Thailand Looking To Acquire MRTTs
THE Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has outlined its intentions on acquiring a tanker-transport aircraft in the 2025 fiscal year. This was confirmed by the service chief Air Chief Marshal … Read More
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Singapore To Purchase 2 Submarines, Maritime Patrol Aircraft And More
SINGAPORE will purchase another two submarines to supplement its current fleet of four Invincible-class submarines in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Aside from that, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) … Read More
Indonesia’s First Airbus A400M On Final Approach
INDONESIA’S first of two Airbus A400M airlifters has now entered the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Seville, Spain. It marks a major milestone in the production of the A400M, production … Read More
Kazakhstan Receives First Airbus A400M
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
LIG Nex1 wins US$2.78b deal for Cheongung-II to Iraq
IRAQ has signed a deal with South Korean defence firm LIG Nex1 to procure the Cheongung-II medium-range surface-to-air missile defence system for US$2.78 billion. The company did not disclose more … Read More
Airbus A330 MRTT completes automatic night air refuelling
AIRBUS’ A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has successfully completed the world’s first automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) flight test campaign in night conditions, a milestone towards attaining full certification in … Read More
Largest ever Pitch Black drills take off
EXERCISE Pitch Black, Australia’s largest international air combat training engagement will begin on July 12 until August 2 over the airspace of the Northern Territory. Exercise Pitch Black is the … Read More
Airbus Presents Wingman:New Unmanned Fighter Jet Escort Concept
Airbus will be presenting their new Wingman concept at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin from June 5-9. With a static display of a full-scale model, the concept is … Read More
Airbus Eurodrone’s Preliminary Design Review
The Eurodrone programme has successfully performed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Led by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, this major programme milestone has been completed with OCCAR and … Read More
Singaporean and Malaysian Air Forces Conclude 6th SAREX-MALSING
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) have concluded the sixth iteration of the bilateral Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) MALSING, which took place … Read More