1. Dassault Falcon is investing
heavily in India to better serve
its expanding customer base in
the Indian Subcontinent and
prepareforfuturegrowth.These
investmentswillbehighlighted,
along with Falcon’s full line of
large cabin long range business
jets, at Aero India which opens
February 6, at Yelahanka Air
Force Station in Bengaluru, In-
dia.
Dassault built its reputation
foradvancedhigh-performance
aircraft in the region with the
IndianAirForcewhichoperates
50Mirage2000fightersand,in
January2012,selectedthenew-
generation Rafale for its Medi-
umMulti-RoleAircraft(MMRA)
mission. But this reputation for
designexcellenceisalsoincreas-
ingly driven by advanced busi-
ness aircraft like the Falcon 7X,
the Falcon 900LX and the Fal-
con 2000 family.
DassaultistheIndianmarket
leader for large cabin business
jets, with approximately 20 air-
craft currently in operation in
the country, and expects to de-
liver several more over the next
two years.
Last autumn, Dassault
opened a new Falcon liaison of-
fice in New Delhi to serve as a
hub for its expanding business
in the region. It also added a
new Dassault engineer to rein-
force its local team.
EnhancingSupport Network
in India
InJuly2012,charteroperator
Taj Air was authorized to estab-
lish a Falcon Authorized Line
Service Station at Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport in
Mumbai.
The facility provides sched-
uled and unscheduled mainte-
nance and inspections for Fal-
con2000and2000DX/EX/LX
aircraft and serves as a base for
spare parts inventory.
Earlier, Dassault Falcon had
named Mumbai-based Air
WorksIndiaanAuthorizedSer-
vice Center for the Falcon
900EX and established spares
distribution centers in Chennai
and Mumbai.
The company also set up a
technicalfieldofficeinMumbai.
These measures were the latest
steps taken recently to enhance
the Falcon support network in
southernAsia,mirroringastrat-
egy Dassault Falcon has been
pursuing in other major emerg-
ing markets, such as China,
Russia and Brazil.
“TheIndianmarketisbecom-
ing more conducive to consis-
tentgrowthandtheinvestments
in our support network will
place us in an excellent position
to benefit in the future,” said
John Rosanvallon, President
and CEO of Dassault Falcon.
around the world
■ The world’s largest military air show
is the Royal International Air Tattoo
at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom.
The RIAT gathers military aircraft and
military display teams from all over
the world.
■ The Royal Air Forces largest Airshow is
held Annually at RAF Waddington RAF
Waddington, United Kingdom known
as the RAF Waddington International
Airshow. The airshow features par-
ticipants from across the World and
showcases the work of the RAF Royal
Air Force and its allies.
■ Europe’s largest free annual airshow
is the Bournemouth Air Festival held
on the Bournemouth seafront. It
takes place over the course of four
days each August and attracted
around 1,300,000 spectators last
year.
■ Airbourne: Eastbourne International
Airshow is the world’s biggest free
seafront air show. Airbourne: East-
bourne International Airshow
■ The annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
air show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), or-
ganized by the Experimental Aircraft
Association, is famous for its crowded
fly-in of visitors. The air show includes
multiple displays as well as talks by
influential people in aviation.
■ The annual Sun ‘n Fun air show in
Lakeland, Florida, is an independent
corporation, famous for its crowded
fly-in of visitors held usually during the
second or third week of April.
■ The Reno Air Races, also known as
the National Championship Air Races,
take place annually in September at
the Reno Stead Airport a few miles
north of Reno, Nevada. Includes
several days of qualifying followed by
four and a half days of multi-aircraft
heat racing culminating in the Un-
limited Class Gold Race on Sunday
afternoon. The event also features
civil airshow acts and military flight
demonstrations between races, plus
vendor areas and a large civil and
military static aircraft display.
■ The closest European equivalent to
Oshkosh is Tannkosh, held annually
at Tannheim airfield in Germany.
■ The Southport Airshow is the largest
airshow in the North West of England.
■ The Aerosport airshow, created in
1993 in Igualada, is the only Spanish
airshow dedicated to corporate and
sport aircraft.
