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A Fighter Pilot’s Dream
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27 Top Brass Speak
‘ People and mission would be
my focus’
34 Interview
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PArIS AIr ShOw 2011
42 Show report
‘ ITT to participate in India’s
pilot ADS-B programme’
44 The Fine Art of Fencing
47 Airbus Dances to AirAsia Tunes
48 Global MRO in India
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49 C AE C-130J Simulators
7 Motor Glider Cover story soon in Hindon
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10 Business Aviation proportions, but at Le Bourget RegulaR DepaRtments
this time, it was civil aviation
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The CAS has expressed
concerns about the military
nexus between China
and Pakistan, while the
incoming Chief talks about
‘people and mission’ focus
and delves on how the IAF
is transforming itself
he first three days of the 49th International The two interviews—one with the outgoing Chief of the
Paris Air Show it rained. The next three days it Air Staff Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik who retires on July
‘rained’ aeroplanes. Airbus picked up 730 or- 31 and with the Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal N.A.K.
ders worth $72.2 billion; ATR notched up 88 Browne who takes over, make interesting reading on the
orders to the tune of $2.8 billion; Boeing man- thought processes of the leaders at the helm. The CAS has
Taged 142 purchases at $22 billion, besides a few expressed concerns about the ever-growing military nexus
other deals. The show at Le Bourget, however, was not just between China and Pakistan, while the incoming Chief talks
about big-ticket deals, but also about the growing environ- about ‘people and mission’ focus.
mental concerns and the industry’s response to it. Aptly, the The VCAS delves on how the IAF is transforming itself
show organisers had invited, Solar Impulse, the revolution- into a potent strategic force with full spectrum capability
ary small aircraft powered by solar energy, as special guest. in keeping with our national aspirations. In the coming de-
The ‘green theme’ at the show was pronounced. cade, the IAF envisions itself to be a modern force with cut-
In this issue, R. Chandrakanth, who was part of the ting edge technologies; flexible, adaptable and nimble.
SP’s Aviation team at the Paris Air Show, gives an over- With IAF’s transformation, there is a move to pressure
view of how the civil aviation sector is on a rebound the Ministry of Defence to appoint an Air Marshal as the
mood, while military spend has decreased in the West, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics
but is growing in the East. From the show, there are in- Limited (HAL) after the present incumbent Ashok Nayak re-
terviews with ITT on air traffic management initiatives tires on October 31.
and with CAE on simulation and training programmes in
India. In the article on emerging regional aircraft, the au-
thor writes about how new players from China, Russia
and Japan will be cutting into the share of the two big
regional players, Embraer and Bombardier, although it
may take some years.
The cover story is on Dassault Aviation’s Rafale, the
omnirole fighter aircraft, which is one of the finalists in the
medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) acquisition
programme of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Those campaign-
ing for Rafale are talking about how ‘combat proven’ the
aircraft has been in the theatres of Afghanistan and Libya.
Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin’s Communications Director
has created a flutter by revealing that the company was pre-
pared to offer the F-35 joint strike fighter for the IAF, subject
to clearance by the US Government. Whether any official
moves have been made from either side is not known.
From the US, LeRoy Cook writes about the benefits of
business aviation and how the National Business Aviation
Association (NBAA) slogan “No Plane, No Gain” is catching Jayant Baranwal
up as many corporates understand how using an aircraft Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
adds to competitiveness in businesses.
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D a s s a u l t A v i a t i o n • S n e c m a • T h a l e s
Hypers on Horizon
A new hypersonic jet, dubbed zero emission hypersonic transportation (ZEHST), was anounced at Le Bourget airport on June 19, a day ahead
of the start of the Paris international Air Show. The plane which debuted in mockup form is expected to travel at four times the speed of sound,
or roughly 5,000 kilometers an hour. The project is being overseen by Airbus’ parent company, EADS based in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, as EADS
said, could be standard in 2050 and the demonstration technologies could be ready for the first prototype taking to the skies by the end
of this decade.
