SHAH ALAM: Exocets galore. RMN fired three MBDA Exocet anti-ship missiles off Kuantan today – two MM40 Block IIs and a single SM39 – as part Eksesais Taming Sari 20/21. The two MM40s were fired by frigate, KD Lekiu, and corvette KD Lekir while the SM-39 was fired by submarine, […]
SHAH ALAM: BHIC subsidiary gets RM78 million submarine related contract. Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd’s (BHIC) wholly-owned subsidiary has been awarded a contract worth RM78.14 million from the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) for the upkeep of submarine facilities for the Royal Malaysian Navy. In an announcement to Bursa Malaysia, BHIC […]
SHAH ALAM: The Auditor General in his 2019 report has found various weaknesses and deficiencies in the management of three Defence Ministry programmes, namely the the procurement of the Airbus A400M airlifter; In-Service Support (ISS) contract for the Scorpene submarines and the transfer of units from Simpang/Sg Besi airbase. Unlike […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead subsidiary hit with another claim. Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) Bhd’s subsidiary company – Boustead DCNS Naval Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (BDNC) has received another claim from the Defence Ministry over its ISS contract for the Perdana-Menteri class submarines. The claim is made against the extended ISS contract […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in the saddle again. It appears that KD Tun Razak, the second Prime Minister-class submarine, has returned into service after its refit programme. The RMN published a video about the submarine on patrol, yesterday, on its YouTube channel yesterday. In the 1.17 minute video, the submarine was […]
SHAH ALAM: A Magnetic Ranging and Deperming Facility will be built at the Kota Kinabalu naval base in Teluk Sepanggar, Sabah. The MRDF contract was awarded to DCNS of France, the JV builder/maintainer of RMN submarines and the sub-contractor for the LCS. The MRDF will provide countermeasures for RMN ships […]
SHAH ALAM: KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, RMN’s first submarine is undergoing its first major refit. Based on the pictures taken by the RMN during the visit of its chief, Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman Badaruddin, it is an extensive one though nothing official has been announced on the things to be replaced […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The two Scorpene submarines for RMN are to be named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Abdul Razak, after the first two premiers of the country.The names of the submarines was announced by Navy chief Tan Sri Ramlan Mohamad Ali in Cartagena, Spain at the joining ceremony […]
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