SHAH ALAM: The CEO of LTAT (the Armed Forces Provident Fund) Datuk Ahmad Nazim Abdul Rahman in an interview with the Edge business daily has brushed aside the criticism over the LCS project even saying that the ships cost were comparable with the ones bought by Egypt and UAE. The […]
SHAH ALAM: Walk like an Emirati. Naval Group of France launched on May 13 the second Gowind corvette for the United Arab Emirates. The ship is the second of two corvettes ordered by UAE in 2019. The first ship was launched in December, 2021. The launch of the second corvette […]
SHAH ALAM: New NTF Commander. Vice Admiral Roslan Mohd Yunus has taken over as the second NTF commander taking over from retiring Vice Admiral Aris Adi Tan Abdullah. The handover ceremony took place on May 18 and was witnessed by Chief of Defence Forces General Affendi Buang. NTF was set […]
SHAH ALAM: In the last post on the LMS Batch II I wrote about whether or not we can afford to build them while at the same time salvaging the White Elephant aka LCS project. Well I have been told that the original budget for the LMS II was something […]
SHAH ALAM: After waiting for some 29 months and three governments, the LCS project has finally been approved for resumption of work, Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday. In a release issued on April 21, Hishammuddin said the Cabinet at its meeting that day has approved the resumption of […]
SHAH ALAM: During DSA 2022, the Defence Minister announced that the government will fund the build of three Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) Batch II equipped with more sophisticated mission systems. This means that the LMS Batch II will be a more capable warship than the gunboats of which the KD […]
SHAH ALAM: How much is that LCS in the window? The honest answer is no one knows, really. They didn’t know it when the Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) was awarded the Letter of Award (LOA) back in 2011. They still didn’t know when the RM9 billion contract was signed back […]
SHAH ALAM: What happened to the NSM? On April 5, the Australian government announced the acquisition of AUS$3.5 billion (RM11 billion) worth of missiles and mines for its Defence Force (ADF). The weapons are the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the Royal Australian Air Force; the Naval […]
SHAH ALAM: In the previous on how much is that helicopter in the window, I wrote the leasing contract for the RMAF’s four AW139 twin engine helicopters. Go there if you have not read it before. Well, this post is about the three Maritime Operations Helicopter (MOH/MUH) procured by the […]
SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry today publicly announced the signing of 54 contracts – LOAs, contracts and LOIs worth RM4.6 billion at the third of DSA 2022. The release from the minister is below: 1. The signing ceremony of Contract Documents, Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and the handing over of […]
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