SP's MAI Issue No. 8 | April 16-30, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / EXPERT OPINION
Life Cycle Costing: Value for Money
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraFor years, for capital procurements, the country had been following a ‘Single-Stage Two-Bid System’ wherein both the technical and commercial bids were submitted simultaneously.
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
Exercise Live Wire 2013
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraThe Indian Air Force has conducted its largest exercise ever, Live Wire 2013, between March 18 and April 4, 2013.
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AEROSPACE
Maiden flight of LSP 8 (LCA-Tejas)The last aircraft in the limited series production (LSP) programme of the light combat aircraft (LCA)-Tejas (LSP-08) took off on its maiden flight recently from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport in Bengaluru.
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AEROSPACE
World military spending falls, but China and Russia's spending rises: SIPRIWorld military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011...
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AEROSPACE
Embraer begins commercial campaign for KC-390 military transport jetEmbraer Defense & Security announced at the LAAD Defence & Security trade fair, that it is beginning to promote and sell the KC-390...
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AEROSPACE
India, Russia agree on specifications of PAK FA fighterThe contract to develop a sketch and technical project of the Russian-Indian perspective multi-functional fifth-generation fighter aircraft (PMI/FGFA) was completed. The fighter design was fully developed.
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AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin delivers first C-130J in Africa to TunisiaLockheed Martin delivered the first C-130J Super Hercules to the Republic of Tunisia recently, marking the first delivery to an African country.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers seventh production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to US NavyBoeing handed over the seventh production P-8A Poseidon to the US Navy on schedule March 29, marking the first delivery...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Lockheed Martin's new UCLASS drone's concept design made publicLockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division has unveiled the concept design of the company’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
BlueBird to supply advanced SpyLite mini-UAVs to ChileBlueBird Aero Systems — a leader in the design, development and production of micro, mini and small tactical UAS and peripheral equipment...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Insitu's small tactical UAS has successful maritime flightInsitu Inc. has announced the successful first maritime flight of the US Navy and US Marine Corps small tactical unmanned aircraft system RQ-21A.
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AEROSPACE / SIMULATION
CAE has good simulator salesCanada-based CAE has announced that it has sold five full-flight simulators (FFSs) as well as a series of training devices...
