Malaysian Defence

Another Iveco Daily in Army Service

SHAH ALAM: Another Iveco Daily in Army Service. Remember the Iveco Daily 4×4 Multi Channel Radio System (MCRS) vehicle that was featured here back in March? It appears apart from the MRCS, there is another Iveco Daily 4X4 in Army service, which it described as a TEW vehicle. I am […]

Malaysian Defence

Motherships For the Marine Police

SHAH ALAM: Motherships for the Marine police. A tender for two 60 meter motherships for the Marine police are expected to be announced soon, its commander Deputy Commissioner Mohd Yusoff Mamat said on July 7. The motherships will be tasked to support patrol boats in Malaysian waters, he added. The […]

Malaysian Defence

Selamat Jalan Nuri, Part 2

SHAH ALAM: Selamat Jalan Nuri, Part 2. Remember my story about the tender for wooden crates for Nuri components sometime back? Well the company that won the tender was Azianstocan Sdn Bhd, a company based in Penang. It appears that the wooden crates had been delivered to the Butterworth airbase […]

Malaysian Defence

New Training Facility For the Army

SHAH ALAM: New Army training facility. Army chief Gen Zamrose Mohd Zain has opened a new training facility for Operations in Build Up Area (OBUA) – urban warfare – at the Sempadi firing range in Lundu, Sarawak, located some 100km northwest of Kuching, the capital of the state. The ceremony […]

Defence Contract

More FAST Helmets Being Sought

SHAH ALAM: More FAST helmets being sought. The Joint Force Command via the Defence Ministry has issued a request for bids for the supply and delivery of 569 helmets for a three year period. The tender which opens on 1 July closes on 2 September. As for the helmets, according […]

Defence Contract

Black Hawks For Nuri Replacements?

SHAH ALAM: Black Hawks for Nuri replacements? Back in 2015, we were told by the-then Defence Minister that the RMAF will be getting four Black Hawk S-70 helicopters gifted from Brunei. That news were tempered somewhat when it was revealed later that the Black Hawks were not to be gifted […]

Malaysia -RMN

Fennec Emergency Landing

SHAH ALAM: Fennec emergency landing. An Airbus AS 555 SN Fennec light twin engine helicopter from Squadron 502 of th RMN air wing made an emergency landing during a routine flight at the Lumut naval base today (June 28, 2021). A release from the RMN base stated that the crew […]

Defence Contract

Iveco Gun Towers

SHAH ALAM: Iveco gun towers. It appears that the Army is getting 36 gun towers mostly likely manufactured by Iveco in Italy or the whereabouts. That is the assumption I am making from the information provided by the MTO tender to ship back the vehicles back here. There is no […]

Asean and Malaysia

CAMM-ER Completes Trials

SHAH ALAM: CAMM-ER complete trials. MBDA has successfully completed a firing of the CAMM-ER air defence missile against a manoeuvring target, confirming the excellent capability of the CAMM family system. The trial took place at an Italian firing range. From MBDA: CAMM-ER is the extended range member of the new-generation […]

Defence Contract

Barrets, Expal and FCS

SHAH ALAM: Barrets, Expal and FCS. Back in the carefree days of October 2019, I wrote about the Army looking to buy mortars, light machine guns (LMG), sniper rifles (12.7mm and 7.62mm) and light anti tank weapons. Fast forward to this week we already know what light anti-tank weapons we […]