your appeal has been heard eh!
congrats!

now the sweet innocent sabahan will go away 

we are getting eurofighter after all?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...s-zahid-hamidi/

Our next MRCA might be the eurofighter?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...s-zahid-hamidi/

Nah It still too early to tell.
All these company are lobbying so hard for the deals.

owh look the comment

owh look the comment

Why choose the typhoon, isn't the F-18, F-16 or gripen are much cheaper?

It is all up to the deal they put on the table..

I wonder if we are able to see the Rafale, Typhoon and Gripen for LIMA 2011.

If I'm not wrong, the Airbus A400M will make an appearance for LIMA.

NSM will be a standard missile for TLDM

KUALA LUMPUR - 'Taring' Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) dijangka bertambah tajam mulai tahun depan, kerana dipercayai semua enam kapal ronda generasi baru (NGPV) dari jenis KD Kedah, akan dipasang dengan peluru berpandu anti kapal permukaan.

Sumber Pertahanan memberitahu Utusan Malaysia, bajet untuk pembelian peluru berpandu itu akan dimasukkan dalam pusingan kedua Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10) bagi Kementerian Pertahanan, yang akan dibentang kepada Kabinet Oktober ini.

Difahamkan, dua jenis berpandu anti kapal sedang dipertimbangkan untuk dipasang iaitu jenis Exocet 40 Blok II, yang mampu memusnahkan kapal musuh sehingga jarak 70 kilometer (km) dan Naval Strike Missile (NSM), yang mempunyai jarak membunuh sejauh 180 km.

Namun, dipercayai TLDM telah memilih peluru berpandu NSM untuk dipasang pada kapal tersebut dan jika diluluskan oleh kerajaan, setiap satu kapal KD Kedah akan dilengkapi dengan lapan peluru berpandu anti kapal dari jenis itu, kerana saiznya lebih kecil berbanding Exocet.

Kongsberg NSM, rudal SSM dengan jangkauan 180 km (photo : Militaryphotos)
"Kita memilih untuk memasang semua kapal ini dengan peluru berpandu anti kapal permukaan terlebih dahulu sebelum mempertimbangkan peluru berpandu pertahanan udara. Jika kita memilih untuk memasang kedua-dua jenis persenjataan ini, kosnya terlalu tinggi.

"Sebelum ini semua kapal dari jenis KD Kedah walaupun canggih tetapi hanya dilengkapi dengan meriam utama dan sekunder sahaja kerana konsep pembinaannya adalah 'fitted for but not with'. Jadi, kita fikir sudah sampai masanya kapal ini dilengkapkan dengan peluru berpandu.

"Keputusan untuk memasang peluru berpandu ini selaras dengan kehendak TLDM. Memandangkan semua kapal ini dipertanggungjawab untuk meronda perairan negara maka, menjadi keperluan untuk aset ini dibekal dengan peluru berpandu," katanya.

Kapal ronda dari kelas KD Kedah adalah lambang kepada usaha berdikari industri pertahanan Malaysia, yang dibina berasaskan kapal Meko A-100, hasil kerjasama antara syarikat pertahanan tempatan, Boustead Naval Shipyard dengan syarikat Jerman.

Kapal moden tersebut dibina dengan mengaplikasikan konsep modular, menyebabkan ia boleh ditingkat upaya pada bila-bila masa tanpa perlu mengambil masa yang lama.

(Utusan)

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Zero Coverage of Malaysian Airspace?

In the recent seating of Parliament, Minister of Defense Dato' Seri Zahid Hamidi had revealed that there was a total of 2058 intrusion into Malaysian airspace by Singaporean aircrafts.

In a reply to that revelation, Singapore Defense Ministry official Colonel Desmond Tad said that the Defense Ministry of Singapore had replied to those allegations which was inaccurate via a protest note through the Foreign Ministry.

Whilst both side insist that they did no wrong, TnT looked into the affairs of certain defense contractors in the country to find out more about the state of our hardware. Naturally, the equipment of interest would be the country's radar, the frontline of air defense.

Here is what we found through public domain information readily available for those who looked hard enough.

The Royal Malaysian Air  (RMAF) & Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) as early as 2008 announced that a new ground radar defense system contract was awarded to a European company.

But perhaps due to the sensitive nature of the contract, detailed information proved more difficult to obtain.

The Malaysian Government through MOF first issued approval in 1997  for the 'Contracterisation of RMAF Aircraft Maintenance which includes avionics of all RMAF aircraft'.

