The Sukhoi Vulnerability And Other Post-Balakot Lessons

Diminishing gap in India’s asymmetry encouraged Pakistan to retaliate against a counter-terror air strike.

IAF Shows Commitment To India's AMCA

“IAF’s vision is that all military platforms to be acquired after the conclusion of ongoing procurements will be designed, developed and produced in India.”

Force Multipliers – Long Way To Go

The present holdings of force multipliers are enough for limited engagements such as the Balakot airstrike, while a wider conflict would reveal the paucity of these assets in pitiless detail.

Trending Now — Drones

The US has a lead in military UAV development in the world, but China is swiftly closing the gap, thanks to intellectual property theft, reverse engineering and innovative skills.

Have European Private Jets Finally Emerged From The Great Recession?

Rising from the ashes of 2008 economic crisis and dispelling Brexit fears, business aviators gear up for the upcoming EBACE 2018

Greater Understanding Of Business Aviation Needed Among Policy Makers

In an exclusive interaction with the Editor-in-Chief of SP’s Aviation, Jayant Baranwal, the Director General of IBAC, Kurt Edwards, talks about the immense economic benefits to the economy with the deployment of business aviation.

Partnership is Paramount

It is not just feasible in a world to be isolationist where globalised trade is the norm in all verticals, including weapons and weapon systems

Uavs in Combat

While the concept of unmanned aerial systems in combat has come a long way, there is room for further innovation to enhance operational capabilities, lethality and survivability of UCAVs.

The Pilatus PC-7 to the Rescue

The Pilatus PC-7 Mk II has helped prevent another crisis that was brewing in the trainer fleet of the Indian Air Force.

Starting Problems

Amidst turbulence in regional skies, a fifth player, Air Carnival, has entered the regional airspace and yet another full service commuter airline Zoom Air is all set to take off. There are lessons to be learnt from the regional airline hiccups.

China's Strategic Airlift Capability

The traumatic reality for the nation is that the Indian aerospace industry has been left far behind in the race with its Chinese counterpart and the way things are moving, there appears to be practically no hope of catching up!

unserved' or 'underserved', it is time to connect the dots

the writing is on the wall. the next wave of aviation development is going to come from regional and remote connectivity and emerging economies have started understanding its import.

Landing On Highways

An efficiently managed model wherein designated landing strips on highways in the proximity of operational airbases are available during the war will have a force multiplier effect.

RCS Selection On, First RCS Flights In March?

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, while expressing satisfaction with the response received under the Regional Connectivity Scheme, conveyed that this is a significant step ahead in realizing the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘connecting the unconnected and serving the unserved’.

Sabiha Gökçen (1913-2001)

Sabiha Gökçen is acclaimed as a model of progressive Turkish womanhood and Turkish schoolgirls grow up learning the story of her life.

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.