
LIMA`19 Gearing-Up to its Best Edition Ever
Final preparations for the 15th edition of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2019 is currently going underway.

Final preparations for the 15th edition of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2019 is currently going underway.

The Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) is the largest show of its kind within the Asia Pacific region. Its impressive list of international exhibitors and suppliers is more than matched by the supportive presence of industry elites, which range from senior Government officials, and military and civil delegates, to industry movers and shakers and more.

Pictures taken during a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the naval base in Haifa show that the Israeli Navy Sa’ar 4.5 Fast Attack Craft have been fitted with a loitering munition (kamikaz drone) launcher.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) recently inducted its eighth Minotaur Mission System Suite-missionized HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft. Integration was completed at L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, the service announced on Feb. 12.

The US Coast Guard placed a delivery order on Feb. 4 for 20 response boats-small II (RB-S IIs), worth approximately $8.5 million, with Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, Louisiana, the service said on Feb. 15, 2019.

UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that the new fleet of P-8 maritime patrol aircraft will take to the skies over the Arctic next year.

JSC Rosoboronexport and JSC NPO High Precision Systems are showcasing the Pantsir-ME shipborne air-defence missile and artillery system at IDEX 2019 in Abu Dhabi. It is the virst time the system is being showcased outside of Russia.

Five teams of researchers are developing new types of sensor systems that detect and record the behaviors of marine organisms and interpret them to identify, characterize, and report on the presence of manned and unmanned underwater vehicles operating in strategic waters.

Leonardo’s new M-40 target drone flew its first live missions for the Italian Navy in a recent training exercise at an Italian joint armed forces test range the defense group said on Feb. 18.

Saab has received an order from Vard Group A/S for delivery of the 9LV Fire Control System (FCS) including the Fire Control Director Ceros 200 to the Norwegian Coast Guard’s new P6615 Jan Mayen class vessels, the Swedish defense contractor announced yesterday.