Indonesia's PT PINDAD conducts successful live-firing demonstration of its latest Medium Tank.
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PT PINDAD conducted on 27 of August 2018 a successful live-firing demonstration of its latest “Medium Tank” at the Infantry Education Center of the Indonesian Army at Cipatat, West Bandung Regency. The attendance was composed by numerous high rank officers from various department of Ministry of Defence and the Indonesian Army. The M...
Read MoreMalaysian Air Force looks for affordable solution to fighter unavailability
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The Royal Malaysian Air Force is suffering major availability issues with two of its three main frontline types. These problems afflict the ten Russian-supplied Mikoyan MiG-29Ns and NUBs of 17 Squadron and the 18 Su-30MKMs of 11 Squadron. Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu revealed on 31 July that only four of the 28 Russian aircraft in the...
Read MoreST Engineering Launches LMV Dauntless for Singapore Navy
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ST Engineering’s Marine sector rolled out the seventh Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) named Dauntless which was built for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). It is the seventh LMV built by the firm for the Navy since 2013 to replace Fearless-class Patrol Vessels. “We are committed to continue the good progress we have made thus fa...
Read MoreIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand join Pitch Black exercise in Australia
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Military aircraft from several Indo-Pacific air forces are joining aircraft from the United States, France, Canada and host Australia for a multinational air combat exercise that started Friday over northern Australia. Code-named Pitch Black 2018, the three-week exercise will see the participation of co...
Read MoreHope BAE Systems SEA 5000 win will seed Australia's own warship industry
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Australia's Turnbull government says the construction of its new fleet of British-designed naval frigates will create 4000 jobs and create an industry that in future won’t need help from overseas to make large and complex warships. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will on Friday confirm that Britain’s BAE Systems has won a hard-fo...
Read MoreSingapore forges NextGen capabilities in Arizona
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During its biennial overseas exercise, Forging Sabre, the Singaporean Armed Forces used enhanced C2 to further integrate fast jets, attack helicopters and UAVs into the precision, and simultaneous delivery of kinetic munitions. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) recently concluded its latest air-land strike integration and live-fire exercise whic...
Read MoreBoeing engages with Indonesian Army on Apache support
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Boeing has outlined the scope of its industrial collaboration engagement with Indonesia as part of its Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract to supply the Southeast Asian country with eight AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters. A spokesperson for Boeing told Jane’s on 5 June that the US corporation is collaborating with the Apache op...
Read MoreThai Air Force completes induction of its first four KAI T-50TH Golden Eagle supersonic trainers
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A formal induction ceremony was held at the Takhli Air Force Base, 240 kilometres northwest of Bangkok. It was attended by the Royal Thai Air Force commander Johm Rungswang, as well as Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) president Kim Jo-won and South Korea’s Ambassador to Thailand Noh Kwang-il. The original $110 million contract for four air...
Read MoreNexter lands Malaysian Light Artillery contract
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The first six light guns will be delivered by Nexter and its partner in Malaysia, ADS in November 2019 and deliveries of all 18 artillery pieces will be completed in February 2020. “This contract is a new recognition of the Nexter Group’s expertise in the field of artillery and ammunition. This is an important success in our strategy...
Read MoreST Marine delivers Fortitude to Singapore Navy
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Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), the marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), has successfully launched the sixth Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), Fortitude, designed and built for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The ceremony, held at ST Marine’s Benoi Yard, was officiated by Mr Ng Chee ...
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