​Joseph Weiss, President and CEO, IAI and Baba Kalyani, Chairman Kalyani Group exchanging the MOU
document.
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Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (IAI) and
Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. (KSSL), the
defense arm of Kalyani Group, signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
to incorporate a Joint Venture Company
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KSSL are aiming to expand their presence
in the Indian defense market and to build,
market and manufacture specific Air Defense
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Aero-India exhibition, by Joseph Weiss,
IAI’s President and CEO and Baba Kalyani,
Chairman Kalyani Group.
The MOU is the first step of a process to
establish a JVC between the two companies.
The JVC will integrate strategic state-of-the-
art defense systems for the Indian MOD in
accordance with the Indian Government’s
‘Make in India’ policy.
Joseph Weiss, IAI’s President and CEO said:
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leading markets. This collaboration brings
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excellence of two leading companies and
we hope we can continue with our partners
at KSSL to spread our footprint in India and
to continue our vast work with the ‘Make in
India’ policy”.
Baba Kalyani, Chairman Kalyani Group said
“The joint venture company will combine
IAI’s advance technology, knowledge and
experience as an OEM with world class
design, development and manufacturing
capabilities of the Kalyani Group. The
joint venture will provide indigenously
manufactured solutions in niche technology
areas of defense sector, thereby furthering
the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the
government”.
Boaz Levi, Executive Vice President and
General Manager of Systems, Missiles & Space
Group said: “IAI has long relations in the
Indian defense forces and industries and we
are happy to join hands with Kalyani Group,
one of India’s leading companies to explore
future opportunities for both countries
strength”.
Rajinder Singh Bhatia, President & CEO,
Defence & Aerospace, Kalyani Group said:
“Kalyani Group’s manufacturing competence
is well suited to complement IAI’s products in
niche segments. Together, we shall provide
the most advanced solutions to our armed
forces”.
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HAL to Sell 10% Stakes

Aerospace and Defence public sector giant
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is
finalising plans for listing 10 percent of its
shares in the financial year 2017-18.
HAL, Maker of India’s Light Combat Aircraft
(LCA) Tejas, is looking at offloading 3.615
crores of equity at the face value of Rs 10.
Addressing the media at the Aero India 2017
in Bangalore, HAL chairman and managing
director T Suvarna Raju said, Progress has
been made towards the disinvestment with
the identification of Book Running Lead
Managers (BRLMs).”
Last year, The company also said, it has
contributed over Rs 5000 crore to the
government exchequer through the buyback
option. Around 12.5 crore shares were traded
as part of the buyback process, amounting to
Rs 4,284 crore. The share buyback represented
about 25 percent of the company’s paid-up
equity capital.
Speaking about the financial performance
of the company for 2015-16, Raju said it
recorded the highest ever turnover of Rs
16,736 crore and registered a growth of 7.14
percent compared with the previous year. Its
profit before tax (PBT) stood at Rs 3,288 crore.
The company is targeting a turnover of Rs
17,100 crore for the financial year ending So far, HAL has handed over three combat search and rescue operations, for
March 31, 2017. “At the end of January, our indigenously produced Tejas aircraft to VIP and VVIP transport, and air ambulance
revenues stood at Rs 10,086 crores and profit the Indian Air Force and has firm orders services.
was Rs 1,621 crore,” added Raju. to produce 40 more aircraft, which will be
delivered by FY19-20. Besides, it also has firm The Company also expressed confidence
“We have concluded negotiations for 73 that the HAL Airport would open for some
Advance Light Helicopters to the services. orders for the Dornier 228 aircraft (18) and the
Dhruv helicopter (23). operations in the next few months with the
We expect a contract to be signed in the company appealing to the Civil Aviation
next few days,” said Raju. Furthermore, At the 11th edition of Aero India, HAL Ministry to include it in the list for regional
the Indian Air Force and Indian Army have showcased its latest product: The Indian connectivity.
respectively placed orders of 10 and 5 of Multi-Role Helicopter. This would be used for
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tems in accordance with global aerospace standards has greatly contributed to its enduring
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50 years. Company certification is a key competitive advantage of PBS. They are an EASA Part
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 NASMYTH GROUP establishes new company in India
A
s the world’s aerospace and defence in-
dustries gathered in Bangalore for Aero
India 2017 exhibition and air show, Nas-
myth Group, a global engineering solution
provider to the aerospace and allied sectors,
celebrated the incorporation of its new com-
pany in the city.
The inauguration of Nasmyth India Private
Limited (Nasmyth India) further establishes
Nasmyth’s presence in India and addresses a
growing international need for design engi-
neering expertise within the aerospace sector.
Initially the new company will provide a plat-
form to source engineering and design ser-
vices for multiple businesses within Nasmyth
Group and enhances its core UK skills base to
meet growing business demands. Nasmyth
India will deliver leading edge design and
engineering services for a vast array of com-
ponents and equipment which will be manu-
factured throughout the Group’s extensive
worldwide supply chain, including partners in
India.
The new company is a huge step forward for
Nasmyth Group as it invests further in the de-
velopment of its opera-tions in India and the
company seeks to harness the opportunities
to grow its design engineering, systems engi-
neering and intellectual property.
Nasmyth Group already has a strong team in
India led by local manager, Ravi Kumar, after
setting up the Nasmyth liaison office in 2013.
The liaison office manages the planning, en-
gineering, production, cost and quality of
compo-nents produced across India for Nas-
myth Group. In four years, the liaison office has
grown to directly manage Na-smyth Group’s
extensive network of Indian partners, which
together employ more than 1,000 skilled peo-
ple.
Peter Smith, Chief Executive and Chairman of
Nasmyth Group explained: “Talk of the skills
shortage in the UK has become a reality for
us and many others in our industry. It is hard
for us to recruit engineers in the UK who are
qualified to deliver the challenging level of en-
gineering design and production skills that we
require as a growing, leading-edge mid-cap
supplier to global aerospace and associated
industries. The new company will provide a
permanent and flexible core resource within
Nasmyth Group to support our customers,
now and in the future. It represents a big
cultural and organisational commitment for
Nasmyth Group and is driven by our need to
access, train and develop a greater pool of
qualified engineers able to meet our business
needs.”
With demand forecast to grow across the in-
dustry, Nasmyth Group sees that its Indian
company has the potential to grow into a
stand-alone organisation providing engineer-
ing services to customers around the world.
Peter continued, “I have been extremely im-
pressed by the quality of the engineers in In-
dia, many of whom study at Indian universities
that are often affiliated with UK universities,
meaning that we, and our customers, can be
confident that the course content, measure-
ment and assessment standards are complete-
ly comparable with any other international
graduates.”
Nasmyth Group is clear that this expansion of
its business is not about replacing UK skills,
but is contributing to ex-panding its pool of
expert resources that it needs to continue
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to deliver for its customers. Nasmyth Group
is com-mitted to growing the UK skills base
through the Nasmyth Apprentice Academy
and the Group’s support for engi-neering
training programmes. The extension of the
Nasmyth Academy to embrace Indian opera-
tions will be a nat-ural development in due
course. Encouraged by the industry primes
who are investigating similar models, Nas-
myth has taken the step to establish a private
limited company that will surely be an exam-
ple that is keenly watched and followed.
Around 80 industry and public sector leaders
attended a ceremony and reception to mark
the inauguration of the new business at the
Windsor Manor Hotel, in Bangalore. The cere-
monials included the traditional Deep Prajwa-
lan (Lighting of the Lamp), a ceremony, which
forms a strong symbol of enlightenment,
hope, prosperity and knowledge.
Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of ADS Group, the
UK’s national trade association for the aero-
space, defence, security and space industries
said of the event: “It is great to be celebrating
the global growth of Nasmyth Group in Ban-
ga-lore today. They are a core part of the UK’s
internationally successful aerospace industry
with a commitment to engineering excel-
lence, innovation and supply chain develop-
ment. The combination of their aerospace
know-how and the design and engineering
capability here in India will help deliver the
competitive goods and services global cus-
tomers need. India and the UK are building an
ever closer industrial alliance, which can de-
liver jobs and pros-perity for both our nations.”
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Su-30 SM Fighters Favourites of Russian Forces S.Radhakrishnan

