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We are on the boosted stand at DSA 2016 with Anwar Murad, Director of Defence
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Mr. Anwar, good morning. Good to see you again. What is the latest with the LCS programme
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We have started construction since February last year. The first ship, the work is being done entirely in LUMUT
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We did the production start in May last year, actually the official event
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And then we did the keel laying in February 2016 for the LCS 1
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And we will start the LCS 2 in July this year for the keel laying in about November
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Can you say how many people approximately at Boosted work on the programme
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We have now, the production is still at the ramp-up stage. We have approximately between 80 to 100 people for now working
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But in the production we have about 40 and in the design office about 40 people working on this
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Can you say any word regarding your cooperation with DCNS? Yes, we have gone into contract with DCNS after all the negotiations
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and verification of the score of work. And we are working with them on the basic design
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some aspects of the detailed design for the critical part of the ship
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And then they provide us the combat management system and they do the combat system engineering and combat system integration
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as the principal subcontractor. And then we also acquire some technical assistance and technical support
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from DCNS, the people that are available on the production site as well as in the design office
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And finally, can you give your opinion and some details regarding the capabilities of the ship, the stealth requirement
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some of the equipment on board? The contractual building specification, the CBS that came with the contract with the Government of Malaysia
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imposes very stringent requirement. The ship has to have the very low signature values
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in terms of the magnetic, infrared, noise and acoustic. So these are being managed at the design level
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and with the assistance of DCNS, we are validating it through the design process
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As far as the equipment are concerned, all the major and minor equipment have been selected
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We are now looking at the peripheral equipment or the accessories to the ship
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in terms of the small fittings and all that. If you could see here the Aviva database which we are building
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we have got about 80% content in there and the remaining 20% will be on the small items, fittings
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and the accessories that will go on the ship. In terms of performance, this ship is designed to achieve 28 knots maximum speed
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It's working on four MTU engines in corded arrangement with two CPPs and it has four-dimensional warfare capability
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air, subsurface as well as electronic warfare. Mr. Anwar, thank you very much
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Thank you very much. I'll see you in Lima next year. Will do. Thank you. Thank you
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We are fully engaged, as you know, for a few years now
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with the Malaysian Navy and industry in a long-term partnership and a strong cooperation with the Malaysian industry
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As a sign, as a symbol of this long cooperation, we choose this year not to be on the French pavilion at DSA
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but close to our main partnership, Boosted. We are fully committed with Boosted to provide, as planned
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in the planned schedule to the Malaysian Navy, a high-performance vessel and cost-effective solution to the Malaysian Navy
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We are fully committed with Boosted in a long-term transfer of technology
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ambitious and emblematic transfer of technology through not only construction this time but also design
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and assistance to the programme management, the full management of this emblematic, again
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cooperation and industrial project in Malaysia. We also had the chance to ask the new Royal Malaysian Chief of Navy
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Admiral Camerall, opinion about the LCS frigate. What is the LCS, or the Littoral Combat Ship, for the Royal Malaysian Navy
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Okay, basically the LCS, or the Littoral Combat Ship for the Royal Malaysian Navy
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The programme is underway now. We are very excited about this programme as part of our capability development plan
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which will effectively provide us with a very modern and also high-impact
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three-dimensional warfare capabilities, both underwater surface as well as anti-air. This programme obviously is not just looking into the hardware aspects of things
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I think we are looking at this programme to also help to develop the local defence industries in Malaysia
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to be able to ensure that not just supporting the programme but also to develop their capability and capacity
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so that they can provide the spillover and to be more able to return on investment
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as they go into the commercial sectors. So the LCS, at the moment now, will effectively, the programme that we are looking into
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we are looking at six of them. You are aware that the design is based on the going class of the French Navy
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and the system is all, there are a lot of configurations but mostly the French system
