SHAH ALAM: Turkish Defence Industry Secretariat announced that the Letter of Acceptance for the Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 has been handed over in Turkiye today. This means that STM Defence has been awarded the contract to build the LMS Batch 2, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin confirmed in a release on the same day.
Three of the ships will be built in Turkiye under the LOA according to the release though it did not identify the shipyards to build them. Khaled who was present at the LOA handing over ceremony, stated that STM has given the commitment to complete the ships in three years and six months. He did not reveal the LOA cost though. Do note that even if the LOA is issued, they could still be finalising the technical details of the ships.
Anyhow the release mentioned Roketsan as one of the Turkish companies involved in the project apart from Havelsan and Aselsan, which likely meant that the surface-to-surface missiles will be the Atmaca. Eight Atmaca launchers are fitted on the TCG Kinaliada which visited Malaysia last month. Havelsan will provide the CMS and other equipment, and Aselsan, most of the sensors and electronics.
A model of the LMS Batch 2 was also shown at the ceremony which I initially thought was a generic Ada class version, but upon a closer inspection showed that it was the RMN version as it has the VLS launchers just before the helicopter hangar.
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Anyhow here is the release issued on social media by the
We have held the “Signing Ceremony for the MoU on G2G Procurement for Defence Products between Türkiye and Malaysia” and the “Handing Over Ceremony for the LoA (Letter of Acceptance) of the Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) Batch 2 Project” which will be procured for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Malaysia has signed a G2G on MoU Procurement of Defense Products with another country for the first time. We are delighted to be a part of this significant agreement.On this occasion, we were very pleased to host the Malaysian Minister of Defence, Dato Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin, and the Malaysian Delegation at our Secreteriat of Defence Industries.
These significant meetings and agreements not only represent substantial progress in our defense industry cooperation but also herald a new era of strategic partnership between Türkiye and Malaysia.
As the main contractor, STM will construct three ships in Türkiye, designed to meet the requirements of the Royal Malaysian Navy. During the customization of these ships, products from several Turkish defense industry companies, including HAVELSAN, ASELSAN, and ROKETSAN, will be utilized.
I wish for our project, progressing with the strong cooperation and coordination of our defense industry companies, to be successful and serve as a great example.
I congratulate each of our companies, subcontractors, engineers, and institution employees involved in the project.
As we enter the Turkish Century, we are determined to further strengthen our relations by sharing our technology and expertise in the defense industry with friendly and allied countries.
The Turkish defense industry will continue to make history on the global stage.
— Malaysian Defence
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Havelsan CMS...so SAM must be Mica or CAMM i guess?
No idea...
Finally...
What's the story about him wanting attack helicopter again?
As the Army still has a requirement for it though they prefer the Apache.
5 LCS/frigate Maharaja Lela and 3 LMS/corvette Ada. Nice. At least RMN will have 8 new missile armed frigate/corvette. Then, upgrade 2 Lekiu frigate to supplement the fleet and why not give some SLEP to the 2 Kasturi corvette. There will be 12 missile armed frigate/corvette in RMN fleet.
The Lekius and Kasturis will be retired once the LCS and ADA class are in service. They are already too old to be SLEP nor have the means to be upgraded further. I doubt even the MMEA wants them.
No ASW capability because we do not see any sonar bow,you can make it somehow with seahawk,but it is pity not to be guarded by aselsan antitorpedo hızır system.There is no aselsan areas electronic attack antennas but cenk aesa also may support it,on the top of cenk radar we see aselsan compact ares ES antennas,there is tacan and a radar for helicopters,two satcom x or ku band separetly,interesting configuration.
I suspect the SAM will be the Turkish Hisars like on the Hisar class OPV. That will be the simplest option for this ship.
How do you agree and set the price on a product from a country with such high inflation? Kinda high risk isn't it?
Its a government to government deal, the risk is much lower.
Will it be totally absent of an ASW capability? Even without any torpedoes, I hope at least there should be a hull mounted sonar installed same as the existing ADA class. Otherwise it'll be totally blind in regards of surveillance/ detection of whatever lurking underneath.
It is likely she will be fitted with sonar but for navigation in shallow waters as with the Ada class ships. Note the ADA class is not fitted with anti-submarine sonar though she is equipped with a Sea Hawk for ASW purposes.
Even the bigger Istanbul class frigate, the follow-on ship after the Ada class, is not fitted with ASW sonar.
Well I don’t see where the money is coming from for attack helicopters. If we ever get them I do however that the army looks at getting UASs/loitering munitions to work in tandem with the attack helicopters. Attack helicopters losses in Ukraine. Losses been high but just like how the MBT is adapting to the UAS/loitering munition threat and how technology is rapidly evolving to cope; the same applies to attack helicopters. A major issue is that stuff like Apache is very resource intensive and challenging to maintain.
The MMEA needs them like it does a hole in the head. To much of a headache from a sustainment perspective.
Anon,
At this stage in their lives it’s simply not economical to spend more than absolutely needed to keep them operational. There are also technical issues at play. An upgrade should have been done years ago with the Lekius but we’ve missed that boat. Mind the pun.