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Boeing Bullish on APAC Defence & Services Market

Boeing Defence is bullish on its market prospect for defence
equipment and services, senior company officials informed
during a media briefing at the airshow. Boeing views oppor-
tunities in the APAC region for maritime domain awareness,
with requirements for platforms with range, speed, persistence
and multi-mission capabilities. “Fleet modernisation of air
forces in the region will also drive growth for the company in
the region with upgrades and new aircraft sales,” said Bernd
Peters, VP Business Development & Strategy, Boeing Defence,
Space and Security. He added that Boeing offers a large and
differentiated portfolio of offerings in the region, with tactical
fighters and trainers, strategic lift and tanking, command and
control, persistent ISR, autonomous solutions, maritime patrol
and ASW, vertical lift and humanitarian assistance.

...Cont’d to PG 3

Saab Eyeing Gripen INTERVIEWS

Sales Ops in the Region

Swedish airframer Saab is
confident of additional sales
prospects for its Gripen SEE P/4
fighter jet in the APAC region Junichi Iwasaki, Director of the Aircraft
and in other fighter competi- Component at METI
tions elsewhere in the world.
In a briefing at the show,
Saab’s Mikael Franzen, Chief
Marketing Officer Gripen,
highlighted emerging oppor-
tunities for the Gripen fighter
jet. The Royal Thai Air Force
(RTAF) the only operator of the SEE P/6
Gripen in the region is looking
to acquire new fighter jets, for Putri Ramadhani, Vice President of
which the Gripen appears to Marketing at PTDI
be a frontrunner. The RTAF is
looking to procure additional
F-16s or Gripens, to replace
F-16s operated by Wing 1.
The Swedish airframer has
said that it would propose the
Gripen E to meet any future
RTAF requirement. SEE P/14

Fukawa Hideki, Director of ATLA’s Defence
SEE P/11 Equipment Cooperation Planning Office

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