Aerospace

★ India Awakens To Benefits Of Manufacturing And Industrial Exports

News Analysis: This year of 2013, India expects to Export approximately $325 Billion Dollars of Goods. It has a Trade Deficit of $100 Billion Dollars presently. Due to this imbalance, India has established  a “National Manufacturing Policy” which itself establishes ‘National Manufacturing and Investment Zones’.

The Indian Government realizes that it needs to Accelerate Development of “Higher-End” Manufacturing for the Country’s long term Economic Benefit. Presently, Manufacturing is largely confined to: Chemicals, Computer Software, Engineering Tools, Jewelry, Leather Goods, Refined Petroleum Products and Textiles. None of the aforementioned are considered by Manufacturing Experts to be ‘Sophisticated Constructions’ (SC) such as Airplanes, Computerized Numerical Control Machinery, Helicopters, High-Speed Locomotives, Liquefied Natural Gas Ships, Robotics, Submarines, or Similar Constructions.

The Indian Government needs Foreign Direct Investment to occur with regards to its Manufacturing Sector. To get Currencies from Foreign Investors is the ‘Easier’ part of the “Equation for Manufacturing Growth” (EMG). Liberalizing Investment Returns will bring in the monies from Mutual Funds, Private Investors, and other entities.

The more difficult segment of ‘EMG’ are bringing in experienced Manufacturing Engineers and Management which have dealt with  ‘SC’. They are few and far between as to their abundance Internationally. A Technique used, by a neighboring country, was to engage WIDELY in the use of Joint Ventures in Constructions. To date, India has engaged in this process very lightly, but growing,  some people say.

Upon determining what Products the Indian Government would like for Export, appropriate funding for Research & Development will be immediately needed. In the Product Designs, any Added Value” that can be added vs. competing product in the marketplace will give India an ‘Edge” for sales. Since India will be Product-Wise the ‘New Kid On The Block’, Product Warranties that are All-Encompassing will be necessary for Consumer Satisfaction.

Efficient Marketing of the Fabrications is essential for Customer Awareness of Indian Products. A word to the Wise is: “Do NOT Besmirch the Products of Others”. Always take the “High Road”. Discuss how your Products Exceed the Needs of a possible Customer; and do it at a Competitive Price. Ergo, a Customer “Gets More Product For Less Money”; Who can resist getting Value?

Timely Delivery of “High-End” Products ARE IMPERATIVE. Only Manufacturing Fools deliver Aircraft, Machinery, Ships,  and such Late. There is NO EXCUSE for it barring a Catastrophe of Epic Proportions. When it occurs, it shows Ineptitude of Cost Estimating, Production Planning, Fabrication, and/or Vendor Selection. Worst of off it shows Management has NOT and does NOT Comprehend (ed)  where the Company went Wrong Earlier.  What “Short-Cuts” in Manufacturing or Inspection were taken to FINALLY get the Product (s) delivered? (Many Big-Name Manufacturers do; but they deny this of course.) Any  of Corporate Management that allows for such Mediocrity should be terminated. It is Unacceptable!

Once the Products are delivered on a timely basis to Customers, Communication by Manufacturing Management with Customer Management is essential. It conveys to Buyers that your Company Cares about their Needs. The Old Adage that: “Good-Will Is Worth 40%” is as true today as when it was first spoken.

“Say What You Mean, And Mean What You Say”.

The very capable Indian Government appears to be moving in the correct direction as to seeking Increased Manufacturing. Intelligent, hard-working Indians are readily available towards this realization. There is absolutely NO REASON the Indian People cannot attain that which they desire as to growth of Manufacturing in the Nation; especially with their Inspired Leadership. 

All of this enthusiasm by the Indian Government bodes well for Investors who can help the Manufacturing Sector develop. Opportunities avail themselves to those who seek them.

Reality.

Reference: http://www.siasat.com/english/news/focus-manufacturing-boost-exports-sharma

☆ Airbus A380’s Are Added To Emirates Fleet

News Analysis: The Fuel Efficient, as rated Per Passenger, A380 Aircraft have been delivered to Emirates Airlines. Wise Airlines that fly Intercontinental  Point-to-Point Routes using the A380 are impressed with its ‘frugality’. The fact that an airline can use One Aircraft, due to its passenger capacity, rather than Two, saves it money. In many ways Aircraft costs, Fuel,  Flight Crews, Airfield Ground Personnel, Insurances, and Airport Gate Leases are all less expensive for a smartly managed Airline which has chosen to purchase A380’s. Using one aircraft rather than two, on High Passenger Traffic Routes, makes ‘Cents’ and Sense.

