SHAH ALAM: In the previous post, Malaysia Defence posited that the MRSS will not be funded in RMK13, despite the RMN chief stating that it will be in the service’s funding priorities for the next five years. The RMN chief made the statement in an interview on RTM and in […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in 2010, Utusan Malaysia reported that the then Prime Minister DS Najib Razak was set to officiate a new shipyard in Bagan Datuk, Perak. The shipyard was supposed to be the site to built the three Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS), the name for the class of ships […]
SHAH ALAM: Naval Group and PT Pal on March 28 signed a contract with the Indonesian government to built two Scorpene Evolved submarines. Naval Group is a state owned company of France while PT PAL shipyard is also owned by the Indonesia government . The two Scorpene Evolved submarines will […]
SHAH ALAM: The Joneses. The Philippines Navy(PN) is set to buy more ships – 19, according to the Inquirer newspaper. Eleven of these ships will be the Israeli-made Shaldag Mk. V missile boats, nine of which will be built there with another four to be built in the Philippines. The […]
SHAH ALAM: Days after MRSS on The Horizon posting, I received three comments asking me to check out a report by Jakarta Post that PT Pal will be signing the contract for the ship, this August. I am unable to post the report here, unfortunately, as it is protected by […]
SHAH ALAM: MRSS on the horizon? At the Indodefence Show last November, Boustead Naval Shipyard signed a MOU with Indonesian-state owned firm, PT PAL, to colloborate on a possible multi-role support ship contract. Following the MOU, I reported that the MRSS project – four of which being sought under the […]
SHAH ALAM: AS hinted in my LMS piece, I was in Indonesia last week for a business trip. Specifically I was attending the Indo Defence Show and Forum 2016 which ran from Nov. 2 to 5. I went to the show to look for stories for my other jobs as […]
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