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he bIeNNIAl PArIS INTerNATIONAl Air Show, means true business in developing the concept to reality. Also,
known for springing up surprises from the blue, has the Airbus’ concept to meet the divergent/contradictory pro-
once again lived up to its reputation , debuting the pulsion requirements in the different regimes of a hypersonic
TZEHST—albeit in a model form. The concept envis- cruise airliner is quite different. While the proposed A2’s four
ages an airliner which will carry around 100 passengers, at Scimitar engines use the turbine based combined cycle (TBCC)
the upper layers of stratosphere, hurtling at four times or concept, or a double bypass turbofan ramjet to meet the dif-
more than the speed of sound, astonishingly cutting down fering propulsive requirements through a single power source,
travel times between destinations—Delhi to London in 80 the Airbus has opted for using separate power plants to look
minutes or Tokyo to Los Angeles in two and a half hours. after the specific regimes of hypersonic travel.
Have the aircraft designers found a worthy successor to Embedded at the rear end of the ZEHST’s fuselage would
Concorde, the only commercialy be a set of conventional jet en- W h a t w i l l p r o t e c t I n d i a
exploited supersonic transport gines to launch the aircraft from
in the world till date? a normal airport runway. Once at
To redux, Concorde was de- a suitable height, the pilot would s t
signed in the 1960s with the com- engage a pair of rocket engines
bined eforts of British and French to quickly ascend to about 32 i n t h c ee 2n 1t u r y ?
aviation companies. With its delta km height at the upper reaches
wing, cigar-shaped fuselage, four of stratosphere and accelerate
under-belly engines with massive to M 2.5. Once there, underwing
air intakes and a long narrow ramjets would be brought into op-
nose which drooped during take- eration to accelerate and cruise at
offs and landings, Concorde was around Mach 4. Nearing the end
indeed a majestic aircraft. The air- of the journey, ramjets would be
craft flew for more than three de- switched off for a gliding descent,
cades in commercial service and with conventional jet engines re-
contrary to general belief, profit- ignited to enable a normal landing
ably before it retired in 2003, in at the destination airport. The use
the wake of an only unfortunate of separate power plants for each
accident in France, the effects of regime of flight would result in the
9/11 terrorist attacks and some application of simpler technolo-
political factors. However, while gies which are already available.
Concorde may have retired, hu- According to EADS, the first pro-
man desire to fly faster cannot totype should be ready by 2020
be curbed forever. The quest for with the aircraft taking to skies for
supersonic travel has continued commercial flights by about 2050.
unabated. The US, Russia, France Sounds exciting? The low seat
and Japan are all involved in the capacity may prove to be an im-
field of futuristic SST designs, pediment for a regular airline
which apart from airliners has also generated intense research travel but could always be corrected with stretched models as
interest in the area of supersonic business jets (SSBJ). But the the development progresses. Twice as fast at Mach 4 than the
idea for the airliners to travel at hypersonic speeds has been Concorde, the real plus points for the ZEHST would however
comparatively a recent phenomenon. In 2008, a British team be that unlike its notorious predecessor, it would neither rattle
had-through its A2 programme-conceptualised a hypersonic the ground with irksome sonic booms because of the height at
aeroplane that could ferry up to 300 passengers from Brus- which it would fly, nor would it pollute the atmosphere or drill
sels over the North Pole to Sydney in about four and a half holes in the ozone layer because of the propellants (hydrogen,
hours. But actual unveiling of the model of a hypersonic pas- oxygen, biofuels) it would use.
senger aircraft, that too by the parent company of the biggest Welcome - ‘Green Concorde’. SP In matter of national defence, there can be no substitute for complete trust in the source,
manufacturer of airliners in the world, indicates that Airbus —Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia no compromise on the reliability and the availability of the aircraft and its technologies.
For over half a century, we have proudly been supporting India’s air defence mission.
4 SP’S AVIATION Issue 7 • 2011 www.spsaviation.net Today, we look forward to keeping the privilege of serving India, for the next 50 years,
with the world’s most advanced latest generation aircraft, Rafale. The OMNIROLE fighter
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D a s s a u l t A v i a t i o n • S n e c m a • T h a l e s
What will protect India
st
in the 21 century?
