Defence Contract

Five Bidders For ATGW-MR

SHAH ALAM: Five bidders have been shortlisted for the tender of 18 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Medium Range (ATGW-MR) which was published on April 18. It was supposed to close on May 18 but the deadline was extended to June 1. The original tender was cancelled shortly after it was published […]

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Talks On Upgrading The Kedah Class

SHAH ALAM: Even though LMS Batch 2 was the underlying factor at LIMA 2023, there was also talk on upgrading the Kedah-class ships or known in the RMN as the Skuadron 17 Patrol Vessel (PV). PV17 Squadron is the formal name for the six-strong Kedah class ships, namely KD Kedah […]

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Five Million 9mm Rounds Imported

SHAH ALAM: The police has imported some five million 9mm ball 115 grain rounds from Czech manufacturer, Sellier Bellot, based on a MTO tender published on the Eperolehan website in late February, this year. The MTO tender was awarded to MultiModal Freight Sdn Bhd for a Letter of Award of […]

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Acoustic Hailing Devices Bids Awarded

SHAH ALAM: Budi Axis Sdn Bhd has been awarded the three separate contracts to supply six acoustic hailing devices for six CB90s fast combat boats attached to the Markas Wilayah Laut 2 (Mawilla 2) based in Sandakan. A Google search showed that Budi Axis is operating out of an office […]

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Next Change, New Army Assault Rifles?

SHAH ALAM: Abu Dhabi headquartered, Edge Group on May 24 announced that it had signed an agreement with Malaysian-company Ketech Asia Sdn Bhd for the production and resale of Caracal CAR 816 assault rifle in Malaysia. Although the signing was conducted at LIMA 2023, Edge announced the signing through its […]

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LIMA Contracts 2023, RMAF

SHAH ALAM: This is the third story on the contracts signing ceremony at LIMA 2023. This one will concentrate on RMAF ones though one item will be for Joint Force Headquarters as it had only one contract at the ceremony. As reported previously, the three deals signed for the RMAF […]

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LIMA 2023 Contracts, RMN

SHAH ALAM: This is the second story on the contracts, LOI and LOA announced at LIMA 2023 on May 25. Due to time constraints Malaysian Defence was unable to post the whole story on the day itself. Yesterday, the first story on the Army contracts was published. This post will […]

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LIMA 2023 Contracts, Army

SHAH ALAM: IN the earlier article on the contracts signing ceremony at LIMA 2023, Malaysian Defence reported that 43 contracts, LOI and Letter of Agreement were signed or awarded on the third day of the show. The combined value of the deals is RM10.1 billion, Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan […]

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LCS Now Costs RM11.2 Billion, Updated

LANGKAWI: The cost for the five-ship LCS project has been bumped up for around RM2 billion more. The figure was released by Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Sdn Bhd (BHIC) in a Bursa Malaysia announcement today (May 26). The cost for the five ships is now RM11.2 billion compared to RM9.1 […]