Seriously, these are "youthful" ships at about 20 years old each. Can Sg give some to My pretty pls...4 left after 2 given to Brunei and 4 refitted as maritime security vessels.

Source: RSN

For info: The Fearless class was replaced by the larger Independence class Littoral Mission Vessels:

With most of the equipment of the mast a remove.
At best it's a FFBNW OPV.

I want to say Israeli equipment but there's more.

I think the likely explanation is that the Bruneians use different systems and want commonality. Secondly, I don't think you can simply transfer armaments and/or related systems without getting the prior approval of the original vendors and/or countries - you'll probably need to pay $$. So, Sg has to remove them.

On 2nd look
Even the Gun are removed
Wonder if the sonar are removed as well.

It's more of a patrol vessel then OPV or FAC.

It is up to the Bruneians to decide what armaments and sensors they want on board obviously.  For e.g. they use the 57mm Bofors so it is possible that theyll fit those in. They can go back to ST for the works or opt for another vendor.

Here's a video of the handover in Brunei:

Singapore Armed Forces formally integrates its 4th branch - the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) (Motto: Defend and Dominate)

MISSION:

The DIS will defend and dominate in the digital domain.

As part of an integrated SAF, the DIS will enhance Singapore’s security, from peace to war.

Branches of the Singapore Armed Forces:


Sg Mindef


Land


Air


Sea


Digital and Intelligence Service (New)

Indian Sukhoi serviceability will likely be impacted if Russian spare parts are delayed due to Ukraine war
https://ukranews.com/en/news/922976-indian-...-aircraft-media

Same applies to RMAF. Looks like Malaysia may be defended by only 7-8 old hornets in the next few years until FA-50 arrives.

Additional upgrades apart from the above:



RSAF being a smart later buyer will get all of these upgrades. The same upgrades will also be retrofitted into current operational F35s.

Air-to-Air Missiles
AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM). This radar-guided dogfight missile will be about the same size as the 30-year-old AIM-120 AMRAAM, but with considerably longer range. Built by Lockheed Martin  it was first revealed in 2019. Little has been revealed since, but USAF has acknowledged that live tests were conducted in 2020 and 2021. The JATM’s enhanced range is greater than China’s PL-15—in many ways, an AMRAAM clone, restoring the “first shot, first kill” advantage to U.S. aircraft. The Navy and Army are said to be collaborating with USAF on JATM.

Long-Range Engagement Weapon (LREW). Another potential AMRAAM successor or JATM complement. Built by Raytheon, the LREW is reportedly a larger missile that can only be carried externally on fighters, and may be intended to shoot down adversary airborne warning systems, tankers, or bombers at great distances. 
 
Modular Advanced Missile (MAM). Possibly a successor to the AIM-9X short-range dogfight missile, the MAM will have stackable propulsion units and interchangeable seekers. Built by Boeing, the MAM contracts also support other company projects, such as the Compact Air-to-Air Missile (CAAM), Extended-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ERAAM), and Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM). The ERAAM/LRAAM may be a competitor to Raytheon’s LREW.

Peregrine. This Raytheon concept would combine the capability of the AMRAAM with longer range in a package only half the size. Raytheon received Air Force Research Laboratory funding to explore  Peregrine in December 2022; previously, it was a self-funded program.

CUDA. A Lockheed proposal that AFRL began evaluating in 2019 under the Small Advanced Capabilities Missile project, the CUDA would also be half the size of AMRAAM, steered with a unique system of propulsive bursts from around the rocket body.

Hypersonic Missiles
AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). The ARRW is USAF’s large, quick-and-dirty entrée into hypersonic missiles—those that travel at more than five times the speed of sound. Intended for use against high-value or mobile targets where speed of attack from standoff range is crucial, ARRW accelerates to hypersonic speed with a rocket, detaches, and then maneuvers as it glides to its target. The Lockheed Martin weapon has accumulated several successful flight- tests after a string of failures, but USAF officials are mum on how many it plans to build. Part of Lockheed’s contract is to demonstrate it can be produced affordably. A B-52 can carry four ARRWs on its wing pylons. The B-1B and F-15EX may also be equipped with it.

Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). Raytheon won the HACM competition in September 2022, with an initial operating capability eyed for around 2027. The missile is a ground-attack weapon using an air-breathing, scramjet engine, and will be small enough to be carried on fighter-sized aircraft; the F-15EX has been mentioned as a likely platform. It builds on the Air Force-DARPA Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC).

Ground-Attack Weapons
Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). The Air Force awarded competitive SiAW contracts to L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman in May 2022. The weapon is intended to be a Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses successor to the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) in use since the 1980s. Intended as a pathfinder weapon to clear out defensive radars and surface-to-air weapons, SiAW will add ballistic missile launchers and other time-sensitive targets to its target list. The weapon must fit inside the F-35 weapons bay. Once a contractor is selected, a 2026 operational capability is contemplated.

Stand-off Attack Weapon (SoAW). The Air Force formally announced its SoAW competition in September 2022 and specified that it’s looking for multiple vendors to produce the  chosen design, which USAF intends to own. The Air Force didn’t disclose its range requirements for SoAW; it may be intended as a lower-cost standoff weapon to fill the niche of the AGM-158 Joint Advanced Surface Standoff Missile–Extended Range (JASSM-ER) and its close kin, the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). 

Global Precision Attack Weapon (GPAW). Likely to be the successor to JDAM—USAF’s family of direct-attack, GPS-guided bombs—the GPAW was announced in the fall of 2020. The service wants small, lightweight weapons to strike surface targets as well as  hardened or deeply buried targets, yet affordable in large numbers. The weapon is supposed to have advanced sensors and a degree of autonomy. The GPAW is to have an open architecture and be compatible with advanced as well as legacy aircraft, with a “cockpit-selectable warhead effect.”

One feature not shown on models of the P-6, but much in evidence in more recent CGI images, is a box-like “flex bay” behind the search radar. This is able to carry torpedoes, anti-ship missiles, or SAR kits, and can be augmented by between two and six underwing stores stations.

Seem like MRCV main contractor is Saab using the type 31 platforms



https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/0...or-mrcv-design/
Personally it look like the drone are there to do mines hunting. Guess the LMV  was too small afterall.