DCI
is currently training new submariners while continuing training
former batches. DCI is also training several crew members to the
instructor position so that the RMN may be autonomous in the future.
In 2003, DCI-NAVFCO – DCNS being the prime contractor –
started a significant partnership with the RMN to support it in
the creation of a submarine force able to deploy two submarines
type SCORPENE.
It took four years to gather and train in France two SCORPENE submarine
crews, a reserve team and a suitable Staff. One submarine was built
in France while the other one was built in Spain. They arrived in
Malaysia in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
The RMN is creating an Academy within the submarine base of Kota
Kinabalu on the Borneo island so that the submariners may become
autonomous. It entrusted DCI-NAVFCO with the mission to support
its implementation and development.
“I am proud of DCI-NAVFCO which was able to establish
a strong and perennial partnership with the Malaysian Navy. This
partnership relies on mutual respect and trust,”declared
Admiral Bruno NIELLY, Chief Executive Officer of DCI-NAVFCO. “This
is why, at the end of the current contracts, I sincerely hope that
we will continue the links in a form that we must still define with
our partners.”
