SHAH ALAM: A lot more NLAWs. As you are aware, Malaysian Defence had written about the Army procuring NLAW from Saab since before the pandemic. The disclosure came through two MTO notices published in 2018 and 2019. However, the procurement was never acknowledged publicly, by the Army and Saab themselves. […]
SHAH ALAM: Leonardo guns for Indonesia. Indonesian Navy has selected Leonardo’s latest-generation Marlin 40 naval gun. The Independent Line of Sight (ILOS) variant of the 40mm turret will equip the Indonesian Navy’s PC60 fast patrol boats and Tank Landing Ship vessels. From Leonardo: Two Indonesian Navy PC60 fast patrol boats […]
SHAH ALAM: Police Marine motherships out for tender. In July, last year, Malaysian Defence reported that the Marine police was expecting a tender for the two 60-meter motherships to be published soon. Some 14 months later, a tender for such motherships had indeed been published in the Eperolehan website. Specifications […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has taken delivery of more new equipment – mostly trucks and support weapons – at a ceremony held today. Among the trucks delivered are three Scania prime movers, described as Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck- Multi Cargo Palletised System (HEMTT); 10 Iveco five-tonners and 40 Hilux […]
SHAH ALAM: The Joneses. The Philippines is set take delivery of the first of four air surveillance radars from Japan next month. The Philippines bought three fixed and one TPS-P14ME mobile radars back in 2020 from Mitsubishi Electric for some US$100 million (RM473 million). From the Inquirer: The Japanese embassy […]
SHAH ALAM: IT’s Galaxy Aerospace. In a previous post, Malaysian Defence wrote that Galaxy Aerospace Sdn Bhd won the bid for a slew of maintenance contracts for the two AW139 maritime operation helicopters (MOH). The two helicopters are operated by the RMN air wing at the Kota Kinabalu naval base. […]
SHAH ALAM: Hercules avionics upgrade for tender. Last year. Malaysian Defence wrote that one local company was trying to get a contract for the upgrade of RMAF Hercules fleet via direct negotiations. The attempt failed however as the word on the street is that the capability upgrade – the supply […]
SHAH ALAM: Spexer no more, part 2. Back in June, Malaysian Defence reported that the Defence Ministry issued a tender to dismantle, pack, transport and store the five Spexer radars and its associated equipment at a site to be determined by the Joint Force Headquarters 2 (ATB 2). The Spexer […]
SHAH ALAM: South Korean aircraft refuellers. RMAF is getting five South Korean aircraft refuellers, according to a multi-modal transporters tender published on the Eperolehan website on September 29. The request for bid is valid until October 10. The aircraft refuellers are to be shipped by sea from South Korea to […]
SHAH ALAM: Deftech New CEO. DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech) – Malaysia’s largest land defence company – has a new chief executive officer (CEO). Mohammad Shanaz was appointed as Deftech CEO effective on September 15. Mohammad’s appointment was first made public by the organiser of the Defence Services Asia […]
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