SHAH ALAM: A Fire and Rescue Department/Bomba Leonardo AW189 – 9M-BOF – super-medium helicopter crashed in the apron of the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology adjacent to Subang airport today. The institute is part of Universiti Kuala Lumpur. Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) chief executive officer Captain Norazman Mahmud […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier posting entitled Another Helicopter Tender, Malaysian Defence wrote about a tender for four helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency – Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritime Malaysia (MMEA/APMM). The tender was published in June last year and was supposed to close in July but it was later […]
SHAH ALAM: Another helicopter tender. In late October, I received an email asking me why I had not written anything on a tender for helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The answer was simple I was not aware about it. As it was the tender notice – published […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Bomba takes delivery of AW189s. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) air wing has finally taken delivery of two Leonardo AW189 super medium helicopters today. Both helicopters have been stored at the Leonado hangar at Subang for almost a year now after delivery from Italy where both were […]
SHAH ALAM: At last year’s LIMA 2015, Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director general told the media that the department had been approved for the procurement of two “heavy weight helicopters” under the 11th Malaysian Plan. The aircraft he was referring to, are known in the industry as super medium […]
LANGKAWI: LIMA 2015 opened today with a boom, literally outside the hall but inside its all quiet with one show daily headlining “No Contracts at LIMA” on its opening day edition. A little gloss was added to the show today however through the courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department […]
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