Zitat:KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Malaysia and Russia on Tuesdaysigned an agreement on purchase of 18 SU-30 multirole combat aircraft worth 900 million US dollars from Russia, Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak has said.

The payment for the aircraft would not burden the government for it was stretched until 2009, the minister told reporters afterthe signing ceremony.
Three cooperation agreements covering communications, defence, and science and technology were signed between the two countries during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Malaysia.
Najib said that the bulk of the payment would come under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
Elaborating on the payment mechanism, he said Russia would implement a transfer of technology and offset program worth 270 million US dollars, constituting 30 percent of the value of the contract.

In a counter-purchase arrangement, Russian will buy 270 millionUS dollars worth of palm oil from Malaysia while the rest of the aircraft purchase will be paid in cash by Malaysia.
On the delivery of aircraft, he said that six of them would be handed over in June 2006 and another six at the end of 2006, the last batch would be delivered in 2007.
He said that the high performance aircraft would stand out for their onboard system, maneuverability, speed and their state of the art weaponry.

"Those features would make them the best in the region and one of the best in the world," he said.

The minister said that Malaysia was also keen to see the setting up of a service center for the maintenance of the aircraftwith the help of Russia.
Najib said that pilot training was another aspect that was being discussed by both sides.

He said that Malaysian pilots might be allowed to follow basic training in Russia as well as in India.

The Russian president arrived here on Monday for a two-day official visit to Malaysia, the first by a Russian head of state to the country. Enditem

Zitat:KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Oct 09, 2003
Russia will buy 300 million dollars worth of palm oil and send a Malaysian into space as part of a billion-dollar deal for 18 Sukhoi 30-MKM fighter jets, a minister said Thursday.

Zitat:Posted 02/15/07 10:55

Report: Malaysia To Receive Russian Jets in May
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA


Malaysia will take delivery of the first batch of Russian-built Sukhoi jets in May after a yearlong delay partly due to the replacement of components made by Israel, a report said Thursday....

Zitat: Russland liefert erste Su-Jagdflugzeuge bis Jahresende an Malaysia

20:59 | 17/ 07/ 2007

MOSKAU, 17. Juli (Juri Saizew für RIA Novosti).

Russland wird bis Jahresende die ersten zwölf Jagdflugzeuge vom Typ Su-30MKM an Malaysia liefern.
.... Malaysia hatte insgesamt 18 derartige Maschinen bestellt. .....

Zitat:Smotr video from the official presentation of Su-30MKM to the Malaysian Air Forces representatives.

Zitat:Russische Flugzeugholding Suchoi gründet in Malaysia Kundendienstzentrum für ihre Jäger
14:42 | 03/ 12/ 2007

LANGKAWI (Malaysia), 03. Dezember (RIA Novosti). Die russische Flugzeugholding Suchoi wird in Malaysia ein Zentrum für die technische Wartung ihrer Flugzeuge nach dem Verkauf einrichten.
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Erich schrieb:http://de.rian.ru/business/20071203/90686090.html

Zitat:Russische Flugzeugholding Suchoi gründet in Malaysia Kundendienstzentrum für ihre Jäger
14:42 | 03/ 12/ 2007

LANGKAWI (Malaysia), 03. Dezember (RIA Novosti). Die russische Flugzeugholding Suchoi wird in Malaysia ein Zentrum für die technische Wartung ihrer Flugzeuge nach dem Verkauf einrichten.
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Zitat:Malaysia Seeks China’s Logistic Support For Su-30 Fighters

November.10 (China Military News cited from BERNAMA and written by Vincent Low) — Malaysia is strengthening its military air ties with China and has sought the assistance of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in maintenance and logistics support for Malaysia’s fleet of Sukhoi SU-30 fighter jets.
....

“They can help us in many areas, like for parts and maintenance of the SU-30. In fact, Malaysia is also looking into some of the Chinese military products.”

The RMAF has 18 Russian made SU-30 fighter jets while China also has large numbers of Russian made fighter jets including the Sukhoi SU-30.
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Zitat:

Zitat:DATE:25/02/10
SOURCE:Flight International
Malaysia to keep some MiG-29s, delay choice on replacement fighters
By Leithen Francis

Malaysia's defence minister has revealed that the country will delay phasing out its RSK MiG-29s and that, as a consequence of this policy change, it will delay buying new fighters.

... However, the air force will now "keep around 10 MiG-29s for at least the next five years", the minister's spokesman confirms.

Six MiG-29s have already been decommissioned, but Aerospace Technology System will be contracted to maintain the other 10. Formerly called Malaysian Russian Aviation Services, the company is already responsible for maintaining the air force's MiG-29s.
...

Zitat:Konkurrenten verbreiten Gerüchte über Unvollkommenheit der Su-30
10:53 | 22/ 04/ 2010

KUALA-LUMPUR (Malaysia), 22. April (RIA Novosti). Die Gerüchte darüber, dass die russischen Kampfjets Su-30MKM, die zur Bewaffnung der malaysischen Luftwaffe gehören, ....

...werde Malaysia erwartungsgemäß im Mai bzw. Juni 2010 eine Ausschreibung für den möglichen Kauf einer zusätzlichen Staffel von Kampfflugzeugen bekannt geben....

Zitat:Malaysia visiert russisches Kampfjet-Know-how an
15:20 | 22/ 04/ 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, 22. April (RIA Novosti). Malaysia richtet eine Watungszentrale für die in Russland gekauften Kampfjets ein und will Zugriff auf das Know-how des Suchoi-Konzerns bekommen.
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Das betreffe insbesondere russische Suchoi-Kampfjets.

.... Malaysia stehen 18 russische Su-30MK-Jäger zur Verfügung.

Erich schrieb:offenbar gibt es Gerüchte über Mängel der malayischen SU-30 Maschinen

Zitat:Russland buhlt mit Su-30 um malaysischen Kampfjet-Auftrag

20:22 01/12/2011
MOSKAU, 01. Dezember (RIA Novosti).
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Die Maschinen aus der Produktion des Konzerns Suchoi gehören in Vietnam, Indien, Indonesien, Malaysia und China zur Bewaffnung der Luftwaffe.

Zitat:Malaysischer Kampfjet-Auftrag:
Russland will Su-30 mit neuer Rakete anbieten

14:05 07/12/2011
LANGKAWI, 07. Dezember (RIA Novosti).

Um eine Ausschreibung der malaysischen Luftwaffe für sich zu entscheiden, will Russland seinen Mehrfunktionsjäger des Typs Su-30MKM mit einer neuen Modifikation der russisch-indischen Brahmos-Rakete ausstatten.
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Malaysia kauft regelmäßig russische Kampfjets. Mitte der 1990er Jahre wurden 18 MiG-29-Jäger geliefert. 2009 folgte die Lieferung von 18 Su-30MKM-Jagdflugzeugen und zwölf Transporthubschraubers Mi171Sch.

Zitat:Malaysian MiG-29s stay active

* News Catch, Fighters 2015/06/02 The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will not retire its Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29N/NUB (“Fulcrum”) fighter jet at the end of 2015. In stead, they will keep flying until possibly 2020 or longer and will receive upgrades to keep them up-to-date.
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Malaysia operates the Fulcrums since the 1990s. Based at Sultan Ahmed Shah / Kuantan (Pahang) RMAF Base, the type forms the small 17 & 19 Squadron.
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