SHAH ALAM: It appears that the long-delayed RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Empat (Mawilla 4) in Sarawak will be built at Muara Tebas district. The district is located on the edge of the Sarawak river estuary into the South China Sea. Chief of Defence Forces General Nizam […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in December 2022, it was reported that the 31st Infantry Brigade (31st IB) will be moving to Bintulu by the end of 2023. In May, this year, it was announced that the move will take place in December. That said the Army has yet to officially announce […]
SHAH ALAM: The Works Ministry on November 27 issued the Letter of Award for the construction of the Bintulu bare-bones airbase for the RMAF. The ministry however did not name the company awarded the LOA nor its cost. However, pictures from the ceremony revealed (see main picture, by zooming) that […]
SHAH ALAM: Some three years after it was announced, work has yet to start on the bare-bones RMAF base in Bintulu, Sarawak. It is the same with the site for the long-range radar which LOA was issued late last year. This was revealed when the newly appointed Defence Ministry secretary-general […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin has identified the location of the new RMN base in Bintulu, Sarawak. He said the location was Samalaju without further explanation. Checks showed that Samalaju is an industrial township located some 60km north off Bintulu town. And it is not just any township, […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in May 2023, Malaysian Defence wrote that a tender to ship fourty-seven 60mm mortars was published in Eperolehan. Six months later the Hirtenberger M6 Commando mortars were formally delivered to the Army. Some eight months later, we now know that one of the units which received the […]
SHAH ALAM: The government today awarded the Letter of Award to Thales SA of France for the supply, delivery and commissioning of a single long-range radar. According to Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan the Thales GM400 radar will be installed in Bintulu, Sarawak. The LOA presentation was conducted at the […]
SHAH ALAM: 31st brigade moving to Bintulu. Army chief General Zamrose Mohd Zain today announced that the 31st Infantry Brigade headquarters will be moving to Bintulu from its present location in Sibu. Bernama quoted him as saying that the move will take place in June, next year. The decision to […]
SHAH ALAM: Lockheed Martin has been awarded a firm contract from the US government to supply a long range air surveillance radar including support and training for the RMAF. The radar is likely the one to be gifted to Malaysia by the US as reported previously. Although the announcement did […]
SHAH ALAM: New airbase at Bintulu. RMAF will be operating a new airbase – barebone one – at Bintulu, Sarawak, just off the waters of the South China Sea within the next five years or so. Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in a social media post today that the ‘bare […]
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