SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister DS Anwar Ibrahim announced that the LMS Batch 2 will be procured with funds from the 2023 national budget, he tabled in Parliament (February 24) today. He did not say how many ships will be funded, but RMN had stated previously, it wanted at least three […]
SHAH ALAM: Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has won the tender to supply 18 FLIT-LCA to the RMAF, South Korean news agency, Yonhap reported today. From Yonhap: SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) — Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday it has won a 1.2 trillion-won (US$920 […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier article, Malaysian Defence posted that the international settlement agreement has reached an impasse as the Defence Ministry was not keen on issuing a letter of indemnity to one of the parties involved. This was based on a report from the Edge. Based on the Parliament’s […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has stood up another ad-hoc artillery – 23 RAD (ad-hoc) – regiment, this time equipped with the Denel G5 MkIII 155mm howitzers. 23 RAD is operating out of Kamunting camp in Taiping, Perak, according to a February 18 post by Berita Tentera Darat Malaysia (BTDM). The […]
SHAH ALAM: Despite the claims by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan that the first LCS will be completed by late next year, his latest statement in Parliament showed that it might not be the case. He told Parliament yesterday that a third party (likely one of the international companies involved) […]
SHAH ALAM: Indonesia on February 1 took delivery of the first of five Lockheed Martin C130-30Js Super Hercules airlifter ordered a few years back. Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of the aircraft in a release. TNI-AU chief Air Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo took delivery of the Super Hercules tail-number A-1339. From […]
SHAH ALAM: Posted below are the transcript of the statement made by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan in Parliament on February 20, 2023. For brevity, Malaysian Defence has omitted questions and other items during the normal Parliamentary proceeding. If you want the full exchange, please go to Parliament web site, […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan had more to say in Parliament yesterday about the LCS apart from what was reported earlier. As Parliament has yet to publish its official Hansard (statement) Malaysian Defence had to rely on what was reported by Air Times again. The report said the […]
SHAH ALAM: The LCS project, it appears is still in purgatory, waiting for the final decision by the Cabinet. Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan told Parliament today that work on the LCS will only start after two issues are resolve first. The two issues are the Cabinet memorandum and the […]
SHAH ALAM: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Airbus A400M airlifters left from Subang last night for an aid mission to quake hit Syria. The aid delivery was finalised after the Foreign Ministry officials flew to Syria earlier this week, to assess the need of the quake hit country. Parts […]
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