“We will do our best to strengthen defense industry cooperation with Indonesia in various areas such as submarines, firepower, and air defense systems, and expand cooperation to the entire Southeast Asia region in the future,” DAPA Minister Seok Jong-gun said in an announcement.
For Thailand, the new Gripens will be equipped with the Raven ES-05 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, Infra-Red Search and Track systems and datalinks.
As threats evolve, the winning model ties digital engineering to manufacturing capacity and a reindustrialized supply chain.
American, South Korean, French and Swedish plane-makers all appear to be courting Lima, while political instability complicates matters further.
Poland has announced over $16 billion in weapon buys from South Korean firms since 2022. There are a number of ways those deals could be impacted by the uncertainty around South Korea's government.
The push for a naval version of the jet would likely not have happened if not for a series of decisions that dates back months.
The deal covers the purchase of 1,000 K2 tanks, 672 K9 self-propelled howitzers, and 48 FA-50PL light combat aircraft, with production benefits for Poland as well.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
The F-16 deal Poland sought appears dead, but Warsaw continues to entertain offers for other jets so it can send MiG-29s to Ukraine. The big question is whether they are willing to pay for them or not.
It may be an exaggeration to say the companies are dropping out of the T-X competition like flies, but the Northrop Grumman-BAE Systems team‘s decision to drop out today means that at least four of the biggest defense companies in the world decided they couldn’t come up with competitive offerings for the Air Force’s next generation […]