SHAH ALAM: Two RMN helicopters – a Fennec and an AW139 – crashed following a mid-air collision during a training flight at the Lumut airbase this morning. Pictures of the crash helicopter revealed that the two helicopters are M502-06 (Eurocopter Fennec) and M503-3, the Leonardo AW139, with the RMN designation […]
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: How much do you pay for a money losing shipyard? In the case of the Lumut Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (Lunas), a MOF-owned company – Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB) or Malaysian taxpayers – is paying RM334.73 million in cash for that privilege of owning just 20 per cent […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply of sixteen one tonne utility truck for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The tender was published on March 27 and closes on April 23. The requirements called for a double cab truck with a […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA is still searching for the flight data and voice recorders from the AW139 helicopter which crashed into the waters off Pulau Angsa, Kuala Selangor on March 5. The voice and data recorders are commonly referred to as black boxes by the media. Pictures of the recovered helicopter […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has issued two separate quotation notices for the procurement, delivery and supply of two “high end military water craft” for its special forces unit – Paskal. The first notice was for the Paskal unit based at the Lumut naval base. The notice was published on March […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has issued a seven-day long quotation notice for the purchase of two machine guns to arm the air wing’s AW139 Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH). The three HOMs are mostly stationed at the Kota Kinabalu air base. The budget for the purchase comes from the RMN Headquarters. […]
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 […]
SHAH ALAM: Its now confirmed, the LMS Batch II will be an Ada class corvette. Though which variant is selected and the equipment fit is currently being determined. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in a written reply to a question in Parliament on March 13 stated that the government had […]
SHAH ALAM: In his testimony to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in January this year, Defence Ministry secretary-general DS Isham Ishak said that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is expected to be put into water (down slip) on schedule this May. That said, he said a slight […]
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