Leasing Contract

Its Actually AW109 Trekker

SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his speech at Parliament today confirmed that the 28 helicopters involved in the 15-year leasing will all be from Leonardo. The helicopters are the AW109 Trekker; AW 139; AW139 VIP and the AW149. Unfortunately, he did not give a break-down of the […]

National Security Contract

Guardian APC Ready for Delivery to PGA

SHAH ALAM: The four IAG Guardian Extreme APC for the General Operations Force/Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA) of the Royal Malaysian Police is now ready for delivery. A four-day pre-delivery inspection (PDI) was conducted in UAE. IGP TS Razarudin Husain was also involved in the PDI together with the service’s transport […]

National Security Contract

Armoured SUVs for VVIP Protection

SHAH ALAM: UTK is getting two armoured Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) for VVIP protection duties. This was revealed when the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply of the SUVs on Eperolehan. The tender was published on January 23 and closes on February 13. […]

National Security Contract

Tactical Handguns for UTK and VAT69

SHAH ALAM: Hot on the heels of the tender for thirteen sniper rifles for the FRU, the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for five hundred tactical 9mm pistols for the UTK and VAT69. Both the UTK and VAT69 operate counter-terrorism teams. Out of the the […]

National Security Contract

Sniper Rifles for FRU

SHAH ALAM: Almost 14 months ago (December 7 2023), IGP TS Razarudin Husain announced that the Home Ministry has approved an allocation of some RM22 million for the procurement of vehicles, anti-riot dogs and firearms for the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU). Some of the items he mentioned – personnel protection […]

Defence Contract

Helicopter Leasing Deal Signed

SHAH ALAM: The government on December 19 signed the leasing deal for helicopters with Weststar Aviation Sdn Bhd for use of ministries and agencies. Not many details have been issued so far but RMAF posted on Facebook today on the signing ceremony at Putrajaya. RMAF release on the leasing arrangement. […]

National Security Contract

Light Twin Helo Tender Canceled

SHAH ALAM: On November 8, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Procurement division of the Home Ministry issued two separate tenders for the supply and delivery of seven twin-engine utility and transport aircraft and five light twin engine helicopters for the police’s Air Wing. I was told yesterday that the tender […]

National Security Contract

New Aircraft and Helos for Police Air Wing

SHAH ALAM: The Procurement division of the Home Ministry today (November 8) issued two separate tenders for the supply and delivery of seven twin-engine utility and transport aircraft and five light twin engine helicopters for the police’s Air Wing. The tenders published in Eperolehan close on December 31, a period […]