Monitoring in Malaysia

[qwerty223]

Techno-Sciences Inc. in Beltsville, MD received an $11 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price contract for technical support to the Malaysian Integrated Maritime Surveillance System (IMSS) to include upgrades to a command center and coastal surveillance stations in Malaysia. Work will be performed in Beltsville, Maryland (50%), and at sites throughout Malaysia (50%), and is expected to be completed September 2009. This contract was awarded as a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program, Phase 3 follow-on contract, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2301-c-5. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, CA issued the contract (N66001-07-C-0146).

For the Malaysia contract, TSI will supply and install TSI IMSS equipment to provide maritime domain awareness along the Eastern Sabah coast on the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas. This system will provide the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) with coastal situational awareness through sensor fusion, target detection, and classification capabilities. The capabilities provided by this contract will include:

• Four TSI Coastal Surveillance Stations (CSS) to be installed along the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas;
  
• Two additional uninstalled TSI CSS equipment sets;
  
• An Eastern Sabah IMSS Regional Command Center which integrates CSS information into a Common Operational Picture (COP);
• One additional uninstalled Command Center equipment set;
  
• Eastern Sabah IMSS Concept of Operations (CONOPS), training, and exercise plans to support the introduction and operation of IMSS capabilities for the Malaysian Armed Forces.
  
  The award of these new contracts is an important milestone for TSI and is an endorsement by the U.S. Navy of TSI’s capabilities and performance on the current FY06 1206 Indonesian contract to supply eight CSS, seven shipboard IMSS suites and an upgrade to the headquarters HF data communication system. It is important to note that this TSI product line is rooted in a National Science Foundation and Special Operations Command’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program that started modestly as a phase I project and grew into a multi-million dollar phase III follow-on contract, a classic SBIR commercialization success story.

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Looks like US-M'sia relationship is warming up...
BTW, Indonesia had the same system

 

[paskal]

Looks like US-M'sia relationship is warming up...
BTW, Indonesia had the same system

I think the Malaysia should have purchase this a long time ago
It will not only protect malasyia from the foreign intruder but also from pirates:

 

[TimmyC]

I was in Sabah in 2004 during which I visited both Sandakan and Lahad Datu where I remember seeing one of their naval bases with OPV moored up, later I learned they were Exocet armed.
One year previous to my visit I believe around 20 Japanese tourists were kidnapped there, so I believe this to be very important for there situational awareness and also tourists confidence. The Sulu sea as well as other surrounding seas were a dangerous place at the time, also very popular with the turtle islands located there.
Malaysia is a wonderfully beautiful place, hope to go back to spend more time with the hospital local people in a safe environment. This upgrade can only be a good thing so I'm all for it.

 

[qwerty223]

I was in Sabah in 2004 during which I visited both Sandakan and Lahad Datu where I remember seeing one of their naval bases with OPV moored up, later I learned they were Exocet armed.
One year previous to my visit I believe around 20 Japanese tourists were kidnapped there, so I believe this to be very important for there situational awareness and also tourists confidence. The Sulu sea as well as other surrounding seas were a dangerous place at the time, also very popular with the turtle islands located there.
Malaysia is a wonderfully beautiful place, hope to go back to spend more time with the hospital local people in a safe environment. This upgrade can only be a good thing so I'm all for it.

Glad you enjoyed your vacation in Malaysia! We are trying to build a peaceful country, not only for Malaysian, but to share our wonderful to all the world too.