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Home» News»Rohde & Schwarz delivers communications suite for RMN Lekiu-class frigates
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Rohde & Schwarz delivers communications suite for RMN Lekiu-class frigates

Rohde & Schwarz delivers communications suite for Lekiu-class frigates of the Royal Malaysian Navy, on budget and ahead of time, increasing the installed base in Malaysia.

Xavier Vavasseur 15 Nov 2019

Rohde & Schwarz press release

The Royal Malaysian Navy’sLekiu-class frigates, KD Jebat and KD Lekiu, are the most modern surface ships of the service, serving in the 23 Frigate Squadron. To ensure seamless connectivity and support the mission, Rohde & Schwarz has delivered and commissioned its NAVICS IP integrated communications system (ICS) into the Lekiu-class frigates of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Working for a contract with Boustead Naval Shipyard SdnBhd (part of Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd – BHIC), the independent company completed the project on budget and three months ahead of time.

Having upgraded the vessels with NAVICS, and modern software defined radios of R&S M3SR (Series 4100 HF, Series 4400 VHF/UHF), Rohde & Schwarz also integrates and interfaces with present third party systems on board such as Datalink, message handling, public address and ship telephone system.

The Royal Malaysian Navy guided-missile frigate KD Jebat (FFG 29) is followed by the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) and the offshore patrol vessel KD Kelantan as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2013. More than 1,200 sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)

“We are very proud to be integrated in two major naval assets for Malaysia and honored to be working with a great partner, Boustead Naval Shipyard. Providing a safe, future-ready investment for the Royal Malaysian Navy in time and on budget, NAVICS interconnects the onboard services – voice, message handling and C4I.”


Hansjörg Herrbold, Vice President Market Segment Navy Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz has provided more than 40 navies with state-of-the-art communications technology, and in the last fiscal year, contracted 14 additional platforms with NAVICS integrated naval communications systems. NAVICS references includes the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS).

Naval News comments:

As reported previously, the two vessels of the class are getting upgraded with a local combat management system as well.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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