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Lol... But that ship already burn to ash..

Failed on the first sea trial...

The "LOL" should be on you.

it is not "lol", it was actually like "thank god" because that failure gave us the insight for a future development which now is undergoing

If the ship was burnt during sea trial, it was a failure during a trial, that's why we had a trial... to know if it was working properly and would not endanger the crews on board during operation. Such failure in a trial is expected and acceptable, in fact any development project has had its own failures before it works properly.
 
The "LOL" should be on you.

it is not "lol", it was actually like "thank god" because that failure gave us the insight for a future development which now is undergoing

If the ship was burnt during sea trial, it was a failure during a trial, that's why we had a trial... to know if it was working properly and would not endanger the crews on board during operation. Such failure in a trial is expected and acceptable, in fact any development project has had its own failures before it works properly.

I hope Lundin has already had project insurance for this one....

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AlhamduliLLAH, Ramadhan Blessing...

Two Engine Chosen confirmation

“The JCS formed a task force to review the costs, requirements and development schedules for the KF-X over the eight months,” JCS spokesman Eom Hyo-sik said. “As a result, the task force reached a decision that a twin-engine aircraft is a right choice as it meets future operational needs and can help catch up with neighboring countries’ aircraft development trends.”

S. Korea Opts for Twin-Engine Fighter Development | Defense News | defensenews.com

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Lol... But that ship already burn to ash..
Failed on the first sea trial...
The replacement ship is already under construction my friend, and it will be mounted with better radar and weapon system. The previous Klewang equipped with Chinesa made weapons but now it will be equipped with SAAB technology and weapons.
 
Indonesia get 24 second hand F16 of USA at cheap price.

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They are "2nd hand", but not per se. I prefer to call them refurbished, the only "2nd hand" part still glued on those jets is the main structure platform. From Airframe to targetting systems are all newly replaced and upgraded. Anyway, 700 mil is a fair price for 24 upgraded F16 C/D , nor expensive nor cheap.
 
That's what make China feel anger when Taiwan made purchase order to USA
 
Thats an alien looking ship.

They are "2nd hand", but not per se. I prefer to call them refurbished, the only "2nd hand" part still glued on those jets is the main structure platform. From Airframe to targetting systems are all newly replaced and upgraded. Anyway, 700 mil is a fair price for 24 upgraded F16 C/D , nor expensive nor cheap.

Thats a wise purchase.
 
Future of the defense industry under a new leader
Muhamad Haripin, Jakarta | Opinion | Thu, July 17 2014, 10:23 AM

While waiting for the result of the presidential election, it is time to consider exactly how the sweet promises made throughout the campaign period can be realized.

Since both presidential candidates brought up the national defense industry during the debate on security and foreign policy, the question is: How exactly will the new government reinvigorate the industry?

Surely, Prabowo Subianto and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo have some sort of idea on how they would achieve their goals.

However, here are several points they can consider once one of them finally takes office.

Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Cabinet more or less have set up the grand strategy for defense industry development. It was during Yudhoyono’s tenure that Indonesia finally created a new regulation on the defense industry (Law No. 16/2012) and special committee to deal with the issue.

The new president could continue, revise or even accelerate the effort. Within that context, the period of 2015-2019 signifies a new dawn for the Indonesian defense industry in the post-New Order era.

According to a strategic plan developed by the Defense Industry Policy Committee (KKIP), which is headed by the President, the period of 2015-2019 is the second phase and has three objectives.

First, national defense industries have the capability of supporting the fulfillment of minimum essential force, enhancing joint-production with foreign suppliers and developing new weaponry.

In essence, in the second phase, Indonesia aims to control the production of defense-related instruments.

Therefore, in the future, the proportion of national production in national force could exceed foreign suppliers or arms imports.

Previously, in the first phase (2010-2014), the objectives were to revitalize national defense industries, arrange a long-term program and prepare national regulation. The focus of the first phase was to obtain the knowledge, skill and infrastructure of design control.

Looking at the KKIP plan, we can see how grandeur the project is. Carrying out the plan will not be easy, but not impossible. Indonesia needs to think outside the box and dare to take risks.

First, the new president should increase the national Research and Development budget. The current budget, which is still below 1 percent of the GDP, is barely enough to fulfill and sustain Indonesia’s needs.

An increase of the R&D budget must be followed by the implementation of systematic policy to foster an innovative and efficient culture in the defense and commercial sector, as well as in research conducted by universities and research institutes such as the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).

Innovation and efficiency are valuable currencies in the world nowadays. Whichever power produces the most innovative and efficient products or service will control and even dominate the market.

Second, to be relevant domestically and competitive internationally, Indonesian defense industries should be arranged into clusters classified based on core competencies.

The KKIP must coordinate and lead the course of development and ensure that no resources are being wasted because of inefficiency, corruption or miscalculation. Defense industries must be professionally managed.

Innovation, efficiency and industrial clusters have a multiplier effect on the whole defense system.

In effect, it would bolster not only the productivity of industries but moreover the capability of the defense system to protect national integrity.

Within the defense industry, the government basically plays the roles of customer, sponsor as well as regulator (Heidenkamp, Louth, Taylor, 2013) — roles that present both opportunities and challenges.

Defense companies provide the needs of national armed forces and government pays for its products or services.

To meet specific requirements, it is not unusual for companies to customize the line production and investing for more sophisticated means of production.

Meanwhile, government also holds prominent roles in this relation. One of them is maintaining the productivity of the national industries through export promotion abroad. Moreover, the government’s support for defense industries is also reflected in R&D financing.

However, as regulator, government must make sure that the defense industry, be it the state-owned enterprise or private entity, complies with national law and international norms, such as the Corruption Law.

Corruption remains a major problem in Indonesia. In a matter of national importance, the government should think beyond 10 or 20 years of planning.

