Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.
Prior to joining the Aviation Week team in 2017, Chuanren was a regular serviceman in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Air Defense and Operations Command. He now serves the RSAF Air Force Information Center as a reservist. He holds a Bachelor of Mass Communications as well as a Diploma in Mechatronics (Aerospace).
The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has taken delivery of its first pair of Textron T-6TH Texan II trainers, with a landing at the RTAF Kamphaeng Saen flight training school.
Japan is mulling a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites to help it track modern hypersonic ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun has reported.
Boeing now expects airlines in Southeast Asia to order fewer aircraft over the next 20 years than it previously forecast, attributing the change to customers upgauging.
