SHAH ALAM: The RMN has taken delivery of sixteen one-tonne utility trucks from Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd or Deftech. The trucks are likely to be Toyota Hilux 2.8 litre double cab 4X4 vehicles. Deftech in a social media post announced the delivery of the vehicles. The post: DEFTECH Marks Another […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF hold a ceremony today at the Butterworth airbase to mark the handover of all surviving Hawk Mk 108s/208s from No 15 Skuadron to the No 6 Skuadron. No 15 is operating out of Butterworth at the moment while No 6 is based in Labuan airbase in Wilayah […]
SHAH ALAM: Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer, FNSS, has been awarded with a contract from the Turkish Land Forces (TLF) to supply and deliver twenty-five of the Pars Alpha 8X8 and 6X6 variants. The contract is part of the TLF new generation armoured vehicles programme which allowed for the serial production […]
SHAH ALAM: The procurement division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the delivery and supply of 227,271 combat boots, all-leather for a three-year period. The estimated cost for the combat boots is RM50 million which means each pair will cost some RM219.98. Pretty cheap considering that the […]
SHAH ALAM: When Malaysian Defence posted about the MRCA 5G recently, some of the responses were mostly that it was just a hype for LIMA 2025.Several days later RMAF confirmed that it was looking for MRCA 5G in a video published in its official social media channel. The teaser video […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament on February 20 also spoke about the LCS. Among the highlights of what he said was that the project was delayed by some one percent due to the late delivery of equipment from the original manufacturer. As the […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament today confirmed that the 28 helicopters involved in the 15-year leasing will all be from Leonardo. The helicopters are the AW109 Trekker; AW 139; AW139 VIP and the AW149. Unfortunately, he did not give a break-down of the […]
SHAH ALAM: Some eight months after she returned to the fleet after undergoing an extensive refit, corvette KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin -pennant 136 – is taking part in a joint RMN and Indonesian Navy coordinated patrol. As reported previously, Muhammad Amin underwent a 32-month refit programme at the Grade One […]
SHAH ALAM: Ketech Asia Sdn Bhd signed another MOU with UAE’s firearms firm – Caracal – for the assembly and manufacturing of the firm’s assault rifle – CAR 816 – in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the IDEX defence show. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his social media […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has retire the Falcon 900 VIP jet on February 18 after some 35 years of service. The retirement ceremony was performed by RMAF Air Operations Commander Lt Jeneral Shahada Ismail at hangar A of No 2 Skuadron at the Subang air base. Tail number M37-01 joined RMAF […]
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