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Malaysian Navy Has Eyes Set

on Assault Craft for Paskal

BAE Systems

Promotes

Nautomate

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has plans operations forces, facilitating insertion
to procure two assault craft for its special and extraction missions, as well as coast- BAE Systems is highlighting the capa-
forces unit, Paskal. These assault craft will al patrol operations. bilities of Nautomate, an autonomous
be stationed, one each, at the Lumut Naval Despite this speculation, the allocated control system for uncrewed marine ve-
Base in Perak and Sri Semporna in Sabah. budget of approximately MYR 600,000 hicles, by demonstrating it on a United
(equivalent to around USD 126,000) in- Engineering Systems P38 Aggressor fast
These vessels, referred to as “High End dicates that the RMN’s intention is not to interceptor boat.
Military Water Craft” by the RMN, have acquire CCA or other types in the same
sparked speculation regarding their design, category. Although specific figures have According to the company, the system
with some suggesting they may draw inspi- not been publicly disclosed, it is estimat- provides assured mission delivery in
ration from the Combatant Craft Assault ed that the cost of each air-transportable complex, congested and contested en-
(CCA) boats utilised by the US Navy SEAL. and air-droppable CCA exceeds USD 5 vironments. BAE Systems is collaborat-
The CCA boats are purpose-built for special million. ing with military customers and industry
partners inside and outside defence to
integrate Nautomate on a broad range
Sarsilmaz Showcases Small Arms, of third-party platforms.

Machine Guns at DSA 2024 Nautomate, designed-in for new plat-
forms or retro-fitted to existing platforms,
is capable of operating with surface
and sub-surface systems. According to
the company, the scalable architecture
makes it suitable for platforms from 6m
to 50m in length. Supplied either pre-in-
tegrated or as an upgrade solution to an
existing vessel, the system provides third
party platforms with a high specification
autonomous capability that can be easily
maintained and upgraded. Nautomate is
a cyber secure, future proofed system
that allows for capability plug-ins to fa-
Sarsilmaz has brought its range of weap- “We are the main arms supplier of the cilitate advanced autonomy behaviours
ons to the ongoing show. The company is Turkish Armed Forces and Gendarmerie,” or quickly update software with new
displaying its defence products from small he added. algorithms.
arms, assault rifles to the medium and
heavy machine guns. Having entered serial production in
2014, the gun is replacing Turkish Armed Sarsilmaz is also displaying a couple of
Forces’ old battle rifle types such as the squad-operated and vehicle mounted medi-
“This is the national Turkish rifle, a standard H&K G3 and HK33. um-caliber and heavy machine guns at the
rifle for our military,” said Hakan Ozadali, show.
Sarsilmaz’s Import Manager, while showcas- Aside from the MPT-76 SH, the company
ing the MPT-76 SH, a 7.62x51 mm caliber is also displaying its handguns, as well “We have many different items in our prod-
battle rifle. The name itself is an acronym as AK and AR-15 based assault rifle prod- uct range. Our range is such that we can
of “Millî Piyade Tüfeği” or National İnfantry ucts customizable to fit a wide-range of meet specific demands from any country,”
Rifle. operational requirements. he concluded.

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