Indonesia Aerospace Forum

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PT LEN industries successfully installed Maritime patrol and surveillance system onto CN-212, the system called Retimax 2000 has been used by Indonesian Naval forces for surveillance and patrolling mission to protect the boundaries of Republic Indonesia from foreign incursions.

BUMN PT Len bidang elektronik pertahanan telah berhasil melengkapi pesawat patroli maritim (MPA) dengan sistem pengawasan dan pengintaian Retimax 2000.

Sistem ini terdiri dari konsol misi, konsol display kokpit dan gimbal dengan tiga sensor yang berbeda, dipasang pada pesawat NC-212 MPATNI AL pada bulan Desember. Ia telah menjalani beberapa tes yang sukses dan sekarang beroperasi penuh, PT LEN mengatakannya kepada IHS Jane di DSA 2014 pameran pada tanggal 16 April.

"This is the first MPA equipped as a trial to fulfill the TNI-AL's requirement for a high-definition real-time surveillance system," kata Yudiansyah Lubis, Insinyur sistem kontrol perusahaan.

 

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Indonesia`s Aviation Manufacturer Secures Orders to Build 100 N219 Aircraft
14 Agustus 2014

N-219 light lift aircraft (photo : Inilah)

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian aviation manufacturing company PT DI has received orders for the production of 100 N219 aircraft, Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta stated.

"PT DI in cooperation with LAPAN is building N219s. Four aircraft of that type will be assembled and completed by April 2015," the minister noted here on Tuesday.

PT DI is manufacturing the aircraft in cooperation with other agencies apart from the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN).

Besides LAPAN, the Indonesian aircraft manufacturer has also involved the Ministry of Research and Technology, the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), and the Ministry of Industry.

So far, PT DI has received orders for the construction of 100 N219 aircraft from a national airline, he reported.

For the construction of the N219 aircraft, PT DI created airplane mock-ups, prepared material, and the required specifications to make flight engineering models and simulators.

LAPAN has the task of working on the design and development of the N219 aircraft.

A total of 28 researchers had worked with the Indonesian airplane industry, which was launched on March 12, 2014, especially in the fields of avionics, electronics, propulsion, engineering, flight simulators, aerodynamics, and structural analysis, according to information from PT DI.

In this project, BPPT had conducted assessment of the aircrafts aerodynamics and structure.

The Ministry of Industry has developed the support industries and has created industrial clusters for the production of the N219 aircraft.

The N219 aircraft were designed by Indonesians and were developed with about 60 percent indigenous technology, Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat earlier stated.

 

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Thai Navy discussing transport purchase with PTDI
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Navy International
05 November 2013


The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is in discussion with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) over the potential purchase of up to 20 twin-turbo N219 utility transport aircraft, IHS Jane'shas learned.

PTDI officials attending the Defense and Security 2013 exhibition in Bangkok told IHS Jane's on 5 November that they expect to sign a contract in 2014 to build and supply the aircraft in collaboration with local company Thai Aviation Industries (TAI).

Officials said the agreement is likely to centre on the production of the aircraft in Indonesia with technologies transferred to TAI to facilitate localised maintenance, repair, and overhaul activities.

Thai Navy discussing transport purchase with PTDI - IHS Jane's 360

 

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I am surprise at how advance Indonesia is. Why are the Vietnamese even feel butthurt over Indonesia's lead over ASEAN. The more capable one deserves to lead. That's how the world works.

 

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impressive indeed, should do more reading about Indonesia. keep up the good work, teman

 

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RETIMAX 2000 - SURVEILLANCE & RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM


Value of Camera Surveillance :
- Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)
- Supervisory Border Region
- Mapping Area

RADAR PROCESSING & DISPLAY CONSOLE


Radar merupakan salah satu sensor utama yang digunakan untuk mendeteksi ancaman. Teknologi pemrosesan sinyal radar terus berkembang seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi informasi serta teknologi signal processing. Ini merupakan salah satu hal yang membedakan antara modern radar dan legacy radar. Pada modern radar, pemrosesan sinyal radar sebagian besar dilakukan secara software based, sedangkan pada legacy radar pemrosesannya masih dilakukan secara hardware based. Hal ini menjadikan modern radar menjadi lebih ringkas, fleksibel, serta dapat diintegrasikan dengan mudah. Indonesia masih memiliki beberapa legacy radar yang dapat dioperasikan. Len melihat peluang ini dan melakukan inovasi dengan mengembangkan Radar Processing & Display Console.

