Aug 25 France’s defence minister will discuss the sale to Malaysia of one of the Mistral helicopter carriers originally destined for Russia during a visit to the country, a source familiar with the talks said, confirming a report on news website latribune.fr. On his return from Malaysia, Jean-Yves Le Drian will also make a detour […]

The Weststar Group is pleased to announce that it has been recently appointed as the main contractor for Ministry of Defence Malaysia, (MINDEF) procurement of the latest state-of-the-art STARStreak Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) system from Thales Air Defense Limited UK. The system is a leading VSHORAD system available in the market today, therefore […]

Malaysia has signed the deal for the procurement of the Thales Starstreak V-Shorads, ahead of the official visit of the UK Prime Minister on Thursday. Industry sources told Malaysian Defence that the deal involved Global Komited Sdn Bhd which will supply the GM-K1 vehicles and Thales UK, the producer of the Starstreak V-Shorads. The deal […]

The construction of the Tun Sharifah Rodziah sea-basing ship in the waters off eastern Sabah will tighten maritime security, especially in the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) areas. Armed forces chief Gen Tan Sri Dr Zulkifeli Mohd Zin said the sea-basing ship would be equipped with interceptor boats, unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopter and a Quick […]

The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) fleet of MiG-29N fighter aircraft will remain an important asset to the country’s air defence. RMAF chief General Datuk Seri Roslan Saad said there has been no decision to replace the MIG-29N which had been in service since 1990 and the aircraft will still remain in service. He said […]

According to the agency, Malaysia became the 12th country to join the coalition, a week after Senegal announced that 2,000 of its troops would join the coalition Malaysian troops have arrived Sunday in Saudi Arabia to join the Saudi-led coalition against Shiite Houthi group in Yemen, the Saudi state news agency reported. According to the […]

The plans of forming a second Malaysian armored regiment has been known for several years. Information about possibility of purchasing another batch of tanks of basic PT-91M Pendekar are, however, quite surprising. Especially bearing in mind the problems with timely delivery and initial operation of cars and comments on the Polish construction falling in recent […]

The MD530G Scout Attack helicopter debut at LIMA 2015 The MD 530G is the latest in a lineage that spans more than 50 years of scout attack evolution. The journey began in 1963 with the introduction of the OH-6A by Hughes Aircraft Division. In 1985, the performance continued with the certification of the MD530F. Born […]

Photo from LIMA’15 – Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition The Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition or better known as LIMA Exhibition will be returning in 2015 with LIMA’15. The 13th installment of this premier biennial event will be held from 17-21 March 2015 at the purpose-built Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre and Awana Porto […]

Chinese Aerobatic team “August 1st” arrival at Don Meuang for presence at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) in Malaysia will be held from March 17-22, 2015. The August 1st or 81st Aerobatics Team is the aerobatic demonstration team of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. It is named after the date of […]