SHAH ALAM: RMAF is set to buy ten Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods and related equipment for its F/A-18D Hornet for an estimated cost of $80 million or some RM379 million. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) made the announcement on May 6. Once it is delivered, the Sniper pod […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that I was too hasty to state that the LMS Batch 2 will be fitted with a South Korean-made vertical launch system and surface-to-air missiles. Infact, the South Korean option is one of the proposals for the SAM system, being considered by the RMN. The MBDA […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the RMN LMS Batch 2, the Ada class, will be a Malaysian variant after all. The front part of the ship will be like the Turkish, Pakistani and Ukrainian variants. The rear of the ship will be like the Pakistani and Ukrainian variants apart that […]
SHAH ALAM: The re-alignment of the RMN 15-to-5 plan means the service will have two more classes of ships, which had not been mentioned in the old one. The two classes are designated as the support group – four mine-hunters and two hydrographic ships. It must be noted under the […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in June 2023, Malaysian Defence reported that the Army took delivery of fourty-eight 81mm mortars. The mortars which were procured under a tender published in 2019 which were to be supplied together with a transporter. The number of mortars to be supplied is seventy-two which means the […]
SHAH ALAM: BHIC Submarine Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (BSES) has been awarded the LOA for an expansion of the Scope of Work and additional Contract Ceiling Price for the In-Service Support Interim for the Royal Malaysian Navy Prime Minister Class Submarines. The LOA is RM43.6 million, said BHIC in a […]
SHAH ALAM: Early last month, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army’s Ordnance Division issued three separate quotation notices to supply ten of the ATV for units conducting border patrols in the northern peninsula, Sabah, and Sarawak – for a total of thirty. This was the same reason the division issued […]
SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Defence in previous three postings had written on the headwinds in the introduction of the four Black Hawk helicopters leased for the Army’s Air Wing or Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat (PUTD). The contract for the four helicopters was signed at LIMA 2023. The current forecast is now […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in July 2023, Malaysian Defence reported that a tender for procurement, supply, testing and delivery of an 84mm anti-tank weapon system or the Saab Carl Gustav M4 – the latest version of the recoilless rifle – was floated on the Eperolehan website. The tender was for 110 […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF today took delivery of F/A-18D M45-07 after the completion of her Local Planned Maintenance 12 Years (LPM12Y) programme at the Butterworth airbase. She is the second Hornet to undergo the LPM12Y programme after tail number 01. RMAF took delivery of 01 on January 5, last year. RMAF […]
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