A
cquisition of Su-30SM multi-role
fighters has become the top priority
of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Even the current reduction in military ex-
penses and a slowdown in the renovation
of aircraft inventories have not dampened
the purchase of this aircraft.
According to the estimates of Center for
the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
(CAST), the Moscow-based popular think
tank, last year IRKUT Corporation supplied
17 Su-30SM fighters. Other Russian mili-
tary aircraft, like Su-35C and MiG-29SMT
fighters, as well as Su-34 bombers, were
acquired by Russian military in a smaller
number.
In addition to this, in 2016 the Russian MoD
signed up with IRKUT Corporation, new
contracts for the supply of Su-30SMs. CAST
experts say, that at the moment, the order
book for Su-30SM has 116 aircraft. More
than half of this is operational now. Once
the current contracts are executed, Su-
30SM will become the largest single pack
of modern fighters of the Russian Armed
Forces. It is to be noted, this aircraft is be-
ing currently acquired both by the Russian
Aerospace Forces and the Russian Navy.
Judging by supplies in 2016, the Russian
Naval aviation has decided to make Su-
30SM its major fighter of ground basing.
Now, the fighters are being delivered to
three of the four regional formations of the
Russian Navy.
Major reason for increasing the number of
Su-30 SM is its performance in anti-terrorist
operations in Syria. General Sergey Shoygu,
the Russian Defence Minister, at the end of
December 2016, included Su-30SM in the
list of military systems, which “have dem-
onstrated the high efficiency at combat
operations in Syria”.
Su-30SM fighters are being delivered not
only to regular units. “Russian Knights” and
“Falcons of Russia”, the two leading Russian
aerobic teams, during 2016 replaced their
Su-27s by new Su-30SMs.
Pilots of aerobic teams explain their choice
in favour of Su-30SM because the new
fighter is a modern combat aircraft with
complete onboard avionics systems. Su-
30SM is much better than Su-27, because
of its aiming-navigation system, which
enables long-range flights without a lead-
ing aircraft. An increased onboard fuel load
and an in-flight refuelling feature make its
flight range unlimited, limitations are dic-
tated only by the pilot’s physical abilities.
From the technical point of view, Su-30SM
is a developed model of the Su-30MKI,
which forms the backbone of the Indian Air
Force. From the very start, the “SM” variant
was developed for the Russian MoD and
had been supplied to the Russian AF since
2012. Later on, its export was allowed to
the Russia’s allies under the regional mili-
Su-30SM fighter in manoeuvring
tary-political organisations. Thus Kazakh-
stan became the first foreign buyer. During

