Bangladesh Air Force gets second weather radar from US
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bangladesh Air Force has successfully installed a second state of the art pulse doppler radar in Chittagong. Acquired from Baron Weather, the Gen 3 series Baron 350,000-watt C-Band Dual Polarisation radars will improve situation awareness for pilots on weather before they fly out in to different zones. In the Continue Reading
Clarification on air force bases in northern Bangladesh
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere has been unnecessary and baseless talk circulating, fuelled by misinformation and accepted by some, regarding the Bangladesh Air Force, which BDMilitary.com aims to clarify. The Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Air Force currently have no plans to establish an airbase in Lalmonirhat, Nilpharmari or its surrounding regions. In Continue Reading
Bangladesh opens the door for Chinese and Pakistani defence companies
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Government of Bangladesh and the Armed Forces Division have unofficially opened the door for Chinese defence manufacturers to participate in the supply of defence equipment to the military forces of Bangladesh as well as pursue joint ventures and transfer of technology concerning critical military hardware. Under the previous Awami Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s piecemeal defence acquisitions
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the past two decades Bangladesh’s armed forces have made defence purchases in a piecemeal or adhoc fashion suggesting professional incompetence and political interference. These acquisitions helped lined the pockets of influential members of the ousted Awami League (AL) regime headed by Sheikh Hasina, with Major General (retd.) Tarique Ahmed Continue Reading