SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry issued the letter of acceptance for four Leonardo AW189 super medium helicopters to Galaxy Aerospace (M) Sdn Bhd today. The issuance of the LOA was conducted by Home Ministry secretary-general Ruji Ubi, the Home Ministry said in a release. Malaysian Defence has posted on the […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2015/2016, the government signed the contract to procure six Leonardo AW139 helicopters for the police’s Air Wing. The six helicopters have since been delivered though one crashed in Tawau in February 2020. It is likely the helicopter- 9M-PMC – was declared a total loss as she […]
SHAH ALAM: A Fire and Rescue Department/Bomba Leonardo AW189 – 9M-BOF – super-medium helicopter crashed in the apron of the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology adjacent to Subang airport today. The institute is part of Universiti Kuala Lumpur. Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) chief executive officer Captain Norazman Mahmud […]
SHAH ALAM: The RMAF project team for the MPA project will be based in Turin, Italy, a quotation notice (QN) published on Eperolehan on July 12 has revealed. The seven-day QN is the for the door to door, packaging, transportation, and delivery service for MPA project team to Turin, Italy. […]
SHAH ALAM: As with the Sandakan naval base, Kota Kinabalu naval base is holding open ship days programme during this weekend (April 29 and 30). The announcement of the open ship programme for Kota Kinabalu base was made by the Eastern Fleet Command on its social media accounts, yesterday (April […]
SHAH ALAM: Maintenance tender for MOH. The Eperolehan has issued nine separate quotation notices for the maintenance of the three AW139 Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH) of the Royal Malaysian Navy. The helicopters are based at the air unit at the Kota Kinabalu naval base. The notices are for the three […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier posting entitled Another Helicopter Tender, Malaysian Defence wrote about a tender for four helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency – Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritime Malaysia (MMEA/APMM). The tender was published in June last year and was supposed to close in July but it was later […]
SHAH ALAM: Another helicopter tender. In late October, I received an email asking me why I had not written anything on a tender for helicopters for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The answer was simple I was not aware about it. As it was the tender notice – published […]
SHAH ALAM: Third AW139 HOM delivered. RMN has taken delivery of the third and final AW139 Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH) from Galaxy Aerospace Malaysia Sdn Bhd at the Kota Kinabalu naval base today. The delivery of the third helicopter marked the culmination of the contract award to Galaxy Aerospace on […]
SHAH ALAM: Leonardo guns for Indonesia. Indonesian Navy has selected Leonardo’s latest-generation Marlin 40 naval gun. The Independent Line of Sight (ILOS) variant of the 40mm turret will equip the Indonesian Navy’s PC60 fast patrol boats and Tank Landing Ship vessels. From Leonardo: Two Indonesian Navy PC60 fast patrol boats […]
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