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 [...] The post Fire Fighting Tenders For RMAF appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: RMAF today took delivery of F/A-18D M45-07 after the completion of her Local Planned Maintenance 12 Years (LPM12Y) programme at the Butterworth airbase. She is the second Hornet to undergo the LPM12Y programme after tail number 01. RMAF took delivery of 01 on January 5, last year. RMAF [...] The post Second Hornet Returns To Service appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: For those wishing to donate the families of the 10 RMN personnel who died in the helicopter crashes on April 23, can do so now via the Tabung Tragedi Lumut 2024. The Malaysian Armed Forces release: SIARAN AKHBAR 29 APRIL 2024 ??????????? ?????????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ???????? (???) [...] The post Tabung Tragedi Lumut 2024 appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry on April 27 issued letters of award to four companies which had taken part in separate open tender competitions. As usual it did not name the companies nor value of the LOA. Two of the companies were awarded the LOA for the supply of black [...] The post Letters of Award for Home Ministry Tenders appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: In the first post on the quotation notice for fourty-five e-bikes for the Army, I wrote that it may well that the Army was looking for electric motorcycles. However, upon finding out that the sole company that took part had bid RM491,055 for each separate notice, I stated [...] The post Its Electric Motorcycles appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: TCG Kinaliada – the fourth ship of the Ada class – will be visiting Malaysia in mid-May as part of a five month deployment to Japan and neighbouring countries. The ship according to Defense News left Turkiye on April 8. The publication stated: The navy deployed its Ada-class [...] The post An Ada Class Coming to Town appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: Back in June, last year, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender for four armoured personnel carriers (APC) for the General Operations Force or Pasukan Gerakan Am of the police. Among the specifications for the APC are: An APC with a turbo-diesel engine with no less than 4,500cc; with [...] The post GOF APC Winner Revealed appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

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 (Fennec) and M503-3, the AW139 Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH). The two [...] The post Two RMN Helicopters Crashed appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: Singapore senior minister Teo Chee Hean officiated the launch of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s fourth and final Invincible-class submarine, Inimitable, in Kiel, Germany, today. Many thanks to Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean for officiating the launch of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s 4th and final Invincible-class submarine, [...] The post Fourth Invincible Class Submarine Launched appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more

SHAH ALAM: Just five months after his appointment, MMEA director-general Admiral (Maritime) Hamid Mohd Amin, will retire effective tomorrow. Hamid, who turned 60, tomorrow, was appointed as the sixth MMEA DG on November 6, last year. Malaysian Defence had speculated that he was given a two-year contract like the IGP [...] The post MMEA DG Retires appeared first on Malaysian Defence ..read more