SHAH ALAM: Senior Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein on September 1 announced that the French government had given its commitment for the completion of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project. He made the announcement after meeting a representative of the French government at his office at Jalan Padang Tembak. He […]
SHAH ALAM: Abandon ship, scrap the LCS Part II. The forensic report on the LCS programme, first made public in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report was declassified yesterday. The declassified report is published on the Parlimen website. You can go to the website above to read the whole report […]
SHAH ALAM: Abandon ship, scrap the LCS. The Special Investigation Committee on Public Governance, Procurement and Finance (JKSTUPKK) report on the LCS was declassified yesterday, following the recommendation of the Parliament’s Public Account Committee. Based on the report’s extensive financial details of Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), I am of the […]
SHAH ALAM: He said, she said. The Defence Ministry brought the media to visit the Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) in Lumut on August 13, in an apparent damage control attempt following the publication of the Public Accounts Committe (PAC) report on the LCS project. The media was given a guided […]
SHAH ALAM: Any plan B for the RMN? So far we have been told that the LCS project revival will be a successful with two ships to be delivered to the Royal Malaysian Navy by 2025. This was reported by the Public Accounts Committe report on the LCS. And the […]
SHAH ALAM: Dassault Aviation has signed a contract with Indonesia for the purchase of 42 Rafale Omni-role fighters in Jakarta today. From Dassault Aviation: (Saint-Cloud, France, February 10, 2022) – In the presence of the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and the Indonesian Minister of Defence, Prabowo […]
SHAH ALAM: DSA 2022. The 17th edition of Defence Services Asia is scheduled to be held at the Mitec exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur from 28 March to 31st. The show is making a return after it was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein […]
SHAH ALAM: Naval Group submitted as part of the French Team with MBDA and Thales a new offer for the modernisation of the surface fleet of the Hellenic Navy. The French Team’s offer is a comprehensive and robust package designed to ensure Greece has the best capabilities in the shortest […]
SHAH ALAM: Comfortably Numb. The government, according to Defence Minister DS Ismail Sabri, decided to allow the resumption of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project to protect the interest of the workers and companies and also the RMN. He said the continuation of the construction of the ships would save […]
SHAH ALAM: Show me the money..part xxx. Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Home Affairs has wade into the debate regarding the LCS project. The committee has investigated the project and the chairman wrote about it at length in the […]
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