Three former employees of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) were charged in the State Courts of Singapore on 13 January for their involvement in the corruption racket. As part of 2011 investigation launched by Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), former ST Marine employees - chief operating officer Han Yew Kwang, President of commercial business Tan Mong Seng (Tan) and Senior Vice President Mok Kim Whang (Mok) are charged under the section 477A of the Penal Code of the Prevention of Corruption Act
Japan is ready to send warships if Chinese navy approaches disputed Senkaku islands in East China Sea. “If the situation becomes difficult to resolve with the help of the Coast Guard, the self-defense forces will be ordered to launch defensive operations at sea,” Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani was quoted as saying in a NHK television broadcast by Sputnik Tuesday
US arms manufacturer Remington delivered a batch of 12,657 brand new M4 carbines to the Philippine Army, completing its supply contract of 56,843 M4s. The delivery was carried out ahead of schedule late last December, Army spokesman Col
General Dynamics has won Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 upgrade contract for the US Navy. General Dynamics will deliver Block 1B3 system upgrades over the next five years
The Russian army's airborne troops have received the Verba man-portable surface-to-air defense system (MANPADS) with the Barnaul-T automatic control system, a senior military official said Sunday. Four airborne troop units have been supplied with the latest Verba MANPADS between 2014 and 2015, the Head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Airborne Forces Informational Support Section Evgeniy Meshkov was quoted as saying in various media reports
Finmeccanica has signed a $485 million contract to extend the Tetra PIT program with the Italian Interior Ministry on December 31 2015. The Programme is for the implementation of a Tetra‐based mission‐critical national mobile radio service assuring secure communications for Police Forces
Cubic Corp has won a $15 million contract to provide Future Study Plan (FSP)/Unified Quest (UQ) events services under the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). Cubic will support ARCICs overall efforts for FSP/UQ events including, planning, preparation, execution, assessment and analytical integration, the company said in a statement Monday
The Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM), Barak-8. The warships include aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during its mid-life upgradation (MLU), the two indigenous aircraft carriers being designed and built, the three Delhi-class of destroyers (built under Project 15), three Kolkata class destroyers (Project 15A), four Vishakhpatnam class destroyers (project 15B), three Shivalik class (Project 17) during MLU and seven frigates under Project 17A
The Philippines Defense Department is expected to award military modernization projects to Elta System Ltd and Triton Communication Corp for the supply of air surveillance radars and drones respectively. Data obtained by The STAR showed that the military projects awaiting the issuance of notices of award are the air surveillance radars worth P2
Russias newest frigate Admiral Grigorovich has completed trials in the Barents Sea, the Yantar shipyards official said. "The second and last phase of the certification tests is over