SHAH ALAM: Just five months after his appointment, MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Hamid Mohd Amin, will retire effective tomorrow. Hamid, who turned 60, tomorrow, was appointed as the sixth MMEA DG on November 6, last year. Malaysian Defence had speculated that he was given a two-year contract like the IGP […]
SHAH ALAM: The flight data and voice recorders of the MMEA AW139 helicopter which crashed off off Kuala Selangor on March 5, were recovered today (April 17) after 44 days of searching. The previous report on the search for the recorders – better known as black boxes in the media. […]
SHAH ALAM: Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) announced today that KD Lekiu had been towed to the RMN naval jetty in Lumut on April 12. The shipyard had stated on February 6 stated that the ship came into the yard -six days earlier for an emergency defect repair as preparation to […]
SHAH ALAM: The King – Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar – has asked for explanation on the delay in the completion of the combat dive complex at the Iskandar Camp, Mersing. The King – who is also GGK Colonel Commandant – in a Facebook post today stated that the complex should be […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has issued three separate tenders for the supply of four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, saloon cars and vans for the police operational usage. The number of pickup trucks being sought is 221; thirty saloon cars and 240 for vans. The pick-up trucks being sought are the dual-cab […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender to procure an AW139 full flight simulator – Level D – to be operated at the training complex of the police Air Wing in Ipoh. An FFS is extensively used for pilot training and certification. The training […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier article on the Nukol Makina Panthera 4X4, Malaysian Defence wrote that the vehicles were already in Lebanon despite no official word on them. They were delivered earlier this year but their entry into service was delayed due to documentation issues. From the post: As reported […]
SHAH ALAM: In his 2024 budget speech on October 13, PMX announced that RMAF will be getting twelve new helicopters as part of the national security sector allocation. Last month, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin stated that the allocation for the new RMAF helicopters was RM2.8 billion, some RM1.2 billion […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in January 2021, Malaysian Defence wrote about the Army getting 27 all-terrain vehicles (ATV) from Go Auto Sdn Bhd which was funded under the Op Benteng urgent operational requirement. The LOA for the 27 ATV which includes two helmets, two pairs of gloves and two sets of […]
SHAH ALAM: How much do you pay for a money losing shipyard? In the case of the Lumut Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (Lunas), a MOF-owned company – Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB) or Malaysian taxpayers – is paying RM334.73 million in cash for that privilege of owning just 20 per cent […]
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