SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply of sixteen one tonne utility truck for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The tender was published on March 27 and closes on April 23. The requirements called for a double cab truck with a […]
SHAH ALAM: IN the article for the supply of 45 e-bikes for the Army, Malaysian Defence wrote that the items being sought may well be electrified scramblers. However based on the sole bidder price for the items, it appears that these may well be electrified bicycles instead. Yes, an electric […]
SHAH ALAM: Italian shipbuilder – Fincantieri has sign a 1.18 billion Euros (RM6 billion) contract to deliver two PPA (frigate size) ships with Indonesia. No details on the cost was provided but it is likely this will cover the ships as well as its armaments which includes anti-ship and anti […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has issued two separate quotation notices for the procurement, delivery and supply of two “high end military water craft” for its special forces unit – Paskal. The first notice was for the Paskal unit based at the Lumut naval base. The notice was published on March […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has issued a seven-day long quotation notice for the purchase of two machine guns to arm the air wing’s AW139 Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH). The three HOMs are mostly stationed at the Kota Kinabalu air base. The budget for the purchase comes from the RMN Headquarters. […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the first of class NGPC – KM Bagan Datuk – pennant number 4541 – has been fitted with a Starlink terminal allowing it access to the internet while on patrol. This was reveal when the patrol boat hosted a buka puasa event on March 15. […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in November last year, Malaysian Defence reported on the delivery ceremony of various equipment for the Army. Among the items delivered were 60 binoculars which was contracted to Global Combined Technology Sdn Bhd with a cost of RM3.9 million. I initially identified the binos as laser range […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in October, last year, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of a fire control radar (FCR) for KD Perak pennant number 173, the third ship of the Kedah class. According to the tender publication, […]
SHAH ALAM: IN my earlier posting on KM Tun Fatimah, I stated that the OPV will need to be commissioned into service before the government could pay for its operational and maintenance costs. As Tun Fatimah is already in service and currently operating out off the Kuching port we now […]
SHAH ALAM: At the acceptance ceremony for the four FIC G2000 Mark II at the Kota Kinabalu naval base on February 3, the headline feature touted was that the boats are fitted with the Escribano Sentinel 2.0 remote weapon station and armed with Canik M2 12.7mm QCB machine gun. Not […]
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