SHAH ALAM: All ahead, LCS. It appears that the RMN is preparing for the resumption of the LCS project. Yesterday, it announced First Admiral Franklin Jeyasekhar Joseff assumed command of the LCS project team from Captain Abdul Jamal Mohd Nasir.
From RMN:
Majlis Serah Terima Tugas Ketua Pengarah Projek Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) di antara Kept Hj Abdul Jamal bin Mohd Nasir TLDM dan Laksamana Pertama Ir. Ts. Franklin Jeyasekhar Joseff telah disaksikan oleh Asisten Ketua Staf Perancangan Pembangunan, Laksamana Muda Mohamad Azuwan bin Harun.
RMN did not announced Abdul Jamal’s appointment when the previous LCS director, First Admiral Shaiful Bahari Baharuddin was promoted as the head of the RMN’s Logistics Department in January, this year. Perhaps it did but I did not notice it.
Both of Shaiful Bahari and Abdul Jamal are also engineers like Franklin. Just like previous RMN’s LCS team directors including the current RMN chief engineer, Rear Admiral Shaiful Adli Chung Abdullah and Captain (retired) Azhar Jumaat. Azhar was of course the second Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) LCS project director and currently the CEO of the shipyard which build the LCS of course. Even the first BNS LCS director Anuar Murad, was the RMN chief engineer before he left the service with the rank of Captain.
It is also interesting to note that the handing-over ceremony of the LCS project team head was witnessed by the RMN assistant chief of staff for development, Read Admiral Mohamad Azuwan Harun, who was also one of the LCS project team director at one time. Azuwan was formerly the commanding officer of KD Lekiu and KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil before his promotion as a flag officer.
Even though, the RMN is getting geared for the resumption of the project – supposedly early next year – Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation, the owner of BNS has yet to appoint a new project director. Perhaps Azhar, the CEO of BNS will do double duty. It may well be prescient as Pakatan Harapan’s anointed Prime Minister, DS Anwar Ibrahim has stated that it is better to scrap the LCS project. That said it remained to be seen whether he will follow up this up if his coalition wins Putrajaya this Saturday.
*updated on November 16 to correct both Shaiful and Abdul Jamal as engineers.
— Malaysian Defence
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Yeah but at what cost? Im not feeling it..Certainly cant accept a 3 to 4 billion LCS perunit pricetag..below 2 billion still acceptable..above that well..
If anwar appointed as our PM, it will a disaster and getting worst. Maybe mpa also will be cancel and most of our army requirements cant be fullfil in near future. Its just my opinion.
I am all for scrapping the project.
But only if they have a detailed Plan B in place, and an alternative frigate design that can be quickly bought, build and be fitted with all the weapons and sensors that has already been bought for the gowinds. Also a recovery plan for Lumut Shipyard, and reparations for Naval Group and other suppliers.
Better just continue if they don't have a watertight Plan B that they can immediately execute.
Hallelujah
Might as well resume the project as government has paid billions. To scrap it is not a good ideas because it would be a waste of money and time. It was already delayed and navy need ships badly.
Pjan - ''Maybe mpa also will be cancel and most of our army requirements cant be fullfil in near future. Its just my opinion.''
Maybe. Maybe the Zoroastrians will invade Batu Pahat and Layang-Layang or the Malian army will conduct a mass para drop over Bukit Bintang. Its just my opinion.
Whether Anwar becomes PM or whoever; it won't change the fact that citizens and the armed services will continue to get screwed/buggered and that our highly flawed defence policy will be mantained.
Technically speaking Anwar's manifestos offer more defense related 'promises' rather than the other 2. PN promised is basically more money for veterans,assets purchased & salaries while BN promised nothing defense related in their manifestos.
PH promised is to purchase everything under the DWP, reform the acquisition strategy, military industrial complex, more jointness among the service, more money for veteran and a unified single border agencies.
But as always take everything with a pinch of salt as manifestos bukan kitab suci.
zaft - PH promised is to purchase everything under the DWP, reform the acquisition strategy, military industrial complex, more jointness among the service, more money for veteran and a unified single border agencies.
Good, hope the DWP can be carried out without interuption by anymore selfish political clowns and frogs after this.
Yes we do really need our Frigates ASAP. But new techs means that traditional orthodox ship like a conventional Corvette for LMS Batch 2 is probably not the best way to go in the future.
Looking at US Navy and Royal Navy experiments (RN with XV Patrick Blackett), a cheap platform with modular weapons and sensors is the way to go in the future. Something similar to a jet fighter, you hang (install) weapons that is suitable for your mission. Many cheap platforms also means distributed lethality, where weapons are placed on many platforms distributed widely, making destroying every node difficult.
http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/14665/1658935890.jpg
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@zaft
If you think you can still trust PH promises, let me remind you of their GE14 manifesto promises....
Malays should know this term; mulut cakap manis