2011 Edition

KEYNOTE SESSION 1 : AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY

Chair: Dr Prahlada, Distinguished Scientist and CC R&D, DRDO

Mr. Anand G Mahindra

Vice Chairman & Managing Director, M/s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd    

Dr. Dinesh Keskar

President, Boeing India Technology is Central to the future of Aerospace”

Mr. Ashok Nayak

Chairman, HAL “Aerospace Technologies & Success through Global Cooperation –
The HAL Experience”

KEYNOTE SESSION 2 : INNOVATION & SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Chair: Mr M Natarajan, Frm Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

Chairman, ISRO  

Mr. Hakan Buskhe

CEO, Saab AB, Sweden “Divesting Innovation & Technology”

Mr. S Unnikrishnan Nair

Project Director, VSSC, ISRO “Manned Missions – How different it is from unmanned mission”
 

PLENARY SESSION – 1: Technology Innovation & Planning

Chair: Mr G Elangovan, Distinguished Scientist and CC R &D, DRDO, India

0900 – 0930 hrs

PS – 1

0930 - 1000 hrs

PS – 2

1000 - 1030 hrs

PS – 3

1030 – 1100 hrs

PS – 4

Prof. Jonathan P. How

Director, Aerospace Control Lab, MIT “Towards realizing fully autonomous UAV systems – challenges and Issues”

Dr. A.Sivathanu Pillai

CC R&D & CEO, BrahMos Cruise Missile Technology –Present & Future

Mr Ola Rignell

CTP, Grippen Aircraft “Flight Testing of the Gripen, a care free single engine fighter aircraft”

Gen. Gerhard Back

EADS   “Planning Costs & Support Systems”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS  : UAV - 1

Chair: Mr P S Krishnan, Distinguished Scientist and Director, ADE, DRDO, India

Mr. Jan Krausko

GROB Aircraft, Germany   “Advantages of manufacturing aircraft and UAV’s with just-in-time composite Prepregs and LPC”

Dr. Debasish Ghose

Prof. IISc, Bangalore   “Cooperative control – promising technique for unmanned future missions”

Mr. G. Sivasankaran

Asso. Director, ADE, DRDO   “Design and Development of UAVs in India”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS  : Airborne Surveillance

Chair: Dr S Christopher, Outstanding Scientist and Director CABS, DRDO

AVM PP Katarki

CABS,DRDO   “Indian AEW&C System: Development through Networking Knowledge Sources”

Mr Gideon Landa,

GM, ELTA Systems Ltd   “Trends In Modern Special Mission Aircraft”

Mr. IV Sarma

Director R&D, BEL   “Challenges in Design and Engineering of Airborne EW Systems”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Helicopters

Chair: AVM Kanakaraj, SMSO, WAC

Dr. Prasad Sampath

GM, HAL- RWRDC   “Light Combat Helicopter”

Maj Gen PK Bharali

ADG, Army Aviation, Indian Army   “Ideal Helicopters for high altitude operation”

Mr. KS Vara Prasad

Project Director, DRDL, DRDO   “HELINA Long Range Air-To-Ground Missile for attack Helicopters”
 

PLENARY SESSION – 2 : Aircraft Technology Evolution

Chair: Mr N C Agarwal, MD (D &D), HAL, India

Mr. Rick S McCrary

Boeing Military Aircraft “ The evolution revolution – technology maturation for combat relevance”

Mr. Bernhard Gerwert

CEO, CASSIDIAN “International Co-operation & Future of Air Combat Systems”

Mr. PS Subramanyam

PGD (CA) & Director, ADA, DRDO   “Combat Aircraft for Tomorrow ”

Mr. Adreas von der Heide

SAAB “Global Co operation – The SAAB way”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Flight Testing

Chair: AVM RG Burli, VM, PMT Chief, ADA, DRDO

Mr. Wayne Roberts

CTP, 130 – J, Lockheed Martin   “Upgrading Propulsion Systems on the C-130 and C-5 Aircraft - A Test Pilot’s Perspective”

Wg Cdr A Sinha

Wg Cdr A Shakir

ASTE, IAF   “Integration of Western System/Weapon on Russian Fighter Aircraft”

Mr. Ricardo Traven,

CTP, Boeing

Mr Mike Heller,

Technical Fellow, Boeing   “Improving minimum control speed with a Fly-by-wire flight control system”

Capt (IN) Jaideep Avinash Maolankar

Indian Navy   “Flight Testing for Naval Requirements”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Propulsion

Chair: Mr T Mohana Rao, Outstanding Scientist and Director GTRE, DRDO

Dr Alexander Chevagin

TsAGI, Russia

  “Intake Compression in Airbreathing Compressorless Propulsion System at Start/Unstart Conditions”  

Mr. James Hamilton

Eurojet, Germany   “Operational Affordability of latest generation military aerospace engines ”

Dr. R Dilip Ballal

Hans von Ohain Distinguished Chair, University of Dayton, USA   “Emerging role for India in the Gas Turbine Technology for the 21st Century”

Mr. Conrad Banks

Rolls-Royce, UK   “Future Trends in Aerospace propulsion & power systems”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS  : Weapons & Missiles

