Defence Contract

Tactical Insertion Craft for GGK

SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Defence Ministry has issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply, delivery and commissioning of six tactical insertion craft or jet skis for the Army. The jet skis will be used for the Special Service Group or the Grup Gerak Khas. The public specifications […]

National Security Contract

Tender For MMEA RHFB

SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a 21-day tender for the supply and delivery of ten Rigid Hull Fender Boat (RHFB) for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency or MMEA. The tender was published October 29 and closes on November 19. The indicative cost for the […]

Defence Contract

Vektor Machine Guns on FCB

SHAH ALAM: At the acceptance ceremony for the four FIC G2000 Mark II at the Kota Kinabalu naval base on February 3, the headline feature touted was that the boats are fitted with the Escribano Sentinel 2.0 remote weapon station and armed with Canik M2 12.7mm QCB machine gun. Not […]

Defence Contract

Tender Log jam

SHAH ALAM: As we wait for the Home Ministry’s decision on how to complete MMEA’s delayed OPV2 and OPV3, we must look back at had happened within the last one year or so. And it is not very hopeful. For example, we know that the tender for four helicopters for […]

Malaysian Defence

Japan Fast Interceptor Boats

SHAH ALAM: Foreign Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan on December 18 that the Japan’s Official Security Assistance (OSA) grant aid announced two days earlier are drones and fast interceptor boats. The aid will be used for surveillance and monitoring of its maritime borders off Sabah’s east coast, an area under the […]

Defence Contract

Tender for Marine Interceptors Closed

SHAH ALAM: The tender for the Marine police interceptors closed on September 28 and 11 bidders have qualified for the initial review. As reported previously, the Home Ministry issued a tender for the supply of five fast patrol craft (FPC) for the Marine police. The tender was published on August […]

Malaysian Defence

Marine Police Mothership Tender, UpDate

SHAH ALAM: Last October, Malaysian Defence posted on the Marine police mothership tender. The two 60-meter mothership cum transport and training vessel will be the biggest to be operated by the Marine police once they are in service. Malaysian Defence summary of the specification of the two vessels: Two aluminium […]