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Bangalore: The tactical Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 'Baaz' developed and produced by the Hyderabad-based Speck Systems will give a functional demonstration to the Indian Army in April this year.
The Indian Army is reportedly satisfied with the performance of 'Searcher-II' and the Israeli 'Heron' UAVs and seems to be eyeing the market for more machines.
The 'Baaz' UAV, with a speed of 18 nautical miles (50-60 kilometre) has already been demonstrated in South Africa, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Though the army has not floated any tender for new UAVs, the Chief of Army Staff, General J J Singh, has already seen the 'Baaz' in action. The tender is likely to come out in two or three months time.
The day and night and all weather UAV was developed a year back. Competing with Israel's IAI (Israeli Aircraft Industries) models Eye 410, I-View MK50 and Birdeye 2000, and EU's EADS whose model Eurohawk and the 'Golden Eagle' jointly developed by Singapore and Israel, the 'Baaz' is a low cost, low maintenance machine with real time data and video transmission.
Remotely-piloted spy drones as the UAVs are called, are attracting as much attention as the fighter jets at the Sixth edition Aero India Show here.
On display, at the biggest ever Asian air show, are the BAE Systems' fully-autonomous Herti UAV, with a capacity of 24 hours flight at an altitude of up to 20,000 feet, to Israeli Elbit Systems' hand-launched miniature Skylark UAV, designed for counter-terrorism operations and beyond-the-hill surveillance, along with the indigenous 'Baaz'.
Israel's IAI has approached Speck Systems for collaboration for its drone machines. Speck, if it enters into a partnership deal, will provide domestic technical support, assembly and testing facilities, warranty and training. Software development and ground control will however be indigenous.
The Indian Navy and the Air Force (IAF) too have plans of inducting spy drones in the near future.
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The Indian Army is reportedly satisfied with the performance of 'Searcher-II' and the Israeli 'Heron' UAVs and seems to be eyeing the market for more machines.
The 'Baaz' UAV, with a speed of 18 nautical miles (50-60 kilometre) has already been demonstrated in South Africa, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Though the army has not floated any tender for new UAVs, the Chief of Army Staff, General J J Singh, has already seen the 'Baaz' in action. The tender is likely to come out in two or three months time.
The day and night and all weather UAV was developed a year back. Competing with Israel's IAI (Israeli Aircraft Industries) models Eye 410, I-View MK50 and Birdeye 2000, and EU's EADS whose model Eurohawk and the 'Golden Eagle' jointly developed by Singapore and Israel, the 'Baaz' is a low cost, low maintenance machine with real time data and video transmission.
Remotely-piloted spy drones as the UAVs are called, are attracting as much attention as the fighter jets at the Sixth edition Aero India Show here.
On display, at the biggest ever Asian air show, are the BAE Systems' fully-autonomous Herti UAV, with a capacity of 24 hours flight at an altitude of up to 20,000 feet, to Israeli Elbit Systems' hand-launched miniature Skylark UAV, designed for counter-terrorism operations and beyond-the-hill surveillance, along with the indigenous 'Baaz'.
Israel's IAI has approached Speck Systems for collaboration for its drone machines. Speck, if it enters into a partnership deal, will provide domestic technical support, assembly and testing facilities, warranty and training. Software development and ground control will however be indigenous.
The Indian Navy and the Air Force (IAF) too have plans of inducting spy drones in the near future.
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Bangalore: At the Aero India show in Bangalore, which will conclude today, private business jet manufacturers outnumbered military aircraft manufacturers.
Private jets cost anywhere between a few crores and Rs300 crores and house private showers, king-size beds, Internet and satellite phone connections, and even a dedicated service crew.
Leonard Knaapen, a senior executive with Bombardier, says the rising number of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in India makes it an attractive market.
With India Inc embarking on a global growth path, private jets will not just be symbolic of power and pelf, but will also crunch time. A Bombardier study says that for every 400 hours a businessman flies his jet, he saves almost a month’s time.
While the Indian market has its challenges, the opportunities are immense. “A lot has changed in the last two years. For the first time we have appointed a sales director in India,” says Bombardier regional vice-president (Asia Pacific) David M Dixon.
A senior official with another private plane manufacturer says over 150 private planes would be sold this year. At the top-end of the spectrum are the Airbus Corporate Jet and Boeing Business Jet, both worth around Rs250 crores each.
Many businessmen from Tier II and III towns are also among those enthusiastically looking at these planes.
11/02/07 Praveena Sharma/Josy Joseph/Daily News & Analysis
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Private jets cost anywhere between a few crores and Rs300 crores and house private showers, king-size beds, Internet and satellite phone connections, and even a dedicated service crew.
Leonard Knaapen, a senior executive with Bombardier, says the rising number of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in India makes it an attractive market.
