SHAH ALAM: During an interview with Selamat Pagi Malaysia on April 23, RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain revealed the procurement plan for service in RMK13. A recording of the interview was published on RMN Facebook page. According to the admiral among the items to be procured for the five-year period […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2010, Utusan Malaysia reported that the then Prime Minister DS Najib Razak was set to officiate a new shipyard in Bagan Datuk, Perak. The shipyard was supposed to be the site to built the three Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS), the name for the class of ships […]
SHAH ALAM: On Sunday, the Chief of Defence Force General Nizam Jaffar announced that the site for the RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Laut Empat (MAWILLA 4) will be at Muara Tebas in Kuching near the estuary of the Sarawak river. Nizam and RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy […]
SHAH ALAM: The Auditor General (AG) has observed that the RMN has not achieved its aim to put into service new ships in its fleet based on the 15-to-5 transformation programme. The observation was made in its 2024 AG report made public on July 4. According to the AG report, […]
SHAH ALAM: The re-alignment of the RMN 15-to-5 plan means the service will have two more classes of ships, which had not been mentioned in the old one. The two classes are designated as the support group – four mine-hunters and two hydrographic ships. It must be noted under the […]
SHAH ALAM: Dewan Rakyat was told on Tuesday that the government will finally approve the funding for the RMN’s multi-role support ship in RMK13, some 30 years after it was proposed. Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari said RMN 15 to 5 Transformation Plan called for the procurement of three MRSS […]
SHAH ALAM: The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has taken delivery of its first China-made Type 071 LPD on April 9. The delivery was held at Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, Thai media reported. HTMS Chang – once commissioned into RTN – is expected to arrive in Thailand on April 27. […]
SHAH ALAM: The Joneses. The Philippines Navy(PN) is set to buy more ships – 19, according to the Inquirer newspaper. Eleven of these ships will be the Israeli-made Shaldag Mk. V missile boats, nine of which will be built there with another four to be built in the Philippines. The […]
SHAH ALAM: Par the course. It appears that the Ismail Sabri administration will continue with the plans formulated by the Armed Forces for the last decade which was codified into the 2019 Defence White Paper. This was expected as the administration have only some 14 months to go before the […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN chief Admiral Reza Sany today announced that the service has sign the contract to purchase three maritime operations helicopter (MOH) on September 20 last year. The first helicopter will be delivered on October 20, 2022; second on May 31, 2023 and the third on February 28, 2024. […]
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