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AEROINDIA 2023: Impressions & Inferences (Opportunities)

 

 

Theme

 “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”

 

Aero India is a business opportunity event.

 

During the Aero India Show, numerous manufacturers and service providers from the Indian and foreign aerospace and aviation industry (including big international companies, domestic companies, MSMEs, and startups,  both from private and public sectors) would get a chance to showcase their products, meet the potential buyers and finalise deals.

 

The airshow also provides ideas about new technologies, platforms, weapons, and systems.

 

New Technologies that are influencing warfare in general and air warfare in particular are:-

 

    • Quantum computing – the ability to compute and handle data.

 

    • Space-based internet – Data availability (Speed & Capacity).

 

    • Hypersonics – expanding the zone of combat in both offensive and defensive operations.

 

    • AI + Robotics + Miniaturisation – Unmanned platforms in all domains of air, sea, and land.

 

    • Networked environment.

 

    • Virtual Reality + Artificial Reality + 3D Holography.

 

Some of the future opportunities for the defence and aviation companies are:-

 

    • Unmanned Platforms in land, sea, and air domain.
      • Drones and Swarms.

 

      • Anti-drone systems.

 

      • Combination of manned and unmanned platforms (Loyal wingman concept).

 

    • New Generation platforms (6th/7th generation) – maybe space capable.

 

    • Multi-domain, multi-sensor ISR systems.

 

    • AI-based systems (with decision support and what-if options).

 

    • AI-enabled networked solutions for data collection, analysis, planning, dissemination, and monitoring.

 

    • Smart Weapons with the following capabilities:-

 

      • Standoff.

 

      • precision.

 

      • shoot and scoot.

 

      • Fire and forget.

 

      • Search and strike.

 

      • Selective targeting.

 

      • multi-target engagement.

 

    •  Protective infrastructure – Protection from kinetic weapons, hypersonic weapons, and CBRN (Chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear) attacks.

 

    • Survivability enhancement systems –

 

      • Armour plating.

 

      • EW systems.

 

      • Deception measures.

 

The air show theme, “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”, aptly describes it.

 

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LCA Tejas Project

Tejas, the Indian Indigenous fighter aircraft of India has been in the news for the ongoing export talks with various countries. The Tejas has had a long developmental history, and has evolved over the years into a formidable machine.

 

Had an interesting discussion on the subject with Aadi Achint on DEF – TALKS

 

 

For selective viewing please view from indicated time tags:-

  1. Introduction (00:00).
  1. Tejas Project (Timelines, present status, future plans, Tejas Navy project, and relevant aspects of cost and challenges) (01:10 onwards).
  1. Export Prospects and related issues (20:20 onwards).
  1. Aspects related to past progress of the project and future export possibility(28:33 onwards).
  1. Lessons in this regard from Ukraine War(37:14 onwards).
  1. Necessity of entering the global market to sustain domestic defence industry and production(42:30 onwards).

 

Link to

Article on how IAF supports Self-reliance / Atmanirbharta.

 

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INDIAN AIR FORCE ALWAYS SUPPORTS ATMANIRBHARTA

(Self-Reliance, Indigenisation and Make in India)

 

Indian Air Force has always encouraged the development of indigenous defence production capability. IAF firmly believes that indigenisation reduces our dependence on foreign sources and leads to the economic growth of the nation. IAF always endeavours to achieve self-sufficiency through focussed, sustained and evolved indigenisation programmes. It is one of the key result areas of the IAF.

 

Indian Air Force has always played an important role in creating an aerospace ecosystem in India. IAF has been operating indigenously built aircraft and also aircraft built in India under licence production. This has given impetus to indigenous industry in the past.

 

Indigenised Inductions and Projects

 

Various Indigenised inductions and projects being supported by the IAF are as follows:-

 

  • Induction of LCA (IOC, FOC, Mk I and Mk 1A) and support to LCA Mk II and AMCA.
  • Induction of Ajeet and HF-24 Marut ac in the past.
  • Induction of AEW&C ac and support to indigenous AWACS project.
  • Induction of indigenous helicopter ALH and support to LCH.
  • Induction of Trainer aircraft (Kiran Mk I and Mk II, HT-2, HPT & HTT-40 aircraft).
  • Support to replacement of Avro ac through make in India route.
  • Induction and support to several indigenous radars. (Indira, Rohini, Arudhra and Long range surveillance radar)
  • Induction of surface-to-air guided weapons like Akash SRSAM system and support to MRSAM and LRSAM projects.
  • Integration and operationalization of Astra Air to Air Missile and Brahmos Air to surface missiles.
  • Support to weapons projects like New Generation Anti-tank Missile, Smart anti-airfield weapons, new generation anti-radiation missiles and Glide bombs etc.
  • Support to CIWS project through the make-in-India route.
  • Indigenous production of chaffs and flares, ammunitions and fuses for bombs.
  • Indigenous network solutions like Integrated Air Command & Control System (IACCS), logistics management system (IMMOLS) etc.

 

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