SHAH ALAM: As Malaysian Defence reported previously, the plan for the LMS Batch 2 was for eight ships to be built within two RMK with a budget of RM2.5 billion. That plan was tweaked in 2022 – as it was apparent that the government will continue funding the LCS and […]
SHAH ALAM: Work at the new camp at Felda Sahabat at Lahad Datu has started but its long way to be finished. Pictures of the new camp site showed that the earth work – levelling the site and likely drainage has been completed but work on buildings has not started […]
SHAH ALAM: As mentioned in the earlier story, this post will be the main story for the DSA 2024 contract signing ceremonies, conducted on May 9. Seventeen Letter of Acceptance (LOA) (worth RM3.30 billion); seven contracts (RM1.90 billion) and four Letter of Intent (RM1.83 billion) were signed at the event […]
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 […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has appointed LTAT chief financial officer, Mohamad Ashraf Md Radzi, as the acting CEO of the Armed Forces Provident Fund, with immediate effect. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin told Parliament today that the ministry’s secretary general, DS Isham Ishak, has also been appointed as the […]
SHAH ALAM: Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) – the Armed Forces Fund Board – is left leaderless after its chairman TS Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed retired yesterday. LTAT issued a statement that he had retired. His retirement came a week after the resignation of the CEO Ahmad Nazim Abd […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that RMAF MSA fleet is complete, with the third aircraft already operational with No 1 Skuadron at the Kuching airbase in Sarawak. Tail number 01 – which was the last to be sent to Bandung for the MSA conversion – was pictured at the airbase in […]
SHAH ALAM: In his first speech as Defence Minister, DS Khaled Nordin, spoke about the procurement of assets and items for the Armed Forces. Among the things he mentioned was the MALE-UAS, MPA, FLIT-LCA, LMS, FIC and flares and sonar decoys for the Perdana Menteri class submarines. The FIC and […]
SHAH ALAM: The nationalisation of Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) – the builder of the LCS – has been delayed again, for the third time. The new deadline is now December 31, extended from the previous deadline of December 1. I am pretty sure that the process will be delayed for […]
SHAH ALAM: Malaysia will spend RM38.7 for the national security sector in 2024, an increase of some RM2.5 billion from this year budget. This is in contrast for the overall 2024 budget of RM393.8 billion which is lower than this year’s estimate of RM397.1 billion. And the Defence Ministry 2024 […]
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