SHAH ALAM: PMX DS Anwar Ibrahim today announce an allocation of RM40.6 billion for the national security sector from the RM461 billion 2025 national budget. This is an increase of RM2 billion for the sector which includes Home and Defence ministries, from the 2024 budget of RM38.7 billion. Defence got […]
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: Back in April, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army has bought fourty-five electric scramblers for units based in northern peninsula, and the borders of Sabah and Sarawak. The cost of the e-bikes – the Surron Light Bee X – was some RM1.473 million. Malaysian Defence also reported that […]
SHAH ALAM: Barely three days before the first anniversary of his appointment to the Defence Ministry as the secretary-general, DS Isham Ishak, 54, has been appointed to the same position at the Agriculture and Food Securities Ministry. He is replaced at Jalan Padang Tembak by Lokman Hakim Ali, 51, who […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency is getting closer to getting an ex-US Coast Guard cutter as the Home Ministry secretary-general handed over the letter of acceptance for the ship today. Apart from handing over the LOA, the secretary-general Ruji Ubi also signed an MOU between Malaysia and the […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of tactical gear for the police’s VAT 69 counter terrorism team. The winning bidder will supply the gear -from head to toe – within two years of getting the Letter of Award. […]
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 Home Ministry on April 27 issued letters of award to four companies which had taken part in separate open tender competitions. As usual it did not name the companies nor value of the LOA. Two of the companies were awarded the LOA for the supply of black […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in June, last year, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for four armoured personnel carriers (APC) for the General Operations Force or Pasukan Gerakan Am of the police. Among the specifications for the APC are: An APC with a turbo-diesel engine with no less than 4,500cc; with […]
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