Malaysian Defense Minister in Talk for Turkish MİLGEM ADA Corvette

14 Maret 2023

MİLGEM ADA class corvette (photo : Savunma Sanayi)

Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamad Hasan will pay a visit to Turkey on the procurement of MİLGEM Corvettes for the Malaysian Navy.

Under the Malaysian Navy's Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) Batch II Procurement Program; Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamad Hasan will visit Turkey. According to the information obtained; Defense Minister Hasan, in line with the instructions of Malaysian Prime Minister Enver İbrahim, will visit Turkey to hold meetings with Turkish authorities and representatives of the defense industry sector.

The main subject of the visit is the Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) Batch II Program, which was initiated by the Malaysian Navy to procure a Corvette-type warship. Within the scope of the program, Malaysia aims to procure 3 corvettes in the first phase and 8 corvettes in the final phase. The budget allocated for 3 corvettes to be procured within the scope of the first phase of the program is approximately 530 million dollars.

According to the information obtained by SavunmaSanayiST.com; Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamad Hasan also hosted Emir Salim Yüksel, Ambassador of Turkey to Kuala Lumpur, in his office this week. During the meeting, defense industry relations between Turkey and Malaysia were discussed. According to the information received from the sources of SavunmaSanayiST; During the meeting, the LMS Batch II Program was one of the main agenda items.

According to the information obtained; Malaysia will make the procurement in the 'Government to Government Agreement (G2G)' format under the LMS Batch II Programme. Finally, the G2G agreement in this area was signed between the Presidency of Defense Industries and the Ukrainian authorities. Within the scope of this G2G agreement, STM company from Turkey exported more than 1 MİLGEM Corvette to Ukraine. Shipbuilding activities are currently ongoing. On the other hand, Pakistan became the first export customer of MİLGEM Corvettes as a result of the G2G agreement signed between the Ministry of National Defense and the Pakistan Ministry of Defense.

Different foreign companies are also competing within the scope of the LMS Batch II Program.

LMS Batch II Features

Corvettes to be procured under the LMS Batch II Program; It is planned to have a length of 80 to 99 meters, surface-to-surface missile systems, 76mm main battery gun, 30mm secondary guns and air defense missiles.

Currently, there are 4 MİLGEM ADA Class Corvettes in the inventory of the Turkish Navy. Construction activities of 4 corvettes for Pakistan and more than one for Ukraine continue. In addition, the MİLGEM İSTİF Class Frigate, which was developed based on the MİLGEM ADA Class Corvette design, is planned to be delivered to the Turkish Navy this year. Construction activities for 3 additional STIF Class Frigates will start this year.

(SavunmaSanayiST)