Defence Contract

Bid Prices For Army Firearms, 2024

SHAH ALAM: In September, Malaysian Defence wrote about tenders for the procurement of support vehicles and firearms for the Army. The support vehicles being sought are air-defence command trucks and howitzer towers. As for the firearms, the Army wants more 9mm pistols, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars (complete […]

Malaysia -Armed Forces

Armed Forces Day Parade and Open Day

SHAH ALAM: The Armed Forces will be holding a parade and open day at Port Dickson starting tomorrow to mark its 91st anniversary starting this Friday and ends on Sunday. The parade cum demonstration will be held at Kem Segenting, Port Dickson – the road on the way to Malacca […]

Defence Contract

More M4 Goose Rounds

SHAH ALAM: Last August, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for the procurement of the Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle, specifically for the M4 variant of the weapon. Today, another tender for M4 variant of the Goose was published in Eperolehan. The August tender was for 2000 rounds of the […]

defence Industry

Two Nuri Helicopters For Students Training

SHAH ALAM: Two Nuri helicopters – M23-02 and M23-07 – stored at the Kuching airbase following their retirement in 2019/2020 will be used a training aid for students of Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak Sdn Bhd or CENTEX. The technical and vocational training institute is under Yayasan Sarawak. The hand-over […]

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Unmanned Aerial and Ground Battle Vehicles and Special Systems Review

SHAH ALAM: Ukraine has seen raging fighting in the country since the Russian invasion in February 2022. The war – called by Russia Special Military Operation – has seen the rise of the machines from unmanned aerial to ground vehicles and special systems. Early in the start of the conflict, […]

Defence Contract

Tactical Trucks and Buses for Police

SHAH ALAM: It is not only the Army recapitalizing it support vehicles fleet. The police is doing that as well with two tenders for the supply of seventy-five, three-and-five tonne trucks and thirty buses for tactical operations. The police has also published tenders for operational – 4X4s, vans, and saloon […]

Defence Contract

Combat Utes for The Army, Part 3

SHAH ALAM: Back in March this year, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army intent to procure some one hundred combat buggies to augment the scramblers in reconnaissance platoons of the infantry units. The extra capacity of the combat utes will allow scouts to carry more equipment and cover more distances. […]

ESSCOm

New ESSCOM Logo

SHAH ALAM: Eastern Sabah Security Command’s (ESSCOM) main mission is to prevent another intrusion and ensure zero kidnapping for ransom (KFR), said its commander Deputy Commissioner Victor B Sanjos on September 23. It was for this reason ESSCOM has come with a new logo and flag as well as a […]

Tentera Darat

Soldier Dies After Being Shot

SHAH ALAM: A soldier from 3 Royal Ranger Regiment (3 RRD) died several hours after he was shot early this morning in Sarawak. The Army said in a statement that an unknown party shot the soldier who several hours later without identifying the deceasedthe soldier. A Bernama report quoted Kapit […]

Joint Force Command

New Joint Force Commander, the 15th One

SHAH ALAM: Lt General Zahani Zainal Abidin has been appointed as the 15th commander of the Malaysian Joint Force Command today. He replaced Lt General Noor Mohamad Akmar Mohd Dom, who is retiring from service. The commander of the Joint Force is rotated between the services, though since 2022 an […]