Malaysia Completes Detailed Design on Littoral Combat Ship Frigate

Malaysia Completes Detailed Design on Littoral Combat Ship Frigate.
Lumut Naval Shipyard, builders of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships, has completed the class’ detailed design work, handing the completed design over to the Royal Malaysian Navy.
The milestone was marked with a ceremony at the shipyard on September 23, attended by Lumut Naval Shipyard CEO Ir. Azhar Jumaat; Captain (Retired) Rosnizam Che Puteh, LUNAS LCS project director; and First Admiral Ir. Ts. Franklin Jayasekhar Joseph, Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Director General of the LCS Project.
Also in attendance were Captain Ir. Malik Hj. Sulaiman, RMN Director of Engineering for the LCS Project; Mr. Denis Garnier, Naval Group’s LCS Programme Director, and other delegates from the Royal Malaysian Navy. The completion of detailed design work comes as LCS 1 Maharaja Lela is being fitted out for builder’s trials scheduled to begin in November. The handover of the detailed design will facilitate the completion of the first-in-class frigate’s fitting out, which has been underway since it was “downslipped” in May and moved to a pier.