SHAH ALAM: General elections and the 2023 National Security Budget. Malaysia’s ninth prime minister, DS Ismail Sabri announced the dissolution of Parliament on October 10, paving the way for the 15th general elections. The dissolution came just three days after the 2023 national budget was proposed in Parliament. With the […]
SHAH ALAM: Delayed, FLIT-LCA. Back in June, I wrote that RMAF chief Gen Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan said in an interview with Perajurit that a physical evaluation on the selected aircraft for the FLIT-LCA programme, will be conducted this June 22 and the contract is scheduled to be issued […]
SHAH ALAM: HAL to open office in Kuala Lumpur. India-state owned company, Hindustan Aircraft Limited (HAL) is clearly very bullish about in prospects in Malaysia as it will be opening an office here in Kuala Lumpur. It will be the company’s first overseas office. It signed an MOU today with […]
SHAH ALAM: Is it the Turkish Anka UAS? The Dewan Rakyat was told today that the RMAF is expected to acquire the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System in 2025 with operations commencing in 2026. Bernama reported that the Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz […]
SHAH ALAM: More time to lobby. IT appears that the FLIT/LCA deal is not going to be decided next month. This is based on the written answer to a question posed by the Hang Tuah Jaya MP in Parliament today . Note the written answer is not same as the […]
SHAH ALAM: So far so good. It appears even after the official visit of PM9 to Turkiye, there is no official deal for anything Turkish apart from some MOUs (which need official contracts to become valid). PM Ismail Sabri in his official statement stated when he met Turkish president Recep […]
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