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Rarely in recent memory has a single naval procurement activity generated so much commercial jockeying and frenzied marketing, further coloured by the unavoidable entanglements of both domestic and international politics, and punctuated by a major regional economic crisis. For much of the last decade, warship builders and combat system suppliers worldwide saw the putative requirement for up to 27 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) - an initial batch of six, to be followed by three further batches of seven over a 15-year period - as a prestigious prize. Such a contract would secure important long-term business and establish a firm foothold from which to further penetrate the Malaysian market. At the same time, the Malaysian government assiduously offered the NGPV programme to all comers to encourage inward investment and technology transfer, and to build up its domestic industrial capability under the Vision 2020 initiative.

Sumber : Jane’s