SHAH ALAM: The Italian Army on April 28 took delivery of the first of UH169D light utility helicopter built by Leonardo, the builder of the much bigger AW139 and AW149. The UH169D is derived from the AW169M, the military version of the AW169 light-intermediate twin engine rotorcraft intended for a […]
SHAH ALAM: Malacca chief minister DS Rauf Yusof announced today – April 15 – that the Federal government has approved an allocation of RM16.45bil for the setting up of a helicopter assembly factory at the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam here. He made the announcement following the visit to […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament today confirmed that the 28 helicopters involved in the 15-year leasing will all be from Leonardo. The helicopters are the AW109 Trekker; AW 139; AW139 VIP and the AW149. Unfortunately, he did not give a break-down of the […]
SHAH ALAM: Since the announcement of the government decision to lease twenty-eight helicopters for the ministries and agencies for 15 years for some RM16.6 billion much ink has been spilled to justify the deal. Much of it of course is just excuses. The latest excuse published as a written reply […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has sent a second leased AW139 helicopter to the Kuching airbase as part of the No 3 Skuadron detachment there. Tail number M104-05 arrived at Kuching on January 20, a RMAF release on January 21, stated. Based on the release, it is likely that the detachment will […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has deployed a detachment from the No. 3 Squadron to the Kuching airbase to operate the AW139 helicopter there. Thirty-six personnel from squadron – 18 officers and 18 other ranks – led by Mejar M. Khairul Azwan Ismail were selected as the first group to operate the […]
SHAH ALAM: Last month, Chief of Defence Forces TS Muhammad Ab Rahman said that the 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. “The government has ordered the RMAF to follow a leasing […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry is getting the legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Chamber on the leasing contract for the four Black Hawks, none of which has been delivered to the Army. That was the written answer from Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin from Lumut MP Nordin Ahmad Ismail […]
SHAH ALAM: The flight data and voice recorders of the MMEA AW139 helicopter which crashed off off Kuala Selangor on March 5, were recovered today (April 17) after 44 days of searching. The previous report on the search for the recorders – better known as black boxes in the media. […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender to procure an AW139 full flight simulator – Level D – to be operated at the training complex of the police Air Wing in Ipoh. An FFS is extensively used for pilot training and certification. The training […]
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