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On August 6, Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul rolled out the red carpet for Myanmar’s military-appointed leader Min Aung Hlaing. During the two-day visit, Anutin pledged to work with Myanmar to eventually reintegrate the country into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has excluded it from its summits since late 2021. The two countries also signed three memoranda of understanding in labor, water, and space cooperation during the visit. Min Aung Hlaing also visited the Thai parliament and invited Thai business leaders to invest in the war-torn country. The invitation to Min Aung Hlaing was opposed by Thai…

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WASHINGTON — The Navy has awarded RTX subsidiary Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to ramp up production of the Tomahawk cruise missile to 1,000 rounds a year. The contract follows a February framework agreement with the Pentagon that laid the groundwork for the finalized deal. RTX said today the production increase will occur over a “multiyear period,” but did not detail a specific timeline for the ramp up.   “We are making significant investments in our workforce, technology, supply chain and facilities to dramatically boost production capacity and meet surging demand,” Raytheon President Phil Jasper said in a statement.  Over the…

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Kratos and GE Aerospace’s GEK800 engine. Credit: Kratos Defense and Security Solutions via LinkedIn. The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for the engineering, manufacturing, and development of the GEK800 engine as a second-source propulsion system for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) programme. Now officially designated the F143-ZZ-100, the 800-lb thrust class turbofan was developed for use in long-range missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The…

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Poor electoral performances in the Sabah, Johor, and Negeri Sembilan Malaysian state elections overshadowed the Democratic Action Party (DAP)’s national congress on August 16. The extraordinary congress was called in the wake of the disappointing return in Negeri Sembilan on August 1, which analysts said was due to the government’s perceived mishandling of corruption cases and concerns over its commitment to promised reforms. The DAP leadership subsequently decided to convene a special national congress, at which it would table a motion on whether the party should remain a part of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government. Although the party voted…

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R66 military trainer. Credit: © M1 SuppoRT services LP/Robinson Helicopter Company. M1 Support Services (M1) has been awarded a $10bn single-award contract to provide Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) training for the US Army over a 26-year period.  The selection forms a central pillar of the Army’s Flight School Next (FSN) programme, marking a shift to a contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) model intended to modernise its pilot training pipeline.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Under the terms of the firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite…

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Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok was elected as the leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), closing out a six-week race that exposed deep rifts between rival camps aligned with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and outgoing party chair Jung Chung-rae. Kim, a four-term lawmaker, won 54.08 percent of the final vote announced at the party’s national convention in Daejeon, defeating Jung, who took 45.92 percent. Kim fell short of a first-round majority under the combined count of member, delegate, and opinion-poll votes, triggering the party’s ranked-choice runoff for the first time in its history. Under that process, second-choice votes…

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