"Advanced" UAV on display at the Aviation Expo/China 2011

Press Release for the Aviation Expo/China 2011 (14th Expo)
http://www.beijingaviation.com/en/?p=37&a=view&r=80

2011-09-06 16:36:11　Source: Aviation Expo/ China 2011

The 14th Aviation Expo/China will be held on 21-24 September 2011 at the China National Convention Center, Beijing. This expo is jointly organized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC), China Aviation Supplies Holding Company, and China Promotion Ltd, Hong Kong, with tremendous support and attention from the China National Ministries and Commissions, China Air Force (CAF), and China Navy.

Since the first event held in 1985, Aviation Expo/China has been held successfully for the past 26 years. With the recovery of the world economy, the global aviation industry is facing a new development opportunity. Through the joint efforts of the Supporters and Organizers, the Aviation Expo/China has invited over 200 reputable foreign and domestic aviation companies including AgustaWestland, Airbus, AMECO, Boeing, Bombardier, EADS, Esterline Corporation, Eurocopter, Hampson Aerospace, Honeywell, IAE, MTU, Pratt & Whitney, Russian Helicopters, SATAIR, Wesco Aircraft , and others.

Pavilions will be coming from France (GIFAS), Italy (ICE), and Russia. The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally signed and issued a document to call on Russian aviation and aerospace companies to form a delegation for participation in this Expo. Reshetnev, a well-known aerospace corporation in Russia, will be attending the Expo for the first time. As the largest professional manufacturer of aircrafts and satellite system in Russia, Reshetnev is eager to accelerate communications between Russia and China to promote cooperation in aerospace, using the Aviation Expo/China as a platform. Once again, Oboronprom and Salut from Russia will be present at the Expo with their new-type military and civil aeroengines and new-type helicopters.

During the Expo, Airbus, Boeing, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.(COMAC), and Embraer S.A. will hold sessions for civil aircraft market prediction reporting and various interactive activities (including press conferences and signing ceremonies) on the opening day. After a dozen years, Honeywell is returning to the Aviation Expo/China with world-leading aviation bio-oil science and technology and aviation products. Bombardier will also attend the Expo with large-sized models of its C series.

This Expo will attract more international delegations than attended previous events. The Russian Federal Government and the French Civil Aviation Authority will dispatch delegations of senior leaders to this Expo. The Beijing Embassy of Austria Trade Office, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), and the Italian Trade Commission will also dispatch senior aviation delegations, consisting of nearly 30 companies, to the Expo.

The “2011 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System Summit & Exhibition” will be held at the same time and place as the 14th Aviation Expo/China. This Exhibition will showcase foreign and domestic unmanned aerial vehicles of multiple types and models.

The 2nd Beijing International Aviation Summit, with the theme of Aviation Finance and Urban Economy, will be held in Conference Room 309 in the China National Convention Center on September 20. Relying on the “manufacturing and finance combined” concept of aviation development, the Forum’s aim is to discuss and absorb international experience on management of aviation finance in order to build an aviation finance system that will mesh with China’s situation. Currently, Forum attendees include such internationally famous companies as U.S. International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), U.S. LCI LEASING, Ireland AWAS Leasing, US MAGELLAN GROUP, Japan ITC Helicopter Leasing, PWCC, and Universal Asset Management. Professional aircraft leasing companies, including AVIC Capital and Qilong Leasing, will also be present at the Forum to interact and communicate with foreign and domestic peers in the aviation and finance circles. At the Forum, the Beijing Tianzhu Free Trade Zone Management Board will release its policies and planning regarding the development of aircraft leasing and supporting service industries in Beijing’s free trade zone.

To mark the 60th anniversary of China’s aviation industry, sponsors of previous Aviation Expos, including China Aviation Industry Corporation, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd., and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company, will use this Expo venue to report to the country about the great achievements made in China’s aviation industry over the past 60 years, as a gift to our mother country and its people.
These world famous aviation expositions have driven the development of the local MICE economy while promoting the development of China’s aviation industry. For this reason, the Aviation Expo/China receives significant attention and support from the Municipal Government of Beijing.

This Expo will last four days. As its usual practice, the first three days (Sep.21-23) will be for professional visitors, with the last day (September 24) open to the public. The Expo is expected to attract 30,000 visitors.

Aviation Expo/China Organizing Committee
August 30, 2011

Press Release for the Aviation Expo/China 2011 (14th Expo)

Photo of the day: PLA, PAP, border defense and People’s Militia.

