SHAH ALAM: IN the previous article, Malaysia Defence wrote that KA Tun Azizan – one of two auxiliary ships of the RMN – is having difficulties. She was towed to Sandakan in March or April this year from Semporna. She is also to be towed to the Shinyang Shipyard in […]
SHAH ALAM: In March, Malaysian Defence posted on two separate quotation notices for the procurement, delivery, and supply of two “high end military watercraft” or HEMW for brevity, for its special forces unit – Paskal. The watercraft – one each – is meant for the Paskal units based in Lumut […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued two separate tenders for the procurement and delivery of a single royal horse carriage and a nine-horse transporter. The two tenders were published on June 19 and closes, on July 11. The royal horse carriage is likely a horse […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that KA Tun Azizan which commissioned into RMN service as an auxiliary ship in 2014 is not in a great shape. The first hint of trouble for the ship was revealed when a quotation notice was published on March 12 this year to tow her from […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF is sending an unknown number of its F/A-18D Hornets to Australia next month to take part in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pitch Black 2024 (PB) exercise next month. Checks with RAAF PB website showed that the RMAF contingent will be part of the twenty-one strong […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of five Logistics Support Bridges (LSB) for the Army. The tender was published June 11 and closes on July 4, a period of twenty-three days. The LSBs are British Bailey-style prefabricated and […]
SHAH ALAM: As Malaysian Defence reported previously, the plan for the LMS Batch 2 was for eight ships to be built within two RMK with a budget of RM2.5 billion. That plan was tweaked in 2022 – as it was apparent that the government will continue funding the LCS and […]
SHAH ALAM: STM Defence of Turkiye has released technical specifications of the LMS Batch 2 of which three will be built in that country. The Defence Ministry issued the LOA for the three ships to the state-owned company, in Ankara, Turkiye on June 10. The release from STM: STM LMS […]
SHAH ALAM: Turkish Defence Industry Secretariat announced that the Letter of Acceptance for the Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 has been handed over in Turkiye today. This means that STM Defence has been awarded the contract to build the LMS Batch 2, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin confirmed in a […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of tactical gear for the police’s VAT 69 counter terrorism team. The winning bidder will supply the gear -from head to toe – within two years of getting the Letter of Award. […]
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