SHAH ALAM: MMEA director-general Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been promoted to a full Admiral (maritime) when Home Minister Shaifuddin Nasution presented the additional two stars to Rosli at his office today. Rosli, was appointed as the seventh DG of MMEA on September 17, when he was a Rear Admiral (two […]
SHAH ALAM: The government has decided that RMAF will operate at least twelve Leonardo AW149 utility helicopters under a leasing programme mooted by the Prime Minister’s Department and the National Security Council, Armed Forces chief General TS Mohammad Ab Rahman said today. He said the leasing programme would go ahead […]
SHAH ALAM: The government and Galaxy Aerospace Sdn Bhd has finalised the contract for the procurement of four AW189 super medium helicopters for the air wing of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. The LOA for the helicopters were inked earlier this year. MMEA will be the second Malaysian government agency […]
SHAH ALAM: As we wait for the Home Ministry’s decision on how to complete MMEA’s delayed OPV2 and OPV3, we must look back at had happened within the last one year or so. And it is not very hopeful. For example, we know that the tender for four helicopters for […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in June, Malaysian Defence reported about the cancelled tender for the MMEA multi-purpose mission ship (MPMS) and the fact that the design was supposed to be from Fassmer. It will be the second ship design for MMEA if it is selected. The second one after the NGPC. […]
SHAH ALAM: National Security Sector 2023 budget or no funds for the needy. The government has allocated some RM35.6 billion to the national security sector – national security and defence – from the 2023 budget which amounted to RM372 billion. The defence budget is RM17.4 billion; 0.47 per cent of […]
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