Russian Helicopters delivers 6 helicopters of the Indian Border Security Force

Novosibirsk/Russia-Russian Helicopters part of Rostec State Corporation delivered six Mi-17-1V helicopters to the Border Security Force of India. The helicopters were overhauled at Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP).

“NARP performs activities associated with the repair and overhaul of Mi-8/17 type helicopters for the whole range of foreign operators, however, the contract with the Border Security Force has been implemented for the first time. During the acceptance the customer’s delegation got familiarized with the results of performed activities and technologies applied at the enterprise. The plant has been highly praised by the Indian military specialists and now further cooperation is being discussed,” - stated Igor Chechikov, Deputy Director General for After-Sales Support Services of Russian Helicopters Holding Company. 

The specialists of NARP carried out a complete cycle of activities related to the overhaul of the Indian helicopters.

In the short term the batch of Mi-17-1V will get off to the permanent home base where the final acceptance report will be signed after check flight procedure.

“Currently the Border Security Force is an independent military unit in the Ministry of Home Affairs of India with the sole command and it is considered as the largest border security force in the world that is why this cooperation means high quality evaluation of our activities and huge experience,” - noted Alexey Belikh, Managing Director of JSC "NARP”.

Invest $500,000 in the US and Get the permanent residency

Hyderabad, India – ‘How Indians can migrate to US on Permanent Residency’ the program was organized by FTAPCCI, supported by Indo American Chamber of Commerce with the support of Tempus Law Associates on 4th July, 2018 at FTAPCCI, Hyderabad. 

Mr. Harjit Singh. Founder of EB5 USA SERVICES and Xurge Capital Partners, New York, USA said that EB-5 investment provides the opportunity for a permanent residency at an investment of $500,000 in a targeted employment area or $1 million outside a targeted employment area.  It need to create 10 jobs for US workers through investment.  EB5 USA services facilitates access to eligible, high-quality EB-5 investments for individuals and families seeking  to emigrate and capitalize on an opportunity for prosperity and success unique to the United States.

EB5 USA Services facilitates EB5 through right process and ethical means with sharing all relevant information upfront.  It also helps in finding the right project to meet the criteria and then professionally educate on the EB5 program. 

The permanent resident status allow to live, work and own property anywhere in the US and provides the opportunity for children to attend public schools and attend university as a domestic resident (at generally less expensive than international student rates).  The EB5 Program was created in 1990 by the USCIS with the dual goals of creating jobs for US workers and fostering economic growth through foreign investment into the US.

Sri Gowra Srinivas, President, FTAPCCI said that US-India has a good relationship historically and compliments each other in several areas especially with Indian talent adding value to US firms. 

The United States, the world's largest economy and India  one of the world's fastest growing economies are committed to working together to stimulate a global economic revival, to strengthen global economic and financial institutions and to promote global food security.  He added

The Indian markets especially Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States have been growing consistently and there are great opportunities to expand trade and investment. EB-5 USA Green Card Visa is an excellent American Permanent Residency (PR) opportunity for individuals with a qualifying net worth and also to their dependent families. He further added

Doing Business with Philippines

Kolkata, India- Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry organized an Interactive Session with H.E. Ms Maria Teresita C. Daza, Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines in India on the theme “Doing Business with Philippines” at the Chamber Conference Hall dated on 6.07.2018.

Mr. Arvin R. de Leon, Consul General and Mr. Charles Lawrence Ching, Vice Consul attended the Session. Mr. Deepak Kumar Khemka, Hony. Consul General of Philippines in Kolkata was present and addressed the Session.

Mr. Khemka briefly mentioned that Philippines is one of our oldest trading partners since the 16^th century and trade ties have been rejuvenated by the recent visits of PM Mr. Modi and President Mr. Duterte. Philippines are experiencing rapid growth as a producer of electronic goods and it has a huge requirement for Parma products which India can export.

H. E. Ms Daza said that The Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.9% in 2016 and 6.7% in 2017. The Philippines is expected to be the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia and second fastest in the world over the next two years. The sectors driving growth of the economy are BPO, financial services, trade, construction, private consumption and manufacturing. The Philippines’ FDI inflows hit a new all-time high of USD 10.05 billion in 2017, up by 21.4 p.c. compared to 2016 levels.

Total bilateral trade between India and Philippines presently stands at USD 2.46 billion in 2017-18 from USD 1.98 billion in 2016-17 registering an increase of 24.85 p.c. which is significant. While India’s exports stood at USD 1,692.8 million in 2017-18 registering an increase of 14.2 p.c. over 2016-17, India’s imports from Philippines jumped 54.5 p.c. in 2017-18 to USD 764.4 million over 2016-17.

