Malaysia picks Turkish defense firm in drone deal

MELBOURNE, Australia, and MERSIN, Turkey — Malaysia has selected Turkish Aerospace Industries to provide three unmanned aircraft, according to the Southeast Asian nation’s defense minister. “[F]or the procurement of three (3) MALE-UAS units, the Government has decided...

America’s arsenal is in need of life support

The United States is set to face a raft of consequences if urgent measures are not taken to expand its production capacity for military munitions. For many years, the Defense Department and Congress together all but ignored the issue. Year after year, budgets were...

Malaysia selects Leonardo for maritime patrol aircraft program

MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia has selected Italy’s Leonardo as its preferred vendor for a maritime patrol aircraft program. Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein made the announcement over the weekend following the receipt of a second transport aircraft that was...