Defence Contract

Black Hawks, Still Waiting for You, Part 2

SHAH ALAM: Stricter US export regulations and the conflict in Ukraine are among the reasons for the late delivery of the four leased Black Hawk helicopters, Parliament was told yesterday. Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari said these were the reasons given by Aerotree Defence & Services Sdn Bhd for the […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

Acting CEO and Chairman for LTAT

SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has appointed LTAT chief financial officer, Mohamad Ashraf Md Radzi, as the acting CEO of the Armed Forces Provident Fund, with immediate effect. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin told Parliament today that the ministry’s secretary general, DS Isham Ishak, has also been appointed as the […]

Defence Contract

LOA For Long Range Radar

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 […]

Defence Contract

FCR For KD Perak, Part 3

SHAH ALAM: Some four weeks after the FCR tender for KD Perak closed, three companies have now been shortlisted for the project. Malaysian Defence previously reported that five days after the closing, Eperolehan website has yet to specify the number of bidders and their bid prices. To recap, in early […]

budget

LCS, LMS Batch 2 and Radome

SHAH ALAM: The Dewan Rakyat in its sitting on November 23 passed the Defence Ministry budget for 2024 which is RM19.7 billion. This was simply procedural – the Dewan must pass all the agencies and ministries budget individually – even though the 2024 budget has been passed earlier. Anyhow as […]

Parliament

Some Things Never Change

SHAH ALAM: The town of Lumut and the parliamentary constituency is the location of the RMN main naval base which bears the same name. It used to be known as RMN fleet headquarters until the service decided to split its fleet into two, the Western and Eastern commands. As it […]

Defence Contract

Spexer Radars Replacement in RMK13

SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan told Dewan Rakyat on October 30 that the ministry is planning to procure six coastal surveillance radars for Eastern Sabah in RMK13 or in three years in time. The six radars will replace the Spexer CS radars which have been decommissioned last year […]

Defence Contract

Irony is Dead

SHAH ALAM: Former Defence Minister and Tanah Merah MP DS Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz spoke at length on the LCS at Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (October 19). His biggest issue with the LCS project is the fact that Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) was still entrusted with the job of completing […]

Defence Contract

First LCS To Be Ready by August 2024

SHAH ALAML Earlier this week, Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan told Parliament that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – will be delayed by a few months due to the ongoing process of nationalisation of the builder, Boustead Naval Shipyards (BNS). His deputy – Adly Zahari – on Thursday […]