Reality.

Reference: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/aviation-and-transport/2013/12/21/Emirates-boosts-superJumbo-fleet-to-44-planes.html

☆ United Arab Emirates Reluctance Over British Typhoon Aircraft Grows

News Analysis: Arab Aircraft Purchasers, just like others “Big-Ticket” Buyers in the World, want Good Fundamentals to be offered to COMPEL THEM to choose a particular Weapon System. These Basics are not limited to, but include: Performance, Reliability, Cost To Purchase, Cost To Maintain, Deliver-ability, and, Manufacturer/Purchaser Affinity. 

All too often, the Naïve Western Business Community (NWBC), think because a “Voted-In- Politician”(VIP) is going to meet with  Arab  Customers, these ‘Prospects’ will be “Emotionally Joyous” as to the visit. That they will immediately ‘Sign on the Dotted Line’ and buy the Weapon System the ‘NWBC’ have no doubt. In fact, upon hearing about a ‘VIP’ visiting an Air Show, for example, the Air Frame’s Stock is purchased immediately by the Naïve. The ‘NWBC’ forget that the Decision Makers for such purchases are the Royalty of the Country. As such, Monarchs being impressed by a ‘VIP’  visiting them as a mere salesman is laughable indeed; How Naïve! It is disrespectful of the Monarchy. Inappropriately, in Weapon System Procurements of any kind, the Arab Culture has often  been very poorly judged by the ‘NWBC’.

The United Arab Emirates, in its wisdom, will purchase what IT considers best for itself (as must be the case).

The ‘NWBC’ should stop looking at the others with ‘blinders’ on and instead use “Panoramic Vision”.

As the Financial Growth of the Arab World continues to rapidly accelerate, the Leaders of the ‘NWBC’ will have to admit their past failed approaches to Arab Customers. Once there is Real Contrition by these ‘Failed’ Leaders, they may ‘Wise-Up’ and treat their Middle-East Customers with Actual Respect. Arab Customers have the ENTIRE WORLD from which to purchase what they want. For the ‘NWBC’ to continue treating the Arabs as “Naïve” by sending them ‘VIPs’ , to impress Monarchs, will gain them nothing.  

Reality.

Reference: http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/uae-pulls-out-of-bae-eurofighter-typhoon-deal-1.1269109

★ The Ignorant Financial Cost Of Intelligence

Premium News Analysis: Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, decided to grant the Purchase of Fighter Aircraft for  Sweden’s Saab Gripen Jet rather than Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet. The reason behind her decision is allegedly due to disclosure of Inept Intelligence Gathering; this by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) operating in Brazil. She personally was spied on. The ramifications of her decision will have many potential effects many places. We will look at who can win financially  and who can lose due to the revealed Intelligence Stupidity and its aftermath.

Reference: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-boeing-brazil-insight-idUSBRE9BJ10P20131220

Boeing Aircraft’s loss of a $4 Billion Dollar Sale to Brazil may bode poorly for it as well as other American Manufacturers who, some say, “Aligned themselves with the Devil” . The very Lame  excuses for the Spying Transgressions against ‘Friendly Countries’ are as poor as the Offerors’ empathies as allegedly expressed. Perhaps the self-fulfilling Ego/Mental Onanisms of the Characters in Washington, D.C. contribute to the moral blight?

The ‘NSA’ expressed no Contrition as one in the ‘Real World’ would expect. Its Mandate is to collect Electronic Intelligence (which it performs brilliantly). The problem it has becomes one of Intellectual Failure of Operational  Judgement as to Who, Where, and When are “Off-Limits”.

The U.S. Congress, primarily consisting of Attorneys,  apparently “Blew It” by not Inculcating OPERATIONALLY SUFFICIENT “Stoppages” If and When the NSA overstepped its Mandate. The White House was just as Culpable in not having the Wisdom to see the ‘Mine Field’ it was stepping in. Added to the Amateurish Blunders were its Denials of Knowledge of the NSA Surveillance against ‘Friendlies’. The final “Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back” was the revelation that 7.14 Billion People on Earth were being Electronically Monitored by the NSA.

For Every Tit, There Is A Tat. Now, the Economic Losses to be Experienced in America caused by other Nations and Businesses will hurt the Country when it can be least afforded. Just the example about the Boeing ‘debacle’ (at $4 Billion Dollars) should concern the White House.

