Exercise

SOV Cleared For Air Transport

SHAH ALAM: The Cendana Auto Special Operations Vehicle (SOV), it appears, have been cleared for tactical air landing operations from RMAF C130 Hercules transporter. The SOV is operated by the GGK replacing the previous Vamtac SOV for such operations. The new SOV was delivered to GGK last year. The initial […]

Exercise

Les Français Sont En Ville

SHAH ALAM: Seven aircraft from the French Air and Space Force landed in Subang this afternoon (June 26) for a two-day stop-over. The aircraft – four Rafale fighter jets, two Multi Role Tanker and Transport and a single A400M airlifter will be based at the Subang airbase. According to a […]

Defence Contract

LIMA Contracts 2023, RMAF

SHAH ALAM: This is the third story on the contracts signing ceremony at LIMA 2023. This one will concentrate on RMAF ones though one item will be for Joint Force Headquarters as it had only one contract at the ceremony. As reported previously, the three deals signed for the RMAF […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

MAF Medical Team Flies To Turkiye

SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Armed Forces have sent a 106-strong field medical contingent to Turkiye for the earthquake disaster response. Designated Op Starlight – the medical contingent is expected to conduct operations for at least sixty team. The medical team together with three field hospitals and their associated equipment took […]

Defence Contract

Grizzly 4 Retires

SHAH ALAM: Airbus A400M MSN4 aircraft has been retired after more than 2,000 flight hours and 1,000 flights and many missions and campaigns completed. The Airbus prototype known as `Grizzly 4´ among the team, returns to Bremen after nearly twelve years of pushing boundaries to develop A400M capabilities to its […]

Defence Contract

More GSE For RMAF

SHAH ALAM: More ground support equipment for RMAF. Last month, Malaysian Defence wrote about RMAF getting fuel bowsers, procured from a South Korean company. This time around, RMAF is getting ten units of low-capacity baggage towing tractor to be used mostly by its air movement units. The tender for the […]

Defence Contract

South Korean Aircraft Refuellers

SHAH ALAM: South Korean aircraft refuellers. RMAF is getting five South Korean aircraft refuellers, according to a multi-modal transporters tender published on the Eperolehan website on September 29. The request for bid is valid until October 10. The aircraft refuellers are to be shipped by sea from South Korea to […]

defence Industry

Airbus successfully tests firefighting kit on A400M

SHAH ALAM: Airbus has successfully test a removable firefighting kit on the A400M airlifter during a flight test campaign. Airbus release: Getafe, 26 July 2022 –Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain. The test campaign […]

Defence Contract

RMAF Sets Another Flight Record

SHAH ALAM: RMAF has set another flight record, this time involving the Airbus A400M air lifter. Airbus held a ceremony at the Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference (DSA), to celebrate the achievement of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) for being the first A400M operator to log more than […]

Defence Contract

Airbus Committed to Support Malaysia

SHAH ALAM: Airbus reaffirms that Malaysia is an important market for its defence and space business. Speaking to reporters at a media briefing, Airbus Defence and Space’s Head of Asia-Pacific Johan Pelissier said that Airbus has developed extensive and strong industrial partnerships with Malaysia that brought multiple benefits to the […]