SHAH ALAM: Last year there were three tenders for light anti-tank weapons (LAWs). The first one, in January was for 780 units of the Spanish Instalanza C90 LAWs. From the original post: The Defence Ministry has published a request for bids for the supply and delivery of the light anti-tank […]
SHAH ALAM: In September, last year, the Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry published a slew of tenders for the Army. The Army wants more 9mm pistols, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars (complete set), anti-materiel rifles , 9mm ball ammo, and automatic grenade launchers. From the previous post: […]
SHAH ALAM: Even though there were no changes to the Army top two leadership, there were many transfers and promotions across the general officer ranks. The most notable was the post of the Army Western Field Command. Former Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff, Operational Training chief […]
SHAH ALAM: In his new year message recently, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin said RM12 billion has been allocated for the procurement of assets this year even though the budget document says otherwise. Anyhow among the assets to be procured are 105mm howitzers (Army); surface to surface missiles for KD […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in January 2021, Malaysian Defence wrote about the rise of another vehicle manufacturer – Cendana Auto Sdn Bhd – following the award of contracts to supply various vehicles to the Army. Cendana Auto was to become the third vehicle champion after Deftech and Global Komited Sdn Bhd […]
SHAH ALAM: Last year, there were four tenders issued separately for vehicles for the Malaysian Armed Forces headquarters. The vehicles are thirty-four utility one-tonne trucks; forty-six GS Cargo one-tonne trucks; thirty-four three-tonne GS Cargo trucks and thirty-eight utility vans. Perhaps, they counted these vehicles as part of the Army support […]
SHAH ALAM: AS reported a few days ago, General Nizam Jaafar,59, was appointed as the 23rd Panglima Angkatan Tentera/Chief of Defence Forces today. Nizam who was the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services was also promoted as a four-star general prior to his ascension as the […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in October 2023, PMX when announcing the budget stated that the Army was getting hovercraft fast interceptors, among other things. In July last year, we know that six hovercraft fast interceptors were being sought in a tender. The tender: MEMBEKAL, MENGHANTAR, MENGUJI DAN MENTAULIAH 6 BUAH HOVERCRAFT […]
SHAH ALAM: Last August, Malaysian Defence wrote about a slew of tenders published by the Procurement Division most of it for the Army. The tenders are for supply and delivery of 81mm mortars, heavy machine guns, reloadable LAW, anti-materiel rifles, Starstreak carriers, and nine-millimeter ball ammo for the Army. Also […]
SHAH ALAM: The Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Services Lt General Nizam Jaafar will be promoted as General and appointed as the Chief of Defence Forces this Friday. He will be the first flag officer to be appointed as CDF without heading either one of the three services, […]
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