With India Inc embarking on a global growth path, private jets will not just be symbolic of power and pelf, but will also crunch time. A Bombardier study says that for every 400 hours a businessman flies his jet, he saves almost a month’s time.
While the Indian market has its challenges, the opportunities are immense. “A lot has changed in the last two years. For the first time we have appointed a sales director in India,” says Bombardier regional vice-president (Asia Pacific) David M Dixon.
A senior official with another private plane manufacturer says over 150 private planes would be sold this year. At the top-end of the spectrum are the Airbus Corporate Jet and Boeing Business Jet, both worth around Rs250 crores each.
Many businessmen from Tier II and III towns are also among those enthusiastically looking at these planes.
11/02/07 Praveena Sharma/Josy Joseph/Daily News & Analysis
Labels: Bombardier, Foreign, Private Jets
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Bangalore: At the Aero India show in Bangalore, hectic parleys are on between about a hundred Indian companies, large and small with large international defence suppliers. The companies are hoping to be vendors for the international players, who in turn are urgently looking for Indian companies to complete their offset obligations.
“No contract with the Indian armed forces will be considered complete unless it the offset obligations are fully completed,” says Kiran Chadha, joint secretary defence (exports), who is also the chairperson of Defence Offset Facilitation Agency (DOFA), the apex body set up by the government to co-ordinate offsets. DOFA is now an integral part of every defence contract signed by India.
The scale of the offset contracts is mind boggling. Chief of Air Staff Air chief marshal SP Tyagi estimates that the Indian forces will procure equipment worth $80 billion to $100 billion over the next five years. The clause is applicable to all acquisitions where the tender value exceeds Rs 300 crore. In a deviation from its policies in other sectors, the government has decided that defence PSUs will get no priority on the offset deals. They will have to compete for the contracts with private companies. Of course, after years of regulation, the market for defence systems is dominated by public sector companies such as Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Electronics (BEL), Bharat Dynamics, Bharat Earth Movers, Mazgaon Docks and Goa Shipyard. Mid-to-small cap companies produce sub-systems for public sector defence companies or smaller, integrated systems for armed forces like Astra Microwave, Dynamatic Technologies, Zen Technologies, Premier Explosives and Avantel Softech.
Most foreign companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing Integrated defence systems and British Aerospace, see the PSUs as ready and reliable sources which can be given offset contracts. The hunt for private sector companies is beginning now and many companies have had vendor meets to identify these firms in the past six months.
09/02/07 Cuckoo Paul/Economic Times
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“No contract with the Indian armed forces will be considered complete unless it the offset obligations are fully completed,” says Kiran Chadha, joint secretary defence (exports), who is also the chairperson of Defence Offset Facilitation Agency (DOFA), the apex body set up by the government to co-ordinate offsets. DOFA is now an integral part of every defence contract signed by India.
The scale of the offset contracts is mind boggling. Chief of Air Staff Air chief marshal SP Tyagi estimates that the Indian forces will procure equipment worth $80 billion to $100 billion over the next five years. The clause is applicable to all acquisitions where the tender value exceeds Rs 300 crore. In a deviation from its policies in other sectors, the government has decided that defence PSUs will get no priority on the offset deals. They will have to compete for the contracts with private companies. Of course, after years of regulation, the market for defence systems is dominated by public sector companies such as Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Electronics (BEL), Bharat Dynamics, Bharat Earth Movers, Mazgaon Docks and Goa Shipyard. Mid-to-small cap companies produce sub-systems for public sector defence companies or smaller, integrated systems for armed forces like Astra Microwave, Dynamatic Technologies, Zen Technologies, Premier Explosives and Avantel Softech.
Most foreign companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing Integrated defence systems and British Aerospace, see the PSUs as ready and reliable sources which can be given offset contracts. The hunt for private sector companies is beginning now and many companies have had vendor meets to identify these firms in the past six months.
09/02/07 Cuckoo Paul/Economic Times
Labels: Defense, Foreign, India
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European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has signed a deal to sell two EC120 new generation training helicopters to Apoorva Aviation Academy, a pilot training institute based here.
The deal, the financial details of which were not divulged, was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing Aero India show. The helicopters will be commissioned for training by the second half of this year, officials said.
The EC120 new generation training helicopters have been engineered under a pact between Eurocopter group, which is a division of the European defence and aerospace giant EADS, and ST Aerospace and Catic of China.
09/02/07 India eNews.com
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The deal, the financial details of which were not divulged, was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing Aero India show. The helicopters will be commissioned for training by the second half of this year, officials said.
The EC120 new generation training helicopters have been engineered under a pact between Eurocopter group, which is a division of the European defence and aerospace giant EADS, and ST Aerospace and Catic of China.