The following factors make the Philippines choice investment destination- sound macro-economic fundamentals including the favorable combination of sustained strong growth and manageable inflation, healthy external payments position with ample foreign exchange reserve, sound fiscal position, manageable government liabilities and stable banking system. Lending strong support to the economy’s growth performance is its young and educated workforce, with the average age estimated at around 24 years old.

Philippine investments in India are in telecommunications, IT, real estate, reprocessing of waste and human resource development (management education). 

Some of the companies operating in India are V.Merida (processing of waste), Ayala (Construction and ITES), Philippine Wireless (Paging service), SPI Technologies (ITES), Del Monte and Oishi (Food processing) and among others.

During the 2018 ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit on 25 January 2018, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that investment pledges and agreements from Indian firms reached a total of USD 1.25 billion. 

Several Indian IT companies have set up BPO operations in the Philippines and these include WIPRO, Tata Consultancy Services, L&T Infotech, Genpact, Infosys, Intelenet, Aegis, HIMT (Hindujas), and Tech Mahindra.

Mr. Arvin R De Leon said that top Philippine exports to India include machinery, copper and pearls & gemstones. Top Philippine imports from India include mineral fuels, vehicles and pharmaceutical products.

Philippines are beginning to emerge as a destination for many Indian students. There are more than 10,000 Indian students pursuing medical courses in various universities in the Philippines. Currently nearly, 50 p.c. of the students at the prestigious Asian Institute of Management in Manila are from India.

Elbit Systems Offers COTS Solutions Optimal for Upgrading Military Platforms

Haifa, Israel– Leveraging its strong position in the aircraft upgrades market and the recent acquisition of Universal Avionics, Elbit Systems is to showcase at the upcoming Aero show exhibition in Farnborough a unique offering of commercial systems for military upgrade programs.

The offering to be showcased in the Company booth #1354 (Hall 1) at Farnborough includes Universal Avionics’ Flight Management Systems (FMS), Primary Flight Display system and Communication systems alongside Elbit Systems’ Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS), Head-Up Display (HUD) and wearable HUD product line.

Defense budgets constraints and a widening requirement to comply with civilian airspace regulations drive a growing demand for commercial cockpit solutions for military platform upgrades. Cost efficiencies, shorter time to market and full compliance with Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) regulations make Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) avionics optimal for upgrading military platforms.

Addressing these growing needs Elbit Systems together with its wholly owned subsidiary Universal Avionics, presents a unique portfolio of COTS CNS/ATM compliant solutions for upgrading Para-military and military aircraft including helicopters, transporters and special mission aircraft.

Yoram Shmuely, EVP and General Manager of Elbit Systems’ Aerospace Division said, “Our leadership in the field of upgrading military platforms our technological edge in the commercial aviation area together with UA’s portfolio, enable us to promote this unique offering that is optimally suited to address the evolving market trends”.

Supersonic Cruise Missile BRAMOS successfully test fired

BALASORE, INDIA- Supersonic Cruise Missile BRAMOS was successfully test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Ordisha on 16-07-2018.

The missile was launched at about 10-15 am from the launch complex three of the ITR and successfully flew in its pre-set trajectory meeting its mission objectives, DRDO sources said.

Through this spate of trials, Critical indigenous Components including fuel management system and other non-metallic air frame components have qualified to form part of the Missile, the sources added.

The missile was successfully test fired on May 21 and May 22 from the ITR as part of “service life extension” programme.

BRAMOS is a joint venture between DRDO and the NPOM of Russia. The highly versatile precision strike weapon has been operational in Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force.

“The life extension test firing BRAMOS was conducted from a Static Inclined Launcher, proving the efficacy and Longevity of the System which was witnessed by Scientists,” the sources had earlier said.

BRAMOS has established itself as a major “force multiplier” in modern-day complex battle fields with its impeccable Land attack and anti Ship Capabilities along with multi-role and multi-platform abilities.

BDL bags $ 14.33-mm order for export of Light Weight Torpedoes

Hyderabad, India- BDL today said it has bagged an export order worth $14.33 million for export of Light Weight Torpedoes to a friendly Country.

BDL has a dedicated unit at Visakhapatnam exclusively for manufacture of underwater weapons where the export order will be executed. BDL is expanding its foot print globally by offering Akash Weapon System, Anti-tank Guided Missiles, Torpedoes and Counter Measure Dispensing System to friendly foreign Countries.

BDL became a listed company with its debut in Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange in March 2018.

Nearly 37,400 new aircraft required over 20 years

London, UK– The world’s passenger fleet will more than double to 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at a resilient 4.4% per year, driving a need for 37,390 new passenger and freighter aircraft according to Airbus’ new Global Market Forecast 2018-2037.

