SHAH ALAM: The King has donated a single interceptor craft to the RMN for maritime operations. The delivery ceremony was done several days after the King gifted a similar vessel to the MMEA. RMN in a release stated, that that the donated boat painted in RMN grey is the Ibrahim […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN’s Material Headquarters has issued three separate quotation notices for the supply and delivery of three 12.7mm heavy machine guns and three 7.62mm machine guns and their associated accessories. The notices were published today (February 10) and closes on February 24. The machine guns – heavy and […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the RMN had stood up the ASW Helicopter Nucleus Team to provide the overview and technical guidance for the procurement of the aircraft. The existence of the team was made public when it visited a Japanese ship and its resident helicopter, which docked at the […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has taken delivery of sixteen one-tonne utility trucks from Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd or Deftech. The trucks are likely to be Toyota Hilux 2.8 litre double cab 4X4 vehicles. Deftech in a social media post announced the delivery of the vehicles. The post: DEFTECH Marks Another […]
SHAH ALAM: Some eight months after she returned to the fleet after undergoing an extensive refit, corvette KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin -pennant 136 – is taking part in a joint RMN and Indonesian Navy coordinated patrol. As reported previously, Muhammad Amin underwent a 32-month refit programme at the Grade One […]
SHAH ALAM: AS reported a few days ago, General Nizam Jaafar,59, was appointed as the 23rd Panglima Angkatan Tentera/Chief of Defence Forces today. Nizam who was the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services was also promoted as a four-star general prior to his ascension as the […]
SHAH ALAM: KD Kasturi – pennant number 25 – was officially delivered to the RMN by Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) on January 14, some three years after she went into a routine refit. It was so long that she went into refit with Boustead Naval Shipyard and came out from […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2018, Malaysian Defence wrote a post with the same title chronicling the delays into the LCS project. Several months later the project when into a complete halt, which only restarted last year. According to the Sixth Supplementary Contract (SSC) signed at LIMA 2023, the down slip […]
SHAH ALAM: Almost three months after the RMN chief was appointed, the appointment of his deputy was made public today. RMN said that Vice-Admiral Shamsuddin Ludin reported work as the Deputy RMN chief at the RMN headquarters at the Defence Ministry today. Shamsuddin handed over his duty as Western Fleet […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the leasing of helicopters for the military and other government agencies is likely to go ahead despite the RM16.5 billion plus change cost for 18 years. I am correcting this to 18 years as this was the first figure published on the Hansard (the official […]
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