SHAH ALAM: More stuff for the Army. The Army took delivery of trucks, bridges, radios, and boat trailers in a ceremony at the 92 Depoh Kenderaan Pusat at the Batu Kantomen camp in Kuala Lumpur on March 15. Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain officiated the ceremony. As for […]
SHAH ALAM: Eighteen newly minted pilots have been commissioned into the Armed Forces in a ceremony held on the Perdana Camp in Sungei Besi, Kuala Lumpur on March 11. Malaysian Defence reported on their passing out parade from Kolej Tentera Udara last year. Fifteen of the newly commissioned pilots are […]
SHAH ALAM: In a post earlier on LMS Batch 2, Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan was reported as saying that he will be going to Turkiye to negotiate the procurement of the LMS Batch 2 from that country. He was speaking in Parliament as part of the 2023 budget approval […]
SHAH ALAM: LMS Batch 2, Its Turkiye. Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan told Parliament today that he will be going to Turkiye soon to negotiate the procurement of the Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2. He said that the Prime Minister had ordered him to go Turkiye to speak with his […]
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: 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: 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: In an earlier posting entitled Another Helicopter Tender, Malaysian Defence wrote about a tender for four helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency – Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritime Malaysia (MMEA/APMM). The tender was published in June last year and was supposed to close in July but it was later […]
SHAH ALAM: Sappers ready to operate truck cranes. It appears that the Rejimen Askar Jurutera Di Raja (RAJD) is prepared to operate the newly delivered Tadano medium truck-mounted cranes. Some 48 sappers from the regiment have completed the training to operate and maintain the truck-mounted cranes used to set up […]
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