SHAH ALAM: National Security Sector 2023 budget or no funds for the needy. The government has allocated some RM35.6 billion to the national security sector – national security and defence – from the 2023 budget which amounted to RM372 billion. The defence budget is RM17.4 billion; 0.47 per cent of […]
SHAH ALAM: BHIC, BNS and directors sued. Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) on October 4 announced to Bursa Malaysia that the company; subsidiary BHIC Defence Technologies Sdn Bh; its associate company, Boustead Naval Shipyard and two of its directors have been sued. The announcement: The Board of Directors (“Board”) […]
SHAH ALAM: All is well. Senior Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein announced yesterday all is well with the LCS re-mobilisation programme. From Bernama: KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The six-month mobilisation phase of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project which began in June has gone smoothly […]
SHAH ALAM: Its Galaxy Aerospace (M) Sdn Bhd. Yes, Galaxy Aerospace, which won the contract to supply three Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH) to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has been awarded the contracts to maintain them. Galaxy Aerospace is part of the Gading group. Malaysian Defence wrote in August that […]
SHAH ALAM: The Armed Forces’ Defence Intelligence Staff Division (DISD) has been renamed as the Malaysian Defence Intelligence Organisation (MDIO). The name and logo change were officially done on September 23 by Chief of Defence Forces General Affendi Buang. Despite the name, MDIO and this website has nothing in common. […]
SHAH ALAM: Another Colt M4 Carbine story. As you are aware the Colt M4 Carbine is the standard rifle of the Malaysian military since around 2010. The contract for the weapons was signed back in 2006 and by 2008 onwards the military has standardised on the weapon. It is interesting […]
SHAH ALAM: Fait accompli. It appears that the LCS delivery deadline has slipped again, and it is likely that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is only expected to be in service with the RMN in 2026. Of course, this was expected as the revised delivery deadline of […]
SHAH ALAM: Abandon ship, scrap the LCS Part III. In the second part of these series, Malaysian Defence wrote that one of the reasons to scrap the project was the fact that Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) might have to take legal action against five companies involved in it. This was […]
SHAH ALAM: Senior Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein on September 1 announced that the French government had given its commitment for the completion of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project. He made the announcement after meeting a representative of the French government at his office at Jalan Padang Tembak. He […]
SHAH ALAM: Abandon ship, scrap the LCS Part II. The forensic report on the LCS programme, first made public in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report was declassified yesterday. The declassified report is published on the Parlimen website. You can go to the website above to read the whole report […]
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