defence Industry

New Pilots Commissioned

SHAH ALAM: Eighteen newly minted pilots have been commissioned into the Armed Forces in a ceremony held on the Perdana Camp in Sungei Besi, Kuala Lumpur on March 11. Malaysian Defence reported on their passing out parade from Kolej Tentera Udara last year. Fifteen of the newly commissioned pilots are […]

Defence Contract

Its Black Hawks for PUTD

SHAH ALAM: Its Black Hawks for PUTD. The Army Air Wing will be equipped with four Black Hawk helicopters soon, Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain said today. Speaking at the Army Air Wing’s – Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat (PUTD) – 28th anniversary parade at the Kem Mahkota, Keluang, […]

Malaysian Defence

Going, Going, Gone?

SHAH ALAM: Going, going, gone? Last January 19, the Defence Ministry announced it had cancelled five contracts for “supply, services, and infrastructure projects”. It did not identify the contracts though but stated that it will implement the projects via a tender process. Checks with industry sources only revealed one of […]

Defence Contract

Digital Combat Boots Out In The Wild

SHAH ALAM: Back in July last year, the Army’s Logistics Headquarters floated a quotation notice for the supply and delivery of non-scale clothing (pakaian bukan skala), digital combat boots. It is unclear why the notice stated that the boots are non-scale clothing. The notice stated that the 1111 pairs should […]

Malaysian Defence

New Army Chief Next Month

SHAH ALAM: The Army – Tentera Darat – will have a new chief next month. Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain today announced that he will be handing over the post to his successor this March 21. He was speaking at his farewell parade at Kem Iskandar in Mersing, […]

commentary

Planning For Failure

SHAH ALAM: Planning for failure. Even though the current defence minister said that the ministry will abide by the Defence White Paper 2019 (DWP) and its 2021-2025 strategic plan, both documents remained as talking points only. Yes, I understand that the DWP19 document available on the ministry website, is the […]

budget

2023 Defence Budget Could Be Lower

SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan today said that there was a possibility that the 2023 defence budget could be lower than the one proposed by the previous government. He said that a lower funding was a possibility as the new budget to be tabled in Parliament this February […]

Defence Contract

Iveco Daily Gun Towers Out in The Wild

SHAH ALAM: Iveco Daily gun towers in the wild. In previous posts, Malaysian Defence reported that the Army was getting Iveco Daily gun towers for the artillery regiments equipped with 105mm guns. Initially, this was just a guess as the MTO tender did not specify the type of gun towers […]

Malaysian Defence

Ground Hog Day

SHAH ALAM: Ground hog day. The Unity government national security sector budget will follow the same script as the one proposed by BN-PN government last year. Malaysian Defence had previously stated that the government set-up following GE15 will follow or made slight changes to the proposed budget as they will […]