The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) launched the third Shadhinota-class C13B corvette for the Bangladesh Navy on 12 February 2018
Updates to ongoing Pakistani defence procurements – e.g. deliveries and contractual changes – with accompanying short-form analyses: (1) Aselsan ASELPOD targeting pod deliveries; (2) JF-17 in-flight refueling pods reaching squadrons; (3) ATR-72 MPAs nearing delivery; and (4) T-85IIAP tank overhaul with deliveries…
Negotiations with Saudi Arabia for the S-400 are progressing, but Riyadh’s near-term requirements for transfer-of-technology have complicated matters…
Negotiations for the sale of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E multi-role fighters to Indonesia are still ongoing, with issues relating to countertrade still preventing finalization.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is nearing a firm contract for the sale of 30 T129 attack helicopters to Pakistan. It is also in talks with Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.
Star UAV System Company, a business from Chengdu, is developing a twin-engine, stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the export market.
At the 2018 Singapore Air Show, Airbus Defence & Space said it was considering the prospect of offering MPA and ISR variants of the A320neo.
Turkish auto-manufacturer BMC’s Chairman, Ethem Sancak, says that BMC has won the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries’ (SSM) contract to develop a diesel engine for the Altay main battle tank (MBT)
South African conglomerate Paramount Group has announced that its serial production line for the AHRLAC light combat aircraft platform is “fully operational”.
Embraer Defense & Security announced that it signed a letter-of-intent (LOI) with civil aviation firm SkyTech for six KC-390 multi-mission transport aircraft.