By Defence Review Asia Staff on Jun 28, 2022 08:54 am
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been busy in the defence market with plans being drawn to collaborate with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem for a licenced production variant of the K2 Black Panther tank, tentatively named ‘K2PL’, says GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that an EU nation choosing suppliers outside of […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Jun 28, 2022 08:40 am
Following the news that Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract for its Scorpius-SP Airborne Self Protection Jammer by an undisclosed Asian country; Tushar Mangure, Defense Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “The Scorpius-SP jammer’s ability to simultaneously scan a large area for potential Surface-to-Air and Air-to-Air […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Jun 28, 2022 08:14 am
HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH and THEON SENSORS SA are establishing a joint company called HENSOLDT THEON NightVision GmbH. The company is headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany. HENSOLDT with THEON SENSORS will appoint the managers. Both companies are already successfully cooperating within the framework of a bidding consortium for a contract to manufacture and supply 9.550 pairs of […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Jun 28, 2022 08:05 am
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been awarded a new multi-million-dollar deal for the purchase of Scorpius-SP Airborne Self Protection Jammer pods with Active Electronic Scanned Array (AESA) technology (ELL-8222SB), for an air force in Asia. Scorpius-SP is based on cutting-edge AESA technology with multi-beam operation – the ability to simultaneously detect and suppress multiple threats […] Read in browser »
Premiere for the new propulsion system for German Navy frigates The general contractor Damen Naval and RENK have signed a contract to supply gearboxes and innovative electric propulsion systems, initially for four new 126 Class (F126) frigates for the German Navy. In the process, the Augsburg-based propulsion specialist continues its decades-long cooperation with the German […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Jun 28, 2022 07:43 am
A contingent of specialist Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have arrived in Vietnam to participate in Pacific Partnership 2022. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region, with ADF personnel joining the United States-led mission to provide specialist support. Approximately 30 ADF personnel will […] Read in browser »