In Malasia A DefTech employee killed during an accident with a AV8 Gempita. An employee of DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (Deftech) died after being crushed by armored vehicles in an accident at the company’s factory here about 12:30. The victim, Abdul Razak Jabbar, 45, died at the scene due to severe injuries to the head […]

Malaysia Army had accepted the offer of 24 units M109A6 «Paladin»  self propelled howitzer (SPH) from USA under the Excess Defence Articles (EDA) programme. On the offer of M109 A5/A6 SPH by the United States under the Excess Defence Articles (EDA) programme, Raja Affandi said the Army had accepted the offer and was in the […]

Malaysia’s Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has denied media reports that the country is considering the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder as part of its Air Force modernization plans. Analysts nevertheless think the JF-17 is on the cusp of export success. Hussein was responding to a question put to him by Malaysian news media after […]

Malaysia is considering as one of the option to purchase JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan and a deal will be finalised between the two countries after completing required formalities. Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Hasrul Sani said his country wanted to purchase JF-17 Thunder from Pakistan. “Pakistan and Malaysia are enjoying excellent relations […]

MALAYSIA is expected to sign for at least eight MD-530G light attack scout helicopter in late November. The helicopters to be operated jointly by the RMAF and the Army are expected to be deployed in ESSCOM once delivered. Industry sources told Malaysian Defence, officials were working feverishly to ensure that the signing ceremony could be […]

A “multi-spectral” camouflage system” fitted to PT-91M Pendekar reduces visual, infrared and radar “signatures”, and permits movement. Multi-spectral camouflage conceal PT-91M from detection across several parts of the electromagnetic spectrum at the same time. While traditional military camouflage attempts to hide an object in thevisible spectrum, multi-spectral camouflage also tries to simultaneously hide objects from […]

Denel Land System is supplying 176 turrets for the Malaysian project; the contract covers 69 armed with the DLS 30 mm CamGun; 54 armed with the same cannon and the Denel Dynamics Ingwe missile; and an overhead weapons station for the armoured personnel carrier variant of the Malaysian vehicle. The LCT30 ATGW variant is the […]

Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs  signed contracts worth RM535.7 million for the purchase of new assets. The assets are two units of Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters and eight units of IAG Jaws Armor PersonnelCarriers (APC) that will be used by the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM). The IAG Jaws Armored Personnel Carrier  is a vehicle solution […]

Malaysia is in discussions with FNSS to purchase the six-wheel-drive AV6 (also named PARS) for replace the Condor 4×4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier. The AV6 program is part of a manufacturing partnership agreement with Turkey’s FNSS Defense Systems and is based on the FNSS-designed PARS (Leopard) multimission wheeled vehicle. Today Malaysia develops and produces the […]

Force Soldiers Malaysia has signed a contract with Chaiseri and Deftech (Thailand)  for the initial order of 20 vehicles AV-4 First Win 4×4. Speaking at the event the Naval Research Day 2015 will take place at Navy Hall, Managing Director Chaiseri Metal & Rubber Co. Ltd., Mr. Hiran Koolhiran has confirmed to ThaiArmedForces.com that Malaysia […]