interest.

combat preparedness of the iaf

the present state of combat preparedness of the indian air force is not adequate to successfully execute air operations on two fronts simultaneously.

rafale spin-offs will matter

“what matters is the result: an agreement that paves the way for unprecedented industrial and technological cooperation between our two countries, including the ‘make in india’ in which french companies will be fully involved.”

Need Adequate Funding

Owing to complexities of the Defence Procurement Procedure and paucity of funds, the list of assets required by the IAF to replace those approaching obsolescence, has only been growing.

“F/A-18 Super Hornet For India: Multi-Role, Combat Tested And Built For The Future”

In this interview, Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar talks to SP’s Aviation and shares his perspective on why India should seriously consider the F/A-18 Super Hornet for its fighter requirements and how it would achieve the dual purposes of providing capability to the warfighters and industrial capability to build India’s aerospace industry.

French President Visit Re-Energises Ties

France is the first country in the Western world to have forged a strategic partnership with India despite the undercurrents of India’s nuclear tests in Pokhran in May 1998

Rotary-wing Platforms of the Future

While designers pursue technologies related to speed, range, performance and survivability of rotary-wing platforms, the military looks at designs that provide battlefield survivability and mission accomplishment.

Flying Fast Towards Its Destination

Embraer has been extending its reach with airliners, thanks to the benefits the airliners see in the E-Jet E2 family.

All is not well!

While the Regional Connectivity Scheme unfolds gradually, one has to wait and watch how this is going to impact the mainline players and the regional players, including general aviation operators

Large Orders, That's a Real Leap

The LEAP delivers 15 per cent improvement in fuel consumption, compared to today’s best CFM56 engines and maintains the same level of dispatch reliability and life-cycle maintenance costs.

Leading From The Front!

The positive results of the solo flight on MiG-21 Type 96 by Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, IAF, are immense and cannot be quantified or measured.

F-16 for the IAF

Decision by Lockheed Martin to transfer the F-16 production line to India would be contingent on whether the Government of India selects this aircraft for the Indian Air Force.

Scaneagle & Integrator May Be Made in India

The offer of Drones from Insitu Pacific, Australia, is expected to dramatically change the surveillance capabilities of the Indian maritime security agencies and forces deployed onborders to prevent terrorist infiltration.

Focus On Indigenisation

In a rare media interaction with SP’s Aviation, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Defence Production, outlined his vision for defence manufacturing in India and addressed a wide range of subjects including ‘Make in India’, DPP 2016, defence offsets, role of DPSUs, investment in R&D, delays in procurement decisions, blacklisting and other related issues.

Make In India : Quo Vadis?

Only with a major overhaul of the bureaucratic establishment and the government machinery as a whole, will the highly mechanised lion representing the spirit of the ‘Make in India’ campaign, begin to roar!