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2 weeks ago | 
aviationweek.com | Adrian Schofield |Chen Chuanren
The Qantas Group has announced it will close down its Singapore-based Jetstar Asia joint venture, allowing the group to move the LCC’s aircraft to the Australian market. Qantas said Jetstar Asia will continue to operate flights for the next seven weeks, operating a “progressively reduced schedule”...
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3 weeks ago | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren |Jens Flottau
NEW DELHI—The U.S. has suspended sales of aircraft technologies to China for use by state-owned commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac, industry sources say. The decision appears to have come in response to China’s restriction on exports of critical minerals to the U.S. and was first reported by The New York Times.
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2 months ago | 
aviationweek.com | Robert Wall |Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to produce the rockets for the K239 Chunmoo system in Poland after already agreeing to produce the launcher in the country. Warsaw is buying 290 Chunmoo launchers, and according to a deal announced April 15, the manufacturer will start delivering CGR-080 rockets from a...
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2 months ago | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren |Kim Minseok
SEOUL—South Korean defense prime Hanwha Aerospace announced it will invest KRW750 billion ($510 million) into development and production facilities for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-1 Gray Eagle uncrewed system and engines. Under a new partnership with the U.S. manufacturer...
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Kim Minseok |Chen Chuanren
The baseline ground-launched Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile on display at an exhibition in Taipei. An air-launched variant of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) Hsiung Feng III (HF-3) anti-ship missile broke cover after an AIDC F-CK-1 fighter jet was photographed carrying the weapon at an unspecified airbase. In the image the missile's nose is marked with Chinese... Kim Minseok Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
shephardmedia.com | Chen Chuanren
The Singapore Army has commissioned the Armoured Engineer Vehicle variant of the Hunter armoured fighting vehicle, which will eventually replace the FV180 combat engineering tractor in service since the 1990s.
Designated as the HT-AEV, the vehicle was developed in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and ST Engineering. Like the Hunter AFV, the HT-AEV will be fully digitised and enable closed-hatched operations with an all-round camera system.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren
SINGAPORE—The Thai government will support the country's air force in its proposal to acquire the Saab Gripen E/F to replace its aging Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs. The backing from Bangkok clears a key hurdle for Saab and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) prior to contract signing. Defense Minister and...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren
Delivery of Japan’s first Lockheed Martin F-35B is no longer expected before March 31, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Jan. 10. The first aircraft initially was planned to be handed over by the close of Japan's fiscal 2024 at the end of March. Nakatani told local reporters in a press...
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren |Sean Broderick
The final four minutes of voice and flight parameter data from the Jeju Air flight that crashed Dec. 29 was not captured on either onboard flight recorder, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said Jan. 11. "We have confirmed that all data stopped recording on both devices," an MOLIT statement said.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
aviationweek.com | Chen Chuanren
SINGAPORE—The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has set a goal for the country's air transport industry to carry 780 million passengers in 2025 which is 50 million more than the record 2024 figures. At its recent 2025 planning conference, CAAC also prepared for the formulation and...
