SHAH ALAM: This is the second story on the contracts, LOI and LOA announced at LIMA 2023 on May 25. Due to time constraints Malaysian Defence was unable to post the whole story on the day itself. Yesterday, the first story on the Army contracts was published. This post will […]
SHAH ALAM: Boustead Heavy Engineering Corporation (BHIC) announced today that it has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of RM140.06 million from the Defence Ministry. According to its filing with Bursa Malaysia, its wholly owned subsidiary, BHIC Submarine Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (BSES) was awarded the two separate […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that both KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Abdul Razak , the two Perdana class submarines – were equipped with new equipment during their major refit a few years back. From the post on KD TAR refit: By all accounts – a refit or overhaul […]
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 […]
Port Klang: The King, the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces headed the official welcoming ceremony for RMN’s first submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, at Port Klang, this morning. The submarine, which took 54 days to sail from Toulon to Malaysia, with several stops, was commanded by Commander Zulhelmy […]
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