It is entertaining to see a number of defense analysts from South Asia clueless when it comes to China's border defense --  they automatically assume that all uniformed personnel are PLA.

This picture has PLA, PAP, border defense and People’s Militia, can you identify which is which?

Speaking of Pakistan, IL-76 of the PLAAF is ready to help.

China's relief tents arrived in Pakistan
English.news.cn 2011-09-23 11:21:53 FeedbackPrintRSS
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-09/23/c_131155716.htm
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of Chinese assistance with 7000 tents to Pakistan has arrived in Karachi by air plane in early morning on Friday.

After parts of Pakistan hit by floods this year, the Chinese government decided to provide an emergency humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan (about 4.7 million U.S. dollars) to the Pakistani government.

The assistance mainly consisted of 7000 tents, a total of nine aircraft sorties, delivered in two batches. The second batch will be delivered to Pakistan on Sept. 24.

China is one of the first countries which announced and implemented to provide relief aid to Pakistan after the flood.
Editor: An

More photos of the new FAC for Pakistan.

* thanks jawad for the note.

PNS AZMAT Fast Attack Craft (Missile) Launched

http://pakmr.blogspot.com/2011/09/pns-azmat-fast-attack-craft-missile.html
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir was the Chief Guest at the launching ceremony of the 1st Fast Attack Craft (Missile) being built for Pakistan Navy here at Xingang Shipyard, Tianjin, China.

He said that the project of Fast Attack Craft (Missile) construction represents a quantum leap, not only in Defence Production in naval Sector of Pakistan, but also will meet the long standing operational requirement of Pakistan Navy for the Fast Attack Crafts.

AZMAT Class Fast Attack Craft (Missile) has a crew of 12 to 14 sailors which is less than half that of similar FAC(M). Each FAC(M) will cost of around $50 million each.

PNS AZMAT is speculated to be a 500-600 ton, 60-meter Fast Attack Craft (Missile) which will be equipped with eight C-802A/CSS-N-8 Saccade anti-ship missiles.

First Fast Attack Craft (Missile) will be called AZMAT FAC(M) and it is scheduled to be delivered to Pakistan Navy Fleet by April 2012. These ships will be known as AZMAT Class FAC(M)s in service with Pakistan Navy.

Chief of Naval Staff said that induction of Missile Crafts will supplement Pakistan Navy’s warfare capabilties He cherished the hard work put in by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSOC) and Pakistan Navy team in realizing the construction of the ship in a short time.

Admiral Noman Bashir said, “Pak-China relationship is unique and does not draw any parallel in the world. This relationship over the years has matured in all fields, particularly in defence.” He said that production of the second Fast Attack Craft (Missile) in Pakistan will also be accomplished with the active help of our Chinese friends.

AZMAT Fast Attack Craft (Missile) is equipped with C802A Surface-to-Surface Anti-Ship Missiles which has a range of 180 kilometers. AZMAT FAC(M) uses latest stealthy features to avoide detection from long ranges. force. Admiral Noman Bashir said that AZMAT FAC(M) is equipped with the high tech weapons and sensors to preform extremely versatile missions.

AZMAT Class Fast Attack Craft (Missile)

Open wide and say Ah!

PLA Earthquake relief reached Tibet.

Once again, the PLA and the PAP are rushed into earthquake relief work -- 2100 PLA from unit 77639 (here) and 150 PAP are handing out supplies and searching for the missing.

Death Toll At 81 For Quake In India, Nepal, China
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GANGTOK, India September 20, 2011, 10:47 am ET

GANGTOK, India (AP) — Thousands of terrified survivors of a Himalayan earthquake that killed 81 people and shook parts of India, Nepal and China crowded Tuesday into shelters and relatives' homes or stayed out in the open for fear of aftershocks.

Soldiers used dynamite and earthmovers to clear landslides on highways through the steep valleys linking the worst-hit northeastern Indian state of Sikkim to the rest of India. They managed to clear a path to Mangan, the town closest to the epicenter of Sunday's 6.9-magnitude quake, but many other communities remained cut off and authorities fear the death toll could rise once rescuers reach them.

Indian army helicopters ferried rescuers and dropped food and supplies to still-inaccessible villages in Sikkim, a sparsely populated and almost entirely mountainous region that was an independent protectorate before becoming an Indian state in 1975.

Residents of the state, which borders Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Chinese region of Tibet, have been spooked by at least five aftershocks since Sunday, with the strongest a magnitude 5.3.

