News Story: Local (Malaysia) Company Offers To Upgrade RMAF MIG-29n Aircraft

Malaysian Mig-29N (Image: Wiki Commons)

By Mohd Haikal Mohd Isa

LANGKAWI, March 20 (Bernama) -- A local company, Aerospace Technology Systems Corp Sdn Bhd (ATSC), has offered to upgrade the 10 MiG-29N aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA).

ATSC chief executive officer Lt Col (Rtd) Fadzar Suhada said Friday the enhancement proposed by the company would make the aircraft not only on par with other MRCA fighter jets in the market but also extend the lifespan by a minimum of 25 years.

"After carrying out an extensive study for two years, we believe the aircraft (MiG-29N) is still good but what the air force needs to do is to enhance its capabilities to the MRCA level.

"What we are offering to the RMAF are the medium and long-term solutions to upgrade the MiGs to suit the MRCA capability and to enable the aircraft to do a multitude of tasks from air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea," he told Bernama at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace 2015 (LIMA'15) Exhibition here.

Fadzar said ATSC would partnering Russia's RAC MiG company should its proposal receive the go-ahead from the government.

The enhanced model he said, would be known as the MiG-29NM (modernisation).

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