{"id":14534,"date":"2022-08-07T17:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T09:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14534"},"modified":"2022-08-07T17:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T09:09:55","slug":"us-navy-delivers-first-upgraded-cn-235-to-royal-malaysian-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14534","title":{"rendered":"US Navy delivers first upgraded CN-235 to Royal Malaysian Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JAKARTA, Aug 7<\/strong>— The US Navy has delivered the first of three Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) CN-235 military transport aircraft converted to a maritime patrol platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes just three-and-a-half years after the US signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to begin increasing the capability and interoperability of US and Malaysian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the US Navy said the effort was facilitated by the US Navy’s Building Partner Capacity programme, aligned with the US government’s Maritime Security Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative is intended to assist the Malaysian government in increasing maritime security and maritime domain awareness within the Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“The Malaysian CN-235 programme will be a significant force multiplier to an indigenous Malaysian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability,” its Security Cooperation Office at the Naval Air Systems Command, director, Ron Weinberger said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this will directly support joint Malaysian and US efforts to ensure global security in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project’s CN-235s were flown to Indonesia for completion and testing in September 2020 amid COVID-19 restrictions, and the first flight took place in October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work on the two remaining CN-235 aircraft and multiple ground stations continues and is expected to be completed in 2022, the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft manufactured by the Indonesian aerospace company PT Dirgantara and Construcciones Aeron\u00e1uticas SA of Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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