3rd Annual AIR POWER INDIA 2009

Agenda Highlights for the 3rd Annual 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

Early confirmed participating speakers from India and Overseas include:

• 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

Top Level Advisory Board-API’09 - Ensuring coverage of the most topical air power issues, opportunities and challenges ahead for India

The program agenda has been thoroughly researched with influential military, government and industry representatives in India and overseas to make certain that the areas of greatest interest and concern to you will be fully discussed and explored.

To reinforce the value and topicality of the selected conference presentation themes and help assure objectivity of discussions, a new Advisory Board-API’09 has been constituted for the first time.

Inaugural Advisory Board members include:

Pushpindar Singh Chopra
President
The Society for Aerospace Studies

Lt Gen S P S Saighal PVSM VM VSM (Ret’d)
Former Chief of Army Aviation
Indian Army

Admiral Arun Prakash PVSM
AVSM VrC VSM ADC (Ret’d), Former Chief of the Naval Staff
Indian Navy
President
Indian Navy Foundation

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