Singapore considers buying larger ship for humanitarian ops

Singapore is considering buying a Joint Multi-Mission Ship (JMMS),that will enable it to send more helicopters to crisis-hit areas.
After the Singaporte experience in helping with relief efforts for Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in November, it was underscored the need for a JMMS, which has greater capacity and longer range than the LST. The latter can carry two Super Puma helicopters or one Chinook.
The Ministry of Defence is in the final legs of evaluating what is required for such a ship.

Singapore Considers Larger Amphibious Ships

The Singapore Armed Forces is examining the possibility of acquiring larger multipurpose amphibious landing platform dock ships (LPDMs) for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
The Republic of Singapore Navy currently operates a fleet of four Endurance-class LPDMs
Current LPDM fleet have performed well in supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions in recent years.
The RSN currently operates a fleet of four Endurance-class multipurpose LPDMs which were commissioned between 2000 and 2001. Each of the 8,636-tonne full-load displacement vessels can accommodate two Super Puma helicopters on deck and carry up to 18 main battle tanks (MBTs).
The vessels were built by Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine.
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Singapore orders two additional S-70B helicopters

Singapore has signed a contract for two additional Sikorsky S-70B seaborne helicopters, with the rotocraft due for delivery in 2016.

The new aircraft will have a "different weapons kit" to the Republic of Singapore Navy's existing fleet of six S-70Bs, says an industry source, who declines to provide exact details about how they will be equipped.

Singapore's existing S-70Bs, which were inaugurated into service in January 2011, are optimised for anti-submarine warfare duties, with an L-3 long-range active sonar and torpedoes.
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