SHAH ALAM: Work for the completion of OPV2 and OPV 3 are still planning in the stage. MMEA director-general Rear Admiral (Maritime) Rosli Abdullah said the agency has issued RFI to 12 shipyards to determine the way forward for the revival of the two incomplete vessels. According to Rosli, OPV2 […]
SHAH ALAM: In the previous post, German Design Out, Malaysian Defence wrote that the stranglehold of the Fassmer design on MMEA is finally over. It started with NGPC – Bagan Datuk class – and it appears NGPC Batch 2 will not follow the same design. This is because apart from […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the strange obsession with ship designs from Fassmer, a shipbuilder from Germany with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is finally over. Yes, only one ship design from Fassmer became operational with the MMEA – the NGPC or Bagan Datuk class though heavily modified – […]
SHAH ALAM: KM Stapa – pennant number 2602- caught fire while undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Miri, Sarawak last night. The ship was docked at the Palau Slipways Sdn Bhd shipyard in Kuala Baram when the incident occurred. From Borneo Online: MIRI (Nov 1): A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency […]
SHAH ALAM: In his 2025 budget speech, PMX DS Anwar Ibrahim said six MMEA ships will undergo a repowering and refit programme (RRP). That said on the same day of the budget speech, MMEA took delivery of the first ship to undergo the programme, KM Peringgi, pennant number 2952. Peringgi […]
SHAH ALAM: Last August, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for the procurement of the Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle, specifically for the M4 variant of the weapon. Today, another tender for M4 variant of the Goose was published in Eperolehan. The August tender was for 2000 rounds of the […]
SHAH ALAM: Eastern Sabah Security Command’s (ESSCOM) main mission is to prevent another intrusion and ensure zero kidnapping for ransom (KFR), said its commander Deputy Commissioner Victor B Sanjos on September 23. It was for this reason ESSCOM has come with a new logo and flag as well as a […]
SHAH ALAM: Rear Admiral Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been appointed as the seventh director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, effective from September 17, 2024. MMEA in a release today (September 18) stated that Rosli was the acting deputy-director general operations prior to his appointment as the top Coastie. As […]
SHAH ALAM: Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari today officiated the completion ceremony for two Nigerian Navy 38-meter patrol boats built by a local company KN Aluminium & Engineering Sdn Bhd together with Northern Shipyard Sdn Bhd at Langkawi island in Kedah. The pennant numbers for the two boats are P197 […]
SHAH ALAM: On September 4, last year, Malaysian Defence had exclusively reported that the Roketsan Karaok anti-tank guided weapon-medium range (ATGW-MR) was selected to meet the requirements of the Army for such weapon. The 18 Roketsan Karaok ATGW-MR system purchased will come with six missiles for each launcher. The package […]
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