SHAH ALAM: The government has finally greenlighted the Service Life Extension Programme for its fleet of ACV Adnan 300 vehicles. The Army had proposed the SLEP for both the Adnan and MIFV fleet during this RMK but it appears only the former has been funded. The confirmation of the Adnan […]
SHAH ALAM: The government today awarded the Letter of Award to Thales SA of France for the supply, delivery and commissioning of a single long-range radar. According to Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan the Thales GM400 radar will be installed in Bintulu, Sarawak. The LOA presentation was conducted as the […]
SHAH ALAM: During the presentation of the 2024 budget, PMX announced that the RMAF will be getting 12 new helicopters for its operations. Industry sources told Malaysian Defence that the new helicopters will be configured for CSAR and utility work which was the same basic requirements for the Nuri replacement […]
SHAH ALAM: Some four weeks after the FCR tender for KD Perak closed, three companies have now been shortlisted for the project. Malaysian Defence previously reported that five days after the closing, Eperolehan website has yet to specify the number of bidders and their bid prices. To recap, in early […]
SHAH ALAM: Ten companies have been shortlisted for a tender to supply thermal surveillance camera for 15 Marine Police PA class patrol boats. The request for bids was published on October 24 and closed on December 3. The highest bid for the tender is RM11.970 million while the lowest is […]
SHAH ALAM: The nationalisation of Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) – the builder of the LCS – has been delayed again, for the third time. The new deadline is now December 31, extended from the previous deadline of December 1. I am pretty sure that the process will be delayed for […]
SHAH ALAM: The 20 Nurol Makina Panthera 4X4 armoured tactical vehicle is expected to be delivered to the Malaysian UNIFIL unit in Lebanon, next year, the Armed Forces chief Gen Mohammad Ab Rahman said today. He was quoted as saying by Air Times News Network that 20 vehicles will be […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army has not repaired a Gempita IFV25 from 19 RMR (Mechanised) which got involved in a road accident in Sandakan in 2019. This was revealed in a post by the unit in its official Facebook page. 19 RMR used the vehicle in a briefing […]
SHAH ALAM: An earlier version of this post stated that Japan has agreed to donate at least a single airfield surveillance radar (ASR) to Malaysia for use by the RMAF. This is not the case as a a tender for the supply of the ASR was published earlier this year. […]
SHAH ALAM: Even though she was not handed over to the APMM on November 27, PCU Tun Fatimah took part in some portions of the current Eksesais Maritim Perkasa Barat. According to APMM release (below) Tun Fatimah will take part for four days in the exercise, from November 28 to […]
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