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Boustead cuts steel on Malaysia's first littoral combat ship

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

15 June 2015

Malaysia's Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) has completed a steel-cutting ceremony for the country's first Second Generation Patrol Vessel - Littoral Combat Ship (SGPV-LCS) vessel, a company spokesperson told IHS Jane's on 15 June.

The ceremony, held at the company's shipyard in Lumut on 12 June, was attended by Deputy Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri. "The first LCS vessel is expected to be completed in early 2019, with subsequent vessels at 10-month intervals thereafter," said the company.

The SGPV-LCS platform is based on the Gowind 2500 corvette designed by French shipbuilder DCNS. The vessel is 111 m long and displaces about 3,000 tonnes. "Malaysia is a maritime nation and in recent years there have been increasing threats, which call for the need to strengthen our defences with sophisticated surveillance and protection capabilities," Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor, BNS' managing director, said in a statement.

Citing Royal Malaysian Navy sources, IHS Jane's reported in March that the service has selected the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) anti-ship missile and MBDA VL Mica point defence missile systems for the SGPV-LCS programme. Other weapons include BAE Systems' 57 mm Mk 3 naval gun, two MSI-Defence Seahawk 30 mm guns and two J+S 324 mm triple tube torpedo launcher systems.

The vessel's suite of sensors include the Thales Nederland SMART-S Mk 2 3-D multibeam radar, Rheinmetall's TMEO Mk 2 TMX/EO radar/electro-optical tracking and fire-control system, and the Thales Captas-2 low-frequency variable depth sonar for submarine prosecution.

Thursday, 04 December 2014 09:54

UPACARA FIRST STEEL CUTTING PROJEK LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) TLDM DI KINDERDIJK, BELANDA PADA 3 DIS 14

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Upacara First Steel Cutting (pemotongan plat besi pertama) projek Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) TLDM telah dilaksanakan pada 3 Dis 14 di premis syarikat IHC Metalix, Kinderdijk (98 km dari Amsterdam) Belanda. Aktiviti ini telah disempurnakan oleh YBhg Panglima Armada TLDM, Laksamana Madya Dato’ Mohamad Roslan bin Mohamad Ramli dan Setiausaha Bahagian Perolehan KEMENTAH, YBhg Dato’ Zaiton binti Johari. Turut hadir ialah wakil Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia, En Nor Muhamad Che Dan, Ketua Pengarah Projek LCS TLDM, Kept Ir Azhar Jumaat TLDM dan Pengarah Program LCS Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS), En Anuar Murad.

Panglima Armada TLDM, Setiausaha Bahagian Perolehan KEMENTAH, Ketua Pengarah Projek LCS TLDM dan Pengarah Program LCS BNS bergambar sebelum pemotongan plat besi

First Steel Cutting merupakan aktiviti pemotongan besi kapal dan menandakan kerja pembinaan kapal bermula (work start). Pada zaman pembinaan kapal secara tradisional sebelum ini, aktiviti pembinaan bermula (work start) apabila keel laying (lunas kapal) disusun. Bagi pembinaan secara blok, aktiviti keel laying tersebut telah diganti dengan First Steel Cutting.

Panglima Armada TLDM dan Setiausaha Bahagian Perolehan KEMENTAH menekan butang mesin pemotong plat besi CNC bagi memulakan aktiviti pemotongan pertama plat besi Projek LCS TLDM	Mesin pemotong otomatik memotong plat besi pertama Projek LCS TLDM

Setelah pemotongan besi dilaksanakan, kits besi yang telah dipotong mengikut lukisan kejuruteraan yang diluluskan akan dihantar ke Malaysia untuk dicantumkan (welding) menjadi blok-blok.

Rujukan: 041214/01
Sumber: Pasukan Projek LCS TLDM (Perancis)
Artikel & Jurugambar: Pasukan Projek LCS TLDM (Perancis)