Radar Processing & Display Console merupakan solusi yang ditawarkan oleh Len untuk mengoptimalkan & memutakhirkan fungsi legacy radar yang dimiliki oleh Indonesia. Dengan solusi ini, fungsi legacy radar dapat ditingkatkan setara dengan modern radar tanpa harus mengganti transceiver radar sehingga solusi ini merupakan solusi yang cost-effective. Dengan solusi ini legacy radar dapat memiliki fungsi-fungsi sebagai berikut :

• Dapat difungsikan sebagai radar ARPA, yang melakukan plot extraction dan tracking secara otomatis.
• Dapat difungsikan sebagai ECDIS, dimana video radar dapat di-overlay dengan peta laut elektronik dan disediakan fungsi-fungsi umum navigasi seperti kalkulasi Closest Point Approach (CPA), Collision Avoidance, Parallel Index, Route/Waypoint Handling.
• Melakukan berbagai Radar Video Processing seperti sea clutter, rain clutter, Moving Target Indication (MTI), thresholding, dll.
• Melakukan distribusi, recording & playback video radar serta memiliki built-in test video generator.
• Melakukan visualisasi video radar tidak hanya dalam representasi PPI-Scan window, tetapi juga dalam representasi A-Scan & B-Scan window.
• Dapat diintegrasikan dengan sistem yang lain.

Teknologi yang Digunakan

IHO S-57 and S-63 Compliant
mampu menampilkan peta elektronik yang memenuhi standard IHO S-57 and S-63.

Software-Based Radar Scan Conversion
menggunakan teknologi software based radar scan conversion sehingga radar signal processing dapat dilakukan secara fleksibel.

Multi Hypothesis Tracking (MHT)
Algoritma radar tracking yang digunakan merupakan algoritma yang lebih mutakhir sehingga proses tracking radar menjadi lebih handal.

Supported Interface Protocols
mendukung berbagai protokol software dan hardware yang umum digunakan pada aplikasi marine seperti : Serial Interface (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485), NMEA, Synchro/Resolver Interface, TCP/IP, dsb.

LENLINK - TACTICAL DATA LINK SOLUTION


Tactical Data Link memiliki peranan yang sangat strategis dalam sistem manajemen pertempuran modern, dimana Tactical Data Link berperan dalam meningkatakan situational awareness, membangun tactical network, dan megefektifkan koordinasi pertempuran.

LenLINK merupakan Tactical Data Link yang telah dikembangkan oleh PT Len Industri (Persero) dengan menggunakan COTS Technology dan PC Based Concept guna menjamin kemandirian produk dan keleluasaan dalam pengembangan dikemudian hari.

Dengan LenLINK memungkinkan dilakukan customisasi protocol dan algoritma enkripsi, sehingga menjamin tingkat keamanan dan kehandalan dalam pengiriman data.

Fitur LenLINK

- Track Management
- Pertukaran data dari kapal atau pesawat lain, diantaranya (Surface Track, Air Track, Submarine Track, ESM/ECM data, IFF, Reference Possition)
- Koordinasi Taktis
- Status Reporting


Spesifiikasi LenLINK

- National data encryption
- HF/VHF/UHF Protokol
- Solusi Tactical Network untuk aplikasi udara, darat dan laut
- COTS Technology
- PC Based Concept
- Dukungan industri dalam negeri

LENCRYPTOSYS - CRYPTO DEVICE SOLUTION FOR VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION


Len Cryptosys merupakan modem enkripsi produk asli dari PT Len Industri (Persero), dimana dalam pengembanganya diarahkan untuk memenuhi kepentingan Militer Nasional, dalam hal ini adalah Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI). Dengan modem enkripsi dalam negeri, maka jaminan keamanan dan algoritma pengkodean informasi akan sangat terjaga dan sulit untuk dibaca oleh negara lain. Len Cryptosys merupakan perangkat kripto yang berfungsi untuk mengenkripsi dan mendekripsi informasi dalam bentuk suara dan data dengan keamanan tingkat tinggi. Jalur komunikasi dapat melalui radio HF, VHF, UHF, Satelit, dan saluran komunikasi lain, dimana sangat cocok diterapkan di medan Darat, Laut, maupun Udara.

