SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the upgrade of six Hercules C-130 airlifter of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The tender was published in two newspapers and also on the ministry’s website on August 20. It was not published on the Eperolehan website. The tender notice: […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has issued a couple of quotation notices for the supply of 9mm, blank and live 5.56 ammo and smoke grenades. The ten-day notices will expire on. Meanwhile, the Volunteer Corps Department or better known by its Malay acronym – Rela – has issued a six-day QN for […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) announced today that its 51 per cent-owned joint venture was awarded the RM378 million in-service support and performance-based contract for RMAF’s EC725 helicopters. BHIC is the subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd. The heavy engineering firm said the JV company, BHIC AeroService Sdn […]
SHAH ALAM: An Italian Air Force Eurofighter EFA 2000 Typhoon aircraft taking part in Exercise Pitch Black 2024 crashed in northern Australia today (July 24). The pilot ejected from the aircraft and was recovered safely, according to the Australian Defence Ministry. The release: 24 JULY 2024 The Italian Air Force […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the deal to purchase the whole fleet of F/A-18 Hornets from Kuwait may well be a reality going by the latest report. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin met with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Malaysia Rashed Mohamed Rashed AlSaleh at the Defence Ministry today. Among the […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF is sending three F/A-18D Hornets and a single A400M to take part int the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pitch Black 2024 (PB) exercise starting this Friday. The PB contingent was sent off from the Butterworth airbase today by RMAF chief General Asghar Khan. RMAF is among […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF is sending an unknown number of its F/A-18D Hornets to Australia next month to take part in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pitch Black 2024 (PB) exercise next month. Checks with RAAF PB website showed that the RMAF contingent will be part of the twenty-one strong […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF Air Operations Command Headquarters has issued ten quotation notices for the supply and delivery of various equipment and items for the 401 Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) Skuadron at the Labuan airbase. The equipment being sought are sixty ballistic helmets; body armour vest with hard plates (84); […]
SHAH ALAM: As part of the RMAF 66th anniversary celebrations (June 1), the service will be holding an open day at the Kuantan airbase on June 2 (Sunday). Among others there will be an air display, static display, parachute jumps and a carnival on that day. The open day will […]
SHAH ALAM: National news agency, Bernama reported yesterday that a RMAF delegation is scheduled to visit Kuwait next month to discuss the procurement of the country’s fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Hornets. It quoted RMAF chief TS Asghar Khan as saying that the Kuwaiti Air Force as having thirty-nine single seat […]
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