Tentera Darat

4 KAD Getting Gempita 8X8

SHAH ALAM: The Army is transferring Gempita 8X8 armoured vehicles from 1 KAD – based in Kuantan, Pahang, to 4 KAD which is based in Kuching, Sarawak. The hand-over ceremony for the vehicles was conducted on August 16 in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, the Armour Directorate said on its social […]

Defence Contract

LCS Work To Restart Next Month

SHAH ALAM: Work on the LCS project is expected to start this September, RMN Chief Admiral TS Rahman Ayob said today. Speaking to the media in Kota Kinabalu today, he said the resumption of work was starting after the signing of the sixth supplementary contract on May 26. As reported […]

Exercise

MSA Tail Number 05 In Action, Sort Off

SHAH ALAM: Since its return from Bandung after undergoing the conversion process, the CN-235 MSA M44-05 have been camera shy. While its sister ship – M44-03 – was displayed at LIMA 23, 05 remained at the Kuching airbase, the home of its squadron, the No 1 Skuadron. However, thanks to […]

RMN

New Deputy RMN Chief

SHAH ALAM: The country’s first submarine commander, Vice Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain has been appointed as the deputy RMN Chief effective today. Zulhelmy, 55, the President of the National Defence College (Puspahanas) in Putrajaya, replaced Vice Admiral Sabri Zali. Sabri, 56, who was appointed as the deputy RMN chief on January […]

Warriors

PGB Holder Laid To Rest

SHAH ALAM: PGB holder Mejar (rtd) Micheal Riman Bugat was laid to rest with full military honours at Makam Pahlawan, Taman Budaya in Kuching, Sarawak on August 10. Micheal passed away on August 7 at Hospital Umum Sarawak due to kidney disease according to a post by the Army’s 1 […]

Defence Contract

More Maintenance Work For RMAF

SHAH ALAM: RMAF has issued three separate quotation notices for chemicals and paint for maintenance work on three aircraft, the Airbus A400M; IPTN/CASACN-235 and the Beechcraft B200T. Both the B200T maritime surveillance aircraft and the A400M airlifter are operated out of the Subang airbase. The CN-235 – MSA, transport and […]

Tentera Darat

Tarantula Contract?

SHAH ALAM: Janes is reporting that a Mildef International Technologies Sdn Bhd official as saying that the company will supply 178 Tarantula 4X4 High Mobility Armoured Vehicle to the Malaysian Armed Forces. The story: Malaysian firm Mildef International Technologies will supply 178 Tarantula 4×4 High Mobility Armoured Vehicles (HMAVs) to […]

Exercise

In The Spratlys

SHAH ALAM: IT appears that Skuadron 601 Scan Eagles UAS are already operating at RMN Stesen LIMA – Pulau Layang-Layang – located in the Gugusan Peninjau Semarang, the Malaysian name for the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The UAS are supporting Eks Angsa 14/23 – the trilateral Malaysian […]