New Commander for US 7th Fleet
Vice Admiral Karl O Thomas is the 53rd commander of 7th Fleet, the world’s largest forward-deployed naval force. He took over the helm from VAdm William R Merz. VAdm Merz … Read More
Tag: Asian Defence Journal
Australian Defence Force Gets New Chinooks
CANBERRA: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has received the first batch of two new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks. The new helicopters were delivered to Townsville this week aboard a large US … Read More
Thales Debuts Modular Long-Range Light UAS
European tech firm Thales today introduced its latest long-ranged programme, the UAS 100. The system was developed in partnership with Issoire Aviation and Hionos, and with the support of the … Read More
New Deputy Prime Minister in Malaysia’s Cabinet Reshuffle
KUALA LUMPUR: Ismail Sabri Yaacob has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in a cabinet reshuffle announced by the Malaysia’s premier, Muhyiddin Yassin. Ismail will still keep the defence ministry … Read More
MBDA CAMM to Strengthen Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers’ Air Defence Capability
European missile-maker, MBDA announced today that it has been awarded a number of contracts to significantly upgrade the air and missile defence capabilities of Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers. … Read More
CAE Concludes Acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training Business
CAE announced that it has formally concluded the previously announced acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training business for $1.05 billion subject to customary adjustments (the “Acquisition”). As announced earlier this … Read More
Nexter Continue to Sustain, Renovate the French Armed Forces Leclerc MBT
The French Ministry of Defence has renewed its confidence in Nexter by reconducting the support contract, extended to include the treatment of major obsolescence and the renovation of the first … Read More
CAE Gets Regulatory Approval for L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training Business Acquisition
CAE has received all the required regulatory approvals for the previously announced acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training business for $1.05 billion subject to customary adjustments and expects closing to … Read More
Kongberg NASAMS Array of Full Spectrum Air Defence
Norway’s Kongberg has highlighted the capability of its NASAMS air defence system which is moving towards countering the full spectrum of threats. The company presented the NASAMS air defence system … Read More
HAVELSAN Develops Troubleshooting Training Simulator for F-16 Fighters
Turkish firm HAVELSAN have been developing maintenance and fault diagnosis simulators for F-16 aircraft. In the first phase of the F16 Simulator Supply Project of the Presidency of Defence Industries … Read More