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2016, the military top brass in Belorussia articulated their plans to
acquire Su-30SMs a number of times.
Even though the first supplies of Su-30SM happened only five years
back, there are discussions in Russia on the up-gradation of the air-
craft. Experts note that some Su-30SMs are equipped with pylons
for hanging-up of perspective missiles, which are coded as “RVV-SD”.
Yuri Bely, CEO of Tikhomirov instrument-making Institute, has sug-
gested the up gradation of the radar in Su-30SM. It should be noted
Su-30SM fighter in flight
that this Institute has developed a radar for Su-35S and T-50, a fifth
generation fighter.
“Su-30SM fighter has huge potential for further development”, stat-
ed Sergey Chemezov, the head of Rostech Corporation, one of the
most important leaders of the Russian defence industries. He also
mentioned the Russian MoD’s intention to make a serious up-gra-
dation of Su-30SM in order to increase its efficiency.
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AXISCADES and E2M
Technologies B.V. to
collaborate for
flight simulators
AXISCADES and Dutch company E2M Technologies B.V. signed an
MOU to jointly address the growing market for flight simulators in the
Indian aerospace and defence sector at Aero India.
Under the MoU, both companies will evaluate and explore opportunities
to address the requirements for full flight and full mission simulators.
Mr Sudhakar Gande, Vice-Chairman of AXISCADES said, “This partner-
ship with E2M will provide us access to established and state-of-the-art
electric motion systems required for India's aerospace and defence needs.
This is another milestone for AXISCADES as one of the premier aero-
space and defence companies of India. It is in line with the company's
strategy of building strong partnerships with global leaders in their re-
spective businesses.”
AXISCADES, which works with global OEMs like Airbus and Thales, is
a licensed defence manufacturer and a preferred Indian Offset Partner
(IOP) for high-end strategic technologies for aerospace and defence solu-
tions. This partnership will help AXISCADES increase its contribution in
the Make in India business and become an integral part of global OEMs’
supply chain delivering simulation solutions.
E2M Technologies has more than 20 years of expertise in electric motion
systems and control loading systems for a variety of applications, such
as certified flight simulation (compliant with worldwide Level D), cabin
crew training, ground vehicle simulation, entertainment and testing.
Jan Van Bekkum, CEO of E2M’s said, “India is a key market for us, and
we are excited to forge this strategic partnership with AXISCADES, which
specializes in the aerospace and defence markets. We will work together
on various opportunities for simulators in India, enhanced by the Make
in India initiative for aerospace and defence programmes.”
FILFAB
CORPORATION(SMD)
FILFAB corporation is a company focused on marketing innovative
and critical products. It is exclusive sales partners in India for M/s ZEUS
Inc, USA who are the world’s leading manufacturers of fluoro polymers
tubing with cutting edge technology. Zeus – Delivering Dependable
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Zeus beyond medical markets to include automotive, aerospace, en-
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Saab offers world class
Sensor for Tejas
Defence and security company Saab offers a fighter sensor package
for the Indian Tejas LCA Mk1A fighter aircraft. The package consist of
a state-of-the-art Saab AESA fighter radar closely integrated with a
compact electronic warfare suite using Gallium Nitride based AESA
technology.
Saab, in partnership with Indian industry, offers a solution that will
bring the required Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Fight-
er radar and Electronic warfare capability to India and the Indian Air
Force. Thanks to our extensive technology development Saab can offer
the latest technology, on time for the LCA Mk 1A needs, at low risk.
The AESA fighter radar is developed by Saab with antenna technol-
ogy based on the latest technologies using Gallium Nitride (GaN) and
Silicone Carbide (SiC) substrates in combination with the latest gen-
eration of exciter/receiver and processor technology, giving optimum
installed performance in a dense signal environment.
The radar has a complete mode suite which includes air-to-air, air-to-
ground and air-to-sea capabilities. A built-in memory provides a tool
to record a large amount of data from performed flights. Integration
in the LCA Mk1A fighter aircraft is enabled by the limited space, power
and cooling required.
The EW suite consists of sensors and transmitters developed by Saab
and is a highly capable and extremely compact solution that provides
essential situational awareness and self-protection. The heart of the
suite is an alectronic warfare receiver which is connected to a front end
receiver and fin tip antennas inside the aircraft. Included is also an ex-
ternal AESA jammer pod.
The radar warning system is based on ultra-wideband digital receivers
and has very high probability of intercept, very good sensitivity and
very high selectivity for handling the complex signal environment of
today.
The AESA jammer pod is small in size, low on weight and drag. Self-pro-
tection is based on Wideband Digital RF Memory (DRFM) that provides
advanced jamming techniques and arbitrary combination of jamming
waveforms. Transmission is performed by using GaN-based AESA:s. The
EW suite also includes ground support systems and recording capabil-
ity for advanced mission planning and post flight analysis.
Saab’s solutions are based on the latest state-of-the-art technologies
and COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf ) available.
“In our partnership, the transfer of technology will secure an indig-
enous Indian capability for series production, maintenance, repair and
overhaul capability. Testing and development of the fighter sensor
package will have synergies with the systems developed for Gripen,”
says Anders Carp, head of Saab business area Surveillance.
Lifetime Achievement Award
for Cyient, BVR Mohan Reddy
BVR Mohan Reddy, founder and Executive Chairman, Cyient, has re-
ceived the Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 at the fourth edition of
the Aerospace & Defense Award 2017.
Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, data analyt-
ics, networks and operations solutions, was also announced as the
winner in the ‘Excellence in Aerospace Exports’ category at the awards
ceremony.
The objective of the Aerospace & Defense Awards is to appreciate indi-
viduals, products, and organizations that have surpassed the standards
of excellence in the Aerospace & Defense Industry.
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Aero India Show Daily 13
 MC Alloys, Champions of
Customised Solutions
Stuart Burns
Director, MCA UK LTD
Can you tell us how MC Alloys, one of the UK's
largest importers and distributors of Alumin-
ium rolled and extruded products has made
its presence in India?
MCA UK has been an active supplier to the
Indian aerospace, shipbuilding, defence and
general engineering market for over two dec-
ades. Unlike many suppliers that work through
agents or try to deal at arm’s length from
abroad MCA has operated through an indig-
enous New Delhi based Liaison office staffed
by a highly experienced team of engineers
and commercial experts under the leadership
of Mr Ramesh Dhar, whose sole aim is to fa-
cilitate imports for our clients. This allows us
to provide a far better service to our custom-
ers, speed up decision-making, shipments and
ensure quality requirements. Our emphasis is
on giving customised solutions to clients who
face challenging engineering issues or are op-
erating in highly intricate applications.
MCA UK is proud not just of its sales role in In-
dia but also the considerable role it has played
in developing exports from India.
Over the years MCA exports has grown twice
as much aluminium from India to markets in
Europe than it imports into India. This has con-
tributed positively to India’s balance of pay-
ments and has helped to create growth in the
Indian aluminium manufacturing industry.
Give us an update on your major customers,
collaborations and tie-ups in India?
An esteemed clientele list speaks for our suc-
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MCA UK is one of the UK's
largest importers and distribu-
tors of Aluminium rolled and
extruded products to the metal
stockholding market. With long
term supply agreements from
Eastern Europe, Asia and South
America MCA UK has been a
major player in the Aluminium
bar and plate market for over
ten years.
Since inception, the company's
focus has been to provide an
unparalleled back to back and
ex stock service to its distribu-
tors and to avoid the inevitable
conflicts of interest that arise,
when distributors buy from
distributors - who are also their
competitors.
Here MC Alloys shares its strat-
egy with Aeromag Asia
cess journey so far. It has been a privilege for
us to have served a diverse and highly profes-
sional range of state and private organisations
in the following areas:
1. Defence
2. Ordnance Factory
3. Shipbuilding
4. Aerospace
5. General Engineering
On exports MCA has a long standing and close
cooperation with various Aluminium manu-
facturing companies and has consistently
been the largest consumer of aluminium ex-
truded products (Made In India) in the UK
market for many years.
What are the new initiatives you are plan-
ning in India and Asia-Pacific market?
MCA UK is also in the process of tying-up with
various manufacturing/fabrication companies
for making finished/semi-finished compo-
nents for our defence, shipbuilding and aero-
space clients. This is in response to demand
from our clients for more integrated role in
their supply chain and to fulfil our aspirations
to play our part in Make in India.
Our experience in shipbuilding in particular
has shown us that there is a demand for better
training for Aluminium welding and we have a
desire to establish a training institute for Alu-
minium welding in India.
Further, our liaison office model in India has
proved so successful that we would like to
replicate this in other SE Asian markets as and
when we can find suitable opportunities. We
know that people are the key and committed,
knowledgeable managers can make a liaison
office a huge advantage. Poorly motivated or
unprofessional individuals fail to deliver the
service our clients expect and deserve.
Share your thoughts on “Make in India” cam-
paign and how do you plan to participate in
this programme?
We realise India’s huge potential for industri-
alisation. With our direct interaction with our
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 CASR - a centre for excellence
Centre for Aerospace Research (CASR) located
at Chennai is one of the Research Centres of
Anna University which offers higher educa-
tion in engineering relevant to current trends
and projected needs of the society. CASR does
pioneer research in Design, Development
and Fabrication of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) & their Subsystems.
Centre for Aerospace Research has designed
and developed 3 categories of Unmanned
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Aerial Systems viz. Fixed-wing, Quad rotor &
Tethered along with their subsystems. These
units are being deployed successfully for the
crowd monitoring, disaster management and
aerial mapping by the Police Department,
Revenue Administrative Authorities & Forest
Department of Tamil Nadu.
CASR receives funding from state planning
commission under Tamil Nadu Innovation
Initiatives (TANII) Scheme for Design and
Development of UAVs. CASR makes Profes-
sional grade UAVs to accomplish any Civil,
Military, Paramilitary and Commercial mission.
It maintains a fleet of own UAVs ( Fixed wing,
Multicopter and Tethered) and payloads to ac-
complish any professional services including
survey grade mapping, 3D modelling, data
processing, day/night video reconnaissance,
search and rescue and Aerial videography. It
also provides professional training services
covering all aspects of UAV programme.
The above UAVs are exhibited in Stall C 2.7-
B3, Hall C at Aero India 2017, Asia’s Premier
Air Show during 14 to 18 February 2017 at Air
Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
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 Dr. S.Christopher, Secretary Defence R & D and Chairman DRDO, Shri C.D.Balaji, Programme Director ( Com-
bat Aircraft) and Director, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Dr.C.P.Ramanarayanan, Director
General (Aero) addressing the media at Aero India.

