Defence Contract

Tenders for Army Support Vehicles

SHAH ALAM: In his budget 2024 presentation, PMX announced the procurement of various asset for the National Security Sector which includes 733 support vehicles for the Army. Starting yesterday and today, Eperolehan published a slew of tenders for the procurement of support vehicles for the Army. The other day Malaysian […]

Defence Contract

Black Hawks, Still Waiting for You, Part 2

SHAH ALAM: Stricter US export regulations and the conflict in Ukraine are among the reasons for the late delivery of the four leased Black Hawk helicopters, Parliament was told yesterday. Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari said these were the reasons given by Aerotree Defence & Services Sdn Bhd for the […]

Defence Contract

More LAWs for Paras

SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a tender to supply and deliver eight-hundred units of the Nammo M72 EC for the 10th Para Brigade. The 21-day tender was published on July 9 and closes on July 30. From the public specifications page: There is a requirement to equip the […]

Defence Contract

Lets Not Forget About the Mark V SOC

SHAH ALAM: It appears that the deal to purchase the whole fleet of F/A-18 Hornets from Kuwait may well be a reality going by the latest report. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin met with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Malaysia Rashed Mohamed Rashed AlSaleh at the Defence Ministry today. Among the […]

Tentera Darat

Missing Soldier Managed To Find the Way

SHAH ALAM: The soldier from Batalion 7 Rejimen Sempadan who went missing along the Malaysian-Brunei border near Limbang on June 18 has come out the jungle alive. Private Muhammad Syafiq Abd Halim found his searchers at 11.29am today (July 6) 19 days after he went missing. According to a release […]

Defence Contract

Commando Mortar in the Wild

SHAH ALAM: Back in May 2023, Malaysian Defence wrote that a tender to ship fourty-seven 60mm mortars was published in Eperolehan. Six months later the Hirtenberger M6 Commando mortars were formally delivered to the Army. Some eight months later, we now know that one of the units which received the […]

Auditor General Report

Not Enough New Ships For RMN

SHAH ALAM: The Auditor General (AG) has observed that the RMN has not achieved its aim to put into service new ships in its fleet based on the 15-to-5 transformation programme. The observation was made in its 2024 AG report made public on July 4. According to the AG report, […]