In matter of national defence, there can be no substitute for complete trust in the source,
no compromise on the reliability and the availability of the aircraft and its technologies.
For over half a century, we have proudly been supporting India’s air defence mission.
Today, we look forward to keeping the privilege of serving India, for the next 50 years,
with the world’s most advanced latest generation aircraft, Rafale. The OMNIROLE fighter
RAF_inde_210x267_SA_uk 1 24/09/10 17:32:04
pilatus pC-7: iaF’s trainer airCraFt
The $1 billion (Rs 4,500 crore) deal to purchase new basic trainers for the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been put on hold after serious allegations
surfaced about discrepancies in the procurement process. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is taking a re-look at the selection process following
a request from South Korea to investigate concerns about the validity of commercial documents submitted by a Swiss firm that was declared as
the lowest bidder. The procurement process has now been slowed down as the MoD as well as the IAF, are scrutinising the selection process. As
reported by The Indian Express, Swiss firm Pilatus had emerged as the cheapest, making it the automatic winner of the competition.
VIEWS
he AIr FOrce AcAdemy (AFA) at Hyderabad and in May this year as the vendor for the supply of 75 PC-
the Flying Instructors’ School (FIS) at Tambaram, 7aircraft off-the-shelf was indeed good news and definitely
the two institutions in the IAF operating the Hindu- more than just a light at the end of the tunnel. However,
Tstan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) built HPT-32 piston till such time the allegations made by Korean Aerospace
engine aircraft as the basic trainer since the mid 1990s, regarding irregularities in the procurement process are in-
were suddenly left without a basic trainer when, following vestigated and the final selection of the vendor is made, the
a crash at AFA end July 2009 in which two experienced IAF cannot be certain of the time frame in which the new
flying instructors were killed, the Training Command of the trainer may be inducted. Also, the situation with regard to
IAF decided to ground the entire fleet. sourcing the remaining 106 aircraft continues to be hazy
Strangely enough, this was a repeat of the scenario wit- at this point in time. While one report indicates that 106
nessed exactly two decades ear- trainer aircraft are to be built
lier when the fleet of HAL-built by HAL, it does not clearly state
HT-2 basic trainer aircraft had to whether these would be manu-
be grounded permanently when factured under licence from the
one of the most experienced vendor supplying the first 75.
and professionally capable fly- This option would have been
ing instructors at FIS perished most convenient for HAL that
along a trainee flying instructor has accumulated considerable
in a crash that was attributed to expertise in the regime of ‘li-
structural failure during an aer- cence manufacture’.
obatic manoeuvre. In both the HAL is reported to be work-
situations, after grounding of ing on its own indigenous de-
the basic trainer fleets, the basic sign called the Hindustan Turbo
training stage i.e. Stage I, was Trainer (HTT) 40, based on Air
shifted to the HAL-built HJT-16 Staff Requirements issued by
Kiran jet trainer. However, the the IAF. However, there appears
situation obtaining in 2009 was to be little or no progress so
different in two ways. In 1989, far and the time frame for de-
after grounding of the HT-2, all livery cannot be predicted with
three stages of training were any degree of certainty. There
carried out on Kiran aircraft is also a move by HAL to revive
with Stages I & II on the Mk I the HPT-32 fleet equipped with
and Stage III on Mk II. In 2009, a parachute recovery system to
Stage III was being progressive- enhance the chances of survival
ly shifted to the Hawk132 ad- in the event of engine failure. Af-
vanced jet trainer. But the major ter all, the HPT-32 fleet has an-
difference was that in 2009, the other 25 years of useful life left.