Aequs to open new unit at Goa

Aravind Mellegiri, Chairman & CEO of Aequs with Chief Minister of Goa Laxmikant Parsekar.

Aequs, India’s largest ecosystem in aerospace precision engineering
and manufacturing company announced that it will open a high-end
multi capability aerospace and defence manufacturing facility in Tuem,
Goa. This is the first venture of its kind in the private sector in India,
which will manufacture high-end components & systems for aerospace
and defence sector and support the ‘Make in India’ initiative.
The new facility will be established with an initial investment of Rs 500
crores towards development of physical infrastructure, plant, machin-
ery and equipment and is strategically located at the Industrial cluster
(EMC) Tuem, Goa.
The new Aequs facility will be a multi-capability precision engineering
with CNC machines and new age technology to design and produce
precision components for the Indian Defense sector. It will also support
the ‘Skill India’ initiative by upskilling employees in the fields of preci-
sion manufacturing and other new age technologies, thus bringing a
key capability in aerospace manufacturing in the country.
During the deal signing, Aravind Melligeri, Chairman and CEO, Aequs
said, “The new facility in Tuem, Goa is a sign of our commitment to-
wards the Indian Defence sector. The sector relies heavily on imported
equipment and technology. With the new facility, we aim to support
the ‘Make in India’ initiative for one of the most critical sectors in the
country. Our strategy will also see technology transfers from aerospace
giants around the globe, adding further to our manufacturing capabili-
ties besides generating employment to close to 2000 people.”
Ameya Abhyankar (I.A.S), Secretary and Director Information Technolo-
gy said, “To support our robust growth and expansion in the aerospace
and defence sector, we are happy to host Aequs’s manufacturing facility
in Tuem, Goa. This development will further provide an impetus to the
Indian Defence sector and drive the vision of ‘Make In India’ forward.”
Aequs, which entered into the defence manufacturing business in 2013,
has been actively looking for opportunities to partner with India’s pres-
tigious and largest A&D organization, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
Since then, Aequs has been working with HAL on machined structural
parts for various platforms, including Light Combat Aircraft, Sukhoi
30MKI, ALH, among others. With the new facility in Goa, Aequs aims to
delve deeper into manufacturing of high-end aerospace and defence
equipment hence reducing costs of import and add to in-country value
for the Indian Defence sector.

