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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has pledged to increase the defence allocation under Budget 2027, signalling the government's commitment to modernising the Malaysian Armed Forces and improving personnel welfare.
Malaysia has inked government-to-government defence procurement agreements with Türkiye and South Korea, marking a shift away from traditional open-tender systems. The arrangement aims to reduce costs, improve transparency, and boost domestic defence capability.
Malaysia's Defence Ministry has defended the RM571.9 million payment for Norwegian naval strike missiles, stating it was made after systems completed testing and met contractual milestones, not as an advance payment.