Key Feature :
- Narrowband Digital Voice and Data Encryption over HF Radio
- Dual Rate Vocoder MELP 2.4 kbps and 1.2 kbps
- Build in Encryption based on Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm (AES 128/192/256)
- Forward Error Correction (FEC) based on Convolutional Encoder and Viterbi Decoder
- Selected Bandwidth at 1 kHz and 2 kHz and adjustable center frequency
- Selected Modulation scheme BPSK and QPSK
- PC Interface for Chat and File Transfer with RS 232

Damn I was not aware Indonesian Aerospace industry was so advanced...

Damn I was not aware Indonesian Aerospace industry was so advanced...

I am surprise at how advance Indonesia is. Why are the Vietnamese even feel butthurt over Indonesia's lead over ASEAN. The more capable one deserves to lead. That's how the world works.

impressive indeed, should do more reading about Indonesia. keep up the good work, teman

that's why South Korean chose Indonesia as their partner for their KFX project, if only Turkey joint us as well.

 

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the Facilities of GMF who doing maintenance, repairing and Overhauling of Garuda Indonesia and other Indonesian airliner aircraft fleets

 

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RI struggling to meet growing
demand for pilots, technicians
The Jakarta Post | Business | Thu, August 14 2014, 12:21 PM

With the country’s aviation industry growing rapidly, the sector demands more human resources, but it is falling short of supply, a government official says.

The capacity building of human resources in the aviation sector is unable to keep pace with the swiftly increasing travel market demand, with around 15 percent of the country’s local carriers employing foreign pilots.

Indonesia’s aviation industry needed up to 600 new pilots and 800 new aircraft technicians per year, said Santoso Eddy Wibowo, head of the human resource development division at the Transportation Ministry.

“As of today, we haven’t succeeded to meet the demand,” Eddy told reporters at the Indonesian Civil Aviation Training Seminar (ICATS) 2014 held on Wednesday.

Currently, some 500 pilots graduate every year from state-run aviation schools and 20 other smaller private schools, some of which are affiliated with local airlines.

Experts have voiced concerns over the lack of human resources, as airlines have to cope with unqualified personnel, which would not only harm business but also put passengers at risk.

Eddy said the ICATS seminar was part of the government’s efforts to improve the quality of human resources in the country.

“This seminar, which is the first international human resources seminar ever held by the ministry, is aimed at helping the government improve both the quality and quantity of human resources in our aviation industry,” he
continued.

The seminar was participated by several training organizations from Europe, South Korea as well as aviation experts from Griffith University in Australia.

The global aviation industry will require a total of 980,799 pilots and 1.16 million technicians by 2030, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Eddy added that the government had also tried to increase pilot numbers by opening a new aviation school, the Airmen Education and Training Workshop (LP3) in Banyuwangi in 2013.

“We have also established an educational institution for aircraft technicians in Makassar [South Sulawesi] last year,” he said.

The head of the Indonesian State Aviation School (STPI), Yurlis Hasibuan, separately said that the school’s annual student intake had reached only 450 students, with 150 enrolling for pilot training.

“The number of people registered in our programs reached 3,000 per year, however, due to the limited capacity, we can only accept 450 students per year,” Yurlis said.

“We cannot immediately increase our capacity because that means we will need to buy new training aircraft in addition to the current 30 aircraft we operate,” he added.

STPI currently has three flight training locations in Curug, Banten; Cilacap, Central Java; and Rengat, Riau.

“Curug has the largest capacity with 100 students, followed by Rengat with 60 students and Cilacap with 15 students,” Yurlis said.

The school aimed to increase the number of pilot graduates to 400 per year in the next five years, according to him.

—JP/Nadya Natahadibrata
RI struggling to meet growing demand for pilots, technicians | The Jakarta Post

 

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Indonesians Boost CN235 Sales after Pact with Airbus D&S
Today 09:51
Indonesians Boost CN235 Sales after Pact with Airbus D&S

by Alan Warnes
August 14, 2014, 9:18 AM

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has stepped up its marketing of maritime versions of the CN235 and is completing assembly of its first C295. The moves result from the strategic collaboration agreement that PTDI signed with Airbus Defense & Space in 2011. That deal also transferred production of the smaller C212 transport to PTDI’s facility in Bandung.

Arie Wibotwo, PTDI’s vice president of marketing, told AIN that PTDI is bidding for several maritime patrol requirements in the region. “We have been selected by the Philippines government to supply two CN235 ASWs. A contract is expected to be signed this summer with delivery taking place 26 months afterwards” he said. Working with PTDI as a mission systems supplier will be Raytheon Systems, the first time a U.S. company has gone into partnership with the Indonesians.

