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I'm currently doing a paper on defence industries in South East Asia and i find that the distribution of defence industries is rather uneven in the region.
I find that mostly the defence companies, particularly the private ones.
The only private consortium i can find that has a significant presence is the Singapore Technology Group. There are a couple of smaller companies in Singapore, however, other than that, the defence industry in the region is lacking.
Does anyone have any ideas on the state of the industry in the region?
I would expect malaysia to have a presence due to its GDP and development index, however i can only find material on STRIDE, a government run defence research industry.
Singapore technoligies is one company that i know of,but i will let some of the Singapore members answer this one for you,as there knowladge will be far more indepth
Singapore is known to have a very good Defence industry,and make a number of Land,Naval and Air systems for the Singapore defence forces and have a number of clients who purchase from Overseas Countries.
Singapore technoligies is one company that i know of,but i will let some of the Singapore members answer this one for you,as there knowladge will be far more indepth
Singapore is known to have a very good Defence industry,and make a number of Land,Naval and Air systems for the Singapore defence forces and have a number of clients who purchase from Overseas Countries.
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Thats true. Singapore IS well established in the defence industry? But other than the Singapore Technologies Consortium, are there other private companies in Singapore for defence?
And what about Malaysia, i find it odd that i cannot seem to detect a Defence Industry presence in the private sector.
Malaysia has the DRB-HICOM Defence Technology (DEFTECH) Sdn. Bhd. who manufactured numerous trucks for the Malaysian military, licence-assembled the ACV-300 Adnan infantry fighting vehicle, and also developed the (not succesful) AV4 armored personnel carrier. SME Ordonance Sdn Bhd manufactures ammunition for the Malaysian forces and licence produced the Steyr AUG and I think the M4A1 carbine.
Indonesia has numerous defence companies, for example PT Pindad, who produce small arms and armoured vehicles, PT Sentra Surya Ekaja who also produce armored vehicles. PT PAL, a ship-building company who make the Makassar-class landing ship docks, and PT Dirgantara who make aircraft.
I noticed that for Indonesia, the companies all start with "PT".
Are these all subsidiaries of a larger corporation or a statutory board? Like how in Singapore the Singapore Technologies (ST) Group has numerous subsidiaries like in electronics, kinetics etc etc
"PT" is short for "Perseroan Terbatas", just meaning it's a incorporated company with limited liability (like a Ltd. company in the UK, or a LLC in the USA). If it's a "PT Tbk", it means it's also listed on the Jakarta stock exchange.
Yes, all these companies are independent and compete with each other. In Indonesia there is no state-owned military complex or anything similar to it.
The military industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is not nearly as advanced as the Singaporean, but it does exist.
One exception to this rule might be that some Indonesian military branches have their own mechanical "workshops" who have modified some vehicles, like putting some armor to civilian trucks etc. But none of these were purchased in great numbers.
Hi Shihido,
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Originally Posted by shihido
I'm currently doing a paper on defence industries in South East Asia and i find that the distribution of defence industries is rather uneven in the region.
I find that mostly the defence companies, particularly the private ones.
The only private consortium i can find that has a significant presence is the Singapore Technology Group. There are a couple of smaller companies in Singapore, however, other than that, the defence industry in the region is lacking.
Does anyone have any ideas on the state of the industry in the region?
I would expect malaysia to have a presence due to its GDP and development index, however i can only find material on STRIDE, a government run defence research industry.
Pindad should be a pretty big player as the large Indon armed forces is a guaranteed customer. They have already produced 2 assault rifles that is universally adopted by the armed forces.
Pindad also produces the FN MAG. Not sure about license.
Malaysia last year paraded some kind of missile that is supposed to be locally-produced. Or, at least, a mock-up of a missile they are hoping to produce.
The Philippines has at least one very famous small arms company producing very high quality M16 variants called .... can't remember.
Burma has its own amrs industry largely built with Singaporean and Chinese help.
The Philippines is also known to have a huge cottage industry of illegal, unlicensed, "backyard arsenals" that churn out cheap pistols etc from shacks hidden in villages etc.
