SHAH ALAM: KM Banggi – pennant number 7502 – one of two MMEA OPVs assigned to patrol Sabah waters, is returning into service after undergoing a 26-month refit. MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Rosli Abdullah took official delivery of the OPV at the Kota Kinabalu port on April 17. The other […]
SHAH ALAM: Malacca chief minister DS Rauf Yusof announced today – April 15 – that the Federal government has approved an allocation of RM16.45bil for the setting up of a helicopter assembly factory at the Melaka International Airport in Batu Berendam here. He made the announcement following the visit to […]
SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued six separate requests for bids for the supply of medium calibre ammunition for the RMN. Three of of the RFB are for live ammunition while the others are for training ammunition. The first tender is for five thousand rounds […]
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: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued an open tender for the supply of spare parts and Arrius A1 engine maintenance for a period of four years specifically for the RMN’s AS555 SN Fennec helicopters. The tender for the contract was published on April 3 and […]
SHAH ALAM: In the post on the 2024 national security budget, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Defence Ministry’s Development Expenditure (DE) or budget for RMK12 was RM55 billion though the actual allocation is RM22.2 billion. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in Dewan Negara on March 24 stated that the ministry […]
SHAH ALAM: Following the revelation of the RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Laut 4 (Mawilla) site in Muara Tebas, Kuching, yesterday, courtesy of the Armed Forces Headquarters we got more details on it. The release was issued by MAF later in the day. The release said the […]
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: It appears that the long-delayed RMN Regional Command Headquarters Four or Markas Wilayah Empat (Mawilla 4) in Sarawak will be built at Muara Tebas district. The district is located on the edge of the Sarawak river estuary into the South China Sea. Chief of Defence Forces General Nizam […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the relocation and development of RMAF museum at the Sendayan airbase. The tender was published on March 12 and closes April 15. A site visit at the airbase is scheduled on March 20. Not much other details are available for […]
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