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: The Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a 21-day tender for the supply and delivery of ten Rigid Hull Fender Boat (RHFB) for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency or MMEA. The tender was published October 29 and closes on November 19. The indicative cost for the […]
SHAH ALAM: In the previous article on the first MMEA boat to under the re-powering and refit programmer (RRP), there were many details that we did not know. Now further details were released following the delivery of KM Sebatik – pennant number 2958 – another Gemia class patrol boat which […]
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: 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: MMEA is expected to take delivery of its first cutter -gifted by the United States – by the end of the year. The cutter – the former Steadfast – will undergo refitting before it is handed over to the MMEA, says its chief Rear Admiral Rosli Abdullah. The […]
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 […]
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