Should remove Milnuts military website as already close shop.

i know there is possibility of navy getting prc ships
ima fine on getting their hulls but not their weapons/sensor/radar

looks like a very2 conflicting reports from several local sources which then got quoted by janes
after researching it looks like the kri clurit indeed launches the c-705 missile but failed in mid-flight
and the kri kujang was tasked as the backup launcher in case the first launch didnt succeed but did not launch its c-705 missile
as for the second c-705 missile failure it seems the report stemmed from the sut torpedo failure launched by the kri ajak
and for some reason the launch of c-802 missile from kri layang was cancelled

wonder why the erroneous reporting even though the event was hugely covered by the media?

Indonesia's PT Pindad and Saab collaborate on air defence

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 September 2016
 
State-owned Indonesian defence company PT Pindad has joined forces with Saab to collaborate on offering the Swedish company's Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

PT Pindad said on 15 September that the collaborative programme will focus on adhering to the requirements laid out in Indonesia's Defence Industry Law 2012 (also known as Law 16), which obliges foreign contractors to engage with local companies in producing, supplying, and maintaining imported products.

The two companies recently held a workshop at PT Pindad's facilities in Bandung to outline their proposal to the MoD and the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia: TNI).

any official sources on the exercise result? i dunno which one is true anymore
i know there is selective journalism but this is pure blatant lie already 

One thing is true though, the missile fail

You Win Some, You Lose Some…

Marhalim Abas
September 18, 2016
Malaysia -RMN

SHAH ALAM: You Win Some, You Lose Some. In the previous post, we discussed about the possibility of the RMN getting more hulls, specifically China-made warships. Several readers suggested that there wasn’t not enough funds for RMN to get its cake and eat it too.

While its true that maintaining a bunch of old ships is hard on the RMN, its operational budget has really taken a beating since it started operating the submarines. And its RMK11 development budget is being consumed by the LCS.

The 15-to-5 plan – it is claimed – will solve the operational budget issue by reducing the hull types from the current 15 to five. However, I do not think this will solve the issue completely as the RMN still needs a higher operational budget.

If the plan is approve and the RMN gets more hulls, its imperative its gets higher operational budget, otherwise it cannot afford to operate the ships!

But how is the RMN going to get new hulls – whether or not based on the 15-to-5 plan – when the development budget has been consumed by the LCS? Well, you win some, you lose some.

In my post,Five Things We Are Getting in RMK11, I wrote that the RMN ASW helicopters has been green-lighted.

"The project to equip the RMN with six ASW helicopters was supposed to be funded in RMK10. However it was deferred. Fortunately it has now been revealed that the project had been approved for RMK11"

Industry sources have told me that since the emphasis is for RMN to get more more hulls, it is likely that the ASW helicopters funding would be diverted to the project instead.

Whether or not this will mean that it’s getting the two C28A corvette or four LMS we discussed previously, is beyond me at the moment, however.

And there are moves to get the ASW helicopter project off the ground, most likely by upgrading them.

"At DSA 2016, Global Komited Sdn Bhd signed an agreement with Finmeccanica for the promotion, marketing and distribution of AW159 naval helicopters to the Malaysian government. The agreement also covers the upgrade of the current Super Lynx helicopters in service with RMN."

I have been told that apart from buying new build ASW helicopters, RMN Super Lynx could be upgraded with ASW equipment instead. The upgrading route is being pursued although an industry source told me that fitting the Super Lynx with ASW equipment will be an expensive and tedious affair.

Several local industry sources however disputed this saying it was just a smoke screen for us to buy new build helicopters. They insisted upgrading the Super Lynx helicopters for ASW was a viable project although the OEM was not so keen about it.

Furthermore, by turning the ASW program into an upgrade project, will result in it being funded by the operational budget. Whatever, the case, the project has been shelved – for the moment at least – as the intention is now to get more hulls for the RMN, ASAP.

You win some, you lose some.

The first Gowind 2500 corvette for the #EgyptianNavy El Fateh (971) has been launched (Sep 17).

we need to wait 3rd quarters to see our RMN Gowind launch.  

International vessel collides with PHL Navy's BRP Tarlac

Published September 20, 2016 7:48am
Updated September 20, 2016 8:02am

A Liberian-registered merchant tanker on Monday night collided with a Philippine Navy vessel in Zamboanga City.

