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Dubai Airshow 2019 Promises to be the Most Incredible Event Yet
The 2019 edition of the Dubai Airshow is set to bring the world’s aerospace community together again to make new connections and renew old ones. The airshow’s team expect the 2019 show to be bigger, better and busier than previous editions, bearing in mind that 80 per cent of the world’s population is located within eight hours of one of the UAE’s airports, with the exhibition delivering an unrivalled gateway to established and developing markets.
“The Dubai Airshow is strategically the most important aerospace exhibition for the UAE Armed Forces and one of the most important events of our calendar,” says Major General Abdulla Al Hashmi, Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services at the UAE Ministry of Defence. Anticipating the opening on 17th November 2019 at the DWC site, Major General Al Hashmi also said that the event provides the UAE Armed Forces with the opportunity to interact both with potential and existing suppliers, discover new technology and network with the key industry players.
Major General Al Hashmi added that the UAE Armed Forces uses the Dubai Airshow as an effective platform to bring together military delegations from around the world to demonstrate the UAE’s capabilities, network and exchange information. The growth of the Dubai Airshow is illustrated by the numbers of exhibitors and trade visitors anticipated for 2019, with an almost 10 per cent increase to 13,00 exhibitors and 87,000 aerospace trade professionals expected to attend the event throughout its five-day run.
Referring to the new features at the event and its showcase for the technologies shaping the industry, Michele van Akelijen, Managing Director of show organisers Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East confirms that, “The Dubai Airshow has grown every year across its 30 year history to reflect the innovations and opportunities in the aerospace industry in the Middle East and globally. The 2019 edition will be no exception, from new exhibitors to the return of feature areas and conferences.”
The Dubai Airshow 2019 static display will feature the latest civil, defence and business aircraft, with up to 165 aircraft expected at this year’s static display. The attendees will also get to see plenty of them demonstrating their capabilities in the flying display, with aerobatic displays and demonstrations from a wide range of aircraft and helicopters.
The Dubai Airshow will again include its renowned Delegations Programme, drawing the participation of military and civil delegations from across the world. Coordinated in association with the UAE Ministry of Defence, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and the Government of Dubai, the programme hosts military and civil delegations to participate. The show is expected to improve significantly on the 2017 edition, when Dubai hosted 279 delegations from 76 countries.
The Helicopter Company Debuts
Alongside offerings from multiple companies including Bell, Leonardo, Russian Helicopters and Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin Company), trade attendees can expect to see offerings from this year’s platinum event sponsor, the Helicopter Company. As Saudi Arabia’s first commercial helicopter operator, The Helicopter Company was launched earlier this year backed by the Kingdom’s state-run Public Investment Fund (PIF).
The Helicopter Company is aligned with the Saudi Vision 2030 in order to provide the best support services to the transportation industry in general and the aviation industry in particular, using the Dubai Airshow as a platform to develop relationships with industry contacts. The owners and principal stakeholders plan to connect with other players in both the local and global aviation and aerospace industry in the name of introducing its latest Rotorcrafts for VIP transportation within the Kingdom.
CEO of The Helicopter Company, Yahya AlGhoraibi, confirms this great potential: “The Middle East’s aerospace industry is a growing market that offers a lot of opportunities. The biggest challenges would be to keep up with the accelerating growth in this industry. Fortunately, this makes room for a multitude of investment opportunities and partnerships for local and foreign partners. The Dubai Airshow is a perfect opportunity for talks about such partnerships.”
Bell Returns to Dubai
Boasting the Bell 429, Bell 412EPIs and military trainer opportunities for the Bell 505 and Bell 407, not to mention the light attack helicopter segment with the Bell 407, Bell now focuses on Law Enforcement in the Middle East region.
Meanwhile, Bell is redefining luxury vertical lift with a 16-19 seat helicopter set to disrupt the market in the form of the Bell 525 super-medium helicopter. The first commercial helicopter with fly-by-wire controls, Bell describes it as “probably the most advanced commercial helicopter that has ever been developed for oil and gas and search and rescue.”
