DCI,
a service provider with activities on the entire spectrum of defense
and domestic security, reinforces its collaboration with the Royal Malaysian
Navy (RMN) by participating in the creation and running of a training
school for submariners and future submariners.
The two RMN French-made SCORPENE submarines are alongside on the Kota
Kinabalu base. Malaysia has recently announced that from early next
year this base is to become the first training centre in the world for
SCORPENE submarines. The training school is installed by DCI teams within
the framework of this Malaysian submarine force development strategy.
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The
school's objectives are many:
- maintain the high qualification level of Malaysian submarine experts
already trained,
- train some crewmembers as instructors,
- renew the generations of submariners who will replace each other on
board the SCORPENE submarines,
Since 2003, DCI-NAVFCO accompanies the RMN for the ab initio creation
of a submarine force capable of operating SCORPENE type submarines.
In only 4 years and with French Navy support, DCI has managed to form
and train two complete submarine crews as well as a reserve crew and
an embryonic staff.
«We are delighted to continue our collaboration with the Royal
Malaysian Navy by the creation of this school. It is a fascinating project
to which we are fully committed alongside Malaysia with a common will
to succeed» declares Admiral François DUPONT, Executive
Vice-President of DCI-NAVFCO.
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