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 Marshall group sign contract IAI,Taneja
with Maini Precision Products sign MOU
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, Cam- contract for the entire life of the programme.
bridge, UK and Maini Precision Products Ltd Mr. Gautam Maini said, “MARSHALL has been
(MPP), entered into a multimillion dollar life of our strategic customer since 2010. With this
programme contract for structural machined agreement, we are poised for further growth
parts and sub- in this relation-
assemblies for ship.”
a major aircraft Mr. Naresh Palta
programme further added, “It is
at Aero India a vindication and
2017. With this recognition of our
contract, MPP is strong commit-
now positioned ment to perfor-
Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (IAI), through
as the single mance for meeting
its Golan Industries Division, and Taneja
source from In- Marshall’s manu-
Aerospace & Aviation Ltd. (TAAL) of India,
dia to support facturing require-
have signed a Memorandum of Understand-
Marshall for ments”
ing (MOU) to cooperate in the development,
their manufac- Marshall Aero-
production, marketing and/or sale of civil and
turing require- space and Defence
military aircraft crashworthy-seats.
ments for the Group is one of the
The MOU was signed at the Aero India 2017
duration of this largest independ-
exhibition in Bangalore, India, by Shaul Sha-
program. ent aerospace and
har, IAI's Executive Vice President and General
Marshall Aero- defence compa-
Manager of the Military Aircraft Group, and
space and De- nies that delivers
Salil Taneja, Chairman of TAAL.
fence Group was represented by Mr. Andrew innovation and excellence in engineering,
Monk, Supplier Manager and Mr. Jeremy Rog- support solutions and services in the air, on
erson, Supplier Quality Manager. Maini Group land and at sea. Marshall Aerospace specialise Honeywell lights
was represented by Mr. Gautam Maini, Ex- in the conversion, modification, maintenance
ecutive Director, Maini Group and Mr. Naresh and support of civil and military aircraft, de- way for
Palta, CEO, Aerospace & Defence, Maini Group. fence vehicle engineering, shelter manufac-
On this occasion, Marshall stated that MPP has ture, composite solutions and the provision of Singapore Airport
been a key supplier to MARSHALL for complex personnel, training and advice. Part of the Honeywell announced a multi-million dol-
structural parts and sub-assemblies and has 108 year-old Marshall Group of Companies, lar, multi-year contract to implement a new
achieved the status of top rated supplier dur- Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has airfield ground lighting control and moni-
ing this period . The high level performance over 80 years of aviation experience and have toring system at Singapore Changi Airport,
over the years has built the confidence at Mar- completed over 1500 aircraft modifications in Southeast Asia’s busiest hub and one of the
shall, resulting in the decision to extend this 35 countries. most frequented airports in the world. The
Honeywell system will play a critical role in
helping Changi Airport safely and efficiently
accommodate the expected increase in air-
craft traffic.
The project is part of expansion efforts at
Changi Airport, which include the develop-
ment of a three-runway system. The new
Honeywell system will cover all three run-
ways and associated taxiways, taxi lanes and
apron lighting as well as facility control and
management. Helping streamline opera-
tions and optimize ground traffic flow, Hon-
eywell’s advanced Individual Lamp Control
and Monitoring System will allow the airport
to get real-time information on approach
and runway lighting lamp failures, including
the precise location to facilitate fast response
and repair.
“Since its opening in 1981, Changi Airport
has been recognized for ensuring safety in its
airfield,” said Koh Ming Sue, managing direc-
tor, engineering & development of Changi
Airport Group. “The new Honeywell airfield
lighting control and monitoring system
serves as an important cog in our broader
expansion plans to help upkeep our safety
and efficiency performance even as air traffic
demand grows beyond the capacity of our
MKU stall at Aero India existing two runways.”

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Padma Shri Dr A.S.Kiran Kumar Chairman ISRO and Secretary Dept of space, Presenting Award for Excellence in Indigenisation of Aerospace stand-
ard parts to Mr.S.Kalai ARASU-CEO,during SIATI Silver Jubilee celebrations on Dec
PTC Offers Service Parts Management
Capabilities for Aerospace & Defense
P
arametric Technology Corporation
(PTC), the leaders in product lifecycle
management, is also pioneers in re-
search, design and development of aircrafts,
ships, radars and LAN systems for Indian
aerospace and defense industry.
Using their Creo and Windchill – the CAD
platform, PTC delivers best cutting edge
solutions for the industry to enable maxi-
mum exploitation of the limited resources to
achieve a quality product. Today, the need of
the industry is to do complete exploitation of
existing resources for better productivity in
minimum time and that becomes a big con-
cern for the defense ministry and industry.
Service Parts Management for Aero-
space and Defense balances the unique com-
plexities of the global service supply chain
while delivering the highest level of service.
This solution increases equipment availabil-
ity, provides for faster response times, deliv-
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ers more efficient service, and lowers the total
cost of ownership of complex assets.
The PTC Service Parts Management solu-
tion is a strategic part of the internal service
and aftermarket businesses of many leading
aerospace and defense organizations in India.
The product has been specifically designed as
a planning tool for organizations that require
high availability of spare parts to provide
the highest levels of operational availabil-
ity of their weapon systems and equipment,
or their customers. Modeling the spectrum
of costs associated with various availability
commitments provides critical insight into
determining operational excellence. The
War fighter can model availability based on
budget.
Additionally for the OEM, the ability to
model profitability for proposed revenue
strategies helps identify the availability com-
mitment that optimizes profitability.
There are many considerations that must
be monitored and managed in order to de-
liver superior operational performance to the
warfighter. PTC provides a service logistics
network dashboard that can include all of
the key KPIs and other benchmarks as well
as alerts and threats to success, scheduled
maintenance events, operational tempo, in-
ventory levels and other configurable metrics
all in one graphical display.
Another offering from PTC which is named
as PTC Integrity Modeler is a pragmatic so-
lution to these problems with SysML, UML,
and variability modeling all integrated within
a single tool. You can create consistent, high
quality models for systems and software en-
gineers to communicate requirements, con-
sider design alternatives, and then make de-
cisions involving the entire team, regardless
of their location.
PTC Integrity Modeler reduces the time and
effort required to design products, systems,
and software by leading you through the ap-
propriate industry standard diagrams and
automating repetitive tasks. It also reduces
costs by finding potential problems much
earlier, and simplifies the design process by
modeling the way you build. On its own,
PTC Integrity Modeler enables model-based
systems, software, and product line engineer-
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Library™, it extends these techniques with
modular design to model SoS, CBD, and
SOA solutions.
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Led by Commitment

The Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) is the third indigenous

helicopter product from the stables of HAL after ALH and LCH.
Flawless technical flight of the LUH was carried in Bengaluru, on
September 6, 2016. The helicopter is designed to carry out
various utility roles such as reconnaissance, transport, cargo
load and rescue operations. The helicopter can operate from sea
level to high altitudes of Himalayas.

