Indonesia inks deal for more KAI trainer jets
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Indonesia has signed a contract to buy more T-50 jet trainers made by Korea Aerospace Industries, and Thailand has indicated its desire to add to its inventory of the jets, marking continued success for the South Korean aircraft.
KAI made a filing to the Seoul stock exchange on July 20 announcing the sale of six more T-50i jet trainers to I...
Indian navy to float $6 billion tender for six submarines
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India’s government has approved the launch of a $6.14 billion program for the construction of six conventional submarines under Project 75-I.
The approval was granted by the defense ministry’s procurement body, the Defence Acquisition Council, on June 4. It permits the Indian navy to publish a tender for six submarines, with a ...
Indonesian Air Force orders eight additional H225Ms
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The Indonesian Air Force has ordered eight additional twin-engine multirole H225M helicopters as part of the country’s fleet-strengthening initiative for a combat search and rescue-capable fleet.
Under the agreement between the Indonesian Ministry of Defence and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) (PTDI), the 11-ton combat-proven helicopters...
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...
Indonesia, 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...
Israel MOD Places Order for Rafael Trophy for All Merkava 4 MBTs and Namer APCs
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Israel’s Ministry of Defence has placed a massive order worth millions of Shkels for Rafael’s Trophy Systems to be fitted on every Merkava 4 tank and Namer APC providing them with an active protection system (APS).
Hundreds of additional Trophy active protection systems (APS), manufactured by Rafael will be purcha...
Indonesia will introduce "Tank Boat" for its Military
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PT. Pindad in collaboration with PT. Lundin Industry will introduce a new type of combat boat, Brigadier General Jan Pieter Ate, the head of Technology and Defence Industry Directorate of Indonesian Ministry of Defense, has announced.
Brigadier General Jan Pieter Ate further elaborated that this new type of combat boat is considered ...
Industry to benefit from replacement aviation refuelling vehicles
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The Minister for Defence Industry, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP and the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne today announced that the Turnbull Government is enhancing the capability of the Australian Defence Force to support its vital air assets through the approval to purchase a new fleet of petrol tankers and refu...
