Expectations remain high for Malaysia's potential for attack helicopter tender , with a variety of candidate platforms from Bell, Airbus and Boeing Helicopters to be showcased at the Expo Defence Services Asia in Kuala Lumpur .

Increased activity pemberotakkan in Malaysia have focused on the lack of ability of the counter-attack and drove the Malaysian Army to assess the appropriate platform .

Boeing and Airbus Helicopters were each offering the AH- 6 Little Bird and EC665 Tiger while promoting both Bell UH- 1y helicopters and AH- 1Z .

There is some speculation whether AgustaWestland and Turkish Aerospace Industries ( TAI ) will also compete with the T- 129 attack helicopters which have been formed by the two companies even if they have not given any comments so far.

Currently, Malaysia does not have power attack helicopters in their inventory, but instead relied on a fast fighter .

Although formal RFP yet to be announced , the industry expectations of a tender coming is based on a plan Malaysian Army Air Corps ( AAC ) to incorporate elements into the attack squadron tactical transport helicopter AAC to fight terrorists and armed insurgents .

Sulu militant attack in eastern Malaysia in 2013 has given initial propulsion to acquire the capability to attack helicopters AAC. However , lack of funding has recently been questioning the ability of the program.

In the face of a lack of military budgets , the need for a dedicated attack helicopter procurement costly to deal with the threat lightly armed militants in Malaysia may have passed priority.

Regardless, looks like an attack helicopter will remain as part of long-term development plans AAC .

Airbus took Helicopters EC665 Tiger attack helicopters to Langkawi Airshows two ago in an attempt to appeal to the Malaysian market , and also has made several demonstrations of the aircraft carrier in the country.

Boeing also has high hopes for the AH- 6 Little Bird meet these needs will likely offer this aircraft in response to the release of the RFP and not aircraft AH- 64 is more complex that was originally considered for the need.

Apache has already seen success in the region with Japan , Singapore and South Korea , while Indonesia and India are also in the process of procurement .
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