Bangladesh Emerges As Possible Customer Following Reported Turkish SİPER Export
Reading Time: 9 minutesIdentity of Türkiye’s reported first foreign SİPER customer remains undisclosed as Bangladesh expands defence cooperation with Ankara and pursues stronger air-defence capabilities Bangladesh has emerged as a possible candidate for the unidentified foreign customer reportedly associated with Türkiye’s first export of the SİPER long-range surface-to-air missile system, although neither Dhaka Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s Reported J-10CE Acquisition Could Transform the Country’s Combat-Aircraft Capability
Reading Time: 6 minutesBangladesh’s reported move towards acquiring up to 24 Chinese J-10CE multirole fighters could provide the Bangladesh Air Force with its first sizeable modern AESA-equipped fighter fleet and establish the training, weapons, maintenance and sustainment infrastructure required for a generational transformation of the country’s combat-aircraft capability. Bangladesh is advancing plans to Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army Set for C4ISR Transformation Under Emerging US Defence Industry Partnership Model
Reading Time: 5 minutesA reported proposal by US defence contractor L3Harris Technologies to establish a local assembly line for tactical radio systems in Bangladesh signals a potentially significant shift in the country’s battlefield communications modernisation strategy, moving beyond conventional procurement towards embedded capability development. If implemented, the programme—centred on the Falcon III communications Continue Reading
Strategic Ship Docking and Repair Facility Launched at BNS Mongla
Reading Time: 2 minutesBangladesh Navy Chief Admiral M Nazmul Hassan today laid the foundation stone of the Ship Docking and Repair Facility (Mongla Slipway) at BNS Mongla, marking a significant milestone in the service’s ongoing efforts to enhance operational readiness, strengthen indigenous maintenance capabilities and advance self-reliance in naval support infrastructure. The new Continue Reading
Bangladesh Begins Construction of Five Indigenous Riverine Patrol Vessels for Coast Guard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe keel-laying ceremony for five Riverine Patrol Vessels (RPVs) being constructed for the Bangladesh Coast Guard was held today at Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) Limited, marking another significant milestone in the country’s growing indigenous defence industrial capability. Mr Manzur Morshed Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Continue Reading