Construction progress of Indonesian Navy new Hospital Ship (based from the Makassar LPD) with pennant number 992 have reached 81% at PT PAL shipyard.

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Indonesian shipbuilder bags contract to supply landing platform dock to United Arab Emirates

 
The 163m LPD design from PT PAL. Photo c/o Valleryan through MaxDefense Philippines.

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL (Persero) has signed a contract with United Arab Emirates Navy (UAEN).

The contract was signed on 01 July 2022, and was part of a total of six agreements between Indonesian and the United Arab Emirates signed during the visit of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Abu Dhabi.

PT PAL has offered its landing platform dock (LPD) design to the UAE Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2020 in response to Request for Information released to several international shipbuilders.

The design selected is a 163-meter variant of PT PAL’s LPD design, which is longer than the variant ordered by the Philippines last June 2022, and is closer to the design offered by PT PAL to meet the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Multi-Role Support Ship (MRSS) program.

The additional length allows for a longer helicopter landing facility for 3 medium helicopters, and a hangar large enough to accommodate 2 medium helicopters.

It also has highly customizable payload bays, and equipped with an automated launch and recovery system for Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) and landing crafts.

According to Indonesian sources, the ship has a displacement of around 12,500 tonnes, a beam of 24 meters, a draft of 6 meters, and is capable of achieving a maximum speed of 18 knots and a cruising speed of 15 knots.

It can be armed with a variety of weapon systems including a 76mm naval gun, 20mm to 30mm remote controlled weapon stations or close-in weapon systems, heavy machine guns, and counter-measure systems.

Malaysian navy proposes to equip Kedah-class corvettes with Naval Strike Missile

01 AUGUST 2022
by Ridzwan Rahmat

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has laid out an MYR214 million (USD48 million) plan to equip two of its Kedah (MEKO 100 RMN)-class corvettes with Naval Strike Missile (NSM) launchers.

Documents obtained by Janes indicate that the plan is being proposed as a three-part procurement project under the RMN's ‘Rolling Plan 4' of the 12th Malaysia Plan, which runs from 2021 to 2025. Rolling Plan 4 covers proposals that will be funded in the country's national budget for 2024.

The RMN operates six Kedah-class corvettes that were commissioned between June 2006 and December 2010. The corvettes were built under a technology transfer agreement arranged between Penang Shipbuilding Corporation (present-day Boustead Naval Shipyard) and a German consortium led by Blohm+Voss.

Each vessel is armed with a 76 mm naval gun in the primary position, a 30 mm cannon in the aft section, and two 12.7 mm machine guns.

Source reported the first steel cutting ceremony of the Indonesian Navy Arrowhead 140 at PT PAL have been rescheduled to October 2022.

"The contract for construction of 2 Arrowhead 140 for Indonesian Navy has entered effective status since May 2021. Ministry of Defense has paid initial payment to shipbuilder. Schedule for first steel cutting has shifted from August to October 2022."

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