“The Dubai Airshow is the opportunity to meet with our regional customers in one place, to continue the engagements we have year-round with our operators,” says Patrick Moulay, Senior Vice President, Bell Commercial Business–International. “It is also a great platform for us to provide updates on our activities, our local success, and what you can expect from Bell in the Middle East.”
Global Platform
The event is also an important platform for global leaders in aerospace and defence technology providers. Bob Harward, Middle East Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin, highlights, “The next generation of advanced materials, autonomous systems, human-machine collaboration and cyber-hardened platforms plus mission systems all have the potential to create critical solutions that shape our industry for decades to come.”
He further adds that the company has had a strong relationship with the UAE for four decades with defence programmes like the C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, F-16 fighter, PAC-3 missile interceptor and THAAD anti-ballistic missile system.
The company is expected to showcase some of those long-term partnerships and programmes as well as space and energy solutions. Lockheed Martin will be exhibiting aside leading names including Rafale from France, Raytheon from the U.S. and new this year will be the Korea Defense Industry Association.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian representation is growing in line with first-time appearances from INTRA Defence Technology and Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI). SAMI was launched in May 2017 as a key part of the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, to act as a sustainable platform to provide world-class military products and services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its allies. In addition to SAMI, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia will be participating for the first time in addition to other local players such as, GDC Middle East, Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC), among others.
Bernard Dunn, President of Boeing Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey, says, “Every country in this region has strong visions dedicated to diversifying their economies, developing their workforce, protecting their citizens, improving infrastructure and more. Aerospace will continue to play an important role in the region’s growth story.”
He adds, “The Dubai Airshow is a fantastic platform for us and others in the industry to connect with our customers and showcase the latest technologies, platforms, and services.”
Airshow Innovations and Technology
Innovation will be aplenty in Dubai 2019 reflecting that the aerospace industry is in an exciting period with new technologies opening opportunities for radical industrial transformation. Such change can translate into tangible cost savings and growth.
Many of the 1,300 exhibitors at the event will travel from all corners of the planet, demonstrating the global appeal of Dubai Airshow to S&K Technologies from the U.S. and Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence from Italy, both exhibiting for the first time this year. Meanwhile, the industry giants returning to Dubai will be demonstrating their own advances in technologies across the entire aerospace industry, including Rolls Royce, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
IntelligentEngine: Rolls Royce will use their presence at the Dubai Airshow to highlight the progress of their IntelligentEngine project. According to John Kelly, SVP Middle East, Africa & Central Asia, their next-gen engine technologies are, “Moving at pace toward a future where our engines are increasingly connected, contextually aware and comprehending, and as a result, more intelligent. We will proudly showcase our engine technologies and truly demonstrate the Power of Trent alongside the technologies that are part of the IntelligentEngine vision, which we see as opening new opportunities to pioneer the way we provide power to customers.”
The IntelligentEngine vision is based on a belief that the worlds of product and service are now so closely connected as to have become inseparable. Rolls-Royce’s introduction of the market-defining TotalCare service in the 1990s marked the beginning of this trend and since then, advancements in digital capability have accelerated this transformation and further blurred the product-service boundary.
The IntelligentEngine concept widens the reliability of traditional engines to facilitate new applications and concepts. Although the initial cost of such an engine is quite high, the operational cost is lower than other engines used with proper operating procedure and trained crew.
Designing, testing, and maintaining engines in the digital realm has now supercharged the coming together of product and service to offer Rolls-Royce a wealth of opportunities to improve its offer and provision power to its customers. In addition to digital technology, the IntelligentEngine vision sets out a future where an engine will be increasingly connected, contextually aware and comprehending of customer needs in the name of delivering greater reliability and efficiency.
GATM: The Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) initiative set to take place at this year’s Dubai Airshow will present a comprehensive and interactive discussion on air traffic control, not only in the UAE but in the GCC and globally.
Cargo Connect: The third instalment of Cargo Connect will return to this year’s Dubai Airshow to bring together the cargo and logistics supply chain sector in discussion of the latest trends and transportation solutions.
The one-day conference will focus on the future of trade mobility, with panels exploring the development of digital cargo, e-commerce, general operations and automation, alongside other themes including the Uberisation of cargo.