Growth drivers include private consumption increasing 2.4 times in emerging economies, higher disposable incomes and a near doubling of the middle classes globally.

Emerging countries will account for over 60% of economic growth with trips per capita to multiply 2.5 times for these nations. Combined with evolving airline business models and continuing liberalization, the growing scale of air transportation will lead to an increasing resilience to regional slowdowns. Greater aircraft range and capacity through technological developments allow airlines the flexibility to explore new business opportunities whilst maintaining focus on cost reduction.

“There is a growing trend to use aircraft across a broader range of operations with today’s more capable aircraft blurring the boundaries between market segments. These realities made us develop a new segmentation with Small, Medium, Large and Extra-Large categories, reflecting more closely the way airlines operate aircraft,” said Eric Schulz, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer.”

“Thanks to the versatility of our leading, most comprehensive Family of aircraft, the top end of our single aisles the A321 neo, fly efficiently on long haul routes and our wide bodies like the A330neo equally serve regional operations. We’re extremely strong in this Medium market segment.” He added

Airbus already leads in the Small (S) segment with the A320 neo and in the Large (L) segment with the A350-900. In the Extra-Large (XL) segment, the market for replacement aircraft is just starting and provides opportunities for the very efficient A350-1000 combined with the A380.

Looking at the four segmentations more closely, in the Small segment typically covering the space where most of today’s single-aisle aircraft compete, there is a forecast future requirement for 28,550 new aircraft, representing more than three-quarters of total expected demand. In the Medium segment, for missions requiring additional capacity and range flexibility, represented by smaller wide bodies and longer-range single-aisle aircraft, Airbus forecasts demand for 5,480 passenger and freight aircraft.

For additional capacity and range flexibility, in the large segment where most A350s are present today there is a need for 1,760 aircraft. In the Extra-Large segment typically reflecting high capacity and long range missions by the largest aircraft types including the A350-1000 and the A380, Airbus forecasts demand for 1,590 aircraft over the next 20 years.

Of the 37,390 new aircraft required 26,540 are for growth and 10,850 will replace older generation less fuel efficient aircraft and the more than doubling in the world fleet to 48,000 aircraft results in a need for 540,000 new pilots. Airbus continues to evolve its service business to meet the needs of its growing customer base.

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5th Generation Fighter Radar Capabilities for the F-16 Block 70

           The F-16 Block 70 is an evolution of the proven design of the Mid-Life Update (MLU) and Common Configuration Improvement Program and active electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar that provides multi-mode capability. The APG-83 beam agility enables inter-leaved air-to-air and air-to-surface operations that can be tailored to meet specific mission requirements and provides a state-of-the-art customizable electronic warfare system. This system supports an integrated Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) which provides RF threat awareness and Electronic Counter measures (ECM) system.

The RWR provides a wide-band digital receiver with parallel receiver resources for a high Directional Finding (DF) accuracy. Full integration with the Counter measures dispensing System (CMDS) provides chaff and flare expendable counter measures. Approximately 95% of the APG-83 suite of operating modes have been ported directly from the latest generation AESA and have demonstrated outstanding capability to detect and engage the spectrum of air, surface and sea targets even in the most challenging electronic warfare environments.

The APG-83 is 3 to 5 five times more reliable than legacy mechanically scanned radars means higher availability rates and lower sustainment costs and also provides long-range search and track capability against airborne targets, regardless of their aspect.

Multi-target track provides good track quality on at least 20 targets within 60⁰ degrees of the F-16 nose while continuing to support a designated scan pattern.

The air combat mode automatically acquires and tracks the first target detected within the scan volume selected by the pilot. The APG-83 can detect and track fixed and moving ground and sea targets and the high-resolution synthetic aperture mode enables autonomous, all-environment precision targeting.

Most of the air-to-air and air-to-surface modes can be interleaved on a scan-to-scan basis providing the pilot with increased situational awareness and operational effectiveness and survivability. The AESA radar tracks and maintains at least 20 air-to-air targets within scan volume. When the radar is commanded to search targets with a specified search pattern, the radar can still track targets outside of the specified search pattern using extended volume target track capability.

 Features:

-Greater detection and tracking ranges

-Multiple target track (20+ quality tracks)

-High-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) maps for all-environment precision strike

-Inter-leaved air-to-air and air-to-surface mode operations for improved situational awareness, operational effectiveness and survivability

-Robust electronic protection for operations in dense RF environments

-Auto target classification and cueing

-Greater system reliability and availability (3-5 times over legacy MSCAN Radars)

-Non-cooperative target recognition

-Advanced growth modes

-Terrain following

-Radar common data link

-Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR)

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