Aerobatic Aircraft from Sweden with women wing-walkers doing impossible things mid-air is the kind of eye candy that audiences at air shows love. And, happily enough, an ace Scandinavian aerobatic team is among four aerobatic display acts that will perform daily at Aero India 2015, being held at the Yelahanka air base in Bangalore from February 18-22, 2015. But loops and barrel-rolls notwithstanding, the longer-lasting action will take place on terra firma: Specifically in the high-end chalets where the who’s who of global aerospace will talk business.
India’s largest defence and aerospace event, now in its 10th edition, blazed onto the international air show circuit in 1996. It is organised by the ministry of defence, once in two years, as a networking platform for government and industry.
Over the years, the military-defence industry has edged out commercial aviation (airlines). Aerospace arms and equipment vendors dominate the air show, with minimal presence from airlines and business jets. Right from the first show, boosting defence production in India has been the underlying aim of the event. However, despite a steady growth in defence spend and new procurement procedures, ‘Make in India’ is still a very distant dream.
07/02/15 Cuckoo Paul/Forbes
India’s largest defence and aerospace event, now in its 10th edition, blazed onto the international air show circuit in 1996. It is organised by the ministry of defence, once in two years, as a networking platform for government and industry.
Over the years, the military-defence industry has edged out commercial aviation (airlines). Aerospace arms and equipment vendors dominate the air show, with minimal presence from airlines and business jets. Right from the first show, boosting defence production in India has been the underlying aim of the event. However, despite a steady growth in defence spend and new procurement procedures, ‘Make in India’ is still a very distant dream.
07/02/15 Cuckoo Paul/Forbes
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