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Police Marine Motherships Out For Tender

SHAH ALAM: Police Marine motherships out for tender. In July, last year, Malaysian Defence reported that the Marine police was expecting a tender for the two 60-meter motherships to be published soon. Some 14 months later, a tender for such motherships had indeed been published in the Eperolehan website. Specifications […]

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Waiting For the Green Light

SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry is waiting for the green light from the Finance Ministry to commence the procurement of the FLIT/LCA for the RMAF, says its caretaker minister on October 27. Hishamuddin Hussein said the physical evaluation and price negotiations have been completed with the evaluation report forwarded to […]

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M4 Carbines, Glock G17s for Paskal

SHAH ALAM: The RMN Special Forces Unit – Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL) is getting M4 Carbines and Glock G17 Gen. 4 semi-automatic pistols, courtesy of the United States. The weapons are part of more than 900 items to be donated including bullet proof vests; spotting scopes and hand-held Thales radios. […]

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More New Stuff for The Army, October 2022

SHAH ALAM: The Army has taken delivery of more new equipment – mostly trucks and support weapons – at a ceremony held today. Among the trucks delivered are three Scania prime movers, described as Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck- Multi Cargo Palletised System (HEMTT); 10 Iveco five-tonners and 40 Hilux […]

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Walk Like An Egyptian Part 5

SHAH ALAM: Walk Like An Egyptian Part 5. The Egyptian Navy took delivery on October 14, the first of four MEKO A-200 frigate from German shipbuilder, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). Four ships were ordered in 2018, with the first three units produced in Germany and the fourth vessel built by […]

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Its Galaxy Aerospace, Part…

SHAH ALAM: IT’s Galaxy Aerospace. In a previous post, Malaysian Defence wrote that Galaxy Aerospace Sdn Bhd won the bid for a slew of maintenance contracts for the two AW139 maritime operation helicopters (MOH). The two helicopters are operated by the RMN air wing at the Kota Kinabalu naval base. […]

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Hercules Avionics Upgrade Up For Tender

SHAH ALAM: Hercules avionics upgrade for tender. Last year. Malaysian Defence wrote that one local company was trying to get a contract for the upgrade of RMAF Hercules fleet via direct negotiations. The attempt failed however as the word on the street is that the capability upgrade – the supply […]

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Panah Jaguh 2/2022

SHAH ALAM: Panah Jaguh 2022. The Army’s Artillery Air Defence Group or Grup Artileri Pertahanan Udara (GAPU) conducted its annual live firing exercise at the air to ground range at Tanjung Logok, Kota Tinggi, last week. The five-day exercise officially ends on October 15 with the closing ceremony officiated by […]