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Armoured SUVs for VVIP Protection

SHAH ALAM: UTK is getting two armoured Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) for VVIP protection duties. This was revealed when the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply of the SUVs on Eperolehan. The tender was published on January 23 and closes on February 13. […]

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Tactical Handguns for UTK and VAT69

SHAH ALAM: Hot on the heels of the tender for thirteen sniper rifles for the FRU, the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for five hundred tactical 9mm pistols for the UTK and VAT69. Both the UTK and VAT69 operate counter-terrorism teams. Out of the the […]

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Sniper Rifles for FRU

SHAH ALAM: Almost 14 months ago (December 7 2023), IGP TS Razarudin Husain announced that the Home Ministry has approved an allocation of some RM22 million for the procurement of vehicles, anti-riot dogs and firearms for the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU). Some of the items he mentioned – personnel protection […]

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Phoenix Rising, OPV 2 and OPV 3

SHAH ALAM: Work for the completion of OPV2 and OPV 3 are still planning in the stage. MMEA director-general Rear Admiral (Maritime) Rosli Abdullah said the agency has issued RFI to 12 shipyards to determine the way forward for the revival of the two incomplete vessels. According to Rosli, OPV2 […]

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German Design Out, Part 2

SHAH ALAM: In the previous post, German Design Out, Malaysian Defence wrote that the stranglehold of the Fassmer design on MMEA is finally over. It started with NGPC – Bagan Datuk class – and it appears NGPC Batch 2 will not follow the same design. This is because apart from […]

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Light Twin Helo Tender Canceled

SHAH ALAM: On November 8, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Procurement division of the Home Ministry issued two separate tenders for the supply and delivery of seven twin-engine utility and transport aircraft and five light twin engine helicopters for the police’s Air Wing. I was told yesterday that the tender […]

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German Design Out, Turkish in for MPMS project

SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the strange obsession with ship designs from Fassmer, a shipbuilder from Germany with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is finally over. Yes, only one ship design from Fassmer became operational with the MMEA – the NGPC or Bagan Datuk class though heavily modified – […]

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New Aircraft and Helos for Police Air Wing

SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Home Ministry today (November 8) issued two separate tenders for the supply and delivery of seven twin-engine utility and transport aircraft and five light twin engine helicopters for the police’s Air Wing. The tenders published in Eperolehan close on December 31, a period […]