Several other CN 235 MPA/ASW proposals are on the table “but the mission systems will be flexible, completely the choice of the customer,” Arie added. “Malaysia prefers Thales, Vietnam wants the Airbus D&S Fully Integrated Tactical Systems (FITS) or a Swedish SSC system, while Thailand and Brunei seem fairly relaxed over the systems they want.” This means that PTDI could find itself working with several differentsystems integrators from Europe and the U.S. if these countries opt for the CN235. In the past PTDI has even worked with Israel’s Elta, on the Korean Coast Guard deal for four CN 235-220MPAs in 2011-12.

Having recently delivered a CN235 to Thailand’s parapublic KASET organization, with options on another two, PTDI feels it is well positioned to provide the Royal Thai Navy with a solution for its ASW/MPA requirement for up to four aircraft.

Domestically, PTDI will shortly deliver a second CN235 MPA to the Indonesian Navy as part of MARPAT (MARitime PATrol) 1 program. These aircraft are equipped with the Thales AMASCOS system on board and include the FLIR Systems Star Safire sensor turret. “Another two CN235MPAs are contracted by the Navy as part of MARPAT 2 but the radar system will come from Telephonics,” Wibotwo revealed.

Meanwhile, PTDI is assembling the first of two C295s for the Indonesian air force.

Airbus D&S previously delivered seven from its production line at Seville, Spain. The two being assembled at Bandung complete the order.

Indonesians Boost CN235 Sales after Pact with Airbus D&S | Aviation International News

 

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Super Drone (Army Project)

 

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Manufacturing in Indonesia: On a wing and a prayer | The Economist

The pet project of two presidents

THEY do not look much, but they are largely responsible for saving Indonesia’s aviation industry. The ribs that fit into a section of the wings on the Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, are made in a corner of the sprawling factory of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), in the Javanese city of Bandung. Along with another part, they are flown to a second factory, in Britain, where they are incorporated into the A380’s wings, which are then sent to France to be attached to the planes.

PTDI won the contract for the wing parts in 2002, and the timing could not have been better. The company, along with much of the rest of Indonesian industry, was still flat on its back following the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. PTDI’s revival since then offers hope that the country’s manufacturing sector can become competitive, despite high costs, rigid labour laws and poor infrastructure. But there are also worries that the firm might take on the sort of over-ambitious projects that brought it, and the country, low in the first place.

Founded in 1976 as a state-owned company, in its first 20 years PTDI was a flagship for Indonesia’s ambitions to become one of Asia’s rapidly developing “tiger” economies. Its main job was to produce prestige-enhancing aircraft, not to make money. By the time the IMF helped to bail out the country in 1997, PTDI had become a chronic financial drain. It was forced to cancel its main project, a turboprop passenger plane called the N-250 (pictured), a pet project of President Suharto and his technology minister, B.J. Habibie, who later took over the presidency on Suharto’s downfall. Most of the firm’s 16,500 workers lost their jobs. Two mouldering prototype N-250s still sit in silent reproach on the asphalt outside the Bandung plant.

When the contract to make Airbus parts came along, offering PTDI a lifeline, out went grandiose ideas about building entire aircraft from scratch, regardless of the cost. Instead it would be more modest, focusing on what would be “commercially successful”, in the words of Sonny Saleh Ibrahim, an engineer who spans both eras of the company’s history.
That has meant building up a niche business making parts for foreign planes. It contributes both to civilian ones, like the A380, and to military ones, like Airbus’s C295 transporter and its Cougar helicopter. (PTDI does still assemble a few aircraft for the Indonesian armed forces.) The company’s order book has grown slowly but steadily, and this year PTDI hopes to generate sales of 4.4 trillion rupiah ($365m).

PTDI is now more business-minded, but it still owes some of its recent success to official intervention. Having cleared PTDI’s debts in 2007, two years ago the government invested another 1.4 trillion rupiah to retool and restructure it. Although PTDI insists that this was a “one-off”, the money was part of a strategy to reorientate the economy. The mineral-rich country has done extremely well over the past decade exporting coal and metal ores to China and India. But officials such as the finance minister, Chatib Basri, argue that the resources boom is over, and that Indonesia now has to “shift into innovation and technology” to keep the economy growing at its current lick of 6% a year. Thus, besides introducing curbs on exports of unprocessed metal ores, the government has been giving tax incentives to companies to invest in research and training.