■ There are several annual air shows
in the United States that display a
variety of modern military aircraft,
including the Miramar Airshow every
October, and Aviation Nation at Nellis
AFB every November.
■ The Largest Warbird airshow is held
by the Commemorative Air Force at
its annual CAF Airsho in Midland, TX
each October.
■ Two large air and aerospace trade
shows are the Paris Air Show (Le
Bourget Air Show) in France, held in
June on odd-numbered years, and the
British Farnborough Airshow held in
July on even-numbered years.
■ Dubai Air Show has been held since
1989 each November on odd-
numbered years, after every Paris Air
Show.
■ Asian Aerospace has been held in
Singapore since its inception in 1981,
until moving to Hong Kong in 2007.
The Singapore event was rebranded
as the Singapore Airshow in 2008,
and is held in February on even-
numbered years at the Changi Exhibi-
tion Centre which was the source of
the dispute between Asian Aerospace
organisers.
■ The Langkawi International Maritime
and Air Show since 1991, is held at
Langkawi Island, Malaysia on odd-
numbered years.
■ A Douglas C-54 Skymaster, called
Spirit of Freedom, currently operated
as a flying museum regarding the
Berlin Airlift, at a Lancaster, Ohio air
show.
■ The biggest air show and aerospace
trade show in Russia is MAKS, held at
Zhukovskiy in August.
■ The world’s oldest air show is the
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahr-
tausstellung (ILA) (Berlin Air Show), in
Germany, going back to 1909.
■ The only air show in West Africa is
held in Ghana each year (light avia-
tion) in November hosted by WAASPS
■ China International Aviation & Aero-
space Exhibition.
■ Australian International Airshow is
held every two years at Avalon Airport.
■ Warbirds Over Wanaka a military ori-
ented show is held every two years in
Wanaka, New Zealand
■ Latin American best air show, since
1980, is held at Santiago, Chile.
FIDAE (Feria Internacional Del Aire y
Del Espacio) take place in Comodoro
Arturo Merino Benitez International
Airport in march every two years.
Major
AIR SHOWSDASSAULT FALCON
Indian market
focuses on
Company strengthens its position
in emerging markets worldwide
EMBRAER’S
FULL
PORTFOLIO
E
mbraer is promoting its full port-
folio of Commercial Aviation,
Executive Aviation and Defense
andSecurityproductsandservicesinthe
ninth International Exhibition on Aero-
space, Defense and Civil Aviation – Aero
India 2013 at the Air Force Station Yela-
hanka.
Theportfolioincludestheleadingfam-
ily of commercial jets up to 120 seats in
the global market (E170, E175, E190 and
E195), the most modern and complete
product line of business jets, from the
entry-level Phenom 100 to the ultra-
large Lineage 1000, and a broad range
of integrated solutions for defense and
security that combine a high techno-
logical level and operational efficiency at
competitive acquisition and operating
costs. Three of the Embraer Executive
Jets aircraft will be on static display: the
entry-level Phenom 100, the long-range
Legacy 650 and the ultra-large Lineage
1000.
Embraer has a strong presence in the
Indian market and counts the national
government, private organizations and
individuals as customers and operators.
Thecountryishometomorethanathird
of the Company’s executive jets in the
region with at least one type each of the
Phenom, Legacy and Lineage jets in ser-
vice today.
Embraer Executive Jets is the only
business jet manufacturer to produce a
full range of aircraft solutions and its
aircrafthavereceivedmorethanadozen
international design and innovation
awards from top luxury and aviation
publications for setting a new standard
for business aircraft.
Tosupporttheoperationsofthegrow-
ing number Embraer executive jet cus-
tomers and operators in the country,
Embraer Executive Jets has named In-
damerPvt.Ltd.andAirWorksEngineer-
ing Pvt Ltd as authorized service provid-
ers in the country for all operators of
Embraer Executive Jets aircraft.
Five of Embraer’s Legacy jets are also
used by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and
Border Security Force (BSF) for the
transportation of VIPS and foreign dig-
nitaries. In addition, Embraer Defense
and Security has collaborated with In-
dia’s Defense Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO) to create three
bespoke EMB145 jet platforms for use
as Airborne Early Warning and Control
(AEW&C) aircraft, two of which were
delivered last year.
