Saab’s Chief Test Pilot Richard Ljungberg takes us around a Royal Thai Air Force Gripen D at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition as he explains plans for the future development of the aircraft to the ‘E’ and ‘F’ variant.
Watch Airbus Helicopters’ Patrick Le Barbenchon as he walks you around the Royal Malaysian Air Force EC725 helicopter, now known as the H225M, at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition last week.
Boeing’s Robert D. Schoeffling takes us around their new Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) concept at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held in Malaysia last week.
Lt. Col. Masro Bin Kaliwon of the Royal Malaysian Air Force A400M Team shows off their first aircraft at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held in Malaysia last week.
Enjoy these images from the second day of Aero India 2015.
Enjoy these images from the first day of Aero India 2015. See how many aircraft and systems you can identify.
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Saab’s Lars-Olof Lindgren says his company has been quietly working on a plan to build the Gripen in India and has already done a lot of the homework for it.
The final session of the roundtable summarized the state of Indian air power and discussed ways to alleviate the difficult situation the air force could find itself in future.
The roundtable moved on to discuss the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) program, the DRDO development of a new fighter to be produced by HAL, and raised serious concerns on the impact of it’s possible failure.
The discussion moved to the IAF’s tender for acquisition of 126 Medium Multi Role Combat aircraft with the question being: How does MMRCA fit future air power needs, costs, squadron strength?
In the next round, the roundtable discussed the balance of air power in India’s neighborhood and the challenges posed by the air forces of Pakistan and China.
In the second session, moderator Inderjit Badhwar initiated the discussion deconstructing the evolution and process of the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition for 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA).
Pushpinder Singh, Editor of Vayu, introduces the state of Indian air power in comparison to neighboring countries and presents some stark realities in an authoritative presentation, which is essential viewing.
Textron Systems showcased its newly-developed Scorpion ISR light attack aircraft at the Singapore Airshow 2014 besides the Shadow M2 and Aerosonde UAVs.
