By Defence Review Asia Staff on Sep 07, 2021 08:00 am
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Commandos and the SIndonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Special Forces Command (KOPASSUS) successfully concluded Exercise Chandrapura (XCP) 2021. Held virtually from 1 to 3 September, this year’s edition of the annual bilateral exercise involved professional exchanges and a table-top exercise (TTX) to build stronger bonds and strengthen mutual understanding between the […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Sep 07, 2021 07:44 am
MCL AND IAI AWARDED MOD RPV EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAMME CONTRACT Marlborough Communications Limited (MCL) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), will deliver four Remote Platoon Vehicles (RPVs) to support and enhance experimentation and capability development for UK land operations, with MCL becoming a major contractor to the UK MoD RPV Framework Group. The RPVs, designed and […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Sep 07, 2021 07:43 am
IAI to produce F-16 wings for Lockheed Martin The assembly line established at IAI in the 1980s has reopened Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has resumed the production of F-16 wings for Lockheed Martin, using the assembly line established in the 1980s. IAI recently reopened the production line following increased worldwide demand for the F-16 Block […] Read in browser »
On August 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated at the official opening ceremony of the ARMY-2021 international forum. Russia’s major defense exhibition, which concluded on August 28, gathered delegations from 97 countries with 34 of them headed by Defense Ministers. Over 20,000 samples of military and dual-purpose products from 1,500 enterprises from Russia and […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Sep 07, 2021 07:28 am
Rafael wins $80 million a contract in Asia for Naval warfare systems suite Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announced that it has been awarded a contract worth approximately $80 million to supply a comprehensive naval warfare systems suite for Shaldag Mk V Fast Attack Crafts by Israel Shipyards, to an undisclosed country in Southeast Asia. […] Read in browser »
By Defence Review Asia Staff on Sep 07, 2021 07:00 am
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indian Navy (IN) conducted the annual Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) from 2 to 4 September 2021. SIMBEX 2021 involved a virtual planning phase followed by a ‘contactless’ sea phase in the southern reaches of the South China Sea within international waters. The sea phase involved ships […] Read in browser »
