Airbus A330 MRTT tanker achieves first fully automatic refuelling contacts
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the...
Boeing delivers 500th AH-64E Apache as it pushes for further exports
Boeing has marked delivery of 500 AH-64E Longbow Apache attack helicopter, as the U.S. aerospace giant continues to eye further export opportunities.
Terry Jamison, director...
Australia clarifies reasons for delayed Vanuatu aid shipment (with graphical explainer)
Australia's defence department has said that the presence of a Chinese aircraft unloading its humanitarian aid shipment on the runway at Vanuatu's Port Vila...
India cleared to buy Harpoon Block II missiles, Mk 54 torpedoes
The U.S. State Department has cleared India's request to acquire the Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon Block II anti-ship missile and Raytheon's Mk 54 air-dropped torpedo...
Australia cancels Pitch Black multinational air combat exercise
Australia has announced that a multinational air combat exercise that will involve several regional participants has been cancelled as a result of the ongoing...
COVID-19 torpedoes further Thai submarine, aircraft ambitions
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a former general who had previously taken power in a coup before winning an election, has ordered the suspension...
DRA March 2020: Fifth-Generation fighter options
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is equally lauded and derided as the world’s most advanced and most troubled fifth-generation fighter. Considering its high...
DRA March 2020: Royal Thai Air Force outlines procurement priorities
To overcome the potential lack of budget and to educate the defence community about its requirements, the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has released...
Japan deploys anti-ship, surface-to-air missiles on southernmost islands
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has held an induction ceremony on the 5th of April marking the completion of the deployment of mobile...
Japan’s coast guard orders two more Airbus H225s
Japan's coast guard orders two more Airbus H225s
The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has placed an order of two more Airbus H225M helicopters, cementing its...
