SHAH ALAM: Coming soon or next change. In a previous post, Malaysian Defence wrote that the PM10 administration will have to deal with the legacy issues like the LCS and things like the SPH/4X4s LOIs and the tenders for MPA/MALE UAS and FLIT/LCA. Yes, there are other issues which needs […]
SHAH ALAM: Tok Mat at Jalan Padang Tembak. Newly sworn-in Defence Minister DS Mohamad Hasan was given the traditional honour guard for his welcome ceremony at Kementerian Pertahanan at Jalan Padang Tembak, Kuala Lumpur today. The honour guard consisted of officers and men from the First Battalion of the Royal […]
SHAH ALAM: Brunei has signed the contract for the procurement of several Airbus C295MWs medium transport aircraft on December 2. Several as no firm numbers were mentioned in the release announcing the contract signing ceremony which took place at Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the Sultanate. The release did […]
SHAH ALAM: Aerial mine laying. It appears that the RMAF has or is developing the capability for Aerial Mine Laying (AML) using the Hercules C-130H and Airbus A4OOM transport aircraft based on a release from the RMN. It is also likely that the RMN’s Diving and Mine Warfare Headquarters is […]
SHAH ALAM: Another helicopter tender. In late October, I received an email asking me why I had not written anything on a tender for helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The answer was simple I was not aware about it. As it was the tender notice – published […]
SHAH ALAM: Back to the drawing board. It appears that the SPH and armoured 4X4s for the Army will be up for tender soon. This will be the logical conclusion after PM10 DS Anwar Ibrahim announced this morning that there will be no procurement approval without tender in his administration. […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that a new batch of Multi-Channel Radio System (MCRS) for the Army’s Rejimen Semboyan Di Raja (RSD) is expected to be shipped home soon. This is based on the publication of a tender to ship the MRCS on November 24. The tender is described on the […]
SHAH ALAM: The Istanbul naval shipyard launched the third Pakistani Ada-class corvette – PNS Khaibar – on November 25, some four years after the contract was signed. Khaibar is the third corvette of the class but the second one to be built in Turkiye. Under the contract, two corvettes will […]
SHAH ALAM: Airbus A400M MSN4 aircraft has been retired after more than 2,000 flight hours and 1,000 flights and many missions and campaigns completed. The Airbus prototype known as `Grizzly 4´ among the team, returns to Bremen after nearly twelve years of pushing boundaries to develop A400M capabilities to its […]
SHAH ALAM: Exercise Elangaroo 2022 – the air to air interaction exercise – between the RMAF and RAAF ends today at the Butterworth airbase. The exercise started on November 7. Release from RAAF on the exercise, published on November 7. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel and aircraft have deployed […]
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