KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — The progress status for the procurement of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on October 25 is 70.1 per cent, slightly behind schedule as it is supposed to be at 70.69 per cent.
Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari said the progress evaluation includes design elements, construction process, equipment and testing.
“Based on the planning mileage in the signed contract, the final phase of construction of the first LCS ship will be completed by the end of this year before it undergoes tests such as the Harbour Acceptance Test (HAT) and Sea Acceptance Trial (SAT) by the RMN over two years.
“The second LCS ship will be floated in 2025 before undergoing the HAT and SAT,” he said during a question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
He was responding to a question by Datuk Seri Ikhmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (PN-Tanah Merah) about the expected date for the first LCS ship to begin operational testing and the second ship to be floated.
Adly said the Defence Ministry closely monitors the LCS project, and the monitoring team holds weekly or monthly meetings with the Lumut Naval Shipyard.
— Bernama