Chair: Mr Ajoy Raman, Outstanding Scientist, ADE, DRDO, India

1545 – 1615 hrs

TS – C4

1615 - 1645 hrs

TS – C5

1645 - 1715 hrs

TS – C6

1715 – 1745 hrs

TS – C7

Mr. Georg Mader

Correspondent, Janes & Military Technology   “Futuristic Aircraft Weapons”

Dr. Sa Gollakota

Outstanding Scientist

 & PD, DRDL, DRDO   “Emerging Technologies in Missile Development”

Mr. Jean Vincent Legrand

Tech. Director, SAGEM SAFRAN GROUP   “Technical Trade-off and complementarity of guidance sensors for Air to Surface missiles”

Mr. Ian Scaysbrook & Mr.Keith Sheard

Goodrich   “MEMS sensor technology for precision guidance application
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS – 3A – Auditorium ‘A’ : Civil Aviation

Chair: Mr Natarajan, Outstanding Scientist ADE, DRDO, India

0900 – 0930 hrs

TS – A8

0930 – 1000 hrs

TS – A9

1000 – 1030 hrs

TS – A10

1030 – 1100 hrs

TS – A11

Dr. Lim Cheol-Ho

Vice President, Smart UAV Development Center (SUDC), KARI, S. Korea   “High Speed VTOL UAV with smart technologies”

Mr. VS Chandrashekar

Group Director, ADE, DRDO   “Overview of MAV research and development at ADE”
 

Dr Hans-Elias de Bree


R&D Director, Microflown Technologies, Netherlands   “Exploiting Acoustic Modality in Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) Missions – Towards Synergy in Global R&D Efforts".”

Mr. PR Baghel

Regional Director, RCMA(A/c), DRDO   Airworthiness Certification of Tejas - Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for IOC
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Navigation, Guidance & other Enabling Technology

Chair: Mr K Nagaraj, Chairman, IDST, India

0900 – 0930 hrs

TS – B8

0930 – 1000 hrs

TS – B9

1000 – 1030 hrs

TS – B10

1030 – 1100 hrs

TS – B11

Mr. Christian DEDIEU

VP, International Marketing and Business Development, SAGEM   “New Trends in Navigation technology an opportunity to meet the challenges of the future”

Mr. Mark Cowie

Goodrich Sensors & Integrated Systems   “Digital Terrain System operating in a GPS denied environment”

Mr Noel Brown


Bruel & Kjaer Industry   “Accelerometer for Helicopters Utility Management System “

Mr. Jacques Lemire

Lord Asia Pacific   “Advances in Active Vibration Control”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Life Support, Airborne Surveillance & Risk assessment

Chair: Mr. S Varadarajan, Outstanding Scientist and Director, LRDE, DRDO, India

Mr. Maximilian Kleinubing

Embraer, Brazil   “Embraer three flag risk assessment method”  

Mr. Edmar Thomaz da Silva

Embraer, Brazil   “AEW&C India Flight Test programme for basic platform certification under FAR-25 rules”

Dr. VC Padaki

Director, DEBEL, DRDO   “Challenges in fighter aircrew life support technologies ”

Dr. S. Dwarakanath

Head, Intl. Co-op Airbus   “International Cooperation at Airbus – Success and Challenges”
 

PLENARY SESSION 3: Technology - International Cooperation

Chair: Dr K Tamilmani, Distinguished Scientist and CE (A), CEMILAC, India

Dr. Sergey L Chernyshev

Executive Director, TsAGI   “TsAGI Research Capabilities for India – Russia Technological Cooperation”

Mr. P.N Vlasov

Head FSUE “Gromov Flight Research Institute” Development of Scientific-Methodical and Flight-Experimental Basis for Aircraft Engineering Flight Research and Tests

Dr. Dmitry Y Strelets

Dy. Chief of R&D, Sukhoi Design Bureau   Innovations, the basis of International Cooperation”
 

Dr Thilo Schönfeld

Aerospace Valley, France   “Innovations in Aerospace cluster valley”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Airborne Radar & EW Systems

Dr R Sreehari Rao, Outstanding Scientist & CC R&D (ECS), DRDO, India

Dr. Michael Brandfass

Cassidian Electronics, Germany “Airborne Radar Surveillance & Recce for manned & unmanned flights”

Mr. Roberto Scotto di Vettimo

ELECTTRONICA SpA, Italy   “Netcentric EW & Information Warfare”

Dr. UK Revankar

Director, DARE, DRDO   “Advances in Airborne Multi Sensor Warner EW Systems”

Dr. Andrea De Martino

ELECTTRONICA SpA, Italy   “Airborne EW Systems”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : UAV – 2

Chair: Dr AR Upadhya, Director, NAL, India

Dr. Moshe Zilberman

IAI   “Global Perspective on the Indian Domestic Airliner Market”

Mr Bob Gower Jr

VP & GM, Boeing Military Aircraft - India   “Creating a Robust Indigenous Indian Aerospace Industry”

Mr. Billie Flynn

Lockheed Martin Aircraft Company, USA “Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System Final Test Results”

