SHAH ALAM: What’s up Flanker. For those keeping up on defence matters on Malaysian Defence and others will be aware that the RMAF is keeping its MRCA fleet – the F/A-18 Hornets and Sukhoi Su-30MKM – beyond 2030. In the next few years – if it happens – the Hornet […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan today confirmed in Parliament that RMAF will be getting the latest version of the Korean Aerospace Industries FA-50 – the Block 20 – for its FLIT/LCA requirements. He said the Block 20 is the latest variant of the supersonic fighter jet, capable of […]
SHAH ALAM: More pictures of RMAF MSA. A few days back one of Malaysian Defence regular commenters asked about the RMAF CN-235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA). As the MSA/MPA capability/community is one of the things RMAF do not talk about – one of the Beechcraft King Air had a Rahsia […]
SHAH ALAM: Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has won the tender to supply 18 FLIT-LCA to the RMAF, South Korean news agency, Yonhap reported today. From Yonhap: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) — Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday it has won a 1.2 trillion-won (US$920 […]
SHAH ALAM: Tejas faces setback in Malaysia. Reuters is reporting that state owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) chairman as saying that it faced an uphill battle in Malaysia. From Reuters: BENGALURU, Feb 14 (Reuters) – India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HIAE.NS) is in talks with at least four countries to […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF is finally adding weapons capability to its fleet of Airbus EC 725AP (H225M) helicopters. The Defence Ministry on January 13 2022 issued a bid for tender for the purchase of 7.62mm machine guns for the EC 725 helicopters based at the Kuantan (No 10 Skuadron) and Labuan […]
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