Space Sector: Dubai Airshow 2019 will also place significant emphasis on the space sector in not just one exhibition area but two dedicated conferences organised in collaboration with the UAE Space Agency: ‘Women in Space’ and ‘Tech Talks’.
The addition of the Space Pavilion at the Dubai Airshow comes at an ideal time, given the increasing investment in the space sector. In particular, 2019 is an exciting year for the UAE space industry. The UAE partnered with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan and Kuwait to form the Arab Space Cooperation Group with the shared goal of advancing the region’s space industry.
The UAE reached another historic milestone this year, as Hazzaa Al Mansoori became the first Emirati astronaut to reach space. Previously a pilot, he flew the UAE Air Force’s F-16 Block 60 and was one of the first Arab pilots to take part in Dubai Airshow’s celebrations on the 50th anniversary of UAE Armed Forces.
The two previously mentioned space sector conferences will focus on promoting global collaboration to deliver economical access to space, future missions and projects within the GCC while providing a global outlook into investment and innovation. Other conversations will focus on the New Space economy and the redefining of business models to boost space mission success and drive down costs, along with discussions on developing the next generation space talents through STEM education projects.
Keynote speakers include H.E. Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, Chairman, UAE Space Agency; Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs; Dan Hart, President and CEO, Virgin Orbit; and Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Col. Al Worden, USAF-Ret, who returns after the success of his appearance in 2017.
“This is an exciting year for the space industry in the UAE. As a nation, we are proud to have made historic advancements in the sectorpropelling the nation forward,” said H.E. Dr. Eng. Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Director General of UAE Space Agency. “As we progress towards a knowledge-based economy, we are eager to develop new partnerships with different aerospace entities and showcase our initiatives to interested parties from around the world at the Dubai Airshow’s Space Pavilion.”
See the Future of Flight
The future of flight will be discussed at the Space Conference and Pavilion at the Dubai Airshow. Dubai Airports Engineering projects (DAEP), announced ambitious plans for Al Maktoum International to become a 'cosmic super-port' handling hypersonic and space aircraft in the future, as part of its Dubai 10X initiative. Working in partnership with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, the goal of the project is to become the premier hub for future travel by becoming an ‘aerotropolis’ and then a ‘cosmotropolis’ with the region’s first spaceport and launch site.
In particular, this super-port will need to incorporate the latest and most advanced technology not just in its space launch development, but also to achieve its vision of integrating the infrastructure at Al Maktoum International Airport to accommodate any current and future mode of transportation, combining car and rail access with the potential future high-speed hyperloop.
Advanced Technology in the Spotlight
Airport technology is advancing at an incredible rate. This growth was in the spotlight at Airport Solutions Dubai that took place as a standalone event in October last year and is returning as a feature at the Dubai Airshow 2019, focusing on disruptors to the industry including biometrics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, IoT and big data. The Airport Solutions Dubai conference will bring together leading experts to discuss these technologies in more detail and provide the industry with the knowledge to create the airports of the future.
Recently, the UAE Space Agency signed a letter of intent with NASA that covers cooperation in the peaceful exploration of outer space and the UAE’s recently launched astronaut programme. Also, with its aim of the UAE becoming one of the top countries in the aerospace field by 2021, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre is working towards the Emirates Mars Mission with a goal of the Hope Spacecraft arriving in Mars’ atmosphere that same year to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the UAE.
Strong Defence Spending
According to reports, Middle Eastern defence spending is expected to reach US$100 billion this year driven predominately by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Out of top 10 defence spending nations per capita, five are in the Middle East, as are nine of the top 15 defence budgets per GDP.
Defence is a top priority for regional governments, with countries in the Middle East spending around 13 per cent of their fiscal budgets on defence annually. Oman and KSA spend almost 20 and 30 per cent respectively. In fact, Saudi Arabia’s 2019 defence budget is US$51 billion, making it the third-largest military spending nation in the world. Meanwhile, the UAE’s defence budget is growing at 6.5 per cent CAGR and accumulatively over the years to 2021. In light of these developments, the Dubai Airshow will host the world’s leading defence companies, who will display their latest innovations to an audience including from around the region and across the world.
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