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27 Juni 2014

PTDI Terus Rancang Jet Tempur Nasional Saingan F18

(PTDI keep continuing to design national jet fighter program to compete F18)

Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) produsen pesawat, yaitu PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) terus melanjutkan kegiatannya merancang pesawat jet tempur IF-X (Indonesian Fighter Experimental). Kegiatan System Requirement Review (SRR) dilakukan.

(KFX/IFX, C 103 Model)

Dalam kegiatan SSR tersebut, sejumlah pemangku kepentingan diikutkan, antara lain Kemhan, TNI-AU, KKIP, Bappenas, BPPT, LAPAN, Perguruan Tinggi (ITB, UI, ITS, UGM dan UNDIP) serta beberapa industri lokal terkait seperti PT.LEN, CMI, dan InfoGlobal.

Jet tempur yang dirancang bersama dengan Korea Selatan ini disebut-sebut bakal menyaingi F18, dan harganya pun juga lebih murah.

Dalam siaran pers, Kamis (26/6/2014), PTDI mengatakan, SRR merupakan salah satu tahapan dalam program pengembangan dan rancang bangun pesawat tempur. Pada tahapan ini diharapkan program akan mendapatkan berbagai masukan baik teknis maupun non-teknis dari para pakar pada bidangnya masing-masing, secara independen.

Dalam pelaksanaannya kegiatan tersebut dibagi dalam lima panel. Satu panel paripurna dan empat panel lainnya meliputi:

• Requirement study, System Engineering and Technology Readiness.
• Configuration Design and Analysis
• Propulsion and Subsystems
• Air Combat Systems.

Pesawat tempur KF-X/IF-X dirancang bangun bersama oleh para ahli dari Indonesia dan Korea Selatan. Sejak tahun 2011 lalu, tim dari kedua bangsa telah bekerja keras di Korea Selatan untuk menghasilkan konfigurasi yang bisa memenuhi kebutuhan dan persyaratan operasi Angkatan Udara kedua negara.

Pesawat ini masuk dalam kategori generasi 4,5 yang kemampuannya akan melebihi sejumlah pesawat tempur produk negara lain. Dengan kemampuannya itu diharapkan akan menjadi salah satu pilihan utama bagi sejumlah negara yang membutuhkan pesawat tempur. Sementara untuk pesawat IF-X dirancang bangun sendiri oleh putera-puteri bangsa Indonesia berdasarkan persyaratan operasi murni dari Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia.

Dengan penyelenggaran acara tersebut di atas, diharapkan tim KFX/IFX mendapatkan masukan yang kemudian dapat dijadikan pegangan untuk dilakukan tindakan ataupun berupa rekomendasi untuk perbaikan rancang bangun (desain). Kabalitbang Kemhan Prof. Dr. Eddy S. Siradj dalam arahannya antara lain mengatakan

"Bagaimanapun bangsa Indonesia adalah bangsa yang besar dan program pesawat tempur yang kita rancang sekarang ini bukan saja akan menjadi salah satu sumber kekuatan alutsista dalam negeri, melainkan juga akan menjadi salah satu posisi tawar NKRI yang diperhitungkan. Putera-puteri terbaik bangsa yang terlibat dalam rancang bangun pesawat tempur KF-X/IF-X adalah para pionir yang melahirkan generasi pertama pesawat tempur dan ini akan menjadi bagian sejarah penting bangsa Indonesia ke depan," tutur Direktur Utama PTDI Budi Santoso.

Pesaing pesawat ini adalah F18 buatan Amerika Serikat dan Dessault Rafale buatan Prancis. Produksi tipe IFX di dalam negeri menghemat pengeluaran anggaran karena harga jual lebih murah.

Pesawat untuk varian Indonesia yakni IFX akan diproduksi di markas PTDI di Bandung, Jawa Barat. Jet tempur KFX mulai diproduksi secara massal pada tahun 2020.

Saat ini tenaga ahli PTDI sedang mempersiapkan rancangan pesawat tempur generasi 4,5 tersebut. (Detik)

 

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Indonesian Navy orders two oceanographic OSVs
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
29 June 2014

An artist's rendering of the OSVs being acquired by the Indonesian Navy. Source: OCEA SA
The Indonesian Navy (Tentera Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) has ordered two new 60 m offshore support vessels (OSVs) from French shipbuilder OCEA SA, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 26 June.

Rachmad Lubis, head of the MoD's Defence Facilities Agency, told reporters that the contract, worth USD100 million, was signed in October 2013 following negotiations between French and Indonesian government representatives.

