SHAH ALAM: KM Banggi – pennant number 7502 – one of two MMEA OPVs assigned to patrol Sabah waters, is returning into service after undergoing a 26-month refit. MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Rosli Abdullah took official delivery of the OPV at the Kota Kinabalu port on April 17. The other […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has taken delivery of a security intrusion detection system (SIDE) which was tendered out back in 2021. The tender for the system was published on September 9 2021, and closed ten days later. The Letter of Award of RM9.56 million was awarded to Harapan Erat Sdn […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the United States is continuing to provide funding for upgrades of facilities of the Armed Forces. The latest funding is for the upgrade of the Kota Belud firing range in Sabah. Army Eastern Field Commander Leftenant General Mohd Sofi Md Lepi said in Tawau on […]
SHAH ALAM: In the comments section there were some discussions on the missiles held by RMAF for its aircraft. The discussions were mostly on the Amraam and Sidewinders though. And what do you know there is a tender to find a multi-modal operator to send the AGM-84 Harpoon missiles and […]
SHAH ALAM: Malacca chief minister DS Rauf Yusof announced today – April 15 – that the Federal government has approved an allocation of RM16.45bil for the setting up of a helicopter assembly factory at the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam here. He made the announcement following the visit to […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued six separate requests for bids for the supply of medium calibre ammunition for the RMN. Three of of the RFB are for live ammunition while the others are for training ammunition. The first tender is for five thousand rounds […]
SHAH ALAM: How much is that Hercules C-130H transport aircraft in the window? Well according to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) one C-130H cost US$2.25 million or RM9.945 million according to the current exchange rate. Well, how did you know the cost then? RNZAF sold four of its […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in February, I reported that High Point Worldwide Sdn Bhd was awarded the contract to supply and deliver eighty Weapons Carrier/Kenderaan Pembawa Senjata, Automatic Grenade Launcher. I also wrote that High Point is likely to get the contract to supply and deliver eighty-three KPS, heavy machine-gun. This […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Ministry secretary-general Lokman Hakim Ali made a visit to the Otokar company manufacturing plant during his visit to Turkiye. He was in Turkiye as part of a Malaysian delegation which among others attended the keel laying ceremony for LMS Batch 2. His visit to Otokar is interesting […]
SHAH ALAM: Four months and four days (125 days) after the steel cutting ceremony for the LMS Batch 2, RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain on April 8 officiated the keel laying for the first of three LMS Batch 2 in Istanbul, Turkiye. The keel laying marks the first phase of […]
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