SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament today confirmed that the 28 helicopters involved in the 15-year leasing will all be from Leonardo. The helicopters are the AW109 Trekker; AW 139; AW139 VIP and the AW149. Unfortunately, he did not give a break-down of the […]
SHAH ALAM: Some eight months after she returned to the fleet after undergoing an extensive refit, corvette KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin -pennant 136 – is taking part in a joint RMN and Indonesian Navy coordinated patrol. As reported previously, Muhammad Amin underwent a 32-month refit programme at the Grade One […]
SHAH ALAM: Ketech Asia Sdn Bhd signed another MOU with UAE’s firearms firm – Caracal – for the assembly and manufacturing of the firm’s assault rifle – CAR 816 – in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the IDEX defence show. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his social media […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has retire the Falcon 900 VIP jet on February 18 after some 35 years of service. The retirement ceremony was performed by RMAF Air Operations Commander Lt Jeneral Shahada Ismail at hangar A of No 2 Skuadron at the Subang air base. Tail number M37-01 joined RMAF […]
SHAH ALAM: The four IAG Guardian Extreme APC for the General Operations Force/Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA) of the Royal Malaysian Police is now ready for delivery. A four-day pre-delivery inspection (PDI) was conducted in UAE. IGP TS Razarudin Husain was also involved in the PDI together with the service’s transport […]
SHAH ALAM: In a recent post on the leased helicopters, Malaysian Defence wrote that one of the aircraft selected will be the Bell 429. The helicopter is meant for the PDRM Air Wing and will be replacing the AS350s which has been in service for some 30 years now. There […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in late January announced that RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker fleet will be in service for another ten years or 2035. He made the statement after visiting Gong Kedak airbase where No 12 Skuadron operates the Flankers. Although he did not say anything on […]
SHAH ALAM: Since the announcement of the government decision to lease twenty-eight helicopters for the ministries and agencies for 15 years for some RM16.6 billion much ink has been spilled to justify the deal. Much of it of course is just excuses. The latest excuse published as a written reply […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the Home Ministry is now able to appoint a new builder to complete the two MMEA OPV left uncomplete by the previous contractor. The ministry can do this as it had cancelled the contract with THHE Destini Sdn Bhd (THHE) on December 31, 2024. The […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) today has given more details about the multi-purpose mission ship which they are getting from Turkiye. The government on February 11 signed an MOU with Turkish shipbuilder, Desan Shipyard for the MPMS. The MOU was signed between Home Ministry secretary-general Awang Alik […]
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