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Malaysia Struggles to Update Military

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Malaysia Struggles to Update Military
By DZIRHAN MAHADZIR | 7 February 2014 Friday | 11:20 PM

The current political climate and government austerity measures in Malaysia mean that a number of programs for the Malaysian armed forces look likely to be postponed until the time frame of the 11th Malaysia Plan, which covers government spending for the period of 2016-2020. A combination of public dissatisfaction over the cutting of government subsidies and the government’s need to balance an increasing deficit has made spending on military procurement politically unviable at the moment.

One of the key programs already on hold indefinitely is the Royal Malaysian Air Force MRCA (multi-role combat aircraft) requirement to replace its MiG-29s, though all four contenders for the program–Boeing, Dassault, BAE Systems and Saab–have, in the light of the current situation, made proposals such as long-term repayments and lease options to Malaysia in an attempt to persuade the country to make a decision soon to go ahead with the program.

However, it appears that even this will not be enough for Malaysia to proceed in the near future, even though the timetable has already fallen behind the RMAF’s projected target date of 2015 for phasing out the MiG-29s. The RMAF currently has restricted the MiG-29 fleet (which number around eight aircraft) to operational duties and missions only in an effort to preserve their operational lifespan. Previously, the MiG-29 also carried out public event duties such as fly-pasts and airshow displays.

Delay for Lead-in Fighters

The delay on the MRCA program has also impacted the RMAF’s plans for additional lead-in fighter trainers to add to the eight MB-339CMs it currently operates, as the RMAF has held off ordering additional MB-339CMs due to a combination of budget constraints and wanting to see which type of aircraft would be chosen for the MRCA program. It could then decide whether additional MB-339CMs or a more compatible lead-in fighter trainer for the new MRCAs would be required.

At the moment, the RMAF faces a shortfall in lead-in fighter trainer aircraft for its current training requirements, though the planned deactivation in 2015 of No. 12 Squadron, which currently operates two RF-5Es and four F-5E/Fs, would free up fighter pilots for duties in other squadrons. For basic pilot training the RMAF is expected to sign a contract in April this year for additional PC-7 Mk IIs to add to its current fleet during the Defense Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

AEWC on Hold

Another program on hold indefinitely is the airborne early warning and control (AEWC) requirement; the RMAF has had a long-term requirement for at least four aircraft but the government has balked at the potential cost of purchasing and operating such aircraft. RMAF chief general Tan Sri Rodzali Daud has tried to persuade the government to purchase AEWC aircraft on the basis that such an aircraft would also be of use in other roles, such as surveillance and monitoring of Malaysian waters and airspace, and also provide surveillance support for Malaysian civilian enforcement agencies in addition to the traditional military missions of such platforms. However, there still seems to be little government interest in providing funding for such a platform.

Two RMAF programs are expected to commence soon, namely the upgrade of the RMAF’s Lockheed C-130 fleet and the service life extension of 15 of the RMAF’s 28 operational Sikorsky S-61 Nuri helicopters. The RMAF C-130 fleet, numbering around 14 aircraft, are to be upgraded with avionics and navigation systems that would bring them up to compliance to international aviation requirements along with a glass cockpit.

The upgrade for the C-130s would be done in batches–an initial number of four to eight aircraft is currently funded, with Malaysian company Airod to do the work along with an assigned foreign partner selected by the RMAF. Esterline CMC, Astronautics, Marshall Aerospace and Rockwell Collins are said to be on the RMAF’s down-select list for this program and an announcement is expected to be made at DSA in April.

The S-61 upgrades will also be done by Airod. The lack of funding to purchase additional EC725s to add to the 12 in service has forced the RMAF to prolong the life of 15 S-61s as the Malaysian Armed Forces has laid down the requirement that the RMAF must have a minimum of 27 medium-lift helicopters in service.

Attack Helicopter on Hiatus

While last year’s incursion by Sulu militants into eastern Malaysia initially provided impetus for the acquisition of an attack helicopter capability for the Army Air Corps, again the financial crunch has placed the program in a hiatus. Boeing and Airbus Helicopters have been marketing the AH-64 and Tiger, respectively, for this requirement though recently the Bell AH-1Z Cobra has been promoted as a cheaper alternative to both. The army is also seeking to arm its 11 A109 helicopters, which are currently operating in the light-observation helicopter role for the Army Air Corps. As a stop-gap contingency measure, three of the RMAF’s S-61 Nuri helicopters in eastern Malaysia have been outfitted with .50 caliber door guns to provide gunship support.

