Push Is On For Malaysia To Become An Aerospace Leader In Southeast Asia

Marhalim Abas August 05, 2016
Credit: Bradley Perrett/AW&ST
Malaysia’s first attempt at building an aerospace industry flopped. The main products were light aircraft that turned out to be uncompetitive. But the enterprise left skills and infrastructure that the government has since pushed toward aircraft-components manufacturing. The official aim is to make...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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