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. […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF Air Operations Command Headquarters has issued ten quotation notices for the supply and delivery of various equipment and items for the 401 Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Skuadron at the Labuan airbase. The equipment being sought are sixty ballistic helmets; body armour vest with hard plates (84); […]
SHAH ALAM: A day after Malaysian Defence posted on PCU Maharaja Lela, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin visited the Lumut naval base and Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) and announced that the LCS project was on track and on schedule. Khaled said that the ship was down-slip on May 23 and […]
SHAH ALAM: AS reported previously it was planned under the sixth supplementary contract that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – will be put into water or using the technical term – down slip – in May, this year. The down slipping took place on May 21 based on […]
SHAH ALAM: Brigadier Sauffi Omar, 53, has taken over as the commander of the Third Infantry Brigade based at Penrissen Camp today. He took over from the acting commander Colonel Mohamad Rosly Darasid. The Royal Ranger Regiment officer is the 40th commander of the brigade. General Officer Commanding First Division […]
SHAH ALAM: The investigation into the crashes that killed ten RMN personnel on April 23 showed that one of the helicopters – the Airbus Fennec AS555N – was not flying at its designated path and altitude leading to the collision with the Leonardo AW139 MOH. The collision caused both machines […]
SHAH ALAM: Work at the new camp at Felda Sahabat at Lahad Datu has started but its long way to be finished. Pictures of the new camp site showed that the earth work – levelling the site and likely drainage has been completed but work on buildings has not started […]
SHAH ALAM: As part of the RMAF 66th anniversary celebrations (June 1), the service will be holding an open day at the Kuantan airbase on June 2 (Sunday). Among others there will be an air display, static display, parachute jumps and a carnival on that day. The open day will […]
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