SHAH ALAM: Its now confirmed, the LMS Batch II will be an Ada class corvette. Though which variant is selected and the equipment fit is currently being determined. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in a written reply to a question in Parliament on March 13 stated that the government had […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier post, Malaysian Defence speculated that the budget for the new 12 helicopters will be at least RM1.6 billion – the contract price for 12 EC725 helicopters bought in 2008. I further stated that: This was the contract price for the EC725s, which I think had […]
SHAH ALAM: In his testimony to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in January this year, Defence Ministry secretary-general DS Isham Ishak said that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is expected to be put into water (down slip) on schedule this May. That said, he said a slight […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2015, Malaysian Defence reported that the police has acquired Polaris MRZR light tactical all terrain vehicle or combat buggies for use in ESSCOM. Apart from a picture in the Star newspaper about the combat buggies during that time, I have no idea what had happened to […]
SHAH ALAM: The Ordnance Department have issued three separate quotation notices for the supply of 15 e-bikes or 45 in total for the Army for use in the northern peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak. The notice is published on Eperolehan, today and closes on March 19. Unfortunately, the public portion did […]
SHAH ALAM: The government and Galaxy Aerospace Sdn Bhd has finalised the contract for the procurement of four AW189 super medium helicopters for the air wing of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. The LOA for the helicopters were inked earlier this year. MMEA will be the second Malaysian government agency […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has taken delivery of 43 vehicles on March 6, which were procured in open tenders from 2019 to 2023. The vehicles were officially handed over to Army chief Gen TS Hafizuddeain Jantan at the Garaj 92, 91 Central Vehicle Depot at Kem Batu Kentomen, Kuala Lumpur. […]
SHAH ALAM: In two previous postings, Malaysian Defence wrote about 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. Now it appears PUTD is expecting […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in January, Malaysian Defence reported there were strong head winds against the four Black Hawk helicopters being leased for the Army’s Air Wing. I reported that the strongest indication of positive news would be the appearance of the Black Hawks at the Army’s Day parade on March […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for the lease of 146 superbikes for the police to escort VVIPs and 35 more machines for security operations. The VVIPs to be escorted are sultans, crown prince and governors. The tender was published on February 29 […]
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