SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) lost some RM14.82 million by selling its 51 per cent equity stake in Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd (CAD) to Rheinmetall AG, a German automotive and arms manufacturer. CAD was the company which was given the most contracts for the LCS project. […]
SHAH ALAM: After the confirmation of the delivery of the Saab NLAW at DSA 2024 earlier this year, we finally get official pictures of the anti-tank weapons – in the wild, not just on show, mind you – but being fired during an exercise, early this month. It is interesting […]
SHAH ALAM: The government on December 19 signed the leasing deal for helicopters with Weststar Aviation Sdn Bhd for use of ministries and agencies. Not many details have been issued so far but RMAF posted on Facebook today on the signing ceremony at Putrajaya. RMAF release on the leasing arrangement. […]
SHAH ALAM: In previous articles Malaysian Defence tried to find out the cost of buying small arms ammo, those of the 9mm and 5.56mm variety. Why the two types of ammunition then? Because they are the ones most used by the services from the army, police and even Rela. Finding […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in May and June this year, Malaysian Defence posted on the tenders for the supply and delivery of separate items designated as the Army main asset and equipment for 2024. This includes laser range finders, tactical and logistical support bridges, skid steer loaders and night vision goggles. […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in August, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for the upgrade of six Hercules C-130 airlifter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The tender is for the avionics upgrade for RMAF Hercules, with the first aircraft as the test bed for the programme. The tender was published […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA director-general Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been promoted to a full Admiral (maritime) when Home Minister Shaifuddin Nasution presented the additional two stars to Rosli at his office today. Rosli, was appointed as the seventh DG of MMEA on September 17, when he was a Rear Admiral (two […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army will be taking delivery of five medium cargo parachutes and thirty sets of firemen personal protection equipment, according to two separate posts by the Royal Service Corps – Kor Perkhidmatan DiRaja on its Facebook page. The cargo parachutes and PPE are among the slew of quotation […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued a twenty-one-day tender for a multi-modal transport operator (MTO) to ship and deliver anti-infantry directional fragmentation charges for the RMN. The seven hundred fragmentation charges or better known as Claymore mines will be shipped from Mohawk Electrical Systems Inc, […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain officiated the steel cutting ceremony for the service’s Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 (LMS Batch 2) at the Istanbul Shipayard in Turkiye, on November 4. The RMN in a press statement stated that the steel cutting ceremony was a symbolic event to mark […]
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