Five main modules can be built by five separate shipyards - LCS way forward

 

The RMN NGPV are of "modular" Meko 100 design which is a smaller version of the Meko 200. There are five main modules which can be built by five separate shipyards and later assembled together viz the forward section, the midship section, the aft section, the forward gun module and the CIC module. I have no knowledge of the LCS design. If it were of modular concept, then the construction works can be distributed to, say, NGV Tech - forward section, MSET - forward gun module, BNS - midship section, HLL - aft section, Grade One - CIC section. Other Class B shipyards can can also participate, i.e UniKL Mimet to build the funnel assembly, Destiny - hangar section, etc. etc. If I were a corrupt minister/ RMN/ BNS  trying to collude with, say, MSET, there would be four other shipyards in the consortium to apprehend and blow the whistles. It's not easy for me to corrupt all five shipyards. This seems like a hypothetical assumption but worth trying

Malaysia should have learned from Australia when the latter built Anzac Meko 200 warships by distributing the works to a consortium of shipyards, not a monopoly by a single shipyard. This combined effort approach would provide broader, hence, stronger and more resilient project management. The LCS is of tonnage that must be built by Class A shipyards. In Malaysia there several such shipyards

The yards involve will   proof their best works & result. Then we will know, if it happen when one yard fail, other yards progressively advance. If any shipyard face challenges , quickly the main contractor can  investigate. Then we have check & balance. Well, just like other nations spread the project amongst their yards, US  UK AUSSIE practice this.

Looks like Indonesia going to spend much less than our RMN LCS though theirs are much much bigger in term of tonnage/size and i suppose many others. Looklike everytime we bought something, it's always more expansive than other countries.. Our LCS price is abt US490M/unit whereas Iver Huitfeldt class frigate  by Indoneia cost  at US325/unit only. Maybe our LCS parts make from gold. .Even our LMS from China cost about RM250m 

/ ship and it's  just for a simple vessel of less than 70m with simple cms @ to support only 30mm gun. If we really go on open market the price of that LMS that we bought fm China should not be more than RM100M. 

 

Courtesy from 

Syed Sharom

Zainal Rashid

Wan Zul 

RMNOA Brain storming Group.