Kementerian Pertahanan

MITI Sec-Gen Appointed As Mindef Sec-General

SHAH ALAM: Ministry of International Trade and Industry secretary-general DS Isham Ishak, 53, has been appointed as the new Defence Ministry secretary-general, effective on September 26, Chief Secretary to the Government TS Zuki Ali said in a statement released today. The statement also announced the appointments of three other secretary-generals. […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

A Change Is Gonna Come, Sort Off

SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the talk of changes in the military procurement by PMX within the last few months is slowly gaining traction in the Defence Ministry. However, the changes are being held back as the government has yet to appoint a secretary-general or KSU to the ministry. The […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

Talks On SPH Procurement

SHAH ALAM: Its official, the SPH deal with Turkiye concluded through direct negotiations by the previous administration has been cancelled by the current government. In a written reply to a question by Tasek Gelugor MP, the Defence Minister said the Finance Ministry had decided on January 16 that the procurement […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

More Defence Stuff on Dewan Negara

SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan spoke at length on national security and defence issues at Dewan Negara on March 4, 2023. Unfortunately, as usual the minister spoke on general terms only and nothing specific. He did mention that the ministry was procuring LMS but did not even say […]

budget

2022 Supplementary Budget Approved

SHAH ALAM: The Dewan Rakyat on March 30 approved the RM60.5 billion supplementary allocation for the 2022 budget. It is the highest supplementary budget in history. For more information, go here. From the supplementary allocation, the Defence Ministry got RM303.7 million. This means that the 2022 defence budget is RM16.4 […]

defence Industry

BHIC Appoints New CE0

SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) has appointed Feroz Razi Ramli, 45 as its new chief executive officer. Feroze replaces Sharifuddin Zaini Al-Manaf, 53, who completed his tenure as CEO after holding the post since April 1, 2020, the group said in a bourse filing on March 31. […]

Airshow

What’s Up Flanker?

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 […]

Auditor General Report

Pilot Audit On Army Armoured Vehicles

SHAH ALAM: The Auditor-General official conducted an audit on the Seventh Royal Ranger Regiment (7RRD) at its camp in Mentakab, earlier this month. The regiment made public on the audit on its Facebook page on March 16. From the post we know that it was an audit on the management […]

Defence Contract

Army Rotation/Transfer Exercise

SHAH ALAM: The Army – after a long pause – is conducting its rotation/transfer exercise involving units and personnel from and around Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan, and Semenanjung. A tender for the rotation/transfer exercise was published on March 20 and closes on April 18. The rotation/transfer exercise also involved in transferring […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

29th Army Chief

SHAH ALAM: Army deputy chief Lieutenant General DS Mohammad Ab Rahman, 59, was promoted as general and appointed as the 29th Army chief today. He succeeded Gen TS Zamrose Mohd Zain, 61, who is retiring. The promotion and handing-over ceremony was witnessed by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan and Chief […]