well thlatest Mi-171 v5 (latest with glass cockpit) price about usd 19 milion+.  RM 150 million about 40 milllion usd, should able to get 2 unit. but i dont think they will get new mi-171. other possible is 1 unit  AW189 cost about 30 million or AW101 about usd 40 million, if Bomba want get advance heli off couse AW101 much better choose.

depend Bomba requirement loh, how much equipment want to install like FLIR, lights, SAR etc, AW101 event can include advance firefighting bag inside heli so can use to put down fire during forest fire.

ya, but not much heavy helicopter in market, mostly Mi-26 or Chinook ... 

well not sure can get more mi-171 or not, bomba mi-171 also force to use (get from ex-polis heli) due to can't get register by DCA due to lack of international body certification mi-171 heli. although final get register but get limited fly if not wrong.

Very informative insight

Krylov State Research Centre, Russia and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation. The Memorandum was signed by the Krylov State Research Centre Director General Anatoliy Aleksashin and Kim Yong Soo, Director & Head of Ship & Ocean Engineering Institute, DSME. The two Parties intend to co-operate, enhance and develop the academic and cultural exchanges in education, research and other areas, the Krylov Centre said in a press release.

The Memorandum stipulates that the partners will develop and implement projects related to their Products and Services. The cooperation will cover corresponding fields of partners’ activities, including joint research and development projects, implementation of new-generation products and rendering of services. The MoU also envisages exchange of experience, including exchange of faculty members, researchers and students as well as implementation of joint cultural programs.

Krylov State Research Centre was established back in 1894 as Russia’s first model testing basin in St. Petersburg. It is a scientific research organization of the national shipbuilding sector focused on concepts and workshop designs of naval ships, merchant vessels and offshore structures and on their operation.

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My guess is some of the current air force pilots will temporarily works under the army to train new pilots or maybe transfer terus to army

And the kluang putd base will undergo some upgrade to support these helis

15 for army
12 for air force

In an unprecedented move the the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approached the US government to some 4,500 used Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the vehicles include about 3,360 International MaxxPro of various types and 1,150 BAE Systems Caiman multi-terrain vehicles. 44 MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) are also bundled in the package that is expected to cost over $2.5 billion. Sofar the US Army has donated these vehicles to foreign countries that supported the fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to domestic police and law enforcement agencies in the USA.

The package could include 4,569 MRAP Vehicles of the following types:

1,085 MaxxPro Long Wheel Base (LWB) chassis
29 MaxxPro LWB
264 MaxxPro Base/MRAP Expedient Armor Program (MEAP – augmented side armor)
729 MaxxPro Bases
283 MaxxPro MEAP without armor
970 MaxxPro Plus (up-armored against IEDs)
1,150 Caiman Multi-Terrain Vehicles (without add-on armor)
44 MRAP All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV)
15 MRAP Recovery Vehicles

In addition to the MRAP package the US has also approved the sale of 100 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) medium range ballistic missiles to the UAE. Those missiles comprise the M57 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rockets with T2K (Block IA Unitary) warheads weighing 500 lb.

The missiles will be loaded on a battalion of 12 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers, 12 resupply vehicles and 65 unitary pods each comprising six Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS). The estimated cost of this missile package is $900 million. The UAE has been operating a regiment equipped with 20 HIMARS launchers carrying ATACMS since 2006. In 2010 the US Government approved the sale of 100 missiles for the UAE, replacing the previously supplied cluster-munitioned versions with new designs using the T2K unitary warhead.

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