Dr Abhay Pashilkar


Scientist, NAL, Bangalore   “Augmented Engineering Environment for Next Generation Regional Transport Aircraft”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Technology & Research

Chair: Dr Seetharama Bhatt, I.I.Sc, India

Mr. ML Sidana

NAL, CSIR   “Roadmap for Technology and product development of high altitude airship in India”

Mr Paulas Raja Sekaran

Cranfield University   “Futuristic Eco friendly propulsion system”

Mr. Anuj Kumar Garg

IIT, Kanpur   “Design Analysis and Optimization of Geostationary Stratospheric airship hull and fins”

Mr. S. Subramanyam

IIT, Kanpur, India   “Aerodynamic Characterization and trajectory estimation of guided projectile configurations”

Mr. Ashish Pallapottu

IIT, Kanpur, India   “Radio Controlled Variable stability aircraft”
 

PLENARY SESSION – 1: Technology Innovation & Planning

Chair: Mr G Elangovan, Distinguished Scientist and CC R &D, DRDO, India

0900 – 0930 hrs

PS – 1

0930 - 1000 hrs

PS – 2

1000 - 1030 hrs

PS – 3

1030 – 1100 hrs

PS – 4

Prof. Jonathan P. How

Director, Aerospace Control Lab, MIT “Towards realizing fully autonomous UAV systems – challenges and Issues”

Dr. A.Sivathanu Pillai

CC R&D & CEO, BrahMos Cruise Missile Technology –Present & Future

Mr Ola Rignell

CTP, Grippen Aircraft “Flight Testing of the Gripen, a care free single engine fighter aircraft”

Gen. Gerhard Back

EADS   “Planning Costs & Support Systems”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS  : UAV - 1

Chair: Mr P S Krishnan, Distinguished Scientist and Director, ADE, DRDO, India

Mr. Jan Krausko

GROB Aircraft, Germany   “Advantages of manufacturing aircraft and UAV’s with just-in-time composite Prepregs and LPC”

Dr. Debasish Ghose

Prof. IISc, Bangalore   “Cooperative control – promising technique for unmanned future missions”

Mr. G. Sivasankaran

Asso. Director, ADE, DRDO   “Design and Development of UAVs in India”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS  : Airborne Surveillance

Chair: Dr S Christopher, Outstanding Scientist and Director CABS, DRDO

AVM PP Katarki

CABS,DRDO   “Indian AEW&C System: Development through Networking Knowledge Sources”

Mr Gideon Landa,

GM, ELTA Systems Ltd   “Trends In Modern Special Mission Aircraft”

Mr. IV Sarma

Director R&D, BEL   “Challenges in Design and Engineering of Airborne EW Systems”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Helicopters

Chair: AVM Kanakaraj, SMSO, WAC

Dr. Prasad Sampath

GM, HAL- RWRDC   “Light Combat Helicopter”

Maj Gen PK Bharali

ADG, Army Aviation, Indian Army   “Ideal Helicopters for high altitude operation”

Mr. KS Vara Prasad

Project Director, DRDL, DRDO   “HELINA Long Range Air-To-Ground Missile for attack Helicopters”
 

PLENARY SESSION – 2 : Aircraft Technology Evolution

Chair: Mr N C Agarwal, MD (D &D), HAL, India

Mr. Rick S McCrary

Boeing Military Aircraft “ The evolution revolution – technology maturation for combat relevance”

Mr. Bernhard Gerwert

CEO, CASSIDIAN “International Co-operation & Future of Air Combat Systems”

Mr. PS Subramanyam

PGD (CA) & Director, ADA, DRDO   “Combat Aircraft for Tomorrow ”

Mr. Adreas von der Heide

SAAB “Global Co operation – The SAAB way”  
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Flight Testing

Chair: AVM RG Burli, VM, PMT Chief, ADA, DRDO

Mr. Wayne Roberts

CTP, 130 – J, Lockheed Martin   “Upgrading Propulsion Systems on the C-130 and C-5 Aircraft - A Test Pilot’s Perspective”

Wg Cdr A Sinha

Wg Cdr A Shakir

ASTE, IAF   “Integration of Western System/Weapon on Russian Fighter Aircraft”

Mr. Ricardo Traven,

CTP, Boeing

Mr Mike Heller,

Technical Fellow, Boeing   “Improving minimum control speed with a Fly-by-wire flight control system”

Capt (IN) Jaideep Avinash Maolankar

Indian Navy   “Flight Testing for Naval Requirements”
 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS : Propulsion

Chair: Mr T Mohana Rao, Outstanding Scientist and Director GTRE, DRDO

Dr Alexander Chevagin

TsAGI, Russia

  “Intake Compression in Airbreathing Compressorless Propulsion System at Start/Unstart Conditions”  

Mr. James Hamilton

Eurojet, Germany   “Operational Affordability of latest generation military aerospace engines ”

Dr. R Dilip Ballal

Hans von Ohain Distinguished Chair, University of Dayton, USA   “Emerging role for India in the Gas Turbine Technology for the 21st Century”

Mr. Conrad Banks

Rolls-Royce, UK   “Future Trends in Aerospace propulsion & power systems”