SHAH ALAM: Goodbye Whirly Bird? At LIMA 19 although the government signed several LOIs with Airod Sdn Bhd for the MRO of RMAF aircraft including VIP ones, what was glaring was the absence of the contract or even LOIs for the upgrade of the Nuri, Hawks and Hercules. As the […]
SHAH ALAM: Fulcrum revival? It appears that the on-and-off idea of reviving the RMAF Mig-29N Fulcrum fleet is currently back in vogue again. Two years ago, the matter was discussed by the previous government but nothing came out of it. The current government – likely defence ministry officials – are […]
LANGKAWI: More details on CMS upgrade for Lekiu. Although there was no contract signing for the Vibrant 1 CMS for the Lekiu class frigates, it appears that the project is already ongoing. T7 Global Bhd, the company promoting the CMS had formed a JV with a local company Marine Crest […]
LANGKAWI: Marine police expanding. Marine police continue to expand some four years after it returned to the task of overseeing the security in Malaysian maritime area. It is getting new personnel, officers and other ranks, who had passed out from training academies as well as new boats.Marine police commander Senior […]
LANGKAWI: Contracts Day, LIMA 2019. Seven contracts, ten letter of awards (LOA) and eight letter of intents (LOI) worth RM3.655 billion were signed at LIMA 2019 today. As reported earlier today, there was no contract for the MICA SAM. Even though the total amount of the deals, looks big, it […]
LANGKAWI: Mica deal delayed, yet again. The government will not signed the contract for the MBDA MICA surface to air missiles at LIMA 2019. The contract for the missiles meant for the six LCS is unlikely to be signed until the proposed boycott on palm oil by the EU is […]
LANGKAWI: Update on MMEA OPV. The first of class MMEA OPV being built by THHE Fabricators Detini JV is expected to be launched by year end. The first of class OPV and two others are being built at the Pulau Indah Fabrication Yard near Port Klang. THHE Fabricators Shipbuilding and […]
LANGKAWI: VHF radio launch at Lima 2019. PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched the second generation of Sapura Thales Electronic’s (STE) military VHF radio, the TRC 5200 at LIMA 2019 on March. 26. The radios are fully designed and developed in Malaysia by STE, a joint venture between the Sapura […]
LANGKAWI: CMS upgrade for Lekiu class. There will be no contract signing for the upgrade of the Lekiu class frigates CMS on Wednesday, the contracts day at LIMA 19. I have been told the Defence Ministry wants an open competition for the project especially if the CMS is developed locally. […]
LANGKAWI: First of Many. ATSC Sdn Bhd will hand over to the RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM M52- 11 tomorrow on the opening day of LIMA 19 the first Flanker to undergo the 11 year maintenance program at its facility at the Gong Kedak airbase. Tail number 11 is among the 10 […]
Malaysian Defence
