Kuala Lumpur: Since the deferment of defence projects under the Ninth Malaysian Plan due to the economic crisis was announced last year, Malaysian Defence have been collecting news article and talking to people on the subject hoping to have a definitive list of these programmes. True to our nature however, […]
A CGI of the A400M. Airbus Military photo KUALA LUMPUR: The on-and off again Airbus A400M has hit another wall yet again. This time around Airbus Military (see release below) is asking the launch nations to bear with them yet again. Basically they are asking for a new round delays […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence was checking the Mindef website today and noticed something new and notable on the Tender page. Yes, they are still advertising the tenders although much of the defence budget has been cut. No new tender for 2009 however. Malaysian Defence do not have the time to […]
KD Tun Razak somewhere in the Atlantic. DCNS photo. KUALA LUMPUR: Its the new year and we are counting the days for the end of the Pak Lah administration. I know many will still believe that Najib wont be PM come next March but thats an issue for another forum. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Brazil on Tuesday (Dec 23) signed a defence pact with France which analyst estimates to be around 6 to 8 billion Euros which include the purchase and local manufacture of the EC-725 Cougar and four SSKs, most probably a more advance Scorpene. The cost of the Cougars was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: After years of resisting the move towards the more cost-effective ab-initio and basic flight training on single engine civilian airplanes, TUDM finally has called an open tender for such a programme this week. The tender “Perolehan Perkhidmatan Bagi Mengadakan Latihan Penerbangan AB-INITIO Untuk Kegunaan TUDM” ends on Jan […]
Barety with Mindef Sec-Gen Dato’ Abu Bakar Bin Hj Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR: The French are buying five more EC725 Caracals as part of its 2009-2014 defence procurement programme. Too bad that it did not released the cost of the purchase, so at least we can compare the price quoted for […]
KUALA LUMPUR: While we are still talking about making local defence products, our southern neighbour made an important breakthrough in the international defence market. And its the UK Armed Forces this time around, not a country desperate for arms. Thirty years ago it was the Singaporeans who were buying British […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story from Bernama below is again self-explanatory. The PAC seemed to say that the decision by the government to defer the procurement of the Cougar was not a wise decision as voted for by Malaysian Defence readers. Although it had stated before that the procurement had followed […]
The Jernas on Show during the Merdeka Parade KUALA LUMPUR: In conversations with some people over the last week, it appears that most of arms procurement in the last five years have done nothing to increase our armed forces capabilities. Most of the systems purchased have serious deficiency issues mostly […]
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