Since 2011 the Royal Malaysian Navy has been proposing the acquisition of at least six antisubmarine warfare helicopters to add to its current fleet of six Super Lynx and six Eurocopter AS555 Fennecs. However, the chief of the RMN, Adm. Tan Sri Aziz Jaafar, told AIN that the likelihood of funding for the ASW helicopters also may come about only in the timeframe of the 11th Malaysia Plan.

The U.S. has already been heavily promoting the MH-60R Seahawk for this requirement with exercises and port calls by U.S. Navy ships to Malaysia, emphasizing the helicopter’s role and capabilities along with familiarization flights for Malaysian navy personnel and defense ministry officials. However, there has also been talk of a navalized Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters) EC725, which would ensure some compatibility of logistics and maintenance with the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s EC-725 fleet. However the RMN is said to be leaning towards the MH-60R.

Currently, ground-based air defense capabilities for Malaysia is limited to some 15 Jernas SAM systems, 28 Oerlikon Skyguard Systems (operated by the Army Air Defence Artillery Group–known as GAPU in the local acronym), along with an assortment of MANPADS. including the IGLA (operated by GAPU and RMAF), Anza Mk 2 (used by the Army’s parachute battalions) and the FN-6 (operated by GAPU). The Starburst MANPADs have all been phased out of service. GAPU has been tasked with formulating the ground-based SAM system requirement for all three services and a report was tabled by them late last year, although again funding for any procurement in the near term appears to be unlikely.

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/sin..._medium=twitter



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Post time 9-2-2014 11:19 AM | Show all posts
Apakah ini akibat kehabisan duit karena akan membuat 257 unit AV8 yang harganya termahal di dunia itu?

A big Q .... Is it a real military project  or money laundry?

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Post time 11-2-2014 04:46 PM | Show all posts
Bajet Malaysia perlu diagihkan kepada keperluan selain militeri. Sekarang ini, setelah banyak pembelian & pemerolehan berprofil tinggi pada dekad 2000 - 2010, maka pemerolehan aset baru ketenteraan berjalan perlahan.

ATM sudah alah bisa tegal biasa dalam hal ini. Ketika saat dimana rakyat Malaysia kini perlu menghadapi era kenaikan harga barangan & perkhidmatan, sebarang pengumuman melibatkan perbelanjaan berbilion RM oleh kerajaan hanya akan menjadi lialibiliti kepada pemerintah.
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Post time 12-2-2014 01:44 AM | Show all posts
bila beli mula lah akan ader bunyi "bukan nak perag nak buat apa"
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Post time 15-2-2014 08:33 AM | Show all posts
beli senjata harga mahal, konon ada TOT. tp industri local tak mampu hasilkan apa2. ATM ni jadi tempat jerung2 dan ahli politik buat duit. lingkup2.
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Post time 15-2-2014 11:03 AM | Show all posts
Hisshh....Ada ke Malaysia nak teruskan Jebat batch2@frigate f2000 class? Bagi aku platform nie sudah semakin ketinggalan lebih baik kalau budget kalau ada, digunakan utk melengkapi klass kedah(meko 100) supaya lebih berbisa. Meko100 pun bagi pendapat saya masih lebih relevan utk dibangunkan lagi berdasarkan kepada keupayaan semi stealth nya. Ada budget tambah lagi beberapa biji, blueprint kan dah ada.  Semasa TLDM mendapatkan aset frigate f2000 ia merupakan yg tercanggih tetapi Singapura telah menjawab dgn perolehan frigate formidable class yg merupakan generasi frigate termaju dan jauh lebih canggih di rantau ini so bagi saya platform f2000 agak ketinggalan kepada kapal perang generasi terkini. Pada pandangan saya Malaysia telah melakukan tindakkan yg betul dengan perancangan dan perolehan akan datang iaitu Gowind klass yg juga merupakan kapal perang generasi terkini. Yang menariknya aset perolehan yg TLDM mahukan mesti mempunyai hangar utk heli sbg doktrin peperangan 3 dimensi yg lebih berkesan maksudnya setiap kapal seharusnya juga memiliki sebuah heli....

Bagi saya bagus Malaysia tidak punyai budget utk dapatkan OPV/Convert dari Brunei tetapi Malaysia ada budget utk dapatkan 6 biji SGPV/Frigates klass Gowind. Kadang2 aku rasa mcm ada benda tersirat sebab negara kita memang sentiasa low profile untuk menjaga persahabatan antara negara tetangga. Last edited by masterixs on 17-2-2014 02:11 PM

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Post time 17-2-2014 09:16 AM | Show all posts
Tiada yang tersirat melainkan jawapan standard .... tak cukup fulus. Dalam keadaan sekarang, sebarang pembelian pertahanan berprofil tinggi bukan keutamaan dalam mana subsidi minyak ditarikbalik & kenaikan kos sara hidup.

