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Civil

4 Industry

SpiceJet- CFM Deal —

ACME of Indian Aviation

DiplomaCy

8 France

French President Visit

Re-Energises Ties

military

10 Combat Aircraft

Slow Revamp

14 Offset

EXCLUSIVE

1st Full Details of Rafale’s

€4-billion Make in India &

Offsets Plan

18 Boeing

“F/A-18 Super Hornet for India:

Multi-role, Combat Tested and

Built for the Future”

business aviation

20 China

The Dragon on a Shopping Spree

23 Interview

Falcon 8X is Better

show report

25 Wings India 2018

Opportunities in Indian Aviation

regular Departments

2 A Word from Editor-in-Chief

29 Hall of Fame

Sabiha Gökçen (1913-2001)

30 News Digest

32 Last Word

Need Adequate Funding

Cover image

Offsets of the Rafale deal involve

investments and sourcing that companies

manufacturing the Rafale must make in

India amounting to half of the deal’s

€7.87 billion value.

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Dassault Aviation

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LAST WORDNeed Adequate Funding

• IAF: Revamp in MILITARY
  Slow Motion
  
  
  • F/A-18 for India:
    Combat Tested Multi-role,
    Kumar, Boeing— Pratyush
  
  
  
  


• SpiceJet- CIVIL
  CFM Deal


• Show Report:Wings India
  BUSINESS AVIATION
  Scenario• China


• Falcon 8X USP
  +++

36

RAFALE

Full Details of Euro 4 billion

RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199Make in India & Offsets Plan (Courtesy: Livefist)

DEFEXPO 2018 SPECIALVISIT US AT HALL ‘6’ STALL 6.2.

DIPLOMACYFrench President Visit

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