SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his new year message today announced that RM12 billion has been allocated for the procurement of assets this year. Compare the amount to the 2025 budget. He said among the assets to be procured are 105mm howitzers (Army); surface to surface missiles […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has denied that the Armed Forces leadership has been sacked for mutiny for opposing the RM16.8 billion helicopter leasing deal. Air Times News Network today reported that the ministry has lodged a police report against persons for posting the allegations on social media saying 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 December 2022, it was reported that the 31st Infantry Brigade (31st IB) will be moving to Bintulu by the end of 2023. In May, this year, it was announced that the move will take place in December. That said the Army has yet to officially announce […]
SHAH ALAM: Hot on the heels of the tender for thirteen sniper rifles for the FRU, the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for five hundred tactical 9mm pistols for the UTK and VAT69. Both the UTK and VAT69 operate counter-terrorism teams. Out of the the […]
SHAH ALAM: Almost 14 months ago (December 7 2023), IGP TS Razarudin Husain announced that the Home Ministry has approved an allocation of some RM22 million for the procurement of vehicles, anti-riot dogs and firearms for the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU). Some of the items he mentioned – personnel protection […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Defence Ministry has issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply, delivery and commissioning of six tactical insertion craft or jet skis for the Army. The jet skis will be used for the Special Service Group or the Grup Gerak Khas. The public specifications […]
SHAH ALAM: Some 14 months after RMAF appointed the first female flying squadron commanding officer, another milestone was achieved today when the service appointed the first female pilot to head a Hercules squadron. Major Norlela Harun formally took over as the CO of No 20 Skuadron, the Subang based Hercules […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued tenders for uniforms in bulk which it has not done so in the last few years for unknown reasons. The biggest tender is for 334,485 pairs of No 3 uniform or dress for the Army for a period of three years. Two other […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army is getting more high frequency radios for its vehicles, a tender for such radios revealed. The tender for 113 HF vehicular radios was published on December 31 and closes on January 31. As it mentioned vehicular radios, these are meant for the Fitted For Radio vehicles […]
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