So PTDI once again finds itself in the forefront of an industrial strategy, its role this time being to lead Indonesia up the value chain of manufacturing rather than to produce subsidised white elephants. Thus far, things look good: the company will shortly begin assembling whole planes on a commercial basis, with all production of the C295 being shifted to Bandung from an Airbus factory in Spain. Last month PTDI won a $60.7m order from the Philippine air force to supply two smaller military transporters based on Airbus’s C212. With these contracts Indonesia will again join India, Japan and China in the exclusive club of Asian plane makers.

However, another recent development hints at a revival of past hubris. Last September PTDI signed a deal with a private firm, RAI, which will design an updated version of the old N-250, to be called the R80 and to be assembled by PTDI. RAI is part-owned by the Habibie family and run by the ex-president’s son, Ilham, who is an aeronautical engineer.

Advances in cabin design mean that turboprops are no longer the noisy, bone-rattling aircraft they once were. Moreover, for short flights they can be more fuel-efficient than jets. Mr Ibrahim of PTDI argues that the R80 is “crucial” to the company’s vision of becoming “the most advanced turboprop manufacturer for small and medium-sized aircraft in the world”. It is a worthy ambition, but one shared by many others, not least in China. Before Indonesia slips back into the habit of splashing out subsidies to promote prestigious industries, it should note that next door in Australia, years of official efforts to keep the carmaking industry alive have failed, as the next article explains.

From the print edition: Business

 

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Indonesia equips frigates, corvette with stealth radars
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
14 April 2014

The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) will equip a total of four Ahmad Yani (Van Speijk)-class guided missile frigates and one Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette with low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) naval radars.

The radars will be built by Indonesian naval sensor manufacturer PT Infra RCS, company officials told [i>IHS Jane's on 11 April.

The company describes its equipment, the IRCS LPI Radar, as a stealthy sea-based X-band (SBX) radar with frequency modulated continuous wave technology.

"It has a maximum power output of only 10 W, making it quiet and virtually invisible to radar warning receivers on enemy vessels", said Prihatno Susanto, Technical Advisor for the company. "This allows our warships to detect hostile surface combatants without being discovered".

The IRCS LPI Radar has an effective range of 24 n miles and is equipped with tracking software known as Maritime Tracking Aid that allows for automatic radar plotting aid functionality. The system's antenna rotates at 20 rpm and has a gain of about 30dB.

The radar is available as a stand-alone system but can also be integrated with a vessel's electronic chart display and information system (IRCS) and combat management system.

The vessels now equipped with the radar are the guided missile frigates KRI Ahmad Yani and KRI Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma. Both began upgrade works in December 2013. Undergoing the equipment fixture currently are similar vessels in class KRI Yos Sudarso , KRI Oswald Siahaan and the Kapitan Pattimura-class corvette KRI Sultan Taha .
Besides LPI naval radars, the company has also won a contract to equip Oswald Siahaan and Yos Sudarso with naval electronic support measures (ESM) systems that can detect electromagnetic emissions from electronic devices on enemy ships such as radar, communications equipment, jammers and missile targeting systems.

"The IRCS ESM has electronic intelligence (ELINT) capabilities that can pick up signals emitted by hostile warships from up to 90 n miles away via a passive radar", said Susanto. "Once these electromagnetic emissions are detected, a computer software that comes with the system will be able to identify, classify and pin-point the exact location of the source for commanders to take action."
The company has indicated that it is currently embarking on an effort to market both systems internationally.

Indonesia equips frigates, corvette with stealth radars - IHS Jane's 360

 

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LAPAN and PT LEN Sophisticated Satellite will finish in 2019
Senin, 09 September 2013

Lapan Satellite will have a weight of 1 ton, involving various parties and much better than satellites Lapan today. The satellite cost reached Rp 2 trillion, while current Lapan satellites only cost of Rp 500 billion.

"Later that produces an industry, the potential is PT LEN," said Bambang.

Satellite development is still at a very early stage, the mission requirements. Planned, the satellite is able to support the food security, energy, and climate change impacts. Lapan will be instrumental in providing the basic knowledge of satellite development.

Satellite development is also intended to strengthen the role of Indonesia in the membership of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. Currently there are only a few countries that have sophisticated satellite monitoring climate change, including the United States, Japan, China, India, Brazil, and South Korea.

