SHAH ALAM: The government has decided that RMAF will operate at least twelve Leonardo AW149 utility helicopters under a leasing programme mooted by the Prime Minister’s Department and the National Security Council, Armed Forces chief General TS Mohammad Ab Rahman said today. He said the leasing programme would go ahead […]
SHAH ALAM: In September, Malaysian Defence wrote about tenders for the procurement of support vehicles and firearms for the Army. The support vehicles being sought are air-defence command trucks and howitzer towers. As for the firearms, the Army wants more 9mm pistols, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars (complete […]
SHAH ALAM: The Armed Forces will be holding a parade and open day at Port Dickson starting tomorrow to mark its 91st anniversary starting this Friday and ends on Sunday. The parade cum demonstration will be held at Kem Segenting, Port Dickson – the road on the way to Malacca […]
SHAH ALAM: Last August, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for the procurement of the Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle, specifically for the M4 variant of the weapon. Today, another tender for M4 variant of the Goose was published in Eperolehan. The August tender was for 2000 rounds of the […]
SHAH ALAM: Two Nuri helicopters – M23-02 and M23-07 – stored at the Kuching airbase following their retirement in 2019/2020 will be used a training aid for students of Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak Sdn Bhd or CENTEX. The technical and vocational training institute is under Yayasan Sarawak. The hand-over […]
SHAH ALAM: Ukraine has seen raging fighting in the country since the Russian invasion in February 2022. The war – called by Russia Special Military Operation – has seen the rise of the machines from unmanned aerial to ground vehicles and special systems. Early in the start of the conflict, […]
SHAH ALAM: It is not only the Army recapitalizing it support vehicles fleet. The police is doing that as well with two tenders for the supply of seventy-five, three-and-five tonne trucks and thirty buses for tactical operations. The police has also published tenders for operational – 4X4s, vans, and saloon […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in March this year, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army intent to procure some one hundred combat buggies to augment the scramblers in reconnaissance platoons of the infantry units. The extra capacity of the combat utes will allow scouts to carry more equipment and cover more distances. […]
SHAH ALAM: Eastern Sabah Security Command’s (ESSCOM) main mission is to prevent another intrusion and ensure zero kidnapping for ransom (KFR), said its commander Deputy Commissioner Victor B Sanjos on September 23. It was for this reason ESSCOM has come with a new logo and flag as well as a […]
SHAH ALAM: A soldier from 3 Royal Ranger Regiment (3 RRD) died several hours after he was shot early this morning in Sarawak. The Army said in a statement that an unknown party shot the soldier who several hours later without identifying the deceasedthe soldier. A Bernama report quoted Kapit […]
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