Estimates of $35 Billion Dollars in lost Sales by the U.S. Electronics Industry is being reported in the Media. This is because others KNOW that the Electronic Components and Computers built in America have been “Bugged” by their Manufacturers for the benefit of the NSA. 

International Leaders allegedly think that losses to the American Economy of $100 Billion + Dollars a Year ‘might’ get Washington D.C. to realize what their “Stupidity Extraordinaire” has cost the country. As for the ‘NSA’ itself, until its Leaders have ‘Walked the Plank’ their lack of Pain will induce NO gain. The Leaders’ lack of Empathy is very revealing (but not surprising). The financial losses to the country mean little to them. For most, their Entire Careers have been at U.S. Government’s Expense; They have been dining at the “Public Trough” for years.

People in Washington, D.C. are Irate at the ‘Messenger’ who revealed their “Thefts of Privacy World-Wide”. If they could, He would be Executed. Unfortunately,  they are too ‘Neurotic’ to understand the Sociopathic Behavior of which they have been Engaging for Years;  “Catching A Few Terrorists by Spying on the World’s Population”.

Investors can make money by “Short Selling” the Stocks of American Corporations involved with the NSA in any capacity. As these Corporations lose Sales, their prices will fall. Corporations NOT in America should see increases in Sales as a result; go ‘Long’ on them.

Whatever a Wise Investor does, he or she should ALWAYS REMEMBER that Today, when Communicating about Investments of ANY kind: “The Walls Have Ears”.

Reality.

Eastern Mediterranean Sea Estimates Are 3 Billion+ Barrels Of Oil And 23 Trillion+ Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas

News Analysis:  Eastern Mediterranean Sea Estimates Are 3 Billion+ Barrels Of Oil And 23 Trillion+ Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas based on extrapolations from Exploration Drilling and Seismic Surveys. Many Scientists are increasing becoming of the view that such deposits are not unusual and will be discovered elsewhere also. They maintain that Petroleum is a result of ‘Natural Processes’ occurring on Earth, nothing more.

As more deposits, particularly off-shore, are discovered, the prices of Petrochemicals should subside through volume increases over future years.

One Industry that will be happy over a price reduction will be the Airlines. However  Aircraft Manufacturers may be displeased  with cost reductions (by new discoveries and ‘Fracking Production’ of existing Oil Fields). They are loathe to discuss this subject, of which they are very aware,  because  they would lose a significant marketing tool: “The Relentless Price Increases Of Aviation Fuel”. As a possible result, the selling of more profitable  “Lighter Weight Composite  Passenger Aircraft” may have less ‘Sizzle’ Sales-Wise, some people say. Reality.

Reference: http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000902485&fid=1725

China Lands Exploration Craft On The Moon

News Analysis: China Lands Exploration Craft On The Moon in its goal to both make new Solar System Discoveries and Travel therein. To its credit, China, in a few short years, achieved this Lunar Landing, which displays its Technical Expertise in Aerospace. While other countries have preceded China to the Moon, each and every mission there is fraught with risk; it is not easy.

Chinese Expertise, Intellect, and Tenacity will allow it to accomplish Great Deeds in the Heavens; Rest Assured of this.

Reality.

Reference: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1380449/one-giant-leap-china-change-3-probe-makes-perfect-moon-landing

Weaknesses In Composite Airliners Makes Russian Titanium Factory’s Sales “Sky Rocket”

News Analysis: Weaknesses in Composite Airliners Makes Russian Titanium Factory’s Sales Sky Rocket since these Aircraft need the structural reinforcement provided by Titanium. Little is every said by Airframes who build Commercial Composite Aircraft about the Titanium Componentry therein. Instead, they brag about the “All Light-Weight Composite Construction” of their ‘Birds’. However, quite often, these ‘Birds’ FAIL Wing or other  Stress Tests prior to Certification by Government Aviation Authorities. As such, Titanium (super strong and lightweight for its thinness) is used to reinforce the much weaker Composite Material. 

Another fact seldom discussed is Metallic Deterioration of Non-Titanium due to exposure to the Chemical Bonding agents used in Some Carbon/Carbon Composites: “As aluminum and steel corrode with composite material, titanium consumption is increasing sharply….”

Additionally, Aircraft initial weight projections given to Airlines to induce Sales do meet reality of delivered Aircraft Weight. How can they? The Airframes do not know Where ‘Carbon/Carbon Doublers nor Titanium Reinforcements will be needed nor to What extent. Since the Titanium Factory sells an alleged amount: “…pointing to Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner which uses 20 tons of the metal compared with two tons in the older 737 model.”; Impressive amount of Titanium indeed.

