SHAH ALAM: Selamat Jalan Nuri…Part 3. In two previous posts we explored the possibility that the Nuri fleet will be kept in storage and ungracefully retired from RMAF service. This was looking inevitable since the fleet has been grounded since mid-2019 and RMAF was looking to lease their replacements until […]
SHAH ALAM: Fight’s on, Hercules Upgrade. It appears that the local defence industry together with their international partners are gearing up for RMAF’s Hercules upgrade project. This despite the RMAF not announcing it officially that it had received the funding from the Finance Ministry though it had sought the approval […]
SHAH ALAM: FLIT/LCA tender briefing. RMAF conducted a virtual briefing on the open tender for the FLIT/LCA on July 29. However, not much details were revealed in the post on the service Facebook page published July 30. If you remember that there were similar briefings for the MPA and UAS […]
SHAH ALAM: Eks Paradise and Merdeka Flypast.The Aeronautical Information Services of the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has issued two supplementary AIPs for Malaysia, the first regarding Eks Paradise 8/2021 to be held in the central of the peninsula from July 27 (today) to August 2. The second AIP […]
SHAH ALAM: Tejas will be in the mix for the LCA contest. Indian newspaper, the Financial Express is reporting that state owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will respond to a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) tender for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), likely with the Tejas Mk1 LCA. According to the […]
SHAH ALAM: Ammo for Keris class ships. In a posting in 2017 on the LMS, I wrote that the Keris class ships will be fitted with a China made RWS and their ammo will likely be compatible with the current 30mm guns in service with the RMN. I was wrong, […]
SHAH ALAM: Selamat Jalan Nuri, Part 2. Remember my story about the tender for wooden crates for Nuri components sometime back? Well the company that won the tender was Azianstocan Sdn Bhd, a company based in Penang. It appears that the wooden crates had been delivered to the Butterworth airbase […]
SHAH ALAM: Black Hawks for Nuri replacements? Back in 2015, we were told by the-then Defence Minister that the RMAF will be getting four Black Hawk S-70 helicopters gifted from Brunei. That news were tempered somewhat when it was revealed later that the Black Hawks were not to be gifted […]
SHAH ALAM: Game on FLIT-LCA tender out. The Defence Ministry today published the request for bids for the supply and delivery of 18 Fighter-Lead In Trainer and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for RMAF. The international tender closes on September 22. As usual not much details were made public apart from […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry today has issued a request for bids for a single 3D long range surveillance radar for the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Only representatives from companies with the authorised letter from the original equipment manufacturers, system providers and integrators will be allowed to purchase the tender […]
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