Enhancing the Mission
As nations continue to wage Counter-Insurgency (COIN) operations across the Asia-Pacific, requirements are emerging for Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) capable of providing...
New Zealand seeks to acquire fixed-wing transport capability
New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and has released a Request For Information (RfI), dubbed the Future Air Mobility Capability (FAMC), as the country...
Australia shortlists CRV Competitors
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 28 July that it had narrowed down to two the list of contenders considered to supply...
ASW the Japanese Way
The Japanese Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) presented the Kawasaki P-1 Anti-Submarine Warfare/Maritime Patrol Aircraft (ASW/MP) at this year’s Paris Air Show.
Deliveries of...
Building Bridges
Boeing’s defence, space and security division is enlisting Asia Pacific companies to support its weapons platforms’ life cycle requirements, and is using Insitu’s ScanEagle...
Boeing Looks East
Boeing is making inroads into the Asia-Pacific’s competitive air platform market, bolstered, in part, by its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft deliveries to Australia...
Rolls-Royce to provide engines for the RNZN’s
Rolls-Royce announced on 20 September that it would supply a Combined Diesel Electric and Diesel (CODLAD) propulsion system for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s...
RAN’s new Hobart-Class AWD completes initial Sea trials
The future HMAS Hobart, the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) first of three ‘Hobart’ class, has left the naval shipbuilding company ASC’s shipyard in Osborne,...
Japan First Export US-2 Deal With India Delayed Once More
Japan and India’s Defence Ministry were supposed to finally sign the sale of twelve ShinMaywa Industries’ US-2 amphibious aircraft in a deal worth between...
Instructing The Infantry
Infantry training is a core skill for any army and how it approaches this element often says much about the competency and capabilities of...
