TAI’s ANKA-S unmanned aerial vehicle won the international tender opened by the Malaysian Ministry of Defense in 2020 for the supply of Medium Altitude-Long Endurance (MALE) class unmanned aerial vehicles… Continue reading "Malaysia Signs Contract with TAI for 3 ANKA Drones"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover a multitude of topics including Polish… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (12-16 September)"
The Royal Australian Air Force’s F-35As are planned to visit Malaysia for a training exercise with the Royal Malaysian Air Force at the end of this year. In response to… Continue reading "Australian F-35s To Train In Malaysia At Year’s End"
The head of the German Air Force’s Air Operations Command has conducted an official visit to Malaysia, where he met with senior officers in the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Lieutenant… Continue reading "German Air Force Air Operations Commander Visits Malaysia"
Indian aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed an MoU on 18 August for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Indian Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, High Commissioner B.N. Reddy… Continue reading "India’s HAL Continues Efforts To Land Malaysian Contracts"
Malaysia’s anti-corruption watchdog has detained two chief executive officers and a broker after finding new leads in an investigation of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program for corruption.… Continue reading "Two CEOs, Broker Detained In Malaysian Littoral Combat Ship Program Corruption Investigation"
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Turkish Aerospace Industries, Prof. Temel Kotil, has said that Turkey will jointly manufacture its indigenous Hurjet advanced trainer with Malaysia, should a tender… Continue reading "Turkey Offers Malaysia Joint Production Of Hurjet Light Trainer"
Malaysia’s Defence Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, has said that the Royal Malaysian Air Force will continue operating its Hawk 108 trainer jets, pending the results of an investigation into the crash… Continue reading "Malaysian Hawk 108 Trainers To Continue Operating Pending Crash Investigation Results"
The Royal Malaysian Navy’s ScanEagle 2 drones took part in their first field training exercise with other Navy assets on October 26. The drones operated by the 601 Squadron were… Continue reading "Royal Malaysian Navy ScanEagles Participate In First Field Training Exercise"
Member nations of the Five Powers Defence Arrangements celebrated the 50th anniversary of the agreement with an aircraft flypast and naval vessel display off Singapore’s south coast on Monday afternoon.… Continue reading "FPDA Marks Golden Jubilee With Flypast And Naval Vessel Display"