SHAH ALAM: Fait accompli. It appears that the LCS delivery deadline has slipped again, and it is likely that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is only expected to be in service with the RMN in 2026. Of course, this was expected as the revised delivery deadline of […]
SHAH ALAM: Five-year contract for Sukhoi’s simulators. Publicly listed HeiTech Padu Bhd has announced that it had been awarded a RM67 million, five-year contract to operate and maintain the Su-30MKM flight simulators at the RMAF airbase in Gong Kedak. The company made the announcement to Bursa Malaysia on September 9, […]
SHAH ALAM: Army command centre platform (CCP) made its public debut at the 65th National Day Parade at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. Although the 2020 tender called for four CCP, only one vehicle took part in the parade during the rehearsals and today (August 31st). The CCP is based […]
SHAH ALAM: Delayed, FLIT-LCA. Back in June, I wrote that RMAF chief Gen Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan said in an interview with Perajurit that a physical evaluation on the selected aircraft for the FLIT-LCA programme, will be conducted this June 22 and the contract is scheduled to be issued […]
SHAH ALAM: Six bidders for helo lease tender. Back in July, the Army floated a tender for the leasing of four helicopters under performance-based contract for a period of three to five years. The Army is leasing the helicopters following the retirement of the Nuri in 2019. Among others the […]
SHAH ALAM: Former Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) and Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) managing director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust in connection with the LCS programme today. The 79-year-old was the 11th RMN chief. According to Bernama, the charges […]
SHAH ALAM: He said, she said. The Defence Ministry brought the media to visit the Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) in Lumut on August 13, in an apparent damage control attempt following the publication of the Public Accounts Committe (PAC) report on the LCS project. The media was given a guided […]
SHAH ALAM: Any plan B for the RMN? So far we have been told that the LCS project revival will be a successful with two ships to be delivered to the Royal Malaysian Navy by 2025. This was reported by the Public Accounts Committe report on the LCS. And the […]
SHAH ALAM: Tender to maintain RMN AW139s. Back in April, Malaysian Defence posted about the contract for the three Leonardo AW139s Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH/MUH) procured for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). Two of the helicopters are already operational while the third one is expected to be delivered next month […]
SHAH ALAM: The US Navy on August 3 announced that it has delivered the first upgraded CN-235 MSA to RMAF. It did not state when the MSA aircraft was delivered however. A picture of the aircraft (the file is dated July, 2022) showed that it was the tail number M44-03, […]
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