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BHIC Submarine Engineering BHIC Submarine Engineering Services

(BSES), a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Boustead
Services Granted Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC), has
been authorised to expand its Scope of
Contract Extension for Work and raise the Contract Ceiling Price
for In-Service Support Interim on two
Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Scorpene
Malaysian Navy Submarines submarines.

The Letter of Acceptance (LOA), valued at
MYR 43,600,000 (approximately USD 9.17
million), signifies a significant boost in the
responsibilities and financial investment of
BSES in supporting RMN’s naval fleet. This
move reiterates Malaysia’s commitment
to enhancing its maritime capabilities and
underscores BSES’s pivotal role in fulfilling
these objectives.
A formal contract between the Government
of Malaysia and BSES is expected to be
formalised and executed in the near future,
solidifying the terms of this extension. The
extension is anticipated to have a positive
impact on the BHIC Group’s financial per-
formance for the fiscal year ending on 31
December 2024.

RMAF’s Second F/A-18D Returns to Active

Service After Thorough Maintenance

General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Mohd Asghar Khan aerospace companies have enabled the The RMAF has eight F/A-18D multi-role
bin Goriman Khan, Commander of the Royal successful completion of maintenance with- fighter aircraft it received in 1997. These
Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), attended the in the country for the second time. This jets, along with 18 Su-30MKM long range
Handover Ceremony of a F/A-18D jet fighter, underscores the expanding maintenance multi-role fighters, 12 Hawk 209, and up-
following the completion of Local Planned expertise within the domestic aerospace coming 18 FA-50M light fighters form the
Maintenance 12 Years (LPM12Y) conducted engineering sector. backbone of RMAF’s combat aircraft.
by Rosebank Engineering Company last
April.
The event, held at the Hornet Readiness
Center (HRC) Hangar in Butterworth Air
Base, marked Rosebank Engineering’s trans-
fer of the aircraft to Lieutenant Colonel
Muhd Faizal bin Ab Rahim, Commanding
Officer of No 18 Squadron.
LPM12Y, a vital Depot Level Maintenance
(DLM) procedure for F/A-18D aircraft, has
been undertaken domestically since 2021.
The recently delivered F/A-18D is the sec-
ond aircraft to undergo this maintenance,
spanning from 5 January 2023 to 15 April
2024. This maintenance regimen includes a
thorough inspection of the aircraft structure
and repair of structural damage.
In the past, maintenance for RMAF’s F/A-
18D aircraft had to be outsourced overseas.
However, collaborative efforts between
RMAF and both local and international

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