Fueling Strength
Although Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft play an important role in force projection, they have a limited niche market that will only attract those...
Rostec considers the launch of licensed production of ammunition in Indonesia
Sergey Abramov, Industrial director of Rostec weapons cluster, commenting on the cluster strategy adopted in the beginning of April 2017, states that Techmash (part...
Tanked Up
It is an often repeated adage that Main Battle Tanks (MBT) are unsuitable for operation in the jungles, mountains and paddies common in Asian-Pacific...
Frigate or Destroyer?
Budgetary and strategic factors are slowly dividing the Asia-Pacific region into navies that can afford destroyers, and those that cannot. This, in turn, is...
GE Outlines Asia-Pacific Marine Engine Developments
Worldwide General Electric (GE) has delivered over 1400 marine gas turbines servicing 35 navies on some 500 ship programmes.
According to George Awiszus, director...
Looking After ‘The Old Man’
The Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) 130th Air Engineering Depot (AED) has recently completed the 50th Periodic Depot Maintenance (PDM) of a Lockheed Martin C-130B...
PTDI CN-235 Update
Indonesian Aerospace (PTDI) can be taciturn unless you visit the firm’s Bandung facility in the west of the island of Java, or alternatively if...
Anoa Prototype by Year End
Indonesia’s PT Pindad is setting a target date of between August and September for the first Anoa armoured vehicle to be readied as part...
Ukrainian BTR-4M successfully passed test trials in Indonesia
Ukrainian amphibious armored personal carriers BTR-4M successfully passed all test trials in tropical conditions in Indonesia. Five Ukrainian combat vehicles were delivered to Indonesian...
More Be-200s For Russia
For the first time since its maiden flight in 1998, Beriev is on the cusp of gaining the first export sales for its Be-200...