The leader in Radio Frequency and microwave
A
straMicrowaveProducts
Limited(AMPL),found-
ed in 1991 with head-
quarters in Hyderabad, is one
of the leading designers and
manufacturers of high-quality
radio frequency (RF) and mi-
crowave components and sub-
systems in India.
ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100
Rev. C compliant, AMPL man-
ufactures sub-systems for the
defence, space, telecommuni-
cation and meteorology sectors
andoffersservicesfromconcept
to completion.
AMPL’s product range in-
cludes radar sub-systems,
electronicwarfaresub-systems,
space sub-systems, telemetry
sub-systems, missile sub-sys-
tems,satcomterminals,MMICs
and MEMS, and telecommuni-
cation products.
AMPL develops many radar
sub-systemsinvariousfrequen-
cybandslikeVHF/UHF,C,L,S,
X & Ku. AMPL’s products have
beenusedinmanyinternational
radar programmes and have
been developed in accordance
with the necessary military
standards and aerospace stan-
dards. AMPL has the capability
to design, develop and produce
complete radio frequency (RF)
portion for a Radar system.
AMPL offers a wide range of
electronic warfare sub-systems
to its clients. AMPL’s electronic
warfare sub-systems include
DLVA / EDLVA super compo-
nents, base line interferometer
(BLI)supercomponents,switch
filter assembly units, spiral an-
tennas, blade antennas, down
converters in various frequency
bands,digitalinstantaneousfre-
quency measurement (DIFM)
units, dual switch amplifier
modules, voltage controlled
oscillators and threshold de-
tectors. AMPL has successfully
indigenised the design and
development of the extended
digital log video amplifier
(EDLVA) in association with
Defense Electronics Research
Laboratory (DLRL) for which
AMPL was awarded with ‘best
importsubstitution’awardfrom
the Indian government.
AMPL is also a major force in
the Indian space sector. And it
also offers a wide range of mis-
sile electronics sub-systems to
its clients.
AMPL’s diverse product
range includes command and
guidance units (CGU), radio
proximity fuses (RPF), RF ex-
citers, down converters and
missile seekers.
Typically these products find
applications in various types of
missiles viz. Surface to Air, Air
to Air, launched from various
platforms.
AXON GROUP
SASMOS - HET
TECHNOLOGIES
ASTRA MICROWAVE
PROCESSWARE SYSTEMS ENIT AEROSPACE
A
xon group which spe-
cialises in designing
and manufacturing
high tech conductors, elec-
troniccablesandinterconnect
solutions for markets such as
consumer electronics, tele-
communications, computer,
automotive,military,medical,
aeronautics, space etc. has
been establishing its Indian
market base in core applica-
tions such as, Power Distribu-
tionsystemsfortheAdvanced
Satellites, Digital Intercon-
nectsfortheMicroNavigation
systems, Advanced Intercon-
nects in the Data acquisition
modules, VHF communica-
tion modules etc.
To meet the requirements
of the Indian defense and
aerospace industries, the
Axon’ group established es-
tablished a subsidiary called
Axon’ Interconnectors and
WiresPvt.Ltd.locatedinBan-
galorein2010.Thesubsidiary
is involved in manufacture of
standard Micro D connectors
and assemblies, RF cable as-
sembliesandcableassemblies
terminated with any kind of
connectorsespeciallydesigned
for defense and aerospace ap-
plications. It also caters to the
offsetprogrammesthroughits
jointventurecompanynamed
Dhruv Axon Interconnect Pvt
Ltd. The headquarters of the
company is situated in Mont-
mirail in France and employs
1500 staff world-wide in 10
subsidiaries.
A
one stop shop for all in-
terconnection solution
needs, Sasmos HET
Technologiesisaleadingmanu-
facturer of Aerospace, Defence,
Marine industry products of
cable assemblies, wiring har-
ness, panel boxes, and electro-
mechanical assemblies.
