SHAH ALAM: As reported previously, KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin – pennant number 136 – has been delivered to the RMN after undertaking an extensive 32-month refit at the Grade One Marine Shipyard Sdn Bhd, Lumut. Grade One Marine finally posted on the handing over today on its Facebook page though […]
SHAH ALAM: The Special Forces Group or GGK displayed two new watercrafts at its anniversary parade held on the grounds of Kem Iskandar in Mersing, Johor, on August 19. The new watercraft – painted green – looked like landing crafts as both have a ramp in front of them. Checks […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN has taken delivery of corvette KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin – pennant number 136 – from Grade One Marine Shipyard Sdn Bhd, some 32 months after she was sent there to undergo an extensive refit. The refit for Muhammad Amin involved her getting a new hull and engines […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has issued a couple of quotation notices for the supply of 9mm, blank and live 5.56 ammo and smoke grenades. The ten-day notices will expire on. Meanwhile, the Volunteer Corps Department or better known by its Malay acronym – Rela – has issued a six-day QN for […]
SHAH ALAM: Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, the King has warned military personnel not to be involved in corruption and abuse of power in the procurement of arms. He said the sovereignty and dignity of the country will be compromised if military officers and men are involved in corruption and power […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) announced today that its 51 per cent-owned joint venture was awarded the RM378 million in-service support and performance-based contract for RMAF’s EC725 helicopters. BHIC is the subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd. The heavy engineering firm said the JV company, BHIC AeroService Sdn […]
SHAH ALAM: Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari today officiated the completion ceremony for two Nigerian Navy 38-meter patrol boats built by a local company KN Aluminium & Engineering Sdn Bhd together with Northern Shipyard Sdn Bhd at Langkawi island in Kedah. The pennant numbers for the two boats are P197 […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division has issued a slew of tenders for the supply and delivery of 81mm mortars, heavy machine guns, reloadable LAW, anti-materiel rifles, Starstreak carriers and nine-millimeter ball ammo for the Army. The number of Starstreak Light-multiple launchers being sought is four, and these are part of […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Turkish Navy own yard – Istanbul Naval Shipyard (Insy)- will be the builder of the three LMS Batch 2 corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy. When the Letter of Award (LOA) was awarded on June 10, it was not revealed where the ships will […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin has identified the location of the new RMN base in Bintulu, Sarawak. He said the location was Samalaju without further explanation. Checks showed that Samalaju is an industrial township located some 60km north off Bintulu town. And it is not just any township, […]
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