CHINA has launched its first next-generation Type 076 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) on December 27. Taking the namesake of Southwest China’s Sichuan province, the latest amphibious assault ship is equipped … Read More
THE Philippine Air Force (PAF) received a new chief after Lieutenant General Arthur Cordura assumed command of the PAF on December 19. Gen Cordura has been the Vice Chief of … Read More
KICKING off in Hanoi today was the Vietnam International Defence Expo, the second iteration of the exhibition since its first edition in 2022. Being held from December 19-22, global players … Read More
AUSTRALIA successfully launched its first Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM) for the first time during a test and evaluation activity off the coast of San Diego, United States. In … Read More
HANWHA Aerospace has shipped four units of the 155mm K9 Thunder VIDAR (Versatile Indirect Artillery system) self-propelled howitzers (SPH) and eight K10 ammunition resupply vehicles (ARV) to Norway. It is anticipated to … Read More
THE Global Combat Air Programme between the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy will be spearheaded by a new business joint venture (JV) comprising the trilateral lead system integrators. Japan’s Aircraft … Read More
TAIWAN has received its initial batch of M1A2T Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) ordered from the United States, with a total of 38 arriving at the Port of Taipei on … Read More
AIRBUS Defence and Space has delivered the first A400M tactical airlifter to the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Air Defense Forces in a handover ceremony after the aircraft touched down in Almaty. … Read More
FOLLOWING the short-lived martial law declaration fiasco in South Korea, a new defence minister has been named to lead the republic’s Ministry of National Defense (MND). Choi Byung-hyuk, a former … Read More
ISTANBUL: TURKIYE’S STM has cut the steel for the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) first Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 (LMSB2) in Istanbul Shipyard. The steel cutting ceremony was attended by … Read More
