Vayu Aerospace and Defence - 2017-06-01

• Airbus : “competitiv­eness innovation and diversity”
• To Sea or not to Sea
• Future Super Carrier
• Airbus and India
• New wings for the Albatross
• Armed to the Hilt
• A Second Chance
• Case Study: The Indian Scene, circa 1975
• UDAN takes off
• Flip–flop model
• Start privatisat­ion with Air India
• A long haul, no quick fix
• Science diplomacy in new orbit
• Credibilit­y at stake in Afghanista­n
• Ajai Shukla on the MoD’s ‘Strategic Partner’ policy
• Beware the rhyme of history
• Party interests override national imperative­s
• New Joint Doctrine for Indian Armed Forces
• IAF preparedne­ss for “short, sharp wars”
• IAI MRSAM LRSAMs for Indian armed forces
• NITI Aayog’s 15-year strategy for Defence
• Progress on the ‘Strategic Partnershi­p’ policy
• Major defence deals with Israel
• Defence PSU Mergers and Acquisitio­ns
• US NSA in India
• India’s military spend “fifth largest”
• Canadian Defence Minister in India
• Chinooks to be based at Chandigarh
• CAS visits AFS Agra, flies AWACS
• HAL’s performanc­e in 2016-17
• HAL Dhruv ALHs for Navy and Coast Guard
• Rolls-Royce offer developmen­t of new engine
• ‘SCOPE Meritoriou­s Award’ for HAL
• Indian Navy test-fires Brahmos supersonic missile
• India, US and Japan plan joint naval exercises
• BEL achieves record turnover
• CG commission­s high speed intercepto­r boat
• A PROUD PARTNER OF THE IAF
• Tata Safari Storme for Indian Army
• Vistara expansion plans
• Triumph in BAE’s M777 Howitzer programme
• A320neos for Air India
• IndiGo continues to lead
• Alliance Air to lease ATRs
• RR to support Indian regional airliners
• ‘Aerotropol­is’ planned in Assam
• Qatar Air’s India venture
• Bell 429s for Tata Steel
• IndiGo to purchase 50 ATR 72-600s
• Airbus H130s for Heritage Aviation
• Internatio­nal airport in NOIDA
• Navi Mumbai airport
• Honeywell selects Taj Air
• Rolls-Royce Service Delivery Centre
• Punj Lloyd and IWI in JV
• L&T and Hanwha Techwin partner in Tracked SP Gun Programme
• Pratt & Whitney Customer Training Centre in Hyderabad
• MTU and GRSE to assemble MTU Series 4000 engines
• Dr Girish Deodhare is ADA Chief
• Sanjay Mitra appointed Defence Secretary
• ISRO’s GSLV launches ‘South Asia Satellite’
• BEL: to the core of Electro Optics
• Saab Speak: “Everyone wins - when we Make in India”
• Rashid Jang, then Planning Manager with Indian Airlines wrote on the original imperative­s for Vayudoot
• Slow near-term growth
• “Best Performanc­e in the Industry’s History”
• Global helicopter 5 year forecasts A Cautious Outlook
• Additional A-29s for Afghanista­n
• More F-15s for Israel
• First Rafale for Qatar
• More F-16s for Indonesia
• Additional F-16s for Bahrain
• Increased Japanese fighter intercepti­ons
• First Egyptian MiG-29M2
• L-159T for Iraqi AF
• Singapore F-15SGs in New Zealand
• F-35 deployed to Europe for the first time
• Boeing P-8 aircraft for US, Australia and UK
• Poseidon P-8As for New Zealand
• Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopter­s for US Army
• CH-47D helicopter­s for Greece
• Additional AW139s for Pakistan
• Mi-171Es for Pakistan
• Pakistan Army receives six Cessna aircraft from USA
• RAF-PAF co-operation
• Malaysian MRCA Contest
• Belgium announces new fighter programme
• Singapore Airlines in financial re-structurin­g
• Emirates trims US flights
• Etihad Airways’ A380 flights to Sydney
• Qatar Airways adds 12 new destinatio­ns
• Myanmar Airlines’ flights to Bodh Gaya
• AW119Kx demo tour in Nepal
• Airbus A319neo launched
• Japan Air Commuter starts operations with ATR 42-600
• Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines for Lion Group’s A330s
• Airbus A350-1000 completes test campaign in Spain
• Bell 429 for Meghna in Bangladesh
• Dassault Rafale F4 launched
• Airbus A350 XWBs for China Southern Airlines
• Maiden flight of twin-seat JF-17
• Britain’s RWUAS
• 50th anniversar­y of the Gazelle
• Light Joint Helicopter­s for France
• Germany to order Tritons
• Saab Gripen’s developmen­t support
• Saab’s airborne SPS for Luftwaffe
• The B-21 Advanced Strategic Bomber
• USAF plans ‘Sixth-Gen fighter’
• Rockwell Collins for Pakistan Air Force C-130 upgrades
• Elbit Radio Systems for Israeli MoD
• Launch of MBDA’s ASRAAM from F-35
• Elbit Systems’ Condor 2 Strategic ISTAR ordered
• Meteor integratio­n on F-35s for RAF
• IAI’s Targeting and Surveillan­ce Pods for “Asian customer”
• More aircraft carriers for the USN
• MBDA’s CAMM for UK
• Standard Missile-6 passes tests
• MBDA supports Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers’ Sea Viper weapon system
• Bataan ARG deployed
• HMS Queen Elizabeth to embark Merlins
• MBDA’s Sea Venom/ANL missile compatibil­ity Super Lynx helicopter­s
• The first Gowind 2500 by DCNS in sea trials
• DCNS’ multi-mission frigate Auvergne for the French Navy
• Thales’ French intermedia­te-size frigate programme
• Elbit’s HDTS for US Navy
• BAE launches HMS
• Raytheon’s AMDR executes Test
• LM LRASM flight test from US Navy F/A-18E/F
• Raytheon’s new electric gun for Phalanx Close-In Weapon System
• China’s C919 in maiden flight
• Rafael’s LITENING-5 & RECCELITE pods
• SeaHake : The German Torpedo
• Irkut at LIMA
• SecondYase­n-classSubma­rine ‘Kazan’launched
• The Saab RBS 70NG : Terminal Challenge
• Successful 2016 for Pilatus
• PC-12 NG is 2016’s “Best-Selling Turboprop Business Aircraft”
• 500th Eurofighte­r Typhoon delivered to the Italian AF
• RONNEBY’s GRIPENs
• Greek Recce Phantoms Bow Out
• Frisian Flag and EART 2017
• Red Flag: The Ultimate Game!
• Air Vice Marshel Cecil Parker recollects
• 25 Years Back
• Beat the traffic !
• Fly Bikini Airlines
• Hawai chappal on hawai jahaz !

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