South Korea has developed 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicle powered by a 420 hp diesel engine. It should enter service this year
South Korea is emerging as an arms exporter in its own right which may one day overtake China in Asia and several European countries. While American defence technology denial to Seoul may have dominated headlines last week, what is significant is that Seoul has exported or is pitching for contracts to supply ships, aircraft, artillery systems to several customers in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Middle East
An Indian shipyard, Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE) will supply warships to Vietnam and is also eyeing an order worth Rs 2000 crore ($315 million) to export two 3500 tons Frigates to the Philippines Navy. Vietnam order will be the second export of warships for India
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the acceptance tests of MT30 gas turbine under the Republic of Korea Navy's FFX frigate programme. The MT30, which will power the FFX Batch II frigates, is the world's most power-dense marine gas turbine, meaning it packs in the maximum power into the smallest available space on board the ship
Defense procurement is set to balloon in the Philippines with contracts worth approximately $2 billion awarded and in the pipeline in the first half of 2014. Against the backdrop of the Manilas first-ever defense exhibition, the ASIAN DEFENCE, SECURITY & CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (ADAS), July 16-18 2014, Defenseworld
An Indian company has been invited to compete in an international tender to supply frigate for the Philippines Navy. India's state-owned Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Ltd
The Korean Navy has chosen Rolls-Royce to supply its MT30 gas turbine to power a new FFX frigate, the first order for the MT30 in Asia. The FFX frigate will use a single MT30 rather than a pair, which demonstrates that the engine is suitable to power a variety of naval ships
The Tognum business unit Engines received two orders for the supply of a total of 28 MTU engines from the Series 2000, Series 4000 and Series 1163 to the Korean Coast Guard in 2009. The orders also include MTU automation systems for six new vessels
MOORESTOWN, NJ --- Lockheed Martins 94th Aegis System entered active service today under the flag of the fifth nation to join the worldwide Aegis fleet the Republic of Korea (ROK).>> DDG 991, Sejong the Great, the ROKs first of three Aegis-equipped KDX-III destroyers, was built and tested at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan, Korea and commissioned in Pusan, completing an impressive on-time, on-budget first-of-class delivery
>The South Korean Navy has commissioned Yung Yi, the second of three Type 214 submarines on order from Hyundai Heavy Industries. (ThyssenKrupp photo)On 28th November 2008 the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Ltd