SHAH ALAM: How much do you pay for a money losing shipyard? In the case of the Lumut Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (Lunas), a MOF-owned company – Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB) or Malaysian taxpayers – is paying RM334.73 million in cash for that privilege of owning just 20 per cent […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has estimated that it need some RM200 million to complete OPV 2 and OPV 3 which are left uncomplete at the THHE Fabricators Sdn Bhd yard in Pulau Indah. Home Minister DS Shaifuddin Nasution said they had already requested the funds after checking original allocation. […]
SHAH ALAM: Naval Group and PT Pal on March 28 signed a contract with the Indonesian government to built two Scorpene Evolved submarines. Naval Group is a state owned company of France while PT PAL shipyard is also owned by the Indonesia government . The two Scorpene Evolved submarines will […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply of sixteen one tonne utility truck for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The tender was published on March 27 and closes on April 23. The requirements called for a double cab truck with a […]
SHAH ALAM: IN the article for the supply of 45 e-bikes for the Army, Malaysian Defence wrote that the items being sought may well be electrified scramblers. However based on the sole bidder price for the items, it appears that these may well be electrified bicycles instead. Yes, an electric […]
SHAH ALAM: Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) – the Armed Forces Fund Board – has appointed former Chief of Defence Force TS Azizan Ariffin as its new chairman and Mohammad Ashraf Md Radzi as its new chief executive, effective on April 1. LTAT made the announcement today. Ashraf – who […]
SHAH ALAM: Italian shipbuilder – Fincantieri has sign a 1.18 billion Euros (RM6 billion) contract to deliver two PPA (frigate size) ships with Indonesia. No details on the cost was provided but it is likely this will cover the ships as well as its armaments which includes anti-ship and anti […]
SHAH ALAM: MMEA is still searching for the flight data and voice recorders from the AW139 helicopter which crashed into the waters off Pulau Angsa, Kuala Selangor on March 5. The voice and data recorders are commonly referred to as black boxes by the media. Pictures of the recovered helicopter […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army is still in the planning phase on the service life extension programme (SLEP) on the Pendekar PT-91M main battle tank, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin told Parliament. Once the decision is made the funding for the programme is expected to registered in current RMK (2021-2025) or […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMN has issued two separate quotation notices for the procurement, delivery and supply of two “high end military water craft” for its special forces unit – Paskal. The first notice was for the Paskal unit based at the Lumut naval base. The notice was published on March […]
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