SHAH ALAM: Back in January 2022, Malaysian Defence posted that the Defence Ministry was seeking a company to ship from overseas, some 1,000 units of the VHF section radios for the Army. The MTO tender confirmed what sources said that Sapura Thales Electronics – the incumbent supplier of tactical radio […]
SHAH ALAM: KD Mahawangsa – 1504 – has returned to its home port, the Lumut naval base, after spending 72 days at sea for a resupply mission for the Malaysian contingent in Lebanon. The ship left Lumut on November 30 and arrived at Beirut, Lebanon on January 2. As it […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army is sending a company strong of paratroopers to the United Arab Emirates for a three-week long bilateral exercise – Desert Tiger 6/23 – in the Middle East country. The bulk of the paratroopers are from Ninth Royal Malay Regiment (Para) which is part of the 10th […]
SHAH ALAM: Tanah Merah MP Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz has been named as the shadow Defence Minister by Perikatan Nasional (PN) yesterday. Ikmal was the deputy defence minister in both the Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri governments. The Bersatu party man served as deputies to both Ismail and […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army – Tentera Darat – will have a new chief next month. Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain today announced that he will be handing over the post to his successor this March 21. He was speaking at his farewell parade at Kem Iskandar in Mersing, […]
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: Planning for failure. Even though the current defence minister said that the ministry will abide by the Defence White Paper 2019 (DWP) and its 2021-2025 strategic plan, both documents remained as talking points only. Yes, I understand that the DWP19 document available on the ministry website, is the […]
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 […]
SHAH ALAM: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) deputy chief Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob took over as the service’s 18th chief today replacing retiring Admiral TS Reza Sany. Prior to taking over the post, Rahman was promoted as admiral from the rank of vice-admiral. Rahman, 59, is the first submariner to […]
SHAH ALAM: Winners of FAST helmet tenders. Back in July 2021, Malaysian Defence wrote about a Request For Bid (RFB) or tender for the supply and delivery of five-hundred and sixty-nine Future Advanced Shell Technology (FAST) ballistic helmets for a three-year period for the Joint Force. A check on the […]
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