SasmosHetwasincorporated
in 2007 and was started with a
passion to serve and excel in the
area of electrical interconnec-
tion solutions focusing on the
niche and quality driven needs
of Aerospace and Defence In-
dustry. It was lead by a group of
professionals having vast expe-
rience in the field of precision
engineering and interconnec-
tion technology meeting inter-
national expectation for more
than a decade. This team, sup-
ported by Netherland based
Citadel Industries, initiated
business operations by taking
over HET – a company engaged
in interconnection technology
serving aerospace and defence
industries for more than three
decades in India. “Sasmos is in
therightsituationtoenlargeour
presence. We have established
ourselves in Israel and consoli-
date in Europe. Airshow will
give more bandwidth in Europe
because of the MMRCA,” said
Chandrashekar H G, managing
director of Sasmos HET Tech-
nologies.
An ace in advanced interconnect solutions
The ideal interconnection providers
Sai Pradeep, GM
Chandrashekar H G,
MD
Experts of mission
critical systems
P
rocessware Systems
has been providing
software services to
Defense organisations since
1995. It is an AS 9100 Rev C
andISO9001:8000certified
organisation based in Ban-
galore and was involved in
the design and development
of Mission Computer Soft-
ware for Light Combat Air-
craft along with ADA.
Processware has been
working with many DRDO
laboratories and has deep
domain skills in Avionics,
Radar, Missiles, Flight Con-
trol Systems and Navigation
systems. The company
playedapivotalroleinintro-
ducing International Soft-
ware Development Stan-
dards such as DO-178B at
many DRDO labs. The com-
panyhasworkedwithLRDE
on Rohini, Revathi and SV
2000radarprograms.Italso
designedanddevelopedBio-
DAS (telemedicinesoftware)
along with DEBEL, which is
being used by Indian Navy.
It has worked with ISRO on
Attitude and Orbit control
systems for IRS P4, P5 and
S R E .
T h e
C o m -
p a n y
h a s a
team of
skilled
person-
nel who
provide
the fol-
lowing services:
■ Design and development
of Mission-critical systems
■ Developing and mainte-
nance of embedded sys-
tems
■ Process-consulting to
implement international de-
velopment standards
■ Independent Validation
and Verification tasks
Gurumurthy, CEO
Smart Solutions, rich expertise
E
niT Aerospace group
providesthesmartsolu-
tionstotheeverincreas-
ing challenges faced across
verticals like Aerostructures,
Electrical Harness design, In-
teriors, Composites.
Its domain rich expertise
providestheservicesatconsul-
tant and specialist level for
Specific and Non Specific do-
mains. Based in Germany,
France, UK & India the com-
pany prides itselves in its ex-
pert knowledge of the aero-
space industry and their ability
torespondrapidlytotheirCus-
tomers’ requirements.
The company is continu-
ouslydevelopingitsnetworkof
capabilities in line with needs
identified across the Industry,
integrating and tailoring the
services they provide to match
the individual needs of their
customers,whethershortterm
or long term, operational or
strategic.
EniT Group comprises of
strategicallylocatedcompanies
in Europe and India. Our of-
fices in different locations pro-
vide proximity to our custom-
ers to quickly address their
requirements.
EniT engineers working in
different locations support cli-
ents’requirementsattheclient
site and also form the bridge
for technical co-ordination
with EniT Solutions, India to
execute projects.
EniT Solutions Private Lim-
ited, India is the Offshore De-
sign&DevelopmentCenterfor
EniT Group to provide cost ef-
fective solutions and project
based team formation as per
industry requirements.
It specialises in providing
Engineering Services to Aero-
space,Automotive,Energyand
Industrial sectors.
It supports CAD/CAE/Sys-
tem engineering/PLM/Tech
Pub requirements.
The company has an excel-
lentresourcepoolwhichcanbe
ramped up at short notice de-
pending on customer require-
ments. It also has a state-of-
the-art infrastructure to meet
high end requirements.
Girish Jois, MD
THE COMPANY IS
CONTINUOUSLY
DEVELOPING ITS
NETWORK OF
CAPABILITIES IN
LINE WITH NEEDS
IDENTIFIED ACROSS THE
INDUSTRY, INTEGRATING
AND TAILORING THE
SERVICES
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS BANGALORE WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2013
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