Malaysia -RMN
Walk Like An Egyptian, Part 2
SHAH ALAM: Walk Like An Egyptian, Part 2. In an earlier post, I reported that Egypt may well beat Malaysia in getting their first Gowind corvette. And indeed it had happened as the Egypt Navy […]
Gowind
Defence Contract
Egypt Takes Delivery of First Gowind Corvette
SHAH ALAM: The Egyptian Navy took delivery of its first Gowind corvette from the ship builder Naval Group (formerly known as DCNS) facility at Lorient, France on Friday (Sept 22, 2017). Egyptian Navy chief Admiral […]
Defence Contract
LCS on Steroids
SHAH ALAM: It appears that DCNS has taken the Gowind design further and made a proper frigate. The result is the Belharra – an evolution of the Gowind and the FREMM frigates – five of […]
Malaysia -RMN
Walk Like An Egyptian
SHAH ALAM: Walk Like An Egyptian was a song made famous by an American band the Bangles. However, in building the Gowind corvette, the French firm DCNS and maybe the Egyptians, are beating our boys […]
Malaysia -RMN
You Win Some, You Lose Some…
SHAH ALAM: You Win Some, You Lose Some. In the previous post, we discussed about the possibility of the RMN getting more hulls, specifically China-made warships. Several readers suggested that there wasn’t not enough funds […]
Malaysia -RMN
Kongsberg Confirmed NSM for LCS
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 […]
Malaysia -RMN
SGPV Contracts
PETALING JAYA: IT is reported today that Boustead Naval Shipyard has awarded two contracts for its sister companies as part of the SGPV programme. As I had mentioned before updates on the SGPV programme is […]
Defence Shows
How Wonderful It Would Be…
PETALING JAYA: The ‘show” signing for the SGPV contract is expected to be held at the DSA 2012 show to be held from the 16 to 19 of this month. However, two weeks before the […]
Malaysian Defence
Laksamana class frigates and the Ghost of Amin Shah. Updated
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 […]
Malaysia -RMN
BNS selects Gowind for LCS
LANGKAWI (Dec 4): BNS has select 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 […]
