IPACE INFRA 20-03 RMAF BUTTERWORTH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

The RMAF Butterworth Infrastructure Project aims to further strengthen Australia and Malaysia's strong and long-standing Defence relationship through the provision of infrastructure at RMAF Base Butterworth by way of foreign assistance. Investment in infrastructure demonstrates Australia's commitment to the bi-lateral relationship with Malaysia.

The Project aims are to:

• re-develop existing Malaysian Facilities which have shared use between stakeholders including Australian Defence Force, the Malaysian Ministery of Defence and the Malaysian Armed Dorces; and
• conduct service refresh works on Australian-leased facilities to enhance RMAF Base Butterworth's capability.

Specifically, the Project will seek to achieve the following outcomes:

• provide upgrades to increase capacity, condition and compliance of the Australian leased facilities to align with the growing operational and Australian Defence Force engineering services requirements;
• provide upgrades for redeveloping the Malaysian facilities to increase the condition, capacity and compliance with the existing and future Malaysian Ministry of Defence requirements;
• advance cooperation and relationships between Australian and Malaysian Governments through investment and ongoing joint operations;
• enhancing the capabiltiies and capacity of our regional partners by strengthening resilience against nature disaters and other non-traditional security threats; and
• delivering quality infrastructure that meets the requirements and priorities of Malaysia by promoting sustainable development and connectivity.