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I haven't seen this one before and It is nearly same as the OPV Turkish Navy is going to acquire and being designed by ASFAT.
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Bangladesh-UK to hold first defence dialogue in March
Bangladesh will hold its first ever defence dialogue with the UK in March this year as the two countries seek to take the bilateral relationship to a strategic level for the shared objectives of prosperity and security. Bangladesh High Commission said this during a virtual commemorative event...defencehub.live
The shipyard has been the centre of a scandal involving the construction of two ferries.
The long-running saga saw the ailing Port Glasgow shipyard nationalised and costs to the taxpayer for two new CalMac ferries soaring to at least £240million.
No vessels have been delivered, nearly seven years later.
And Audit Scotland criticised a “multitude of failings” in the delivery of Glen Sannox and Hull 802 with the contract awarded without the normal financial safeguards.
Audit Scotland blasted problems at Ferguson Marine.
It said there was a lack of transparent decision-making, project oversight or a "clear understanding of what significant sums of public money have achieved".
Last month, SNP cabinet chief Keith Brown was dragged into the ongoing saga - as documents suggesting he gave the nod to the doomed shipyard deal.
Papers obtained by The Scottish Sun revealed Mr Brown - who was Infrastructure Secretary in 2015 - was asked to sign off on the £96 million deal in August that year, as then Transport Minister Mr Mackay was absent.
There is nothing to suggest that Mr Brown did not sign off on the Ferguson shipyard as it was confirmed as the preferred bidder just days later.
Nice. Good job for British people and they make good ships, even if they are all over budget and years behind schedule, however I think they will pull their finger out for a foreign government and to push Scottish independence. So its good for Bangladesh too.
It doesn't appear so from the wiki page. They built ferries and support vessels recently.So did they build any new naval vessel after FPV Jura? Looks like they're not part of Type-31 program anymore.
It doesn't appear so from the wiki page.
Delegates from ASFAT visited CDDL on 18th April.
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Delegates from HHI visited CDDL on 20th April.
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Besides UK, it looks like Turkey and South Korea is also contending for OPV program. These two were also part of the Philippine Navy's OPV program.
ASFAT
ASFAT, 27 askerî fabrika ve 3 askerî tersanenin nitelikli ve alanında uzman işgücü ile 30 yılı aşkın inşa, modernizasyon, tamir, bakım ve idame tecrübesine sahiptir.www.asfat.com.tr
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Besides UK, it looks like Turkey and South Korea is also contending for OPV program. These two were also part of the Philippine Navy's OPV program.
ASFAT
ASFAT, 27 askerî fabrika ve 3 askerî tersanenin nitelikli ve alanında uzman işgücü ile 30 yılı aşkın inşa, modernizasyon, tamir, bakım ve idame tecrübesine sahiptir.www.asfat.com.tr
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Turkey will work to modernize Bangladesh Navy and Air Force. The country is interested to build helicopter engine with Bangladesh.
Sad for Bangladesh navy. Valuable experience missed. I hope frigate plan will commence soon with design from Türkiye.