Second Malaysian LCS Launched
LUMUT Naval Shipyard (LUNAS) launched the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) second Littoral Combat Ship–Raja Muda Nala in a naming and launching ceremony held today at the LUNAS shipyard in Lumut, … Read More
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Malaysia, Italy Agree On Defence Procurement Deals
MALAYSIA and Italy finalised a government-to-government (G2G) defence procurement deal in a bilateral meeting in Rome between the defence ministers of both nations, Khaled Nordin and Guido Crosetto respectively. In … Read More
Bell Successfully Delivers 40 Bell 505s To South Korea
Bell Textron Inc. successfully delivered 40 Bell 505 helicopters to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). This fulfils the delivery requirements outlined in a … Read More
Airbus A400M Completes Firefighting Tests
AIRBUS Defence and Space announced today the successful completion of a series of test drops and demonstrations of its A400M firefighting demonstrator kit in Nîmes-Garons, France. The objective of this test … Read More
Kongsberg, Thales Partner On Secure Communications
KONGSBERG Defence & Aerospace’s tactical communications unit and Thales’ crypto and secure communications business in Norway will join forces to meet the growing connectivity needs of defence forces in Norway, … Read More
Kongsberg NOMADS: Protecting On The Go
KONGSBERG Defense and Aerospace’s recently-launched ground-based air defence system, the National Maneuver Air Defense System (NOMADS) which is designed for on the move (OTM) protection of forces and axis of … Read More
New Malaysian Chief of Air Force
GENERAL Muhamad Norazlan Aris took over as Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in a handover of duties ceremony at Subang Air Base on June 26. Gen Mohd … Read More
HMS Prince Of Wales Carrier Group Arrives In Singapore
HMS PRINCE of Wales, the Royal Navy’s second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier arrived in Singapore, becoming the first warship to ever drop anchor at the city-state’s Marina Bay Cruise Centre. … Read More
EDGE Group: Indonesia ‘extremely’ important, Jakarta to be main hub
THE Asian Defence Journal spent a few minutes of question-and-answer with EDGE Group’s managing director and CEO Hamad Al Marar, during the recent Indo Defence expo and forum in Jakarta. … Read More
Ready, Aim, MeOpta
PRECISION optics goes beyond small arms, with various applications in the military, law enforcement and civilian world. The Czech Republic’s MeOpta has been producing quality optical and opto-electronic systems for … Read More