30.11.2009
Malaysia plans to resume tender on naval patrol aircraft, informs Flight International.
However, tender budget will be significantly decreased, adds the informer referring to anonymous source in the industry.
In 2005
Fokker Services and Malaysian company
Airod won a tender on delivery naval patrol aircrafts
Fokker 50 to Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). Though, the delivery had not started as the agency could not obtain financing.
This time the tender will be headed by Malaysian Royal Air Force which needs four deck-based aircrafts at the first stage. Currently, duties of naval patrol aircrafts are being performed by four aircrafts
Beechcraft Super King Air commissioned in 1994. They are those aircrafts to be replaced. Besides, MMEA ordered two multirole amphibian aircrafts
Bombardier 415 last year.
Malaysia plans to issue request for proposal in first quarter of 2010. Selection of successful tenderer is also scheduled in 2010, and delivery of the aircrafts should be completed in 2012.
Among those companies attending the tender may be Italian
Alenia Aeronautica with an aircraft
ATR 42 Surveyor M, Indonesian company
Indonesian Aerospace with its
CN-235 MPA, company
Fokker Services (
Fokker 50) and Swedish
Saab with aircrafts
Saab 340 and
Saab 2000.
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