BHIC Sub-subsidiary Gets 2 Contracts Worth RM515 Million

Thales SMART-S surveillance radar (photo : thales)

KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama/IMP) -- Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) has announced that its sub-subsidiary, Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn Bhd (CAD), today accepted two letters of award (LOAs) from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) in relation to the contract for the Second Generation Patrol Vessels/Littoral Combat Ships (LCS Programme).

Thales Captas variable depth sonar (photo : Navy Recognition)

BNS is an associate company of BHIC and a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd.

In a statement Monday, BHIC said the awards are to supply Thales Underwater Systems combined active/passive towed array sonar (CAPTAS) with simulators, and Thales Nederland B.V. SMART-S surveillance radar with simulators, for the LCS Programme.

Thales Captas is a Low Frequency Active and Passive Variable Depth Sonar for Large Platform (image : Thales)

The awarded works, valued at RM287.02 million and RM227.97 million respectively, are over an implementation period of up to 10 years from the commencement date, BHIC said.

The awards are expected to have a positive impact on its earnings for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2013 and subsequent financial years, it added.

(Bernama)

ThalesRaytheonSystems Completes Command and Control System for Malaysian MoD

MADGE system for RMAF (photo : ThalesRaytheon)

FULLERTON, Calif. (IMP)– ThalesRaytheonSystems today announced full system acceptance has been finalized with the Royal Malaysian Air Force for the Malaysian Air Defense Ground Environment Sector Operations Center III (MADGE) Program. ThalesRaytheonSystems provided the Malaysian Ministry of Defence an enhanced national command and control system.

“The C2 system we’ve executed in Malaysia represents technological integration at its best,” said Kim Kerry, CEO of U.S. Operations for ThalesRaytheonSystems. “We worked with our Malaysian customers to integrate their legacy system and have augmented it with proven technologies, such as the Sentry® command and control system and the Ground Master 400 (GM 400) radar. The result is a system that reliably and effectively meets their requirements.”

The MADGE system operates in real-time and features multi-radar tracking and a flexible human-machine interface. The GM 400 radar will provide additional long-range surveillance capabilities for the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

ThalesRaytheonSystems has more installed command and control systems operating around the world than any other organization. The Sentry command and control system is a proven, comprehensive, real-time system that powers national air sovereignty systems around the world, including the NORAD Battle Control System. The company is also a world leader in battlefield and weapon-locating radar systems. The company’s radar capabilities span short-, medium-, and long-range systems. The ground-based radars are capable of detecting both conventional and unconventional threats for homeland and tactical air defense, counter-battery, and weapons system coordination.

(ThalesRaytheon)