This year marked a strategic push by South Korean companies to strengthen their foothold in the lucrative Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) defence markets, with government support playing a crucial role in their coordinated approach.
Japan announced that it will replace its fleet of manned attack and armed scout helicopters with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Reportedly securing a sale of four Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Indonesia, it is clear that UAVs are opening China’s entry into markets otherwise dominated by US, Europe and Russia.
Indonesia has inked a $1.14 billion U.S. contract with Russia for the purchase of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighters from United Aircraft Corporation…
BAE Systems reiterated its willingness to facilitate a UK-based line-of-credit to back a sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to Malaysia.
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.
As part of its defence modernization efforts, Indonesia is reportedly defining a new fighter requirement that could amount to a multi-billion-dollar bid.