Residents of Mangan spent a second day in the open, too panicky to stay in their badly damaged homes, a police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

A 300-year-old Buddhist monastery was severely damaged but the monks escaped unhurt, head monk Pema Dorjee said.

"We had just finished evening prayers when we were totally shaken by the earthquake. It's a miracle that none of us were injured," he said by telephone.

Military helicopters made dozens of trips to drop food to residents and airlift the seriously injured to hospitals.

Dawa Lendup Lepcha, 25, a university student in Gangtok, Sikkim's capital, said that even though the room he rents was not badly damaged, he was too nervous to stay there alone and moved in with a cousin.

"Even now we feel scared. If a car makes a loud sound or there is some other sudden noise I feel very scared," he said.

Thousands of others moved out of their homes in Gangtok and neighboring villages and took shelter in the open grounds of a university building and a soccer stadium. Many were sleeping outside, huddling under blankets to ward off the cold. Nighttime temperatures have been about 17 degrees Celsius (62 Fahrenheit).

By late Tuesday a few villagers with badly injured relatives had begun to arrive at Gangtok's main hospital.

Thurba Singh Sherpa walked for nine hours carrying his 6-year-old son, who was injured when a large boulder fell on the jeep he was traveling in.

Two other children died on the spot and two others, more critically injured, were airlifted by helicopters, Sherpa said.

The quake killed at least 50 people in Sikkim and caused extensive damage to homes and buildings, said the state's top official, Karma Gyatso.

Another 12 people were killed in West Bengal and six others in Bihar, Indian Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters. The earthquake also killed six people in Nepal and seven in Tibet.

Singh said rescue efforts were being hampered by heavy rain and landslides which had cut off large swaths of Sikkim.

Lepcha said he had only managed to speak with his family in northern Sikkim twice since Sunday's earthquake and while his relatives were safe, he said there were few details because the phone connections were very erratic.

The region has been hit by major earthquakes in the past, including in 1950 and 1897.

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Associated Press writer Wasbir Hussain in Gauhati contributed to this report.

Command Center at Lhasa Air Port

Selected news from the Tianjin helicopter expo

Sikorsky and Zhuhai Helicopter Hold Ceremony for Purchase of S-92 and S-76 Aircraft

(Source: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.; issued September 16, 2011)

TIANJIN, China --- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and China Southern Airlines' Zhuhai Helicopter Branch company held a signing ceremony today at the first China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin for the purchase of two Sikorsky S-92 and one S-76 offshore utility helicopters by Zhuhai Helicopter. The new acquisitions are aimed at supporting the ever-expanding offshore oil operations in the South China Sea by Zhuhai's customers. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

Zhuhai Helicopter Branch is among the major helicopter operators supporting offshore oil operations in China. The company has used Sikorsky helicopters since 1984 to transport oil workers for such companies as China National Offshore Oil Corp., Chevron and ExxonMobil. Currently, Zhuhai Helicopter Branch operates the largest S-76 helicopter fleet in China and Asia, and will have 13 S-76 and three S-92 helicopters in its rotorcraft fleet when the three new aircraft are delivered.

Sikorsky Vice President Shane Eddy said, "Sikorsky and Zhuhai Helicopter have enjoyed a very strong relationship for nearly 30 years, based on the safe and reliable performance of our helicopters serving Zhuhai's customers in the offshore oil and other market segments. Since 2007, Zhuhai has purchased nine Sikorsky helicopters including three S-92 medium weight helicopters. We appreciate the continued partnership with Zhuhai and will continue working together to meet the increasing needs of China's offshore oil industry."

Capt. LI, Jiahua, President of Zhuhai Helicopter Branch, also expressed a strong interest in continuing to work with Sikorsky for further developing the market in the years to come.
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Public Security Bureau of Ordos Orders Two Agusta Westland Grand New Helicopters

(Source: AgustaWestland; issued September 16, 2011)

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Public Security Bureau of Ordos, in China’s Inner Mongolia, has ordered two GrandNew twin-engine helicopters. The two helicopters will be used to perform fire fighting, rescue, observation, transport and civil protection duties.

The GrandNew was selected, following a tender process and a comprehensive evaluation of the available helicopters. The GrandNew was chosen due to its outstanding performance and particularly its ability to operate in the demanding local environmental and weather conditions, which are characterized by strong winds, poor visibility and high summer temperatures.

With this latest order AgustaWestland maintains its market leader position in China’s public security market.

