Additional time, change in specs among reasons for ballooning cost of LCS project to RM11.2bil


KUALA LUMPUR: The additional 83 months needed for the completion of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) is among the reasons for the cost of the embattled project ballooning by about RM2bil, Adly Zahari tells the Dewan Rakyat.

The Deputy Defence Minister said this additional period is among the terms included in the sixth supplemental agreement (SA6) inked between contractor Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) and the Ministry on May 26.

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