SHAH ALAM: THE LCS and NGPV will be the backbone of the future RMN armada – if the plan proposed by the navy to have only five class of vessels in the fleet – is taken up and fully funded. The other three classes are the submarines, Littoral Mission Ships […]
SHAH ALAM: AS I was unable to go to Lumut today for the keel laying ceremony for the first LCS, posted below is the story by Bernama. Nothing surprising and nothing more revealing than my earlier story. I guess we have wait for another day for the answers. RMN To […]
SHAH ALAM: THE keel laying ceremony for the first LCS is scheduled next week, March 8 at the Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) in Lumut. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is expected to be the guest of honour. From Wikipedia “Laying the keel, or laying down is the formal recognition […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) has been awarded the SLEP contract for RMN’s frigates, KD Jebat and KD Lekiu. The contract is in two parts actually based on the statement below. Boustead Holdings announcement to Bursa Malaysia on Sept 7, 2015: “On 11 September […]
SHAH ALAM: Norwegian multinational, Kongsberg Defence Systems, has announced an LOA from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd for the supply of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and its related equipment. In a release issued today, Kongsberg stated that it has received a Letter of Award worth approximately 20 million EURO with […]
PETALING JAYA: No, sdr Amin Shah has not returned from his self-imposed exile (UAE, I am told) but it appears that his playbook from the NGPV is being played out in the SGPV (the official name of the Laksamana class) programme, This is the best description I could give to […]
PETALING JAYA: It appears I spoke too soon. From the AFP and BSKL announcement page, it appears that BNS has gotten its LOA from the govt to build the SGPV/LCS or frigate. And more importantly the ceiling price has gone up to RM9 billion. Yes its the ceiling price, it […]
LANGKAWI (Dec 4): BNS has selected the Gowind frigate from DCNS for the LCS project. The company is set to display a model of the Gowind frigate at its booth for Lima 2011. However before I left the Mahsuri hall at 630pm today the model has yet to be put […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The third Kedah-class PV, KD Perak was launched at the Lumut Naval base today. It was launched by Tuanku Bainun (see the story below). It is the third vessel of the problematic PV project. Interestingly, Malaysian Defence poll last month, readers overwhelmingly voted for the continuance of the […]
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