Tag: HADR
Malaysia extends local MRO for EC725 Caracal helos
The Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has awarded Boustead Heavy Industries Corp (BHIC) subsidiary BHIC AeroServices (BHICAS) a five-year helicopter services contract worth RM378...
Philippines Grants Us Five More EDCA Bases
Now that anti-American Rodrigo Duterte is no longer President of the Philippines, the US Government in Washington DC is enjoying a rapprochement with the...
Philippine Air Force expands Cessna-208B ISR aircraft fleet
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has taken possession of a third Cessna-208B (C-208B) Grand Caravan EX intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft following an...
Indian and US Army Units Concluding Joint Exercise
The US Army 2d Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and the Indian Army’s 9th Assam Regiment are wrapping up the Joint Exercise Yudh...
China dispatches naval vessels on Tonga relief mission, while Australian LHD...
China has on 31 January dispatched two naval vessels to the disaster-hit Tonga as it expands its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) efforts...
Japan set to boost Philippines’ HADR readiness
Japan is providing the Philippine Armed Forces (PAF) with lifesaving equipment adopted by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) under its official development assistance...
Thailand’s Spending Spree
by Andrew Drwiega and Dr. Lee Willet
With the Thai government being controlled by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), in other words...
RAP-pers Delight
Developing and operating an Integration Air Defence System (IADS) system is a fiendishly complex exercise. Such systems have two key functions; to help safeguard...
Survival Instinct
From her birth as an independent nation in 1965, Singapore has stressed a strong military as a key to national survival, prosperity and cohesion....
