Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) signed agreements with six foreign defence primes in the US and Canada during the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) held on 18–20 September.
The Royal Thai Air Force has signed agreements with Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters to acquire one A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport Plus (MRTT+) aircraft and two additional H225M multi-role helicopters, respectively. Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) will deliver in-country maintenance for the MRTT+ aircraft and complete final integration on the H225M helicopters.
Sweden’s Saab and Singapore’s ST Engineering have joined forces to offer a variant of their jointly designed Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) to the Estonian Navy. The two parties are now seeking Estonian industry partners to support their bid for the country’s requirement to replace its ageing naval vessels.
The Romanian Ministry of National Defence has sent a request of approval to its parliament to launch a tender for the acquisition of 216 main battle tanks with local production. Once approved, the parliament will weigh delivery speed, local job creation, and support packages to finalise the deal once the bids come in.
South Africa’s OTT Technologies and Poland’s Bumech have inked an agreement to localise the assembly and production of OTT’s armoured vehicles in Poland. Under the deal signed on 3 September, the two parties have agreed to “Polonise and Europeanise” OTT’s products by enabling their production, marketing, and distribution in Europe.
India’s Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) has inaugurated a defence manufacturing facility in Morocco for the production of Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) 8x8 vehicles. The plant, inaugurated on 23 September, will produce these vehicles through Tata Advanced Systems Maroc (TASM), TASL’s wholly owned local subsidiary based in Berrechid.