Dubai Airshow 2021 will serve as a platform to showcase the role of cutting edge technologies in bolstering the recovery of the aviation, aerospace and defence industries following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The impact of the pandemic has accelerated the use of new technologies,…
DAS Holds the First Meeting of its Advisory Board for 2021
Dubai Airshow, in collaboration with the Defense Services Marketing Council (DSMC), held the first meeting of its Advisory Board for 2021. With its high-level industry, government and academic members, the Board focused on analysing industry trends and discussing future strategies that will drive growth for the aerospace sector. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The…
How Advanced Tech Boosts Defence Localization Efforts within the GCC
The transfer of defence material and technology between the West and the GCC has traditionally been a one-way street. This arrangement has greatly benefitted international defence companies as GCC countries, particularly the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are some of the biggest spenders on defence worldwide. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. UAE defence spending was…
Airbus SLC at IDEX 2021
During the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) 2021, the “New Defence Order. Strategy” journal talked to Selim Bouri, Vice President and Head of Region MEA & Asia Pacific of Airbus Secure Land Communications (SLC). We covered SLC’s participation at IDEX-2021, the pandemic, and its impact on SLC operations, and projects. Follow New Defence Order.…
EDGE: A New Landscape for the Defence Industry in the Middle East
Recently, EDGE was ranked among the top 25 military suppliers in the world by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a think tank that specialises in data analysis of military expenditure and arms trade among other peace and security-related matters. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. EDGE Group was established in November…
Indian Astronauts Train at GCTC till Early 2021
Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos said that the training of the four Indian astronauts undergoing training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC) was scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "To date, Indian cosmonauts have completed training on crew actions in the event of an…
VR-Technologies to Unveil VRT500 Concept in Asia Pacific
Asia’s leading aerospace and defence event Singapore Airshow 2020, 11–16 February, saw VR-Technologies, an Urban Air Mobility pioneer, unveiling for the first time in this region the concept of VRT500 Light Single-Engine Helicopter at the Russian Helicopters Holding multimedia exhibit stand. As estimated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), air traffic volume in the Asia-Pacific region…
Four Indian Astronauts Selected for Training in Russia
India has selected four astronauts to undergo training in Russia for the Gaganyaan mission. They will start training from the third week of January, Kailasavadivoo Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) told journalists on Wednesday. Roscosmos said on July 1, 2019 that Glavcosmos and ISRO had signed a contract for consultancy support to…
Russia creates killer drones to fight enemy UAVs
They are capable of tracking, intercepting and disabling the enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicles with the help of nets, Rostec senior official said. Russia has developed killer drones capable of tracking, intercepting and disabling the enemy’s unmanned aerial vehicles with the help of nets, Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy at the state hi-tech corporation…
Russia to modernize Pantsyr anti-aircraft missile/gun systems for UAE
Russia will upgrade Pantsyr surface-to-air missile/gun systems operational in the army of the United Arab Emirates. «We are dealing with the upgrade of Pantsyr systems operational in the UAE. If the UAE authorities wish to acquire new systems, we will be glad to deliver them but so far we are talking about the upgrade of…