SHAH ALAM: In an earlier article, Malaysian Defence posted that the international settlement agreement has reached an impasse as the Defence Ministry was not keen on issuing a letter of indemnity to one of the parties involved. This was based on a report from the Edge. Based on the Parliament’s […]
SHAH ALAM: Despite the claims by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan that the first LCS will be completed by late next year, his latest statement in Parliament showed that it might not be the case. He told Parliament yesterday that a third party (likely one of the international companies involved) […]
SHAH ALAM: Indonesia on February 1 took delivery of the first of five Lockheed Martin C130-30Js Super Hercules airlifter ordered a few years back. Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of the aircraft in a release. TNI-AU chief Air Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo took delivery of the Super Hercules tail-number A-1339. From […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan had more to say in Parliament yesterday about the LCS apart from what was reported earlier. As Parliament has yet to publish its official Hansard (statement) Malaysian Defence had to rely on what was reported by Air Times again. The report said the […]
SHAH ALAM: The LCS project, it appears is still in purgatory, waiting for the final decision by the Cabinet. Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan told Parliament today that work on the LCS will only start after two issues are resolve first. The two issues are the Cabinet memorandum and the […]
SHAH ALAM: Sandakan-based 13 PC Skuadron is expected to receive two new vessels soon, KD Sri Sabah and KD Sri Sarawak. The two ships are among the 15 Kris-class patrol craft handed over by the RMN to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) between 2005 and 2006. The boats were […]
SHAH ALAM: The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has taken delivery of the first out of seven Dornier Do 228 surveillance aircraft upgraded under the US Maritime Security Initiative (MSI). Yes its the same programme which funded RMAF upgrade of its CN-235 MSA and the RMN ScanEagle UAS. The first aircraft […]
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: RMN’s second oldest ship, KD Sri Johor, pennant number 49 celebrated its 55th birthday today, as posted by the RMN Kuching reserve unit (PSTL). PSTL posted a poster of the ship (main picture) with the birthday greetings. Sri Johor was commissioned into RMN service on February 14 1968, […]
SHAH ALAM: Beretta SMGs out in the wild. Back in June, last year, Malaysian Defence posted about the Army putting back into service a Beretta firearm after a break of some 50 years. In the past it was the AR-70 assault rifle but this time around, it’s the Beretta PMX […]
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