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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced that Malaysia negotiated a 15 per cent reduction in Littoral Mission Ship procurement costs through direct government-to-government talks with Türkiye, highlighting the administration's focus on fiscal discipline.
Malaysia has signed government-to-government defence procurement agreements with Turkey and South Korea, marking a shift away from traditional open tenders. The new approach aims to reduce costs, eliminate intermediaries, and ensure technology transfer.
Twenty Malaysian students have been chosen for intensive aerospace training in Ankara, Türkiye, under a collaborative programme between Turkish Aerospace, MIGHT, and Malaysian universities, marking the fourth year of the initiative.