Tejas – Inching Closer to FOC

1 N May - June 2018 | Vol 12 | Issue 3in association withSociety of Indian AerospaceTechnologies & IndustriesTejas Inching Closer to FOC5 AEROSPACE & DEFENCE MANUFACTURING SHOW HAL Convention Center, Bangalore9th & 10th August 11:24:25 EOS GmbH India Branch Office( Electro Optical Systems) , Sivananda Nagar, Kolathur| Chennai-600 099, IndiaPhone +91 443 964 8000 | Fax +9144 3964 8099 | Mobile:+91984 003 32235 AEROSPACE & DEFENCE MANUFACTURING SHOW HAL Convention Center, Bangalore9th & 10th August 2018 Organised by In association withSociety of Indian AerospaceTechnologies & IndustriesFor Sponsorship, Presentation and ExhibitionPlease Contact : Preethi M , Tel + 91 9448447509 | Email.

2 | Product Exhibition B2B Meeting Vendor Development ProgrammeEnergising the Indian Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Industryth45 Content6 Tejas Inching Closer to FOC9 drdo Awards Presented10 Reminiscence of the Birth of Tejas14 Tryst with Glory18 Towards Tranquillity and Peace along LAC22 Time is Ripe for Private Defence Firms to Prove Mettle24 BEL Sets Three-Year Target of Rs. 15K Cr Turnover28 Exciting Foray into Space Segment31 Widening Horizons33 LCA Tejas to be Fully Operational with AAR Soon38 GRSE Aims at Marking Global Footprints40 Deterring India s Maritime Threats42 Defence Corridors are Engines of Growth.

3 PM44 Gagan Shakti 2018 Display of IAF Might 48 LMW Building up Aerospace Manufacturing Industry56 drdo @ 60 - Ushering in Self-Reliance in Defence 61 Fulfilling Defence Indigenization Dreams64 GSL Aims at Absolute Indigenization65 DSA 2018 Marks 30 Year Milestone68 Propelling Indian Aerospace Industry71 Focused Growth in System Integration73 DefExpo 2018 Comes to a Grand Close734044189 Editorial Advisory BoardDr. Krishnadas NairAir Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy (Rtd) PVSM, AVSM, VM & BarAir Marshal P. Rajkumar (Rtd) PVSM, AVSM, VMAir Marshal Ajit Bhavanani (Rtd) PVSM, AVSM, VMRear Admiral K.

4 Mohanan (Rtd), AVSMMr. Pushpindar Singh ChopraDr . K. Ram Chand Mr. Arunakar Mishra Air Cmdre. (Rtd) Joseph Varkey Berlin, Germany Detlef BeckerE : : + 497 112317595M : + 491 701626053 Paris, FranceMarie-Th r se BonfigliE : : +33 (0)6 89 20 95 68 Moscow, RussiaGeorge Smirnov E : : +7 (906)711-03-51 / (495)644-17-33 Sunny JeromeManaging EditorPreethi EditorAnantha Narayanan K Subeditor David Barnabhas DesignPrinted and Published by Sunny Jerome, Managing Editor, Aeromag Asia, Aerosun Media, Aeronautical Society of India Building, Suranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road,Bangalore 560075.

5 Karnataka. Printed at Rashtrotthana Mudranalaya, 19/1, , Publishing Articles, AdvertisementsEditor, Aeromag AsiaAeronautical Society of India BuildingSuranjandas Road, Off Old Madras Road,Bangalore 560075. Karnataka, INDIACall: +91 94490 61925 Tel: +91 80 25284145 / 25604055 Email: which was held in April 2018 provided excellent opportunities for Indian and Overseas industries involved in defense equipment manufacture to network and plan for strategic partnership in R&D as well as manufacture as per the Make in India mission for meeting both India s growing requirements and also share global market with greater profitability.

6 Defense Minister has exhorted Indian industries not to look at only India s requirements but also at the global market and enhance India s export of aeronautical and defense equipments and services. Indian offset partner industries must look at the opportunities made available under the offset scheme and also proactive provisions for defense procurement with emphasis on Make in India and plan for long term relationship for sustainable mutually beneficial partnerships. Indian SMEs have a great role to play.

7 Foreign OEMs have already advised their Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers to become aware of Indian SMEs capabilities and build partnerships. GIFAS had recently brought a team of sixty Tier-1 and Tier-2 companies and held B to B meetings in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Recent Berlin airshow and exhibition focussed on supplier conclave. SIATI participated at the Berlin airshow and there are invitations from aerospace clusters of Germany and of France for Indian delegates to visit for discussion on strategic partnership and collaborations.

8 Russia, who has been India s traditional partner and a major supplier / collaborator for defense equipments did not have any offset agreements in the past. A number of Russian organisations have shown special interest in collaborating with SIATI members for building mutually beneficial long term relations. Our study and interaction with SME organisations in Europe revealed that their success has been mainly due to developing co-operative consortium among themselves to become reliable and cost effective supply chain. In India, we have a number of aerospace and defense manufacturing SME clusters in various regions.

9 Our experiments so far with formation of consortium have met with both success and some failures. Failures resulted to a large extend due to lack of legally binding agreements and lack of trust. Learning from this lesson, we need to go forward to form consortiums on strong foundations of mutual trust and co-operation with legally binding agreements to become global players and to be part of the global supply chain. India s major aerospace public sector and private sector industries and quality assurance and regulatory agencies such as CEMILAC, DGAQA, DGCA as well as National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)

10 And Ministry of MSMEs are looking forward to extending support to such efforts on the part of SMEs, to be excellent and reliable cost effective supply chain for Indian industries as well as for global aerospace and defense and AEROMAG Asia wish continued success and growth to Indian and overseas collaboration through C G Krishnadas NairHonorary President, SIATI67 Ever since its first flight, India s indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has been proving its mettle to be a combat-proven asset to the armed forces.