SHAH ALAM: It appears that Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) has installed the integrated mast on the first LCS, PCU Maharaja Lela. The installation of the mast was published yesterday on Lunas Facebook page as Stories, the short video version on the social media platform. It is unclear when the mast […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears ever since it became a fully owned government company, Lumut Naval Shipyard or Lunas has realized it needs to be more transparent of its activities. It is now active on various social media platforms from X to Facebook. The latest Lunas social media posting was the […]
SHAH ALAM: A day after Malaysian Defence posted on PCU Maharaja Lela, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin visited the Lumut naval base and Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) and announced that the LCS project was on track and on schedule. Khaled said that the ship was down-slip on May 23 and […]
SHAH ALAM: AS reported previously it was planned under the sixth supplementary contract that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – will be put into water or using the technical term – down slip – in May, this year. The down slipping took place on May 21 based on […]
SHAH ALAM: Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) on May 17 held a signing ceremony with L3HARRIS MAPPS Sdn Bhd of the Critical Design Review of the Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the LCS project. The signing ceremony, according to Lunas, marks a pivotal step forward in ensuring the efficiency and […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the Lumut Naval Shipyard (Lunas) has installed parts of the ship sensor module – likely the radome which contained the main radar sensor – on the Maharaja Lela, the first LCS. This is a break from the method adopted by Naval Group for the Gowinds, […]
SHAH ALAM: How much do you pay for a money losing shipyard? In the case of the Lumut Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (Lunas), a MOF-owned company – Ocean Sunshine Bhd (OSB) or Malaysian taxpayers – is paying RM334.73 million in cash for that privilege of owning just 20 per cent […]
SHAH ALAM: In his testimony to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in January this year, Defence Ministry secretary-general DS Isham Ishak said that the first LCS – PCU Maharaja Lela – is expected to be put into water (down slip) on schedule this May. That said, he said a slight […]
SHAH ALAM: Despite Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Mas Emieyarti Samsudin statement last month that the committee was shocked and worried about the delays into the LCS, it appears that it was much ado about nothing. The PAC report which was made public today revealed that the LCS project had […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that RMN will be taking part in the 2024 RIMPAC exercise in Hawaii, later this July. Two years ago, corvette KD Lekir – pennant 26 – took in the exercise and made history by firing an Exocet surface-to-surface missile, the first time such firing had taken […]
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