SHAH ALAM: Due to the pandemic, RMAF and the rest of the Malaysian Armed Forces have had to defer or outright cancelled various exercises involving foreign partners and local ones. But with the relaxation of travel restrictions due to the increasing lower infections, exercises carried out locally has returned with […]
SHAH ALAM: Rejimen Sempadan upgraded. Army chief Gen Zamrose Mohd Zain on August 11 announced the battalions of the Rejimen Sempadan (some 12 battalions strong) have been upgraded as standard infantry battalions (BIS). BIS is the standard Tentera Darat nomenclature of its infantry units like the Royal Malay Regiment and […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army is satisfied with the newly delivered and operational Outreach Command Control Centre (OCCV). So much so that it had issued a tender for another OCCV. A request for bids for another OCCV was published on the Eperolehan website on July 15 and closes […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the RMN Eastern Fleet has divested its holding of the Starstreak VHSORAD system. In a ceremony on July 11, the Eastern Fleet commander Vice Admiral Sazali Sabri officially declared the RMN Air Defence unit disbanded. The official disbandment was just ceremonial as the unit had […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has floated the tender for the five year leasing of four medium-lift helicopters for the Army’s Air Wing. The request for bids was published on July 5 and closes on August 11. The Army is leasing the helicopters following the retirement of the Nuri in […]
SHAH ALAM: Destini Bhd has officially handed over the six MD 530G light scout attack helicopter to the Army, the company said today. The handover was made following the completion of the the Final Acceptance Test which deemed the helicopters as airworthy, the company said in release/announcement to Bursa Malaysia. […]
SHAH ALAM: Going down the road. As you are all aware, the bulk of the Army one-tonne 4X4 vehicles – from GS Cargo , ambulance, and FFR variants- used to be the Land Rover Defender 110s. These have been supplemented within the last 10 years or so by the Weststar […]
SHAH ALAM: The 17th Gempita Executive Review Meeting (ERM) was held in Cape Town in South Africa, on May 28th. The ERM is held twice annually under the procurement contract of the Gempita, according to a Tentera Darat post on its social media. The ERM has been held previously in […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that we are getting two sets of a China made logistics support bridge, supplementing the various British Bailey-style prefabricated and quick built bridges already in service (most are in storage) with the Army. Apart from the Army, the Public Works Department also have a number of […]
SHAH ALAM:A Google search revealed that the base price for an Airbus H225 helicopter (the civilian version of the H225M or EC725 AP) is around US$30 million or RM126 million. The Aircraft Calculator website even stated that the average price of a pre-owned H225 is around US$13 million or RM54 […]
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