SOF - Special Operations
New Malaysian government disbands NSOF
Sources have confirmed that the Malaysian government has disbanded the National Special Operations Force (NSOF) that had only been established on 27 October 2016 as ...
LWI - Land Warfare
Malaysia emerges as NLAW customer
The Malaysian Army is expected to take delivery of an unknown number of Next-generation Light Antitank Weapons (NLAW) soon, with the recent issuing of a ...
DN - Defence Notes
Government change likely to impact Malaysian defence procurements
The discovery by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed’s newly elected government that Malaysia has a MYR1 trillion ($251.7 billion) debt is likely to impact ongoing and ...
DB - Digital Battlespace
Malaysia’s network-centric programme makes unclear progress
Despite Phase 1A of the Network-Centric Operations (NCO) programme of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) being completed and handed over in December 2015 and officially ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Malaysia finally commissions two training ships
3rd May 2018
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) formally commissioned two Samudera-class training ships on 26 April, five years past their targeted induction year of 2013. Both 75.9m ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
DSA 2018: Indonesia receives final Apache Guardians
11th April 2018
The Indonesian Army received its five remaining AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters on 29 March. Photos of the arrival and unloading of the helicopters from a ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
DSA 2018: Indonesia seeks new transport aircraft
11th April 2018
Marshal Yuyu Sutisna, chief of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU), revealed plans at a press conference on 7 April to increase his force’s heavy airlift ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Indonesian state-owned company eyes pair of A400Ms
8th March 2018
Indonesia’s Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises appears to be moving towards acquiring two Airbus A400M transport aircraft for use by the state-owned trading company PT Perusahaan ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Singapore Airshow 2018: Malaysia and India pursue Su-30 cooperation
1st February 2018
Malaysia and India have agreed to conduct an exercise in Malaysia, centring on their respective versions of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter. Prime Minister Najib Tun ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
ADECS 2018: Malaysia realigns naval assets to improve security in the east
23rd January 2018
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) will permanently station four of its six Kedah-class Next Generation Patrol Vessels (NGPV) and four yet-to-be-constructed Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Malaysia seeks to improve maritime domain awareness
19th December 2017
Amidst the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) goal of boosting the ability to monitor its waters, the Boustead Naval Shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony on 18 ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
D&S 2017: Malaysian navy adjusts command regions
30th October 2017
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) formalised the relocation of its Region 2 Command from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan on 17 October. The relocation actually began ...
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DN - Defence Notes
D&S 2017: Malaysian budget promises new equipment
30th October 2017
The Malaysian government has given the go-ahead for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to purchase four maritime patrol aircraft and the Malaysian Army to ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Trilateral Sulu Sea air patrols are launched
13th October 2017
Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines launched Trilateral Air Patrols (TAP) covering the Sulu Sea on 12 October at Subang Air Base in a ceremony witnessed ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Malaysian Guardians to watch over peacekeepers
10th October 2017
The Malaysian battalion of peacekeepers in Lebanon will replace its fleet of 46 4x4 Condor APCs with International Armored Group (IAG) Guardian APCs, which will ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Malaysian Army inducts simulation system
27th August 2017
The Malaysian Army inaugurated its Immersive Virtual Training Simulator (VIRTSIM) on 14 August at Syed Sirajuddin Camp in Gemas. Developed by Motion Reality in the US, ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Malaysia launches first LCS
24th August 2017
Malaysia’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Maharaja Lela, was launched in a formal ceremony on 24 August at the Boustead Naval Shipyard facility in Lumut. ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Malaysian LMS team arrives in China
10th July 2017
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has despatched a project team to China to monitor the design and construction of its Littoral Mission Ships (LMS). The ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
Paris Air Show: Malaysia outlines its shopping list
19th June 2017
As the global aerospace industry descends on Paris for the biennial aviation spectacle, the chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has revealed the ...
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DH - Defence Helicopter
LIMA 2017: Malaysian ASW helicopters depend on budget
20th March 2017
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN)'s future acquisition of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters remains subject to government affordability, said the Chief of the RMN, Adm Ahmad ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
LIMA 2017: Malaysia could train Saudi submariners
19th March 2017
Discussions about Malaysia providing submarine training to Saudi Arabia are at a preliminary stage, and nothing has been finalised yet, the Chief of the Royal ...
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DN - Defence Notes
UDT Asia: Malaysia endures submarine unavailability
11th January 2017
The Royal Malaysian Navy is due to start the overhaul of its second Scorpene-class submarine KD Tun Razak in June. This means that the RMN will ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Malaysia inaugurates counterterrorism unit
27th October 2016
Malaysia launched a new special operations unit – the National Special Operations Force (NSOF) – on 27 October. It will be the prime response unit ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
IMDEX Asia: Malaysia, US conduct joint naval exercises
19th May 2015
The USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducted a series of exercises with the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) on ...
