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E Bikes for the Army

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 […]

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AW189 Contract Details Finalised

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 […]

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Black Hawks in April or May?

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 […]

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Bad Moon Rising, Black Hawk Edition Part 2

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 […]

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Leasing for Police Superbikes

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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China Got a New Truck Mounted SPH

SHAH ALAM: Back on February 10, the internet was abuzz when China state owned arms manufacturing company – Norinco – published a video of a new type of truck mounted howitzer. Meet the New Howitzer: Norinco Group SH-16(?) 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer – Wheeled Version Testing in Action pic.twitter.com/lOUbpNLxNs — David […]

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Italy Looking Beyond P-72s

SHAH ALAM: Naval News is reporting that Italy is looking for a new, more capable maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to deliver anti-submarine warfare (ASW) output to counter an increasing submarine threat in the Mediterranean Sea. The report says: Italy’s current multi-mission MPA – the Leonardo P-72A – does not carry […]

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New Fire Tenders for The Army

SHAH ALAM: The Army is getting eight new fire tenders for its fire service which are operated by soldiers attached to the Kor Perkhidmatan DiRaja (KPD). The fire service was set up in 1988 to act as the fire and rescue service at Army units – mostly at divisional headquarters […]