17 April 2018
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RMN Littoral Mission Ships (photo : Malaysian Defence)
Malaysia’s Boustead Leverages Chinese Know-How in LMS Programme
Malaysia’s Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) is preparing the second phase of its programme to build littoral mission ships (LMS) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).
Ir Hairutdin Ayob, LMS programme director at BHIC, said the company has nearly completed the design of a platform that could form the basis of additional batches of LMS vessels, following on from the four Chinese-designed LMS that the RMN has already agreed to procure from BHIC and its partner, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International (CSOC).
Speaking at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Ayob said the new design is loosely based on the original LMS but has been updated and adapted to meet future and additional RMN requirements such as greater emphasis on patrol operations. (Jane's)
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LMS Batch 2 Concept (photo : Malaysian Defence)
BNS LMS Concept – DSA 2018 Shorts
KUALA LUMPUR: Apart from the NGPV Batch 2 concept ship, BNS is also displaying its own conceptual design for the LMS batch 2. Like the NGPV Batch 2 concept the LMS Batch 2 Concept is derived from conversations with the RMN on their requirements.
Unlike the first four LMS, the LMS Batch 2 will be build on an inhouse BNS hull. The ship will be longer than the LMS – two build in China and two by BNS – to accommodate a helicopter deck rated for a Super Lynx. The model is fitted with a 40mm Bofors gun with machine guns aft.
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It will have an enclosed mast similar to the LCS though it is unclear what type of radar to be used. Of course the final design will undergo further changes based on feedback from the end user. If the BNS proposal is accepted, the 14 further Batch 2 LMS will be a completely different from the China-made ones.
As for the China-made LMS, the steel cutting for the first of class is expected soon. (Malaysian Defence)
Malaysia’s Boustead Leverages Chinese Know-How in LMS Programme
Malaysia’s Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) is preparing the second phase of its programme to build littoral mission ships (LMS) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).
Ir Hairutdin Ayob, LMS programme director at BHIC, said the company has nearly completed the design of a platform that could form the basis of additional batches of LMS vessels, following on from the four Chinese-designed LMS that the RMN has already agreed to procure from BHIC and its partner, China Shipbuilding and Offshore International (CSOC).
Speaking at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2018 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Ayob said the new design is loosely based on the original LMS but has been updated and adapted to meet future and additional RMN requirements such as greater emphasis on patrol operations. (Jane's)
BNS LMS Concept – DSA 2018 Shorts
KUALA LUMPUR: Apart from the NGPV Batch 2 concept ship, BNS is also displaying its own conceptual design for the LMS batch 2. Like the NGPV Batch 2 concept the LMS Batch 2 Concept is derived from conversations with the RMN on their requirements.
Unlike the first four LMS, the LMS Batch 2 will be build on an inhouse BNS hull. The ship will be longer than the LMS – two build in China and two by BNS – to accommodate a helicopter deck rated for a Super Lynx. The model is fitted with a 40mm Bofors gun with machine guns aft.
Graphic of a modified LMS with the current one. The top graphic is the CMN Combattante F65 concept (image : Malaysian Defence)
It will have an enclosed mast similar to the LCS though it is unclear what type of radar to be used. Of course the final design will undergo further changes based on feedback from the end user. If the BNS proposal is accepted, the 14 further Batch 2 LMS will be a completely different from the China-made ones.
As for the China-made LMS, the steel cutting for the first of class is expected soon. (Malaysian Defence)