Gordon Arthur
Asia-Pacific Editor at Naval Warfare (Shephard Media)
Photojournalist at Freelance
Freelance defence photojournalist and editor focusing on Asia-Pacific. Keeping you up to date on military goings-on in the region.
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3 days ago |
navalnews.com | Gordon Arthur
East Asia – encompassing Japan, South Korea and Taiwan – are important markets for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) in terms of existing and potential orders. It also believes short-take-off-and-landing versions of its unmanned aircraft would be suitable for Japan and South Korea, both of which operate large helicopter carrier ships.
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3 days ago |
asianmilitaryreview.com | Gordon Arthur
There is no “kill switch” on the F-35 fighter, an Australian air force official confirmed recently to media.
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3 days ago |
defensenews.com | Gordon Arthur
TOKYO — As Japanese defense officials move to upgrade a military training infrastructure hard-pressed to produce F-35 pilots, vendors are proposing new planes to fill a gap. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or JASDF, has made small steps to begin turning around what experts have described as an obsolete training ecosystem. Officials have already selected Textron’s T-6JP Texan II as its basic trainer to replace the Fuji T-7, and a T-6 procurement contract should be signed before year’s end.
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1 week ago |
navalnews.com | Gordon Arthur
Hanwha Ocean displayed a concept model for a future submarine – one that could employ either diesel-electric or nuclear propulsion – at MADEX 2025 in Busan, but the South Korean shipbuilder has its sights set on more immediate submarine requirements.
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1 week ago |
navalnews.com | Gordon Arthur
Continuing the tradition of South Korean shipbuilders showing innovative concepts at home defence exhibitions, Hanwha Ocean appeared at MADEX 2025 in Busan with a new concept for a ship capable of performing manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T). This vessel of potential interest to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) is called the Ghost Commander II, and it is a quite different concept from the original Ghost Commander shown at MADEX 2023.
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Quite an impressively sized vessel, especially when you consider what it is that the MRCV is replacing in Singapore's navy!
For the first time, accurate scale models of Singapore’s new Multirole Combat Vessel #MRCV have been shown. Both ST Engineering, which is building the MRCV, and Saab, which designed the vessel, exhibited respective scale models at IMDEX 2025 🇸🇬 https://t.co/rcwT0K8OCn
Singapore navy orders new submarines & unmanned mine countermeasures equipment to cement its position as the most capable in SE Asia...
Singapore navy orders new submarine and unmanned mine countermeasure assets https://t.co/ZlUV8mz0CJ
One of the few interesting things at this year's IMDEX in Singapore...
Euroatlas brings Greyshark AUV to Asia for its maiden visit https://t.co/IFnbGHA8lf https://t.co/jgmADwW9Fo
