RMAF Upgrades Are On Track
15 Januari 2018
A Hawk Mk 208, C-130H Hercules and S-61 Nuri helicopter on display at Subang to represent the aircraft to be upgraded. (photo : Malaysian Defence)
SHAH ALAM: RMAF upgrades are on track. Upgrade programs for three RMAF aircraft – the Bae Systems Hawk Mk 208 light jet, Hercules C-130H transporter and Nuri helicopters are on track and are expected to commence as scheduled, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said.
He said the upgrade programs will be conducted in stages to ensure the aircraft could fulfilled its operational requirements to ensure RMAF was ready and capable in protecting the country’s airspace.
“The full details of the programs will be announced when the project commences,” he said yesterday following a visit to the Subang airbase here for a briefing on the upgrade programs . He says the upgrade programs was to ensure that the aircraft remained viable for operations pending their replacement in the future.
Asked when the contract of the upgrade programs will be signed, Hishammuddin declined to give a specific date apart from assuring that the work will commenced.
He earlier said the RMAF MPA project was going on well and the service was expected to receive the aircraft “soon”. Asked how soon, he said there was no need to specify such details apart from the fact that the aircraft will boost the capability of the RMAF to patrol the maritime areas of the country.
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SHAH ALAM: RMAF upgrades are on track. Upgrade programs for three RMAF aircraft – the Bae Systems Hawk Mk 208 light jet, Hercules C-130H transporter and Nuri helicopters are on track and are expected to commence as scheduled, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said.
He said the upgrade programs will be conducted in stages to ensure the aircraft could fulfilled its operational requirements to ensure RMAF was ready and capable in protecting the country’s airspace.
“The full details of the programs will be announced when the project commences,” he said yesterday following a visit to the Subang airbase here for a briefing on the upgrade programs . He says the upgrade programs was to ensure that the aircraft remained viable for operations pending their replacement in the future.
Asked when the contract of the upgrade programs will be signed, Hishammuddin declined to give a specific date apart from assuring that the work will commenced.
He earlier said the RMAF MPA project was going on well and the service was expected to receive the aircraft “soon”. Asked how soon, he said there was no need to specify such details apart from the fact that the aircraft will boost the capability of the RMAF to patrol the maritime areas of the country.
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