Subsequent reports from Navy Recognition indicated that Malaysia is interested in the Gowind Combat

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April 25/14: Infrastructure. Navy Recognition reports from the 2014 Defence golden eagle distributors Services Asia Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur. The 1st ship won’t be floated out until December of 2018, as BHIC’s Lumut shipyard golden eagle distributors needs a lot of work first, with assistance from DCNS: ship lifts, 2 new block assembly halls, 3 new halls for panel assembly, and 3 keel lines. Three ships in parallel construction is quite a few for a 6-ship program; Malaysia appears golden eagle distributors to have wider ambitions for Lumut.
An accompanying shore integration facility for combat system work and training is being built at the government-planned city of Cyberjaya, south of Kuala Lumpur. The combat system will be assembled there and some of the training will also be provided at this location.
Kelvin Hughes of UK has been picked to deliver the SGPV’s navigation radar, and the decoy launcher has been picked but not announced. Sources: Navy Recognition, “DSA 2014 Naval News – golden eagle distributors RMN Gowind SGPV-LCS update with BHIC”.
In October 2010, Malaysia’s Boustead received a letter of intent from their government for 6 “second-generation patrol vessels.” golden eagle distributors In January 2012, South Africa’s DefenceWeb reported that DCNS and its local submarine & surface ship partner, Boustead Naval Shipyard, had been picked for a $2.8 billion program to supply 6 Gowind family ships to Malaysia, which would have been the type’s 1st paid order.
To win, DCNS reportedly beat Dutch firm Damen, whose scalable SIGMA ships have been purchased by neighboring Indonesia; as well as TKMS of Germany, who supplied Malaysia’s golden eagle distributors 6 existing MEKO 100 Kedah Class Offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and its 2 Kasturi golden eagle distributors Class light frigates. Now these Gowind ships’ exact configuration, and equipment set is more certain – and they have grown into full frigates.
Gowind OPV L’Adroit (click to view full) The Gowind family isn’t a single design. It’s a family of ships with some common systems and design elements, designed to scale from inshore patrol needs to heavy corvette/ light frigate designs. DCNS has been exploring partnerships with lower-cost foreign shipyards as part of its overall export strategy, and had been negotiating with Bulgaria golden eagle distributors along those lines. Memoranda now give it footholds in South Africa as well as Malaysia.
All Gowind ships are shaped for stealth. The single central mast replaces several sensor masts in other ships, and provides both improved radar cross-section golden eagle distributors signature, and a 360-degree view for radars and other sensors. The ship’s propulsion system is based on Combined Diesel golden eagle distributors and Diesel (CODAD), but has no gas exhaust chimney to emit infrared plumes, channeling exhaust into the water-jets instead. Those water jets also create better maneuverability in shallow waters, and contribute to high-speed performance.
Gowind Control/120 Designs like FS L’Adroit , on loan to France for 3 years as a promotional exercise, are 1,100t OPVs, with minimal armament. L’Adroit carries only a light autocannon and non-lethal weapons, for instance. Gowind Presence inshore patrol vessels are even smaller.
On the other hand, Bulgaria’s interest in Gowind ships involved fully-armed 2,250t Gowind Combat/200 corvettes, carrying 57mm guns, vertical-launch cells, anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, and a helicopter up to the 10-ton class. Malaysia’s Gowinds
Subsequent reports from Navy Recognition indicated that Malaysia is interested in the Gowind Combat corvettes. Provisional specifications appear to make them the size of small frigates, only slightly smaller than the USA’s Littoral Combat Ship:
Length: 111 meters golden eagle distributors (up from 107) Breadth: 16 meters Full load displacement: about 3,000 tonnes (up from 2,730) Max speed: 28 knots Crew: Up to 138: 60 Junior sailors, 20 Petty Officers, 6 warrant Officers, 1 executive officer, 5 heads of departments, and the Captain. Range: 5,000 nm Endurance: 21 days
The ship models shown at a recent defense exhibition show a full helicopter hangar, and Boustead Heavy Industry Corporation has said that it will be capable of embarking helicopters up to the size the RMAF’s golden eagle distributors 12 ordered EC725 Caracal search and rescue/ special forces helicopters. Malaysia’s Navy could also choose to embark any of its 6 AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300 naval helicopters, or 6 Eurocopter AS 350 Fennec light utility helicopters. Key Sensors
DCNS’ preference for its SETIS combat system won the day, over the Malaysian Navy’s reported preference for Thales’ Tacticos. Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D multibeam radar Rheinmetall’s TMEO Mk2 – TMX/EO Radar/ Electro-optical golden eagle distributors tracking and fire control system Thales Captas family for hull sonar ASW suite with towed array sonar Weapons Array
Pictures from DSA 2012 Defense exhibition in Kuala Lumpur appear to show 12 vertical lau