Fortunately for this Russian Titanium Factory, the Frailties of Carbon/Carbon Composites bring it new opportunities. “One Man’s Loss Is Another Man’s Gain”. Reality.

Reference: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/business/article/490801.html

Mars Had Fresh Water A Billion Years Ago

News Analysis:  Mars Had Fresh Water A Billion Years Ago per the latest disclosed U.S. National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Exploration Data. The ‘Building Blocks Of “Life”‘ are: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen. Two of the Four Elements (H2O) were present back then. Water, being essential for “Life” (as “Life” is understood on Earth) was apparently abundant on Mars.

“NASA’s” Accomplishments of flying Systems to Traverse approximately 100 Million+/- Kilometers (62 Million+/- Miles) of Space and Scientifically Examine Mars, as it has done repetitively, is Remarkable. As such, it is still a “Small Step” towards some of Mankind leaving Earth and Settling Elsewhere.

Planet Earth’s History of Meteor Calamities, requires Re-Location of Humanity to another Celestial Orb. This is Absolutely Essential for the Continuance of Mankind as it Exists Today. Reality.

Reference: http://tinyurl.com/lxwgjry

Another Forced Landing in Russia of a Bombardier Canadair CRJ-200; Cold Weather Problem?

News Analysis: Another Forced Landing In Russia Of A Bombardier Canadair CRJ-200 jet; Cold Weather Problem? Some have suggested since it is Allegedly the 3rd Forced Landing in 4 Days, due to a variety of Components failing, maybe the Aircraft Systems are sensitive to the Cold? In any event, Public Safety Concerns have to mandate the Aviation Authority in Russia review this Numerically Unique set of rapidly occurring Negative Events of the CRJ-200 by Canadair.

Perhaps, Temporary Grounding of all CRJ-200 Aircraft in Russia would give the Air Authority time to engage in Due Diligence in investigating this troubling situation. If so grounded, during this brief period, at least no crew or passengers would be at risk. Prudence is superior to Peril in Aviation. Reality.

Reference: http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/710861

Illogical Logic Makes for Preposterously Expensive Bomber Projects

News Analysis: Illogical Logic Makes For Preposterously Expensive Bomber Projects is based on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Ignoring The National Security Agency’s (NSA) and National Reconnaissance Organization’s (NRO) Proven Capabilities. The adage of old: “A War is Won or Lost Before It Begins” applies in this case.

NSA and NRO monitor both the  Communications and Whereabouts of EVERYONE ON THE PLANET who utilize Electronic Information Exchange (as widely reported in the world media).

Ergo, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING planned by an Enemy that the U.S. Government would Not be Aware. This apparently has been the case for Decades! As such, Preemptive Air Strikes with Drones could counter EARLY ON Belligerent Behavior of Enemies. Preceding that, communications with the Hostiles could occur (letting them be advised to “Cease and Desist” since their plans are known). Only Fools would proceed under such a warning. If they did anyway, the Drones could De-Activate them.

The Key to Successful Warfare is Correct Anticipation of an Enemy’s Behavior and then Neutralizing his Physical Engagement Capabilities. The United States obviously has the Information Flow from Around the World. All it has to do is correctly assess one’s Intentions and Abilities;  then act accordingly.

The existing Inventory of B-52s, B1Bs, and B2 Bombers are more than sufficient if used in Conjunction with the Present “Early Warning System” provided by  U.S. Intelligence Systems; which are Second To None,  people say.

Since Air Force Planners are always historically  asking for Preposterously Expensive Weapon Systems, Who REALLY BENEFITS from the Public Expenditure: Defense Contractors (who employ former Air Force Generals), many people think. Unfortunately this Vested-Interest Situation(s) occurs at a horrendous cost to hard working Taxpayers.

Those in Washington, D.C. are very proud of the Performance of their “WORLD SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM”(WSS), at an alleged cost of $100 Billion Dollars +/- a Year.

It is interesting to note that the Air Force does not publicly Extol the Virtues of this ‘WSS”; perhaps since it Defuses its argument for the ‘ACTUAL NEED’ for New Bombers.

Since the United States’ Intelligence Goliath works Superbly, Everyone should realize the Chance of an “ACTUAL” ‘Sneak Attack’ on America is as likely as “Catching a ‘Yeti’ in a Butterfly Net”. Reality.

Reference: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-06/u-s-bombers-seen-costing-81-billion-47-more-than-plan.html