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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Gordon Arthur
Gordon Arthur @combatpaparazzi
14 May 25

Quite an impressively sized vessel, especially when you consider what it is that the MRCV is replacing in Singapore's navy!

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Naval News @navalnewscom

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

Gordon Arthur
Gordon Arthur @combatpaparazzi
12 May 25

Singapore navy orders new submarines & unmanned mine countermeasures equipment to cement its position as the most capable in SE Asia...

Breaking Defense
Breaking Defense @BreakingDefense

Singapore navy orders new submarine and unmanned mine countermeasure assets https://t.co/ZlUV8mz0CJ

Gordon Arthur
Gordon Arthur @combatpaparazzi
9 May 25

One of the few interesting things at this year's IMDEX in Singapore...

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Shephard News @ShephardNews

Euroatlas brings Greyshark AUV to Asia for its maiden visit https://t.co/IFnbGHA8lf https://t.co/jgmADwW9Fo