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Eurocopter books new EC135 helicopter order in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
A record nine units of Eurocopter’s EC135 was sold in 2012, making it the most sought-after light twin-engine helicopter in India. The growing popularity of the EC135 in India was further...
Maini signs MoU with Assystem at Aero India 2013
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
Assystem and MPP (Maini Precision Products PVT) announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding at Aero India 2013 – Asia’s Premier Aerospace exhibition scheduled from February 6th to...
Making Offsets Work for India
By: Robert S Metzger | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Foreign companies invest a great deal in capital and management attention to form Joint Ventures and other business relationships with India partners so that they can be part of the aerospace and...
‘Lockheed Martin is committed to a long-term partnership with India’
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
James R Gribbon, Lockheed Martin’s Regional President for South Asia, is responsible for the corporation’s international business development in all five business areas: Aeronautics, Mission...
Rolls-Royce and India: Partners in progress
By: John Gay | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Technology is driving the way we work, think and live today. Its development has had a profound influence on the defence sector where we are already working on the next generation of aircraft...
Rafael: Multi-layered Air and Missile Defence
By: Yedidia Yaari | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Rafael’s vision combines between the company’s historical roots and present activities as Israel’s national laboratory, making significant investment in R&D, while continuing to grow...
Boeing C-17 adds Strategic Airlift Capability
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
On a clear, cold day in June 2010, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flew over the mighty Himalayas and touched down at an airfield in Leh, at an elevation of 11,562 ft, to take part in...
‘Only a credible & demonstrable Aerospace capability can be a true...
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, PVSM, was the first helicopter pilot to become the Chief of Air Staff, in April 2007. During his 40 years of distinguished service, he held several critical...
French defence industrial base: looking beyond the budget
By: Thomas Withington | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Several aspects regarding the long-term future of the French defence industrial base remain unknown, and are unlikely to become evident until the government publishes its anticipated Livre Blanc...
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) vision for 2020
By: Gp Capt B Menon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
The press conference was chaired by R. K. Tyagi, Chairman-HAL with all major division heads present. The highlights from his overview are given below. Helicopters. 2 tech demonstrators, the...
Eurocopter India continued its leadership role in the Indian market
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Paced by the sales of light helicopters in 2012, Eurocopter India continued its leadership role in the Indian market last year – capturing a 70 percent share of the new civilian helicopter...
Agusta Westland selects Thales to supply FLASH Compact dipping sonars
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Agusta Westland has selected Thales as the supplier of compact dipping sonars to equip its Lynx light helicopters for export markets. The latest in Thales’s FLASH range, the FLASH Compact is...
‘The variants for Russia & India have common major systems’
By: Gp Capt B Menon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Speech by Mikhail Pogosyan, President of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) at Press Conference – Aero India 2013, Bangalore The President of UAC started by stating that the partnership between...
Antony Inaugurates Aero India-2013 at Bangalore
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
Aero India provides enormous business opportunity not only to India but also to different regional markets of the world. Inaugurating the 9th edition of Aero India-2013, at Air Force Station,...
‘India is one of the top countries for Boeing’
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
Dennis D. Swanson is vice president, International Business Development for India at Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Swanson is responsible for growing and repositioning Boeing’s defense,...
‘We’ve always considered India as being very special’
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is the first truly integrated European defence company. With 10,000 employees spread over industrial facilities in France, the United Kingdom,...
Airbus Military C295 – A developing story
By: Federico Lacalle | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
As the Indian Air Force turns its attention to the question of the replacement of the venerable Avro fleet, it is a good moment to review the remarkable increments in performance and technology...
Indian aeronautics sector offers interesting prospects for Finmeccanica
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
Finmeccanica – through its operating companies AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, DRS Technologies and Selex ES – takes part in Aero India 2013. In the helicopter sector, AgustaWestland has...
‘Israel and India share a wide array of security challenges’
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2013
Speech by Ambassador of Israel, Mr. Alon Ushpiz at the Inauguration of Israeli Pavilion – Aero India 2013, Bangalore Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the Israeli pavilion at Aero India...