SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the leasing of helicopters for the military and other government agencies is likely to go ahead despite the RM16.5 billion plus change cost for 18 years. I am correcting this to 18 years as this was the first figure published on the Hansard (the official […]
SHAH ALAM: Last month, Chief of Defence Forces TS Muhammad Ab Rahman said that the 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. “The government has ordered the RMAF to follow a leasing […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry is getting the legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Chamber on the leasing contract for the four Black Hawks, none of which has been delivered to the Army. That was the written answer from Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin from Lumut MP Nordin Ahmad Ismail […]
SHAH ALAM: BHIC AeroServices Sdn Bhd (BHICAS) will be competing in the open tender for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for helicopters operated by the Malaysian security services, said its CEO Sevvale Sarvaesvaran. Speaking at the DSA 2024 exhibition, Sevvale said three MRO contracts will be up for open […]
SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Defence in previous three postings had written on the headwinds in the introduction of the four Black Hawk helicopters leased for the Army’s Air Wing or Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat (PUTD). The contract for the four helicopters was signed at LIMA 2023. The current forecast is now […]
SHAH ALAM: In his 2024 budget speech on October 13, PMX announced that RMAF will be getting twelve new helicopters as part of the national security sector allocation. Last month, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin stated that the allocation for the new RMAF helicopters was RM2.8 billion, some RM1.2 billion […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has taken delivery of 43 vehicles on March 6, which were procured in open tenders from 2019 to 2023. The vehicles were officially handed over to Army chief Gen TS Hafizuddeain Jantan at the Garaj 92, 91 Central Vehicle Depot at Kem Batu Kentomen, Kuala Lumpur. […]
SHAH ALAM: In two previous postings, Malaysian Defence wrote about the headwinds in the introduction of the four Black Hawk helicopters leased for the Army’s Air Wing or Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat (PUTD). The contract for the four helicopters was signed at LIMA 2023. Now it appears PUTD is expecting […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2015, Malaysian Defence posted that the armed forces was not getting the four Black Hawk helicopters that were to be gifted by Brunei. The cost of maintaining the helicopters was likely the main reason the government in the end decided not to take up the offer. […]
SHAH ALAM: Portuguese Air Force (PAF) on November 22 took delivery of two Black Hawk UH-60A helicopters configured for fire-fighting. The two are part of a six-helicopter deal ordered from US Black Hawk conversion specialist, Arista Aviation Services on August 12, 2022.’ The six-helicopter contract is worth US$47 million which […]
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