SHAH ALAM: PC Sri Sarawak – pennant number 48 – has completed its OP Plus work and now it is ready to be re-commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). RMN regional headquarters 1 – Mawilla 1 – posted on its social media page that the patrol boat had arrived […]
SHAH ALAM: In his first speech as Defence Minister, DS Khaled Nordin, spoke about the procurement of assets and items for the Armed Forces. Among the things he mentioned was the MALE-UAS, MPA, FLIT-LCA, LMS, FIC and flares and sonar decoys for the Perdana Menteri class submarines. The FIC and […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Industries Bhd (BHIC) on January 8, 2024, announced that Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd (CAD) and Contraves Electrodynamics Sdn Bhd (CAE) dropped the suit against Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, its associate company. The release from BHIC to Bursa Malaysia: Further to the announcements dated 2 […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA’s first locally built OPV – OPV1/KM Tun Fatimah – is now berthed at the RMN National Hydrographic Centre jetty in Pulau Indah, Port Klang. The move to the RMN’s jetty was two days after her official delivery ceremony. Her move to the jetty indicated that she is […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a request for bids to supply, delivery, integration and commissioned of a new fire control radar optical (FCRO) for KD Jebat (pennant number 29). The advertisement for the item was published on December 26 2023, and closes on February 8, 2024. There are […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Engineering Corporation Bhd (BHIC) is scheduled to hold an extraordinary general meeting this Friday. Among others the public listed company shareholders will vote the proposed disposal of Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) to MOF Incorporated company, Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB). The resolutions are likely to be passed […]
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 […]
SHAH ALAM: Soon to be owned by Ministry of Finance Incorporated, Boustead Naval Shipyard – the builder of the LCS and RMN main workshop – is looking for workers. It is likely the workers are needed not just for the resumption of work for the LCS but for the ship […]
SHAH ALAM: Foreign Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan was the guest of honour when KD Lekiu -pennant number 30 – fired two MBDA Exocet Block 2 missiles, north of Malacca Straits on December 14. The missile firings were the culmination of RMN Eks Taming Sari 22/2023. It is likely Mohamad was […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in early October, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of a fire control radar (FCR) KD Perak pennant number 173, the third ship of the Kedah class. According to the tender publication, the RMN […]
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