SHAH ALAM: Mindmatics Sdn Bhd was awarded the Letter of Award for the tender to supply, deliver, install, integration and commissioning of a Fire Control System for KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin. Checks with the Eperolehan confirmed the LOA to Mindmatics. The tender for the FCS was published in November, last […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that I was too hasty to state that the LMS Batch 2 will be fitted with a South Korean-made vertical launch system and surface-to-air missiles. Infact, the South Korean option is one of the proposals for the SAM system, being considered by the RMN. The MBDA […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the RMN LMS Batch 2, the Ada class, will be a Malaysian variant after all. The front part of the ship will be like the Turkish, Pakistani and Ukrainian variants. The rear of the ship will be like the Pakistani and Ukrainian variants apart that […]
SHAH ALAM: In his speech for the RMN 90th anniversary, RMN chief Admiral Rahman Ayob said the new 15-to-5 plan is expected to be unveiled at DSA 2024. However, I have been told that the launch has been postponed. Why? According to the people who spoke to Malaysian Defence the […]
SHAH ALAM: The re-alignment of the RMN 15-to-5 plan means the service will have two more classes of ships, which had not been mentioned in the old one. The two classes are designated as the support group – four mine-hunters and two hydrographic ships. It must be noted under the […]
SHAH ALAM: BHIC Submarine Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (BSES) has been awarded the LOA for an expansion of the Scope of Work and additional Contract Ceiling Price for the In-Service Support Interim for the Royal Malaysian Navy Prime Minister Class Submarines. The LOA is RM43.6 million, said BHIC in a […]
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: The Defence Ministry has issued a MTO tender to deliver eight Airport Rescue Fire Fighting Vehicle (ARFFV) for RMAF. The eight vehicles will be shipped from Port of Savona in Italy to Subang airbase material depot. The eight ARFFV is manufactured by Magirus Italy at its plant in […]
SHAH ALAM: Two RMN helicopters – a Fennec and an AW139 – crashed following a mid-air collision during a training flight at the Lumut airbase this morning. Pictures of the crash helicopter revealed that the two helicopters are M502-06 (Eurocopter Fennec) and M503-3, the Leonardo AW139, with the RMN designation […]
SHAH ALAM: The flight data and voice recorders of the MMEA AW139 helicopter which crashed off off Kuala Selangor on March 5, were recovered today (April 17) after 44 days of searching. The previous report on the search for the recorders – better known as black boxes in the media. […]
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