Kiran fleet itself was nearing the While there are a number of
end of its total technical life and the fleet was in a badly options available involving HAL, reports indicate that the
depleted state. state owned PSU Bharat Earth Movers Limited which has
Shortage of Kiran Mk I aircraft necessitated the induc- recently forayed into aerospace, has entered into an agree-
tion of the Mk II version into Stage II. Also, as it may take ment with Italian aerospace major Alenia Aeronautica to de-
another two years before new induction into the basic sign and produce a basic trainer aircraft for the IAF. But the
trainer fleet can commence, the IAF may have no option but fact that the IAF has to depend on foreign sources for even
to dismantle the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team to augment a basic trainer, is indeed a sad commentary on the capabili-
the rapidly dwindling fleet of Kiran aircraft now required ties of the Indian aerospace industry in general and of HAL
for both Stage I and II. in particular. SP
Selection of Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland announced —Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey
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Motor Glider
World’s frst serial hybrid electric aircraft was on
aerial display at the Paris Air Show
IemeNS AG, DIAmOND AIrcrAfT and EADS show- the generator. Fuel consumption is very low since the com-
cased the world’s first aircraft with a serial hybrid bustion engine always runs with a constant low output of
electric drive system at the Paris Air Show 2011. The 30kW. A battery system from EADS provides the increased
Stwo-seat motor glider which was on aerial displays at power required during takeoff and climb. The accumulator
the show had completed its maiden flight on June 8, this is recharged during the cruising phase.
year, at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Vienna, Austria. The next development step will be to further optimise
The aircraft was built by the three partners to test the the entire drive train. Siemens scientists are currently work-
hybrid electric drive concept. In the future, the technology, ing on a new electric motor that is expected to be five times
which is intended for later use also in large-scale aircraft, lighter than conventional drives. In two years, another air-
will cut fuel consumption and emissions by 25 per cent, craft is expected to be equipped with an ultra-light electric
compared to today’s most efficient aircraft drives. drive. Siemens’ Drive Technologies Division has already
The motor glider, which is based on Diamond Aircraft’s used integrated drive trains in other applications like ma-
HK36 Super Dimona, is the only aircraft of its kind in the rine drives. The knowhow gained in these areas has now
world. It is the first to use a serial hybrid electric drive, been applied in the aviation industry as well. Combined with
which has been utilised till date only in cars, as an inte- the corresponding product portfolio, the components of the
grated drive train. The plane’s propeller is powered by a drive train can be optimally adjusted to one another. SP
70kW electric motor from Siemens. Electricity is supplied by
a small Wankel engine from Austro engine with a generator
that functions solely as a power source. A Siemens converter E-mail your comments to:
supplies the electric motor with power from the battery and
Final
COUnTDOwn
The wings and fuselage of the nEUROn UCAV demonstrator were mated in
early June at the Istres, France fight-test base of Dassault Aviation
he fINAl ASSembly Of DASSAulT nEUROn un- would be followed by the first engine run-up by 2011 end.
manned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator is The maiden flight is scheduled by mid-2012. This will in-
in full swing at Istres, France. According to the com- clude down time for low-observability testing in a French
Tpany, the six nation collaborative programme is on anechoic chamber, followed by second and third-phase
schedule. All subassemblies have been delivered, including flight tests in Sweden and Italy.
the low-observable parts of the structure coming from Das- The nEUROn was originally planned by Dassault as “AVE
sault’s Argenteuil and Biarritz factories. Grand Duc” and later it evolved into a European coopera-
Thierry Prunier, Senior Vice President UAV and UCAV tion including Swedish Saab, Greek EAB, Swiss RUAG Aero-
programmes, has said that although only one Neuron air space, Spanish EADS CASA and Italian Alenia
vehicle is being completed for flight test, up to four examples The Dassault team, assisted by the teams from various
of each subassembly have been built. The additional exam- industrial partners, will perform the final layout, piping,
ples are being tested in the “global integration rig” at Istres, electrical wiring and equipment fitting, as defined in the
or for other “real-hardware-in-the-loop” tests. Four pre-in- digital mock-up reference established by the six partners on
tegration rigs have been used: one at Saint-Cloud, France, the virtual plateau, as well as the final assembly. SP
for the flight control system; two at Getafe, Spain, for the
ground control and datalink management systems; and one
at Linköping, Sweden, for avionics.
During the last quarter of 2011, the Dassault Aviation E-mail your comments to:
team will perform the ground tests of the nEUROn, which