Hanya pemerolehan berkaitan ESSCOM shj yang menjadi keperluan kini.
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Post time 18-2-2014 07:34 AM | Show all posts
dan Kor Marin si Hisam
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Post time 18-2-2014 10:10 AM | Show all posts
duit ada tp sbb politik je,......
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 Author| Post time 18-2-2014 12:23 PM | Show all posts
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SGA14: Industry preps for Malaysian attack helo requirement

16th February 2014 - 11:58 by Beth Stevenson & Joyce de Thouars in Singapore
http://www.shephardmedia.com/new ... ttack-helo-require/

The rise in insurgent activity in Malaysia has highlighted the country's lack of helicopter offensive capabilities, to which Western industry is ready to respond to should an RfP be released.

Malaysian forces have no attack helicopter in their inventories, relying instead on fast-moving fighter jets. In light of terrorist attacks taking place all over the country which are not attributed to any particular environment, the government is understood to have revealed its wish to acquire such a platform.

During the Singapore Airshow, Airbus Helicopters, Bell Helicopter and Boeing all expressed interest in the expected tender and continue to watch closely for an RfP.

‘The requirement is still being shaped,’ Mike Burke, director of attack helicopter programmes business development at Boeing, told Shephard.

The commander of the Malaysian defence forces flew in the AH-6 Little Bird on 12 February in an effort to show the capability of the aircraft, Burke noted.

‘We’re trying to show the capability of the aircraft,’ he continued.

'The number of aircraft required and the timeline for acquiring them has not yet been decided, although they have concluded that they have a need for this. With the insurgency… they didn’t have an attack helicopter to respond with.’

Boeing would offer the Little Bird for the Malaysian requirement, and Burke said the aircraft is optimised for the reconnaissance and light attack mission, as well as having a stand-off capability up to some 2-3 miles. Its big brother, the AH-64 Apache, has seen regional successes with Japan, Singapore, and South Korea while Indonesia and India are also in the process of acquiring them.

Meanwhile, Bob Carrese, regional VP of international military business development, Asia Pacific for Bell Helicopter, said that Malaysia is interested in both the Bell UH-1Y and AH-1Z.

‘It fits with the region’s requirements because the aircraft are fully marinised with lower maintenance required,’ he explained.

‘Malaysia is interested in the helicopter but we are in the early stages of the process. In their mind they have narrowed it down, but it still needs to be announced.’

Airbus Helicopters has taken its EC665 Tiger attack helicopter to the past two Langkawi Airshows in an effort to appeal to the Malaysian market, and has also carried out flight demonstrations of the aircraft in-country.

Daniel Cottard, operational marketing team leader at the company, said that the operational range of the aircraft is some 8-10 km depending on air conditions, which makes it effective in a range of environments.

‘The Tiger has elected to carry out a more non-emitting role, unlike the Apache which has a radar. There is nothing wrong with a radar, but the Tiger is a passive mode aircraft,’ Cottard said.

‘If you don’t control the air you don’t control anything… Malaysia is as capable as anywhere else and there is no difficulty in applying this aircraft to their requirements.’

Regarding the jungle environment prevalent in Malaysia, Cottard said that targeting insurgents in and among the foliage is incredibly difficult, but ‘you can’t say in the jungle for long'.

‘You have to come out eventually and then you will be seen,’ he continued. This application emphasises the reconnaissance role of the aircraft.

‘The key is to combine air, land and sea. The Tiger would be fine in this [Malaysian] facility of operations.’
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Post time 18-2-2014 08:15 PM | Show all posts
attack helicopter = flying coffin
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Post time 19-2-2014 07:53 AM | Show all posts
How so? Please explain?
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Post time 19-2-2014 08:49 AM | Show all posts
Dzirhan Mahadzir ? Isn't he the idiot who said Malaysian MiG29 will be deactivated in 2007 ?
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Post time 19-2-2014 04:54 PM | Show all posts
yipun_78 posted on 18-2-2014 07:34 AM
dan Kor Marin si Hisam

Auuuuuwwwwwww........................................

Nanti ada yg nak cadang ubah style berkawad ??


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Post time 20-2-2014 07:04 AM | Show all posts
niceghost2005 posted on 19-2-2014 04:54 PM
Auuuuuwwwwwww........................................

Nanti ada yg nak cadang ubah style berkaw ...



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Post time 20-2-2014 10:12 AM | Show all posts
yipun_78 posted on 20-2-2014 07:04 AM
ya ak auw

Mana ler tau.................kab Yip

Kaki ampu ghamai di mana mana Kementerian.
Tidak terkecuali kat sini.





