 According to support future mission it will be fitted with hand-launched UAV system as Schiebel has been selected.In August 2009, a Service Life Extension Programme (SLEP) was awarded to Boustead Heavy Industries to overhaul the aging corvettes, with work to be carried out locally at the Boustead Naval Shipyard in Lumut.By this time, KD "Kasturi" had reportedly not been operational since 2007, and it would eventually take almost seven years for her to resume operational status in early 2014.