Another Vehicle Champion in the Making?

A G-wagen weapon carrier vehicle Automatic Grenade Launcher during a training exercise in 2023. Tentera Darat.

SHAH ALAM: Back in January 2021, Malaysian Defence wrote about the rise of another vehicle manufacturer – Cendana Auto Sdn Bhd – following the award of contracts to supply various vehicles to the Army. Cendana Auto was to become the third vehicle champion after Deftech and Global Komited Sdn Bhd in the local defence industry.

Another company – Malaysian International Technologies Sdn Bhd (Mildef) – was also poised to join the trio but as it has not been awarded the expected contracts it still not there yet.

Cendana Auto ARTAC HMG vehicle.

And it appears Mildef has been beaten to the select group by another company – High Point Worldwide Sdn Bhd. The company has been supplying stuff for the Armed Forces for some time now and it appears it is moving up the ladder to join the trio of Cendana Auto, Deftech and Global Komited.
The Weststar GK-M1 weapon carrier vehicle fitted with the M134D Gatling gun.

The company – Malaysian Defence – has reported had received contracts for three tonners for the Malaysian Armed Forces headquarters, heavy equipment transports and the medium recovery vehicles.
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Iveco seven tonne GS Cargo trucks of the Depoh Simpanan Bencana Pertahanan (Defence Disaster Logistics Storage Depot) being readied for deployment at the height of the 2014 floods. Mindef

So only three contracts make High Point a vehicle champion? Not exactly as checks on the Finance Ministry website showed the company was awarded five other vehicle contracts, four of them for the Army support vehicle projects and one for the RMN, to supply three tonne vehicles.

The first Army contract for High Point is for the supply and delivery of thirty seven-tonne GS Cargo trucks with an LOA of RM24.3 million. The second is for the supply and delivery of fourteen ten-tonne GS Cargo trucks with an LOA of RM15.120 million.

Third tender awarded to High Point is the tactical boat carrier for the Special Services Group. The LOA is RM4.5 million. The fourth is the eighty Weapon Carrier Vehicle (automatic grenade launcher) with the LOA of RM45.6 million.
The RMN contract awarded to High Point is for the supply and delivery of fifteen three tonne trucks with an LOA of RM6.735 million.

7 RRD soldiers hitching a boat on its trailer to a three-tonne truck at their camp in Mentakab, Pahang in December 2023. 7 RRD.

As High Point was awarded the AGL weapon carrier vehicle contract, it is also likely it will get the nod for the eighty-three weapon carriers (heavy machine gun) contract also up grab. The Army awarded the same company in previous weapon carrier vehicles contracts from Deftech, Global Komited and Cendana Auto.

So what other Army support vehicle contracts have been awarded then. Apart from the four mentioned above, the result of four other has also been published on the ministry’s website.

The Supacat 6X6 ATMP being used as a ceremonial vehicle during an exercise in 2019.

The first is for Gading Kasturi Sdn Bhd for the supply and delivery of seven all terrain support vehicle (ATSV) specifically for the 10th Parachute Brigade. The LOA is RM5.670 million.

Cendana Auto which got the contract to supply forty-six one-tonne GS Cargo trucks to MAF HQ won the tender for the supply and delivery of eighty-two one-tonne GS Cargo trucks for the Army. The LOA is RM19.475 million.

35 RAD (Ad-Hoc) preparing to put the Starstreak launcher from their GK-MK1 Rapid Rover KPMS at a demonstration earlier this year. 5 Divisyen picture.

Cendana Auto was also awarded an LOA of RM2.7 million to supply the four Starstreak missile carriers also sought under the Army support vehicle programme.

The fourth Support vehicle programme contract was awarded GGS Global Sdn Bhd for the supply and delivery of 29 three-quarter tonne trailers. The LOA is RM3.132 million.

— Malaysian Defence

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5 Comments

  1. Can scratch Deftech off the list as their PNG along with many previous incumbent suppliers ie Sapura, SMEO, Airod, etc.

    Indeed Highpoint is rising fast. But Im more interested in the latest player Global Mahawangsa as it plays in the same ground as Cendana. Is it due to CA has a lot on their plate and cannot fulfill the extra orders within the short timeframe or perhaps something else is brewing and GM is the next next champion? Hmm…

  2. On the 80 weapon carrier (AGL) tender, it stated the requirements of “protection for the crews”. Does this mean it’ll have armoured?
    Ed

  3. That is the price before the usual MY markups. And you must realized that if the cost goes above RM50 million, they need to get approval from MOF.

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