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 QuEST Global on Digitalization to Optimize
Process, Product, and Revenue
Why the world thinks digitalization holds a
sacred place in the heart of the aerospace
and defense industry? QuEST Global has
been in the engineering arena for almost 2
decades, co-engineering as solutions part-
ner to some of the industry leaders in the
aerospace domain. There is a massive shift as
aging fleets and rising demand for air travel
is boosting the demand side. On the supply
side, OEMs are continually innovating on
Tarun Kant
QuEST Global’s expert
the technology front to optimize their op-
erations to improve efficiency, remain com-
petitive, enhance profitability, and generate
more value for their customers. As a result,
rapid digitalization of processes and instru-
mentation of aircraft are on the rise.
Increasing sophistication of aircraft
As technology advances, new aircraft will
have a higher number of sensors to cap-
ture highly sophisticated data that will be
streamed in real time to all concerned. For
example, a new supersized airliner capable
of flying 1,000 passengers, will have 10,000
sensors in each wing. These sensors alone
will generate about 7.5 Tb of data per day.*
Such enormous amount of data, when
properly analyzed could help airlines save
millions on fuel costs and improve aircraft
safety significantly. When coupled with right
technology, this data can also help engineers
understand the conditions that lead to parts
failure and make critical decisions regarding
design changes, production planning, sup-
ply chain operations, fleet maintenance, and
more.
The need for seamless integration and flow
of data
Most of the benefits above will not materi-
alize unless the data generated is integrated
and flows seamlessly across the extended
enterprise. By introducing new technolo-
gies that essentially replace old mechanical
practices, organizations can digitalize pro-
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cesses and optimize benefits. Examples
include frameworks such as Model-Based
Enterprise (MBE) and Industrial Internet of
Things, along with technologies such as
automation, big data analytics, cloud com-
puting, and digital manufacturing. These
technologies have made it possible to bind
data from all the stages of an aircraft life-
cycle with bi-directional feedback to cre-
ate an intelligent system that minimizes
human efforts.
Digitalization is the game changer
Field and service data, when fed into an in-
tegrated design system ensures that main-
tenance is considered from the beginning
of the design process. Automated design
systems have been proven to help OEMs
achieve faster and more accurate predic-
tion and optimization of system perfor-
mance and cost.
With MBE, the aerospace and defense
industry directly uses 3D content devel-
oped in CAD systems to manufacture
new products, and to modernize almost
all downstream operations like validation,
process planning, service information, pro-
curement, quality, and inspection. They
are proving to be the leader of the Model
Based Enterprise movement.
Tarun Kant, QuEST Global’s expert says, “To
realize a Digital Model Based Enterprise,
QuEST Global’s multidisciplinary teams part-
ner with each function of our client organiza-
tion to establish innovative engineering and
manufacturing practices from conceptual
through detail engineering, analysis, defini-
tion, production, and aftermarket services”.
Another key technology advancing the digi-
talization initiatives is predictive analytics.
Predictive analytics uses various statistical
models, data mining techniques, artificial in-
telligence, and machine learning to analyze
data, such as the weather data collected by
sensors on the aircraft wings, to make future
predictions about flight statuses.
A digital supply chain management platform
can provide deep insights for production
planning, line balancing, supplier manage-
ment, and triage management based on the
real-time data updates.
Digital technologies are changing every as-
pect of aerospace industry’s value chain to
deliver optimized processes, higher qual-
ity levels, faster time-to-market, lower costs,
and an improved consumer experience.
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 Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship , K Taraka Rama Rao, Minister for Industries and
Commerce, Govertnment of Telangana, Ashish Saraf, VP & ‘Make in India’ officer for Airbus after signing MOU for setting up a Centre of Excellence
for Aerospace skill development in Hyderabad during Aero India. This initiative is supported by the Government of Telangana, National Skill
Development Corporation of India & AEROCAMPUS France.