"We had a South Korean firm participating in the tender. However, after reviewing the capabilities needed including technology that will go on board the vessels, we decided to acquire the boats from the French company instead," said Lubis, during a visit to the shipyard at Les Sables d'Olonne where the OSVs are being built.

The TNI-AL plans to deploy the vessels, which will be armed with one 20 mm and two 12.7 mm guns, primarily for maritime surveillance and oceanographic purposes. "The vessels will fulfil a capability gap ... in mapping our underwater terrain," said Lubis, noting that Indonesia's underwater topographical data required updating and adding that data retrieved by the vessels will be critical in supporting TNI-AL defence-related tasks.

According to manufacturer specifications, the 500-tonne OSVs have a top speed of 16 kt and can accommodate 30 crew and six embarked personnel.

No information was available on the vessels' suite of hydrographic and oceanographic equipment. However Colonel Budi Purwanto, who heads the TNI-AL's oceanographic and hydrographic office, told reporters that the vessels will be equipped with sensors that can map underwater terrain up to a depth of 6,000 m. Col Purwanto also indicated that the OSVs will be equipped with anti-submarine warfare capabilities, although no further details were provided.

A group of TNI-AL personnel is scheduled to arrive in Les Sables d'Olonne in July 2014 for five weeks of training and vessel familiarisation.

The first OSV is scheduled for delivery in January 2015, with the second expected to be inducted by September 2015.

COMMENT
The OSVs' acquisition suggests that the TNI-AL is stepping-up efforts to map the underwater terrain of the vast Indonesian archipelago, perhaps to improve its underwater fighting capabilities.

The TNI-AL fleet currently includes two Cakra Type 209/1300-class submarines; commissioned in 1981, the operational status of these boats is unknown. The induction of several more modern submarines into its fleet, including three Chang Bogo-class diesel-electric submarines that are scheduled for delivery by 2018, will prescribe a more comprehensive understanding of underwater topography by the navy.




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Indonesian Navy orders two oceanographic OSVs - IHS Jane's 360

 

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PEARL HARBOR (June 25, 2014) Indonesian Navy's KRI Banda Aceh (593) transits to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 25 in preparation for the ship's participation in the 2014 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Island

 

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Looking good, Tentara Indoneseyah!

 

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Yonif Mekanis 201 Jaya Yudha
Credit: Oktafian Kuswientoro, upload in kaskus by jeng.nanik

 

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Yonif Mekanis 201 Jaya Yudha
Credit: Oktafian Kuswientoro, upload in kaskus by jeng.nanik

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Yonif Mekanis 201 Jaya Yudha
Credit: Oktafian Kuswientoro, upload in kaskus by jeng.nanik

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Indonesia close to ratifying Turkish defence industrial agreement

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
30 June 2014

Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) is expected to ratify an accord later this year that will formalise defence industrial ties with Turkey.

The ratification process commenced in the DPR on 30 June. This process has been delayed since the accord was proposed in 2010 due to administrative issues, although vice chairman of the DPR's defence commission, Tubagus Hasanuddin, indicated that the agreement will soon be sanctioned.

The accord is geared to support bilateral collaboration in the fields of development, technology transfer, production, sustainability and investment. These activities are likely to hinge on Indonesian purchases of Turkish-designed military equipment.

Hasanuddin added that, once ratified, the accord is expected to promote deeper defence industrial ties between the two countries, particularly in land systems.

Indonesia close to ratifying Turkish defence industrial agreement - IHS Jane's 360

 

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AA gun exercise

 

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Indonesia, Turkey Closer To Cooperation in Defense Industry Development
Wed, July 2 2014 12:17 |

Fardah

Jakarta (Antara News) - Turkey and Indonesia have been exploring cooperation in military and defense industry development over the last few years.

This was in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on defense industry signed by the two countries when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had visited Turkey in June 2010.

At a closed-door meeting at the Indonesian Parliament building on June 30, 2014, the Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) had agreed to begin the deliberation of a bill to ratify the defense industry agreement between Indonesia and Turkey.

"We have agreed to introduce the bill in a plenary meeting," T.B. Hasanuddin, the deputy chairman of the House Commission I, remarked following the meeting, which was attended by Chief of the House Commission I Mahfudz Siddiq, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, and several officials from the law and human rights ministry, among others.

The plenary meeting to endorse the bill into law will be held soon, probably next week, according to Hasanuddin.

The cooperation in the development of the defense industry is aimed at not only forging bilateral relations but also creating job opportunities by manufacturing defense instruments used in many countries, remarked Hassanudin, who is also a politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).