Indonesia continues to make efforts to address climate change, including the development of remote sensing satellites.


Remote Sensing Space agency deputy Maulana Taufik said, Indonesia is developing a satellite Space agency A-2 and A-3 Space agency. Space agency for A-2 satellite has been created and will soon be launched next year. The launch will cooperate with India because the rocket that Indonesia has not been able to glide long distances.

"It's a distance of 600 kilometers. Launched around January to June next year, "said Taufik. Space agency A-2 satellite weighing 75-100 pounds.

Meanwhile, LAPAN A-3 satellite is being designed by Space agency with IPB. Just like its predecessor, LAPAN A-3 satellite will be launched aboard a rocket launch other satellites of other countries belonging to the larger (JKGR)

 

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Nov. 7, 2012


TPS-77

Lockheed Martin and PT CMI Teknologi Complete Radar Production Readiness Review for Indonesia National Air Space Surveillance Program

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 7, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Indonesian technology firm PT CMI Teknologi (CMI) recently completed a production readiness review that qualifies CMI to begin in-country manufacturing for the TPS-77 and FPS-117 long-range surveillance radars.

Lockheed Martin and CMI are jointly pursuing the National Airspace Surveillance – Republic of Indonesia (NASRI) program, with the intent to produce more than 20 new radars to improve airspace surveillance, safety, and management over the Indonesian Archipelago in support of the government’s defense revitalization initiative.

"The success of the production readiness review shows that CMI’s workforce is ready to begin the assembly of radar row receivers, which is a major step in the qualification process,” said James Gribbon, Asia Pacific regional president for Lockheed Martin. “ These are key assemblies in the solid-state design and L-band operation of these high-performing radars that are already operating in 25 countries around the world.”

The production readiness review is the latest step in supporting the Indonesian government’s efforts to greatly enhance air sovereignty and surveillance over the country’s more than 17,000 islands, and to expand Indonesia’s industrial capabilities. Data feeds from the new network will also enhance civilian air traffic control, including commercial air traffic management, which is currently handled by radars in nearby Singapore.

PT CMI Teknologi of Bandung, Indonesia, is a small, privately owned technology company specializing in microwave design and manufacturing. The company currently holds contracts for the development and support of Indonesian military radar systems. Lockheed Martin signed a teaming agreement with CMI earlier this year and in August Lockheed Martin issued a subcontract to CMI to begin the qualification process in building radar row receivers.

Lockheed Martin has produced more than 170 long-range radars, all of which are operational around the world surveying air targets at ranges up to 250 miles. Capable of operating completely unmanned, many have performed for years in remote, inhospitable areas and in a wide range of operational environments for decades. None has ever been taken out of service.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.

Lockheed Martin and PT CMI Teknologi Complete Radar Production Readiness Review for Indonesia National Air Space Surveillance Program · Lockheed Martin

 

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Google Translate

13 October 2013

Indonesian Made Fire finder Radar






Firefinder Radar / weapon locating radar is a radar used to detect and locate the opposing artillery used to shoot with that obtained from the tracking projectiles trajectory. Trajectory of artillery projectiles are usually parabolic, by finding each one point on the trajectory of the satellite dish up and down the origin of the projectile location can be found.

Radar firefinder Army is apparently still a prototype research and development (R & D) of the army. Announcement of the winning bidder architectures ever announced in April 2012 by Pussenarmed, and this is the first appearance of the R & D radar results.

This radar is claimed to produce the caliber of data, the speed of the track, flying time, and the position of the point of falling from a projectile weapon. The data obtained with a beam width of 45 degrees with a range of up to 5 km.

Radar platform vehicle bearers have been Toyota Hi-Lux 3/4 ton 4x4 class. Only takes 2 people to operate it and the radar can be operated continuously as needed.

Neighboring countries have long operate radar firefinder, Singapore has just filed a radar type 6 purchases AN / TPQ-53 (V) from Lockheed Martin's, previously using the radars Arthur Saab vehicles with wheel-chain platform Hagglund BV 206. Malaysia also uses radar Arthur made Saab with the same vehicle platform. Australia operate radar AN-TPQ-63 type Northrop Grumman made the same appeal as that operated by the Thai Army, but the Marines Thailand last year invited demo made Arthur radars Saab with 4-wheeled platform truck (DS)