09/02/07 India eNews.com
Labels: Foreign, Helicopter, India
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Bangalore: In the backdrop of the deafening roar of military jets in the air and frenzied VIP activity on the ground, quiet discussions are on at Aero India 2007 to clinch deals worth as much as $10 billion each for the global aerospace majors and Indian industry.
This year’s air show has gone past being a mere showcase for state-of-the-art jets and equipment to a busy bazaar where big-ticket international firms and local companies are doing serious business.
Indian companies are hoping to make the best of the Centre’s new offset policy for defence procurement, which could fetch them $10 billion over the next five years.
Orville Prins, vice-president, Business Development (India) of Lockheed Martin (US), calls the air show a “The Indian budget for military acquisition will jump substantially over the next five years and we hope to pitch for a market of $10 billion over the next 10 years”.
Other players like Boeing, Northrop Grumman Corporation (both US companies) and Bombardier Inc of Canada are looking for the same. Dr Dinesh A Keskar, senior vice-president for sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, says “We (Boeing) have revised our market projections (made in 2005 for India) from $35 billion over the next 20 years to $72 billion”.
On Friday, Larsen and Toubro Limited and European Aerospace and Defence Group took the first step towards joint exploration of business opportunities in defence and aerospace. MV Kotwal, senior executive vice-president of L&T, and Daniel Baubil, executive vice-president and head of global industrial development of EADS, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a long-term, profitable and stable relationship to address the requirements of aerospace and defence markets in India and abroad.
In a related development, French defence, electronics and aerospace major Thales was chosen by Chennai-based pilot training academy Rudradev Aviation to supply four advanced flight simulators worth $60 million.
09/02/07 BR Srikanth/Hindustan Times
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This year’s air show has gone past being a mere showcase for state-of-the-art jets and equipment to a busy bazaar where big-ticket international firms and local companies are doing serious business.
Indian companies are hoping to make the best of the Centre’s new offset policy for defence procurement, which could fetch them $10 billion over the next five years.
Orville Prins, vice-president, Business Development (India) of Lockheed Martin (US), calls the air show a “The Indian budget for military acquisition will jump substantially over the next five years and we hope to pitch for a market of $10 billion over the next 10 years”.
Other players like Boeing, Northrop Grumman Corporation (both US companies) and Bombardier Inc of Canada are looking for the same. Dr Dinesh A Keskar, senior vice-president for sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, says “We (Boeing) have revised our market projections (made in 2005 for India) from $35 billion over the next 20 years to $72 billion”.
On Friday, Larsen and Toubro Limited and European Aerospace and Defence Group took the first step towards joint exploration of business opportunities in defence and aerospace. MV Kotwal, senior executive vice-president of L&T, and Daniel Baubil, executive vice-president and head of global industrial development of EADS, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a long-term, profitable and stable relationship to address the requirements of aerospace and defence markets in India and abroad.
In a related development, French defence, electronics and aerospace major Thales was chosen by Chennai-based pilot training academy Rudradev Aviation to supply four advanced flight simulators worth $60 million.
09/02/07 BR Srikanth/Hindustan Times
Labels: aero india gl, Defense, Foreign, India
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Aero India 2007, one of Asia's most prestigious aeroshow and aerospace events, and an eagerly awaited event in the country, is due to open for business and public exposition on 8 February, 2007, and will conclude on 11 February, 2007. This sixth such event, like the previous five, will be hosted at Air Force Base (AFB), Yelahanka, Bangalore, and will consist of two major events - an international seminar and an exhibition, that will include static and flying displays.
Aero India 2007 is being organised by the defence exhibition organisation (DEO), a nodal agency for such events, functioning under the ministry of defence, government of India (GOI). For the first time ever, though, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Farnborough International Limited have assumed responsibilities as event managers.
The exhibition at Yelahanka will have on display aerospace products from all over the world, and will also host the crowd-wowing flying display. The static displays in the hangars, and on the tarmac, will also allow the curious to come up close to birds that they have seen only from afar, or if at all.
The exhibition will cater to an international audience, allowing aircraft manufacturers and technology providers to showcase global aviation and aerospace solutions and services. The Yelahanka show will provide an ideal forum for the promotion and showcasing of these products.
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Aero India 2007 is being organised by the defence exhibition organisation (DEO), a nodal agency for such events, functioning under the ministry of defence, government of India (GOI). For the first time ever, though, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Farnborough International Limited have assumed responsibilities as event managers.
The exhibition at Yelahanka will have on display aerospace products from all over the world, and will also host the crowd-wowing flying display. The static displays in the hangars, and on the tarmac, will also allow the curious to come up close to birds that they have seen only from afar, or if at all.
The exhibition will cater to an international audience, allowing aircraft manufacturers and technology providers to showcase global aviation and aerospace solutions and services. The Yelahanka show will provide an ideal forum for the promotion and showcasing of these products.
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