The Philippine Navy said merchant tanker Tasco, with Filipino and Ukranian crew, collided with BRP Tarlac while the naval ship was anchored 1,000 yards south of Ensign Majini Pier at Naval Station Romulo Espaldon at around 7:46 p.m.

Rear Admiral Jorge Amba, commander of Naval Forces Western Mindanao, said no one was hurt among the crew members, but the naval vessel sustained a minor damage in the right forward bulwark and side ramp.

Philippine Coast Guard Zamboanga Station commander, Lt. Junior Grade Jimmy Berbo, said guardsmen have been sent to the area to investigate.

The merchant tanker, meanwhile, was prevented from leaving pending the investigation.

The tanker was headed to Bintulo, Malaysia when the incident happened.

BRP Tarlac arrived is the first ever strategic sealift vessel of the Philippine Navy. It was recently acquired by the Philippine government as part of a P3.87-billion two-vessel contract entered into with Indonesian shipbuilder PT Pal Persero.

The naval vessel is leading the naval blockade against the Abu Sayyaf Group in Mindanao.

It serves as the command and control ship of the Philippine Navy in its operations against the bandits. —with a report from Cedric Castillo/DVM/ALG, GMA News

Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:20

DCNS Launched the First GOWIND 2500 Corvette for the Egyptian Navy
      
On September 17 2016, DCNS launched the very first GOWIND 2500 corvette for the Egyptian Navy. The float out took place at the Lorient naval shipyard one day after the launch of FREMM Bretagne for the French Navy. First steel cut of the Egyptian Navy corvette took place on April 16 2015. The delivery of the vessel is set for 2017 (less than four years after the signature of the contract).
      
Cairo signed in 2014 a EUR 1 Billion contract for the procurement of four GOWIND 25000 corvettes (plus two more as an option). The contract included the necessary technology transfer; given that DCNS’ partner Alexandria Shipyard would build three of the vessels in Egypt. Consturction of the second vessel started in April this year, in Egypt.
      
On September 17 2016, DCNS launched the very first GOWIND 2500 corvette for the Egyptian Navy. The float out took place at the Lorient naval shipyard one day after the launch of FREMM Bretagne for the French Navy. First steel cut of the Egyptian Navy corvette took place on April 16 2015. The delivery of the vessel is set for 2017 (less than four years after the signature of the contract).
      
On September 17 2016, DCNS launched the very first GOWIND 2500 corvette for the Egyptian Navy. The float out took place at the Lorient naval shipyard one day after the launch of FREMM Bretagne for the French Navy. First steel cut of the Egyptian Navy corvette took place on April 16 2015. The delivery of the vessel is set for 2017 (less than four years after the signature of the contract).
   
DCNS has already won a first GOWIND contract for the Royal Malaysian Navy, which covers the design and construction of six corvettes in Malaysia at the Boustead Naval Shipyard through technology transfer. These vessels will be classified as frigate locally as they are slightly larger than the base design.

Technical characteristics of the GOWIND 2500
According to DCNS, the GOWIND 2500 is a reference product on the worldwide corvette market. This vessel responds to the needs of navies to have access to a complete and multi-mission combat vessel for sovereignty and maritime protection operations and the fight against illicit trafficking. Ten corvettes have already been ordered by Malaysia (6 units) and Egypt (4 units).

The GOWIND 2500 is bristling with the very latest technological advances, developed and implemented by DCNS for naval defence. It incorporates the SETIS combat system, developed by DCNS for FREMM frigates and GOWIND corvettes, the “Panoramic Sensors and Intelligence Module (PSIM)” – an assembly bringing together the integrated mast with its various instruments as well as the Operational Centre and its associated technical rooms – and the high degree of integration, automation and conviviality of the DCNS systems.

Total length: 102 metres
Width: 16 metres
Displacement: 2,600 tonnes
Max. speed: 25 knots
Crew: 65 persons (helicopter detachment included)
Range: 3,700 nautical miles at 15 knots

Weapons: 8x Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles, 16x VL MICA surface to air missiles (both by MBDA), Torpedoes, a 76mm main gun (Oto Melara), 2x 20mm remote weapon stations and Sylena decoy launcher by Lacroix.

Sensors: Smart-S Mk2 radar, Kingklip hull mounted sonar, Captas 2 variable depth sonar, Vigile 200 Radar - ESM, Altesse Communication - ESM (all by Thales).