Minister Marty Natalegawa applauded the House of Representatives move to deliberate the bill. Both the House Commission and the government shared the same view on the importance of the agreement in the field of defense industry, he said, adding that the cooperation was part of comprehensive relations between the two nations. "So, this is a very strategic move," he noted.

Marty said that the agreement did not cover the sale and purchase of weapon systems but was aimed at developing the capacity of the defense industries of both countries.

He added that the House Commission and the ministry had agreed to endorse the bill. "This clearly reflects the partnership between the government and the parliament, and in this case especially the House Commission I, which is worth appreciating," Marty Natalegawa noted after the meeting with House Commission I overseeing foreign affairs and defense.

Bilateral relations between Turkey and Indonesia have been strengthened following the visits of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Turkey in June 2010 and Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Jakarta in early April 2011.

The two leaders visits were historic for both nations because Yudhoyonos visit was the first by an Indonesian president to Turkey in the last 25 years, while Guls visit was the first by a Turkish president to Jakarta in the last few years.

Yudhoyono and Gul had expressed commitment to stronger bilateral ties and witnessed the signing of various MOUs, among other initiatives on cooperation in the fields of politics, defense industry, small and medium businesses, and joint
programs
to increase investment.

They had particularly set an ambitious target to step up their bilateral trade to US$5 billion by 2015. In 2011, bilateral trade figures had reached US$2.24 billion or almost half the target.

Concerning the bilateral cooperation in defense field, Volkan Bozkir, the chairman of the Turkish Parliaments Foreign Affairs Committee, when visiting Jakarta in September 2012, stated that his country was very advanced in the defense industry and ready to establish cooperation in the sphere with Indonesia.

The Turkish governments willingness to support the revitalization of Indonesias defense industry was also expressed earlier when a seven-member Indonesian parliamentarian delegation headed by Mahfudz Siddiq made a three-day working visit to Turkey in April 2011.

During the visit, the DPR commission I delegation, which was accompanied by Indonesian Ambassador to Turkey Nahari Agustini, was received by President Abdullah Gul and visited several defense industries such as MKEK, T.A.I. (Turkish Aerospace Industry), Roketsan, FNSS, shipbuilding industry DEARSAN, and Nurol Holding.

President Gul convinced the Indonesian legislators on the significance of Indonesian-Turkish bilateral relations. He said at the Cankaya Palace, in Ankara on April 19, that bilateral ties with Indonesia were among the most important for his country.

In the Ankara meeting, the legislators of both the countries had agreed to encourage close cooperation in the fields of military and defense industry.

"We have agreed to encourage and support the MoU in the fields of military cooperation and defense industry that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Abdullah Gul have signed," Mahfudz Siddiq said.

According to a media report, an agreement to jointly develop a new medium tank was signed between the Indonesian and Turkish governments in Jakarta, Indonesia, in February 2014. The new medium tank will be of a conventional design, fitted with a turret armed with a 105-mm rifle and 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun coupled to a computerized fire control system.

For ease of deployment in Indonesia, it is expected to have a combat weight of around 25 tons. Turkish company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri will work with Indonesian company PT Pindad to develop the tank for the Indonesian Army.

Daily Sabah reported on March 11, 2014, that the Turkish defense industry exports $1.4 billion (TL 3.11 billion) worth of arms each year but now has its sights set on being one of the worlds top defense exporters. Turkeys defense sector, which currently ranks eighth in the world in arms exports, is aimed at finding foreign buyers for $2 billion worth of arms and overtaking Italys global ranking as sixth.

Meanwhile, ReportsnReports.com reported that according to a new report titled "Future of the MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2019," the MINT region is expected to increase its defense expenditure from US$40.6 billion to US$61.1 billion over the forecast period.

Turkey, with a cumulative budget allocation of over US$100 billion over the forecast period, is the major contributor in the region, followed by Indonesia, with US$88.4 billion; Mexico, with US$46.4 billion; and Nigeria, with approximately US$20 billion, stated the report distributed by PRWire Service recently. (*)
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Editor: Fardah

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Indonesia, Turkey Closer To Cooperation in Defense Industry Development - ANTARA News

 

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A closer look to our new ship constructed by PT DRU Lampung

 

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credit to samuel tirta@kaskus.co.id from his album

 

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Ma'shaaalah , indonesia will make all muslim proud by putting an end to australia

 

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C 130s of 31st Sq.
credit: Jenda Corp Photography