SHAH ALAM: Defence Ministry secretary-general Lokman Hakim Ali made a visit to the Otokar company manufacturing plant during his visit to Turkiye. He was in Turkiye as part of a Malaysian delegation which among others attended the keel laying ceremony for LMS Batch 2. His visit to Otokar is interesting […]
SHAH ALAM: Four months and four days (125 days) after the steel cutting ceremony for the LMS Batch 2, RMN chief Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain on April 8 officiated the keel laying for the first of three LMS Batch 2 in Istanbul, Turkiye. The keel laying marks the first phase of […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has awarded the Letter of Award of US$68.8 million (some RM304 million) to Turkish firm, Desan Shipyard for the procurement of the Multi-Purpose Mission Ship (MPMS) for the MMEA in Istanbul, Turkiye, on March 21. The Home Ministry in a release today stated that its […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) today has given more details about the multi-purpose mission ship which they are getting from Turkiye. The government on February 11 signed an MOU with Turkish shipbuilder, Desan Shipyard for the MPMS. The MOU was signed between Home Ministry secretary-general Awang Alik […]
SHAH ALAM: The government today signed an MOU with a Turkish shipbuilder towards the procurement of a single multi-purpose mission ship for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The agreement was signed between Home Ministry secretary-general Awang Alik and chairman of Desan Shipyard Cenk Ismail Kaptonoglu. The MOU is among […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the leasing of helicopters for the military and other government agencies is likely to go ahead despite the RM16.5 billion plus change cost for 18 years. I am correcting this to 18 years as this was the first figure published on the Hansard (the official […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Turkish Navy own yard – Istanbul Naval Shipyard (Insy)- will be the builder of the three LMS Batch 2 corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy. When the Letter of Award (LOA) was awarded on June 10, it was not revealed where the ships will […]
SHAH ALAM: The new RMN 15-to-5 plan, the Realignment, it appears, is now official. The launch of the new plan was supposed to take place at DSA 2024, but it was scrubbed. RMN did not say why the launch was scrubbed but I was told that the document was not […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has found that the former HMAS Anzac of the Royal Australian Navy is not suitable for RMN even as an interim vessel. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin told Parliament today that they were looking at retired or soon to be retired naval vessels to serve […]
SHAH ALAM: Turkish Defence Industry Secretariat announced that the Letter of Acceptance for the Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 has been handed over in Turkiye today. This means that STM Defence has been awarded the contract to build the LMS Batch 2, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin confirmed in a […]
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