SHAH ALAM: How much is that Hercules C-130H transport aircraft in the window? Well according to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) one C-130H cost US$2.25 million or RM9.945 million according to the current exchange rate. Well, how did you know the cost then? RNZAF sold four of its […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in February, I reported that High Point Worldwide Sdn Bhd was awarded the contract to supply and deliver eighty Weapons Carrier/Kenderaan Pembawa Senjata, Automatic Grenade Launcher. I also wrote that High Point is likely to get the contract to supply and deliver eighty-three KPS, heavy machine-gun. This […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Ministry secretary-general Lokman Hakim Ali made a visit to the Otokar company manufacturing plant during his visit to Turkiye. He was in Turkiye as part of a Malaysian delegation which among others attended the keel laying ceremony for LMS Batch 2. His visit to Otokar is interesting […]
SHAH ALAM: Four months and four days (125 days) after the steel cutting ceremony for the LMS Batch 2, RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain on April 8 officiated the keel laying for the first of three LMS Batch 2 in Istanbul, Turkiye. The keel laying marks the first phase of […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2010, Utusan Malaysia reported that the then Prime Minister DS Najib Razak was set to officiate a new shipyard in Bagan Datuk, Perak. The shipyard was supposed to be the site to built the three Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS), the name for the class of ships […]
SHAH ALAM: In the previous two posts on Malaysian Defence, we wrote about that the Armed Forces is expected to deliver the first batch of High Mobility Light Tactical Vehicles (HMLTV) to the Malaysian unit operating under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the earliest the middle […]
SHAH ALAM: Chief of Defence Forces General Nizam Jaffar announced on April 5 that the Malaysian unit in Lebanon will receive new High Mobility Light Tactical Vehicles (HMLTV) at the earliest by mid-2026. A tender for the supply and delivery of the HMLTV is expected soon, according to my industry […]
SHAH ALAM: Chief of Defence Forces General Nizam Jaffar has announced that the Malaysian contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) take delivery of the new High Mobility Light Tactical Vehicle (HMLTV) at the earliest, the middle of next year. He said the number of HMLTV to […]
SHAH ALAM: In the comments section, I mentioned that there is a PC-7 Mk 1 gate guard outside the Subang airbase entrance from Jalan Montfort and the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. It is not a gate guard per se but a monument really as it is located around 500 meters from […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued an open tender for the supply of spare parts and Arrius A1 engine maintenance for a period of four years specifically for the RMN’s AS555 SN Fennec helicopters. The tender for the contract was published on April 3 and […]
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