In 1998, MOF approved Zetro Services to undertake maintenance of all RMAF aircraft avionics (previously carried out by AIROD).

In November of the same year, both parties further signed an agreement for avionics and ground electronics maintenance which resulted in Zetro effectively controlling the contracts for these equipment.

Whilst the contract commenced officially in May 1999, guidelines for the 'contracterisation' was finalised in December of 1998.

The initial term of the contract was from January 1998 to December 2000. It was further extended for another 2 years with another 1 year option for the period of January 2001 to December 2003.

In January 2004, Zetro’s contract was renewed for a 5 year + 5 year option, effectively extending it to December 2013.

That was as far as contract details are concerned.

Sometime during that period, the Auditor's General report had highlighted several areas within the contract that was held by Zetro.

These include, excessive charges for 'Rate of Transportation' in which contractual amount of RM50 was different from those that were billed by Zetro which was between RM150 and RM200.

The Purchase of Test Equipment that was stipulated and required in the contract for maintenance was not adhered to, with Zetro claiming that such investment by them for a 'short' term contract was not reasonable. Having got the contract from 1998 to 2013, one can hardly call that short term. Without this investment, Zetro had depended entirely on OEM and third party vendors thus effectively dissabling themselves as effective contractors which resulted in long periods of parts unavailability and turnaround time.

The Auditor General's report also highlighted the contractors long leash on Late Delivery penalties that was 'overlooked' by contract administrators. It also made clear that the entire contract with Zetro resulting from the 'contracterisation' policy had no affective ceiling amount and lacks clear and precise minimum operational guarantees which allowed the contractor to not meet acceptable standards.

With all these points, and the Singapore Ministry of Defense refuting these allegations by insinuating that there is a serious flaw in our 'eyes  and ears' of Malaysian airspace, it gets even more curious with the deafening silence of parties involved in the maintenance and operations of these radars.

Radars aside, in 1997 Zetro had obtained another contract to upgrade RMAF Trainer aircrafts to the PC7 type Mark II, a product of Pilatus of Switzerland. An audit by the principal was done as a standard requirement and it was revealed that Zetro had only scored a 3% pass. The contract was then awarded to another capable contractor.

With all these alarm bells ringing out loud, it remains to be seen if the sovereignty of our skies are more important or that of the landlord of a building that houses the MINDEF Industrial Defense division (Bahagian Industri Pertahanan).

Our efforts to get confirmation of our report with ZSSB received no positive response. - TnT

Trilogy Delivers Audio Communications Capability to the Malaysian Armed Forces


Mercury ES (all photos : Trilogy)

Trilogy, a world class supplier of voice communications technologies for the defence sector announced today that it has been selected to provide a sophisticated voice communications capability to the Malaysian Armed Forces.

The prime contractor, Pembekal Alaf Baru SDN BHD, has won the contract to integrate existing and new radio assets across multiple sites within the Malaysian territory. It provides a communications system that is able to extend the range and resilience of radio traffic whilst offering the potential for multi-level and cross domain security features.

Mercury ES will allow the extension of radio communications over IP ensuring that neither range nor geography disrupts those communications, banishing any possibility of a black spot. This guarantee of service allows the Malaysian Armed Forces to optimise its network enabled operations. As the various participants are able to freely share and assess information in real time, they are able to capitalise on their situational awareness to increase mission effectiveness.



"We are delighted to have been selected to work with the Malaysian Armed Forces" said Mark Ellis, Business Development Director, Trilogy Communications. He continued, "This further consolidates Trilogy’s position within the global defence and intelligence communities in the region.”

Mercury ES, a COTS product, is already successfully deployed in a number of countries around the world and completed rigorous assessments during the competition phase of the Malaysian Armed Forces contract. Unprecedented in terms of quality, sophistication and speed, Mercury ES makes information sharing and decision making across organisations easier than ever.

Mercury ES operates on LANs/WANs over terrestrial or satellite-based IP networks. Users can participate in multiple communications simultaneously - including direct, conference and monitor-only. In addition, radios, telephones and other technologies can be linked to the system to provide users with a unified communications control panel.

As a key element of the contract Trilogy will provide training and support of the communications system. Trilogy is looking forward to working closely with its partner in Malaysia, PAB, on the implementation of this project, it’s through life support and future sales of mission critical Mercury ES systems to other military and governmental organisations in Malaysia.

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