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 […]
SHAH ALAM: The government today signed an MOU with a Turkish shipbuilder towards the procurement of a single multi-purpose mission ship for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The agreement was signed between Home Ministry secretary-general Awang Alik and chairman of Desan Shipyard Cenk Ismail Kaptonoglu. The MOU is among […]
SHAH ALAM: Last year there were three tenders for light anti-tank weapons (LAWs). The first one, in January was for 780 units of the Spanish Instalanza C90 LAWs. From the original post: The Defence Ministry has published a request for bids for the supply and delivery of the light anti-tank […]
SHAH ALAM: In September, last year, the Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry published a slew of tenders for the Army. The Army wants more 9mm pistols, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars (complete set), anti-materiel rifles , 9mm ball ammo, and automatic grenade launchers. From the previous post: […]
SHAH ALAM: Even though there were no changes to the Army top two leadership, there were many transfers and promotions across the general officer ranks. The most notable was the post of the Army Western Field Command. Former Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff, Operational Training chief […]
SHAH ALAM: In his new year message recently, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin said RM12 billion has been allocated for the procurement of assets this year even though the budget document says otherwise. Anyhow among the assets to be procured are 105mm howitzers (Army); surface to surface missiles for KD […]
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 […]
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