Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Jan 15, 2013 ST Aerospace has secured a contract to provide the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) with a full scale maintenance and modernisation solution for three of its C130 Hercules aircraft. The first aircraft is expected to be inducted in the third quarter of 2013, targeting for redelivery in the first quarter of 2014.  A significant part of the contract involves the modernisation of the aircraft cockpit, where ST Aerospace will equip RAFO’s fleet of C130 aircraft with an avionics suite that is Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) compliant. This will ensure that the aircraft is able to navigate safely, efficiently and accurately through CNS/ATM-regulated airspace worldwide, significantly improving its operational readiness, despatch reliability and operational efficiency.     An integrated service provider, ST Aerospace leverages its maintenance, repair and overhaul expertise, as well as its strong in-house engineering capability, and value adds thr...

  Posted by- Neelam Mathews March 31, 2012 As we reported two days back , Data Patterns Group and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have signed a Head of Terms agreement with a view towards forming a Joint Venture later this year.  The JV will be located in Chennai, India and “will focus on a broad range of defense electronic products and state-of-the-art technology developments. The two companies will leverage their strong development and manufacturing capabilities and their advanced product ranges.”  The JV will be their primary vehicle for bids. The joint venture will provide greater thrust to critical technologies at a product and system level in ‘Buy and Make’, ‘Make’ and ‘Offset’ programs in the areas of Avionics, Navigation, Radars, UAVs, FINSAS etc in the Indian defense market and also facilitate access to export markets. “This joint venture will bring a technology value to India’s growing defence programmes” said S Rangarajan, CEO of Data Patterns Group...