During the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom in 2022, the low-cost airline Vietjet and Boeing reconfirmed a previously announced order for 200 737 MAX aircraft. According to the agreement, Thai Vietjet, a Vietjet affiliate in Thailand, will...
Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force will take part in the Garuda Shield multilateral training exercise held by Indonesia next month for the first time with the US and Australia. The yearly drills, which usually take place between Indonesia and the United States,...
It has been recently announced that the Royal Thai Navy intends to enter into an agreement to procure seven Hermes 900 UAVs from Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems. According to local media, Hermes’ offer bested more than a dozen proposals from Turkey,...
Malaysia has signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in various fields including defense with Turkey during the official visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to the Republic in July 2022. Ismail has also visited Turkey’s two...
Thailand is calling for the private sector to invest in increasing the number of aerospace engineers, which currently do not meet the country’s demand. A key focus is represented by the need to increase research funds to students at high school and university...
The state government of Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia, is exploring sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to sustainably produce jet fuel and reduce aviation carbon emission with potential partners from Brunei, Indonesia and South Korea. Sarawak is developing SAF...
To encourage future development, the Società Esercizi Aeroportuali (SEA) of Italy and the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) have signed a sister airport agreement. This was within the framework of Routes Asia 2022, which took place from June 6 to 9 in Da Nang,...
On the last week of June 2022, the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) signed the PHP 30 billion (USD 533 million) offshore patrol vessel (OPV) contract, which seeks to provide six OPVs to the...
At the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Japan Minister of Defense Kishi Nobuo and Singapore Defense Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen signed an Enhanced Memorandum on Defense Exchanges. They also announced the initiation of negotiations on an Agreement regarding the...
Arquus and PT Pindad signed an MoU during the Eurosatory 2022 exhibition, which took place in Paris, to create a future partnership in land systems platforms for Indonesia. This MoU involves the development and construction of new armored vehicles, as well as related...
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, announced that Bluebird Group, an award-winning Indonesian transportation company, has chosen Darktrace AI to intercept cyber-attacks autonomously. Bluebird Group, founded in 1972 and listed on the Indonesian Stock...
The Philippine Navy, which has been retiring World War II-era ships since 2020, has been on a buying spree for replacement with brand-new and refurbished vessels. South Korea has been one of its leading partners in its massive endeavor. Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai...