Aircrew and technicians will be provided with comprehensive training and the aircraft backed by 24/7 support. This latest selection marks the entrance of the GrandNew helicopter into China’s public security market adding to the AW119Ke, AW109 Power, Grand and AW139 types that are already in service.

The GrandNew features the very latest developments in avionics while retaining the Grand’s outstanding performance and features. The GrandNew is the first type certified light twin (CS/JAR/FAR 27) to enter service with a new EFIS featuring Synthetic Vision and the first helicopter in this class on the market fully compliant with the latest advanced global positioning system-based navigation requirements for all weather operations.

The GrandNew offers operators unprecedented abilities to exploit the advantages of a helicopter and these features make it the most advanced solution to operate in the challenging environment of Inner Mongolia.

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Pac Rim Needs 400,000 More Pilots and Technicians


Boeing Forecasts Strong Need for Aviation Personnel in Asia Pacific


(Source: Boeing Co.; issued Sept. 19, 2011)


HONG KONG --- Boeing forecasts the Asia Pacific region will require hundreds of thousands of new commercial airline pilots and technicians over the next 20 years to support airline fleet modernization and the rapid growth of air travel.

The 2011 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook calls for 182,300 new pilots and 247,400 new technicians in the Asia Pacific region through 2030. The greatest need is in China, which will require 72,700 pilots and 108,300 technicians over the next 20 years.

"The demand for aviation personnel is evident today. In Asia we're already beginning to see some delays and operational disruptions due to a shortage of pilots," said Roei Ganzarski, chief customer officer, Boeing Flight Services. "To ensure the success of our industry as travel demands grows, it is critical that we continue to foster a talent pipeline of capable and well-trained aviation personnel."

North East Asia will need 20,800 pilots and 30,200 technicians over the next 20 years. South East Asia will require 47,100 pilots and 60,600 technicians. The Oceania region will need 13,600 pilots and 15,600 technicians and South West Asia will need 28,100 pilots and 32,700 technicians.

"As an industry we must make a concentrated effort to get younger generations excited about careers in aviation. We are competing for talent with alluring hi-tech companies and we need to do a better job showcasing our industry as a global, technological, multi-faceted environment where individuals from all backgrounds and disciplines can make a significant impact," Ganzarski added.

More information on the 2011 Pilot & Technician Outlook is available at http://www.boeing.com/commercial/cmo/pilot_technician_outlook.html.


Boeing Flight Services, a business unit of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, is aligned with customer's flight operations function and offers integrated products and services to drive optimized performance, efficiency and safety, ranging from advanced training to improved airspace efficiency and infrastrucure , airline operations, flight planning, navigation and scheduling.

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Military communications satellite launched by China

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1109/18longmarch/
Military communications satellite launched by China
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 18, 2011

A Chinese communications satellite, potentially designed to relay messages between Chinese military forces, blasted off on a Long March rocket Sunday.

The Chinasat 1A spacecraft launched at 1633 GMT (12:33 p.m. EDT) Sunday from the Xichang space base in southwestern China's Sichuan province. It was 12:33 a.m. local time at the launch site.

A Long March 3B/E rocket lifted the 11,500-pound satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit with a high point of more than 22,200 miles, a low point of almost 120 miles and an inclination of 27 degrees, according to U.S. military tracking data.


China didn't announce the launch in advance, but state media reported after the flight that the payload will provide "high-quality voice communication, broadcast and data transmission services for users across China," according to the Xinhua news agency.

Western analysts believe Chinasat 1A will serve the Chinese military.

Xinhua reported the spacecraft was manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The satellite could be based on the DFH-4 spacecraft bus, China's most powerful standardized platform for communications missions.

Sunday's blastoff was the first Chinese space launch since the Aug. 18 failure of a different version of the Long March rocket.

It was the 10th space launch attempt by China this year, and nine of those missions have been successful.

Who Wants To Be PLA?

First batch of international army officer candidates recruited

(Source: PLA Daily)   2011-09-19

The school begins for the preparatory class of the first batch of international army officer candidates in the University of Science and Technology (UST) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the new semester. Twelve army officer candidates from ten countries, including Laos, Mongolia and Turkmenistan, will complete their one-year preparatory courses and four-year undergraduate courses at the university, which marks the Chinese PLA is integrating itself into the world with a much more open attitude.

As an important window for the Chinese PLA’s opening to the outside world, The UST of the PLA has developed a brand-new teaching system for international students, with modern contents, systematic courses and international standards as its main features, and core curricula and optional courses as its basic framework.

By Yang Daichen and Ma Shengwei

Editor:Cui Xinwen

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