Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews May 12018 A team led by Egis Avia subsidiary Helios is delivering an independent analysis of communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) and air traffic management (ATM) infrastructure, on behalf of Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise (UkSATSE). An EUR82 million (USD99.2 million) air navigation service (ANS) modernisation project for  Ukraine  ...Read more in JAR

by  Neelam Mathews  -  February 23, 2016, 7:48 AM The Indian air force hopes that a commercial MRO can help keep its Anotonov An-32s in service. (Photo: Antonov) The Indian Air Force ( IAF ) will issue a request for proposal ( RFP ) next month for the overhaul of 20 Antonov An-32 airlifters to independent Indian maintenance repair and overhaul providers. The move follows  problems with an upgrade by the  OEM  in Ukraine, on the heels of deteriorating relations between that country and Russia. Meanwhile, a long-planned Indo-Russian project to eventually replace the  IAF ’s 105-strong fleet of An-32s has stalled. The former  IAF  maintenance commander Air Marshall P. Kanakraj set the scene for the  RFP  two years ago when he said, “We are expecting the  MRO  Industry to partner for reclamation, refurbishment and re-equipping of our aviation assets…both fighter and transport aircraft.”  AIN  ha...