Defexpo India 2018 - Day 1

ISSUE FEATURES

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  LEAD STORY
  Defexpo arrives in Chennai
  

  After visiting the tourist paradise of Goa on the shores of Arabian Sea, Defexpo has anchored on the beaches of Kancheepuram, on the south-east coast of India, washed, by the waters of Bay of Bengal

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  INTERVIEW / BOEING
  “F/A-18 Super Hornet for India: Tested and Built for the Future”
  

  Boeing India President Pratyush Kumar talks to SP’s ShowNews on why India should seriously consider the F/A-18 Super Hornet for its fighter requirements and building India’s aerospace industry

• SHOW REPORT
  Boeing at Defexpo – showcasing its capability
  

  Boeing will showcase advanced capabilities of its multi-role F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter, AH-64 Apache combat helicopter, KC-46 tanker, P-8I long range maritime surveillance aircraft and services.

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  SHOW REPORT
  General Atomics - All set for MQ-25 ‘Stingray’
  

  On February 13, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GAASI) announced its industry partnership for the US Navy’s Carrier Based Aerial Refuelling System (CBARS) or MQ-25 Stingray. When inducted, MQ-25 will be US Navy’s first carrier based unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

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  INTERVIEW / BOEING
  ‘Our annual procurement from India surpasses $550 mn from more than 45 Indian suppliers’
  

  SP’s ShowNews in conversation with Pierre de Bausset, President & MD, Airbus India

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  SHOW REPORT
  Airbus to showcase its ‘Make in India’ capabilities at Defexpo 2018
  

  From cutting-edge, multirole helicopters to proven military transport aircraft, Airbus will exhibit its wide-ranging defence capabilities at Defexpo 2018.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Slow but not steady
  

  Indian Army’s situation, worst among the three services, will go further south, if the recently initiated procurement projects fails to achieve their objectives.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  First India Supplier Summit launches BAE Systems’ Defexpo 2018 participation
  

  Signalling its continued commitment to and focus on ‘Make in India’, BAE Systems hosted its first ever India Supplier Summit on April 5, in New Delhi.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  HAL soaring high on achievements
  

  India’s defence aviation major, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is undergoing exciting transformation. From being a license manufacturer, the company is coming up as an aircraft developer.

• SPECIAL STORY
  Policy is the problem
  

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD), on March 22, came up with a draft Defence Production Policy (DPrP) 2018 with intent to “promote domestic production by public sector, the private sector and MSMEs.”

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  INTERVIEW / BEL
  ‘India is one of the most lucrative defence markets globally with mega acquisition programmes coupled with the Government’s firm resolve for defence modernisation’
  

  SP’s ShowNews talks to Chairman & Managing Director, BEL, M.V. Gowtama about his vision and priorities for BEL to achieve its objectives

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Apache’s state-of-the-art facility has been inaugurated
  

  Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) inaugurated its state-of-the-art facility on March 1, 2018, in Hyderabad.