Philippine Navy Newest Frigate Sails for Home
By MG Mahmud MANILA/ULSAN: The first of two South Korean-built frigates of the Philippine Navy, Jose Rizal (FF 150), is now underway heading south for her home port of Subic … Read More
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1,000th Production of Sherpa for Arquus
By: Adlinna A Alim French defence company Arquus announced May 19 that it has completed production of the 1,000th Sherpa armoured vehicle from its Limoges facility. This marks a major … Read More
Possible Sale of MK 48 Mod 6 Heavy Weight Torpedo to Taiwan
By: MG Mahmud TAIPEI/WASHINGTON: The US State Department announced May 20 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of eighteen MK-48 Mod6 Advanced Technology Heavy Weight Torpedoes (HWT) to Taiwan … Read More
Third and Final Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney V Commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy
By: MG Mahmud CANBERRA/SYDNEY: Australia’s SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyer programme has officially come to an end with the commissioning of HMAS Sydney V (DDG 42) at sea during transit … Read More
BAE Systems Awarded Electronic Countermeasures Contract for KC-130J Aircraft
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Aircraft Prototyping Systems Division has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on a $26.7 million task order to install, integrate, … Read More
At Cruising Altitude in 2019, Prepared for Future Turbulance
By: MG Mahmud Switzerland’s airframe maker Pilatus recorded another very successful business year in 2019, exceeding the one billion mark yet again with turnover of about $1.13 billion (1.1 billion … Read More
First ANSAT Helicopter for EMERCOM, Approval for COVID-19 Isolation Units Onboard
By Isaak Zulkarnaen Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has announced that obtained approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) for installing isolation units in Ansat multipurpose … Read More
Safran Awards Australian Companies Subcontract for Critical Subsystems Design On Future Submarines
By: Adlinna Abdul Alim CANBERRA: Two Australian companies have signed subcontracts with French firm, Safran for the design of key subsystems for Australia’s Attack-class submarine programme. The Australian Department of … Read More
KAI Awards Quantum3D New Simulation Contract
By: Isaak Zulkarnaen California-based Training and simulation technology provider, Quantum3D has bagged a contract from Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) to supply the MANTIS image generator (IG) for the South Korean … Read More
First Batch of JGSDF Ospreys Arrive in Japan
The first two Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to be used by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGDF) have arrived at Japan’s Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, on the main … Read More