IAI, Dynamatic Technologies

sign agreement
on Mini UAVs
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Dynamatic Technologies Ltd
(DTL) have announced their cooperation to jointly address the needs
of the Indian UAV market. This announcement followed a significant
milestone with both companies signing a cooperation agreement re-
garding the production, assembly and support of mini UAVs in India,
at the Aero India exhibition currently underway in Bangalore.
The agreement encompasses the transfer of technology and produc-
tion capabilities from IAI to DTL to enable the indigenous capability for
mini UAV systems for the benefit of Indian end-users and in support
of the Indian government's "Make in India" initiative. This agreement
can serve as a solid foothold for much broader collaboration between
the parties in the field of UAVs in India, while retaining the continuity
of existing programs and enabling the implementation of new ones.
Shaul Shahar, IAI EVP and General Manager of IAI's Military Aircraft
Group: "India is one of IAI's main strategic customers; hence our rela-
tionship with Indian users, customers, and companies is critical. It is,
therefore, our intention to transfer a significant part of our UAV activ-
ity to India in the near future, in accordance with the "Make in India"
policy. We are delighted to join our new partner DTL and jointly offer
best-of-breed solutions for India."
Mr. Udayant Malhoutra, CEO & Managing Director Dynamatic Technol-
ogies Ltd: “This partnership with IAI has the perfect elements essential
to build a UAV enterprise in India, under the Government’s Make In
India initiative. Dynamatic already manufactures major complex as-
semblies for global OEMs and we have already built a robust supply-
chain ecosystem in India. This is the foundation upon which the indus-
trialization of world-class UASs will be developed.”
Col.Shankar, CMD, Alpha-Tocol, a subsidiary of Alpha Design Technolo-
gies handing over the 100th Sukhoi Flaperon to Shri T.Raju,CMD, HAL
at Aero India. Present at the occassion Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta, Sec.
Defence Production
Alpha Tocol delivered 100th
Sukhoi Flaperon to HAL
Alpha Tocol, a 100 percent subsidiary of, Alpha Design Technologies
delivered 100th Sukhoi Flaperon to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Col.H.S.Shankar, Chairman & Managing Director, Alpha Design Tech-
nologies handed over the Flaperon to Shri Suvarna T. Raju, Chairman
& Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. The ceremony which
took place at the 11th edition of Aero India also saw the presence of
Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Defence Production.
Alpha Tocol has been associated with HAL for development of these
major assemblies from the inception of transfer of technology of SU30
MKI. Flaperon is a major and complex structural assembly of SU-30
MKI. The Flaperon comprises of 343detail parts – 277 sheet metal, 56
machine components with 6 sub-assemblies. It is a primary control
surface with a length of 2900mm & width of 953 mm, which serves as
a ‘Flap’ as well as ‘Aileron’

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 BEL launches BELCOMNET
communication network

Dr Ajit T Kalghatgi, Director (R&D), Mr Nataraj Krishnappa, Director (Other Units), and other senior officers of BEL pose for a photo after the un-
veiling of the new communication network, BELCOMNET, for the Defence/Paramilitary forces and export market, at Aero India .
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has unveiled its new communication repeater, UHF link and RMSU are co-located and installed together
network, BELCOMNET, for the Defence/Paramilitary forces and ex- at a communication tower site. The mobile subscriber radios around
port market,at Aero India 2017. the repeater are handheld, manpack, vehicular whereas static sub-
BELCOMNET, designed and developed by BEL, is a V/UHF secure scriber is base station.
voice communication network with user specific encryption algo- The typical communication range of handheld radios around the
rithm. The network facilitates exchange of secure voice through re- repeater is approximately 5 km and that of the manpack, base sta-
peaters that are dispersed geographically. This enables connecting tion and vehicular radios is around 15-20 km. The range of the UHF
two or more dispersed locations for day-to-day communications. point to point link is around 60-100 km with directional antennas.
For example, brigades in field and headquarters across towns can be The antennas for Repeater, UHF link and Base Station are mounted
connected using IPv6 features. It also facilitates broadcasting to all on elevated platforms such as tower, mast or pole. Broadcast or se-
sites, in case of an emergency or a crisis. lective call is possible from subscriber radio under one repeater net-
The various blocks of this network are Handheld Radio, Manpack work to subscriber radio(s) under different network in clear/secure
Radio, Base Station radio, Vehicular Radio, VHF Repeater Radio, UHF mode. Provision for peer-to-peer communication among different
Link Radio and Remote Monitor & Switching Unit (RMSU). The VHF radios without repeater is also catered to.

CYIENT and ASE S.p.A. sign

Joint Go-To- Market Agreement
ASE S.p.A., a privately-owned Italian
company,and a leading supplier of electri-
cal power generation and distribution sys-
tems to the international aerospace and de-
fense industry, and Cyient Inc.(a subsidiary
of the Cyient Limited, a global provider of
engineering, manufacturing, data analytics,
network and operations solutions)today an-
nounced a joint go-to-market agreementfor
joint market development of products in the
electric power generation arena.
The agreement was signed at Aero In-
dia 2017 by Krishna Bodanapu, Manag-
ing Director and CEO, Cyient and Carmelo
Cosentino,President,ASE. It is intended that
this collaboration will provide fulllife-cycle
services, products, and systems to the aero-
space and defense industry.
The combination of Cyient’s
industry knowledge and ex-
perience combined with ASE’s
expertise will help to develop
new products and solutions
in electrical power generation and also in
conversion, management, and distribution
systems. This will help to strengthen Cyient’s
combined business opportunities world-
wide includingpossible offsetdischarge ob-
ligations.
“This collaborationcoincides with our com-
pany strategy of being a leading global pro-
vider of design, build, and maintain solutions
for the aerospace and defense industry. It
also enables both Cyient and ASE to leverage
each other’s engineering and manufactur-
ing capabilities, thus increasing support to
OEMs and improvinglife service offerings to
existing and future clients,” said Mr. Krishna
Bodanapu, Managing Director and CEO, Cy-
ient.
Mr. Carmelo Cosentino, President,
ASE,said,“This alliance is strategically impor-
tant for both companies in moving our exist-
ing good relationship towards an upper level
of collaboration. We look forward to working
together in a closer way to leverage our joint
capabilities in aerospace with the aim to of-
fer a combined and more comprehensive
range of products and services”.

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