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 […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears as part of its privatisation exercise of Boustead Holdings, Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) is looking at whether it is feasible to divest from the defence business, The Edge quoted LTAT CEO Nazim Abdul Rahman. He said as part of the LTAT transformation they will need […]
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: Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera – the Armed Forces Provident Fund (LTAT) is doubling down on Boustead Holdings Bhd, by offering to take the listed company private. LTAT in a statement said the offer will allow it greater flexibility to implement the turnaround plan for Boustead. The statement: NOTICE […]
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: The Defence Ministry today announced the cancellation of five contracts for supply, services, and infrastructure projects. It did not name the projects, costs, beneficiaries, and the reason for the cancellation. The ministry in a release said it took serious notice of the statement made by the Prime Minister […]
SHAH ALAM: All is well. Despite the confidence of the Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan that the first LCS – Maharaja Lela – will be ready by late 2024, there are indications that it will not. The indications came from Mohamad himself, when he spoke to the media on January […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has set up an accident board to investigate the collision between a Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) and corvette KD Laksamana Tun Pusmah (137), at the Western Fleet open day on December 29. According to a release by the Western Fleet command that during an interception demonstration […]
SHAH ALAM: LCS payments? Updated with DE allocations for both ministries. Dewan Rakyat today December 20 2022) approved the Consolidated Fund (Expenditure On Account) Bill 2022 that provides for RM107.72 billion in civil service expenditure for a part of 2023. This was necessary as the proposed 2023 budget was not […]
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