KUALA LUMPUR: THE story below is self-explanatory. However, the RM402 million contract also opened a can of worms. While the Hawk engines will be overhauled it remained to be seen whether or not the government will fund the fleet mid-life update or Service Life Extension Programme (SLEP). As Malaysian Defence […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on the story below my earlier guesstimate that the A400M, if we continue with the procurement, will most likely be inducted into RMAF by 2020, may well be correct. Malaysian Defence believes its time to cancel the deal and start looking for other options. We dont have […]
* It had come to my attention that the figures cited below is incorrect in context to the theme of the discussion. The US$233 mentioned below is only for the initial contract. The whole contract for the 24 Electric Jets is actually US$2.4 billion. It is for that reason I […]
KUALA LUMPUR: On Tuesday, the Nuri Replacement Tender expired officially, one month longer than the original deadline reportedly due to requests from helicopter manufacturers. When and who will win the tender for 12 utility helicopters with SAR capabilities is up to the gods now (how and why remains men’s decision, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Another video from Lima. This time its the RMAF line-up, past, present and the future. Too bad the Nuri replacement have yet to be selected. The Sukhois are around as does the Fulcrum, Hornet, PC-7, Hawk, Tigereye, MB-336 and the planes of the past, Tebuan, Sabre and the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the Nuri replacement programme is open, Malaysian Defence wonders whether Govt-to-Govt negotiations will be used this time around. The G-to-G negotiations is the latest programme initiated by the Europeans in the aftermath of arms for bribes scandals in the 80s. The US has a similar programme, the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Thais (see the story below) has announced its attention to buy 12 Saab Gripens for US$1 billion earlier this week. If the deal goes through (depending on Thai politics with an election coming in December and whether or not the US would allow the deal to go […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As expected AgustaWestland AW101 is the clear winner for Malaysian Defence poll for the favourite helicopter to replace the Nuri. The AW101 (formerly EH101) led the hustings from the start when Malaysian Defence was hosted at blogspot and when it went Dot Com, the chosen helicopter for the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The investigation into the Nuri crash, without saying out loud, basically stated that the crash was due to the pilots mistakes. Although, they were kind enough not to say it out loud that it was CFT, from what was reported it is clear that the board believes that […]
KUALA LUMPUR: An update on the Flanker story. It is not coming to Kuantan air base, which shared the runway with the local airport. The Flanker squadrons would instead be based at the newly constructed Gong Kedak air base, located about 150 nm north from Kuantan. The airbase, previously equipped […]
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