Agenda Highlights for the 3rd Annual Air Power India 2009:

Air Power India 2009

Day One - Wednesday, 4 February 2009

  • VIP keynotes and roundtable discussion - India’s air power vision, changing operating environment and future direction
  • Air dominance and the future fighter platform - Indian Air Force options and opportunities
  • Innovation in missiles and weapon systems and platform integration
  • Electronic countermeasures (ECM) and sensors innovation
  • Helicopter / Rotorcraft futures in air power and Military Airlift - Building Indian Air Force and Army aviation capabilities

Day Two - Thursday, 5 February 2009

  • India’s defence forces modernisation and foreign participation opportunities
  • Updates on air power across the region - Moving towards greater cooperation
  • Naval, maritime and coastal air power - Meeting the challenge of evolving security threats
  • Close air support directions with the medium multi role combat aircraft (MMRCA) and beyond - Maximising platform and system capabilities
  • Exploiting a new generation of Training strategies and Simulation technologies - Maximising performance in the electronic battlefield
  • Evaluating the new generation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) - Opportunities for integration with air force operations
  • Electronic warfare (EW), network centric operations (NCO) and air power impacts - Enhancing Indian Air Force and tri-service capabilities
Air Power India 2009

Confirmed participating speakers:

  • Dr. P S Krishnan, Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) Ministry of Defence, India
  • Wing Commander Andrew Brookes, Royal Air Force (Ret’d), Aerospace Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), UK
  • Lt Gen S J S Saighal PVSM VM VSM (Ret’d), Former Chief of Army Aviation, Indian Army
  • Air Commodore Brian Newby, Director of Flying Training, Royal Air Force, UK
  • Pushpindar Singh Chopra, President, The Society for Aerospace Studies, India Founder Editor, VAYU Aerospace
  • Commodore Ranjit B Rai (Ret’d), Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation
  • Dr. Derek L Braddon, Head of Defence Applied Economics Research Unit, University of the West of England, UK
  • Ratan Shrivastava, Director, Aerospace & Defence Practice, South Asia & Middle East, Frost & Sullivan
  • Commodore R S Vasan (Ret’d), Indian Navy Maritime Security Programme, Observer Research Foundation
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DS Kothari Auditorium, DRDO Bhawan
New Delhi, India

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