Good news for Indonesia ...
and this is also good news for ATM ...
Sunshine After The Storm
Marhalim Abas
August 29, 2016
Malaysian Army
SHAH ALAM: Looking at some of the comments posted here and at the Malaysian Defence Facebook page, I sometimes feel uneasy about posting things like the Blackhawk deal. But I guess we cannot have sunshine without the storm.
And the sunshine in our case this time around is the M109s. We are getting the M109s SPH, which I had reported exclusively here late last year despite the reality of the failed Blackhawk deal. Story here. The M109s will be upgraded to the latest A5 standards though I have not been told the details of the refurbishment deal. It is likely that it will be minimal.
Even though the SPH are ex-US Army National Guard stock, the order is finally coming through unlike the Blackhawks and the Mark V SOC. Mark V SOC story.
I was told that Malaysia will assumed ownership of the SPH in the next couple of weeks. The transfer of ownership is part of the Excess Defence Articles program before any work on the SPH can start or delivery can take place. Uncle Sam will not want to pay for items it had already retired and already offered to friendly countries hence the need for the transfer of ownership.
http://www.malaysiandefence.com/m109s-are-coming/