Tp aku harap..............di cantas awai awai.
Sian kat abang asokar kita nanti.
Smlm pi MINDEF, nengok depa berlatih memanah.
Padang dah kering................cuaca panaih.
Udah hitam legam soghang soghang.

Depa nak masuk Tournament kat Kedah next week.

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Post time 20-2-2014 02:39 PM | Show all posts
harap depa tak struggle lagi utk upgrade military kita lepas ni:


Marhalim Abas February 20, 2014 Malaysian Defence
  

KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein told the Armed Forces today that he will do whatever it take to get the necessary funds to re-capitalise the services.

He said 35 years ago his father – who was then the Defence Minister – had initially ordered only 5 Nuri helicopters as they had only enough funds for the five. However, Hishammuddin said after listening to the arguments of the leaders of the Armed Forces then, his father Tun Hussein made sure that enough funds were allocated to buy another 35 Nuris.

Hishammuddin, speaking at the launch of the pictorial book, Malaysian Armed Forces : The Nation’s Shield 80th Anniversary, at the ministry’s auditorium pledged that he will do his utmost to ensure that the service will get the funds for the assets and capabilities they had asked for in their plans. He did not specify the assets or capabilities.

The pictorial book – the second update of the series – will be made available at local bookstores soon.

Later in a press conference, on Singaapore’s decision to ban an Indonesian naval ship named after two marines who were executing for a bombing incident on the island’s republic on March 10, 1965, Hishammuddin said it was a bilateral issue between both countries and Malaysia will not interfere in the issue. Any decision on the matter will be decided by Wisma Putera, according.

The bombing incident was part of Indonesia’s Ganyang Malaysia campaign and occurred four months before Singapore’s independence.

On the Nuri, Hishammuddin revealed that the Nuris were undergoing an upgrade programme which allow them to be in service for the foreseeable future. The upgrade programme will be done in conjunction with the Hercules SLEP and involved all of the aircraft in service (25 Nuris and 15 Hercules)

Both Hishammuddin and Armed Forces chief Tan Sri Jen Zukifeli Mohd Zin did not identify the company which is handling the project. It is an open secret that it is Airod of course.

Anyhow at the end of the PC, Zulkifeli said the RMN is expected to conduct the first bilateral exercise – CPX – with PLAN in May after the PM visit to Beijing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries. The CPX will focus on either Humanitarian Assitance Disaster Recovery (HADR) or Counter-terrorism.

Zulkifeli rather exasperatedly acknowledged that a PLAN task force did sailed through James Shoal last month before transiting through Sunda Straits into the Indian Ocean. He said the PLAN ships was conducting a passage through the Malaysian EEZ and it was a normal one as just when the ships passed through the Malacca Straits. He blamed the media for sensationalising the issue as relations of between Malaysia and China was cordial and friendly.

For more on the PC see the video link below.

Anyhow does Hishammuddin pledge meant that they will buy the Cobra Zulu, Typhoon and Saab 2000 AEW tomorrow? Actually, Hishammuddin already bought the Typhoons – the Streit Typhoon MRAP – for PDRM already (six of them) but what about the MRCA then?

Since there is no allocation for the Cobra Zulu, Typhoon and Saab AEW in the 10th Malaysian Plan, the best thing he can do is make sure that the funds are allocated in the 11th Malaysian Plan which will come on line from the middle of 2015. That was how we got our Nuris in the first place.

– Malaysian Defence.
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Post time 20-2-2014 05:47 PM | Show all posts
Kena tunggu Rancangan Malaysia ke - 11 & 12 lah baru ada berita pasal pemerolehan MRCA, atau pembelian aset pertahanan berprofil tinggi. Antara 2000 - 2010 dah banyak pemerolehan dilakukan, jadi sekarang macam dah slow sikit, terutama soal bajet.

Indonesia sejak 2000 - 2010 memang tak banyak buat pembelian, so bila ekonomi sekarang tengah kencang, memang laju buat pemerolehan bagi penggantian aset2 lama dan usang. Beli sakan la. Jadi kita takyah nak jeles ke apa ke, sebab TNI sekarang rancak tengah buat pemodenan angkatan tentera mereka.
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 Author| Post time 20-2-2014 06:27 PM | Show all posts
Ni si erra fazira dah cerai talak satu nih, sapa panggantinyer? Kurang kat sini tak nak sound ker?
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Post time 20-2-2014 09:33 PM From the mobile phone | Show all posts
Lets hope sementara tunggu RMK ke beberapa belas ratus tu negara kite aman dn damai.

Last edited by edmundo on 20-2-2014 09:35 PM

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