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Pengerang: The construction of the littoral combat ships (LCS) is expected to resume early next year after the completion of the mobilisation process at the end of this year, said Navy Chief Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany.

He said the LCS project is still in the mobilisation phase, which is expected to be completed by the end of December.

“As far as I know, negotiations with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and vendors are going well,” he told reporters after the passing-out parade of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) recruits in Tanjung Pengelih, here, Saturday.

He said the mobilisation phase that started last June involved Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, which carried out negotiations with the OEM to start the construction works when the phase ended.

Mohd Reza said the company had completed the negotiation process and currently presenting the results of the negotiations to the project monitoring committee which is jointly chaired by the secretaries-general of the Treasury and Defence Ministry before being presented to the Cabinet.

Previously, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein was reported to have said that the first LCS ship is expected to be completed at least within two years.