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16 Aug

Anand Stanley appointed to head Airbus India from October

New Delhi: Global aerospace major Airbus has appointed Anand E. Stanley as President and Managing Director of the company's India subsidiary.According to a company statement issued on Thursday, Stanley, 41, succeeds Pierre de Bausset. He will take charge on October 1, 2018. "Anand will successfully leverage the large fleet of our products flying in India, our support and services capability, the quality of our engineering team and the deep links that have been forged with local aerospace and defence industrial partners," Patrick de Castelbajac, Airbus Executive Vice President Strategy and International was quoted as saying in a statement. Stanley will pursue…

14 Aug

Hyderabad becoming aerospace and defence industry hub

Hyderabad: The establishment of India's first private sector missile manufacturing facility here is seen as another feather in the cap of the Telangana capital, which has emerged as a key hub of the aerospace and defence industry. Industry leaders say the city has become the ground for implementing the Make in India initiative as several global giants have joined hands with the Indian players to set up manufacturing units. Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), a joint venture between Israel's Rafael and Kalyani Strategic Systems, will produce the third generation Spike anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) for the Indian Army. The state-of-the-art facility has come…

20 Apr

Heritage Aviation adds with two H130 choppers in its fleet

New Delhi: Heritage Aviation today announced the addition of two new state-of-the-art Airbus Helicopters’ H130 aircraft in its fleet. These helicopters will strengthen the company’s position as a leader in passenger transportation missions including heli-pilgrimage, aerial work and VIP transportation missions in India. The two H130s will complement Heritage Aviation’s existing fleet of two H125 helicopters which were inducted in 2015 from Airbus Helicopters. Both the helicopters will be delivered with seven passenger seats and one of the aircraft will be fitted with cargo swing equipment to carry external load for aerial work missions. “The H130 allows great versatility to perform…

14 Feb

IAF gets AEW&C; India only fourth country to develop eye-in-sky technology

Bengaluru: An indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) christened 'Netra' was handed over to the IAF on Tuesday at the ongoing 'Aero India 2017' here, ushering India into an elite club of nations that have developed such technology on their own. The United States, Russia and Israel are the other countries which have developed the technology for the system. The indigenous system mounted on an aircraft can track area within 240 degrees of its sides at any given point of time. The handover of the system -- mounted on a Brazilian Embraer-145 jet -- by the Defence Research and Development…