KUALA LUMPUR: DPM and Defence Minister Dtk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be in Seville, Spain, in the next few days reportedly to take a closer look at the A400M transport aircraft at EADS-CASA facility. Speculation is rife that he is not just there to look and touch the A400M […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Just reading the list made me salivate…………Singapore purchasing major defense equipment and associated equipment and services, valued at US$962 million. AmraaM C7s! JDAMs and JSOWs and X Sidewinders! All of this after the 100 plus Lightning IIs. Talk about over the top! And here we are talking about […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I refer the story below from Bernama. It seems that we are still unsure about having Uncle Sam patrolling the straits that we need to call on Korea and Japan to get involved. This of course begs the question why we are not getting the Chinese to help […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Try as I had, I cannot find the pictures of the LTV proposed by Weststar LDV for the armed forces. In the previous post, a Bernama story quoted the owner of Weststar as saying that seven of its Light Tactical Vehicle co-developed with a Thai company, RM Asia […]
KUALA LUMPUR: They built ambulances but now (see the Bernama story below) they want to sell light tactical vehicles for the military. You got to be kidding ,.,,,, LAEM CHABANG (Thailand), July 20 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s Weststar LDV Sdn Bhd is joining forces with RM Asia Group to develop the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Note the story from Bernama. Just a few sound bites without getting the inside story. How I wished I can go live…… Nuri Replacement To Proceed Despite Reduced Budget – Najib KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 (Bernama) — The Defence Ministry will continue with the programme to replace the […]
The radar on KD Pahang KUALA LUMPUR: Following up on my earlier posts on smart procurement for our security agencies, the Coast Guard will probably be able to do a better job by working with the RMN instead of buying a couple of amphibians with an iffy surveillance fit. For […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Although the 9th Malaysian Plan (9MP) Mid-Term Review have been announced last week, the exact details concerning the defence sector have yet to be revealed. It must be noted that the full details of the defence sector allocation was never publicly annnounced when the plan was tabled about […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Mindef today floated a tender for a taser gun for the Army. I sincerely hope that t is for UN ops, illegal immigrants and special duties operations and not normal operations. Well lets hope they actually buy a few crates at real world prices and not “Get Me […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Bombardier has issued a press release on the MMEA purchase of the two CL-415 amphibians. There is no mention of the contract price on the deal. However, the release did note that the contract is also for training and integration as MMEA purchased the Multi Purpose version equipped […]
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