Indonesia Cleared for Purchase of Eight MV-22s

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Indonesia Cleared for Purchase of Eight MV-22s
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By |Andrew Drwiega | July 8, 2020

MV-22 Osprey
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Indonesia has been cleared by the US State Department for a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of eight MV-22 Block C Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2 billion. These are the same type used by the US Marine Corps (USMC).​

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Requested Purchase

The Government of Indonesia has requested the purchase which will include:

1. 24 AE 1107C Rolls Royce engines;
2. 20 AN/AAQ-27 forward looking infrared radars;
3. 20 AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems;
4. 20 AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers (RWR);
5. 20 AN/ALE-47 countermeasure dispenser systems;
6. 20 AN/APX-117 Identification Friend or Foe Systems (IFF);
7. 20 AN/APN-194 radar altimeters;
8. 20 AN/ARN-147 VHF OmniDirectional Range (VOR) Instrument Landing System (ILS) Beacon Navigation Systems;
9. 40 ARC-210 629F-23 Multi-Band Radios (Non-COMSEC);
10. 20 AN/ASN-163 Miniature Airborne Global Positioning System (GPS) Receivers (MAGR);
11. 20 AN/ARN-153 Tactical Airborne Navigation Systems;
12. 20 Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS II);
13. 20 M-240-D 7.64mm machine guns;
14. 20 GAU-21 machine guns;

and other associated documents and support packages.

The estimated total cost is $2.0 billion.

There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.