12th January 2021 - 07:32 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS
PTDI continues to serve the Indonesian military with helicopter production of models like the Bell 412EPI, Super Puma and Panther.
The Indonesian Army received its first Bell 412EPI helicopter on 29 December 2020, almost precisely two years after nine such aircraft were ordered by Jakarta.
A social media announcement from Indonesian state-owned aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) revealed on the same day, ‘PTDI delivered one unit of Bell 412EPI .
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8th January 2021 - 19:30 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS
Chinese sea gliders are roving far and wide across regional seas, as the latest discovery in Indonesia indicates.
Indonesian fishermen discovered an unmarked sea glider on 20 December, but it is highly likely that it was a Chinese-operated AUV tasked with collecting oceanographic data.
Pictures of the salvaged vehicle show it is identical to the Chinese-built Haiyi (which translates as Sea Wing). The Tianjin University-designed platform has a .
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17th December 2020 - 00:56 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS
Taiwan s indigenous shipbuilding programme bears fruit with new corvette, OPV and minelayer classes progressing.
Taiwan launched the Republic of China Navy’s (ROCN) first improved
Tuo Chiang-class guided missile corvette in the northeast port city of Suao in Yilan County on 14 December.
The launch ceremony for ROCS
Ta Chiang (pennant number 619), built by Lung Teh Shipbuilding, was attended by President Tsai .
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16th December 2020 - 07:16 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS
After much deliberation and delay, the Republic of Korea Navy has finally settled on its follow-on naval helicopter platform.
After a lengthy tender and decision-making process, South Korea finally selected the Sikorsky MH-60R naval helicopter on 15 December as the platform to operate from its upcoming warships.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) was seeking additional naval helicopters under its Maritime Operations Helicopter Batch 2 (MOH2) project. It represented .
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