What the policymakers should bear in mind is that Indonesia should emerge as a prominent player in the region. It would not only bring stability and prosperity in the domestic sphere but also benefits in the context of regional and international order.

In 2020-2024, Indonesia will enter the third phase. More ambitious than previous phases, the goal is to obtain the technological and managerial capabilities for new development.

In that future phase, Indonesia shall have already established its position within the first tier of global hierarchical defense producers. PT DI, PT Pindad and PT PAL, for example, offer innovative products with cutting-edge technologies for world consumption.

National defense industries support the Indonesian armed forces and Indonesia is involved in much international cooperation.

Having said all the above, the development of national defense industries needs strong political will from the government, and continued public participation and approval, as others states have shown so far.

Therefore, it is imperative that within the first few days of taking office, the new president should set the stage for the reinforcement and improvement of the defense industry plan in a professional and democratic way.

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The writer is a researcher at the Centre for Political Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, and author of Reformasi Sektor Keamanan Pasca Orde Baru (Post-New Order security sector reform), 2013.

Future of the defense industry under a new leader | The Jakarta Post

PAL teams up with foreign shipyards to expand
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya, East Java | Business | Sat, July 19 2014, 3:33 PM

State-owned shipyard PT PAL Indonesia plans to increase its production capacity by cooperating with foreign shipyards, including those in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kong.

According to PAL’s production director, Edi Widarto, the move is in response to the increasing demand for vessels from domestic and foreign clients, intended both for commercial and military purposes.

“PAL’s board of directors will travel to Jeddah to finalize the planned collaboration. As of now, the plan is still under discussion,” Edy said, declining to provide more details.

Aside from the production deal, PAL is also seeking a funding deal from its partner shipyards, including in Hong Kong.

“If the Defense Ministry were to allocate three shipbuilding projects for the Navy every year, PAL’s maximum production capacity would be reached. Therefore, PAL needs to cooperate with other shipyards overseas to sustain its production of ships and meet the rising demand,” Edy added.

Deputy Defense Minister Syafrie Sjamsoeddin said that the Navy needed up to 40 fast missile boats (KCR), each measuring 40 by 60 meters, to meet its minimal needs by 2024.

PAL Indonesia has just handed over one of three KCR-60 vessels to the Navy. The total cost of the entire project is estimated to be around Rp 370 billion (US$35 million).

PAL is also in the middle of building two landing platform docks (LPDs) for the Philippine navy, with a price tag of up to $90 million.

Edy also said that PAL planned to build vessels for Myanmar and Turkey.

He explained that the collaboration with Myanmar was due to begin this month, but the company had yet to receive the formal orders.

“We have not received any information on what the countries need. Both Myanmar and Turkey have so far only expressed their interest in our production,” he said.

Meanwhile, for the domestic market, PAL is cooperating with several regional administrations to build ship-maintenance facilities.

The facilities will be built in Cilegon, Banten, and Lamongan, East Java.

To accommodate the project, the Cilegon administration has offered 50 hectares of land for the construction of one of the facilities.

“Building the facilities is, in itself, relatively easy. However, in order to do so, we need to reclaim some 400 meters of land from the sea. Added to that, the amount of materials needed to build the facilities is less than that needed to build new ships,” he said.

Cilegon is home to the busy and congested international port of Merak.

Furthermore, PAL has also been asked by the government to expand its operations to accommodate an oil and gas development project in Lamongan.

Aside from the military and commercial vessel projects, the company also deals with the construction of general engineering that focuses on developing offshore platforms. (dyl)

PAL teams up with foreign shipyards to expand | The Jakarta Post
 
I just worry about our air asset, especially fighter jet, we need to boost the number immediately
 
Indonesia ships named in Barrow ceremony
A TASTE of Asia came to Cumbria as part of a naval ceremony.

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Dignitaries from Indonesia descended on Barrow to take part in the official naming ceremony for two out of three offshore patrol vessels.

The third ship, which is still undergoing some work, is due to be named in the next few weeks ahead of the planned departure next month.

Yesterday’s ceremony marked the end of Barrow’s role in the saga surrounding the three vessels.

The three ships were built in the 1990s by BAE in Scotstoun, Glasgow, for the Royal Brunei Navy at a cost of £600m.

But after they were completed in 2002, Brunei refused to accept them.

An ensuing legal battle was resolved by international arbitration in 2007 – in favour of BAE – and the ships were handed over to Brunei.

They were moved to Barrow that year to be stored while the German Lürssen shipyard, which had been contracted by Brunei, tried to find a buyer.

After more than 10 years in limbo, a deal was struck to sell the vessels to the Indonesian navy for £231.4m.

Since then, Lürssen, with help from James Fisher, has looked after the maintenance of the ships and prepared the systems ready for the Indonesian navy to take over.

At yesterday’s ceremony, Rob Van der Wurff, from Lürssen, described how James Fisher had been a key sub-contractor during the seven years the vessels had been stored in Barrow.

He said: “Today is the culmination of many years of work, between ourselves, James Fisher who have been a highly valued sub-contractor and the Indonesians.”

Crews from the Indonesian navy have been staying in Barrow while getting to grips with their new ships.

Meanwhile, a number of Germans, who work for Lürssen, have been staying in the area for much of the seven years the ships have been berthed in Barrow.

John Alexander, project manager with James Fisher, said he hoped the relationship with Lürssen would lead to more work for the Barrow-based shipping firm.

He said: “It has been a long project for James Fisher.

“It’s been an interesting project for us and it demonstrates the versatility and the range of expertise that James Fisher can supply.”

The three ships will soon be sailing under new names – Kri Bung Tomo, Kri John Lie and Kri Ushman Harun.

Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the Indonesian defence minister, led yesterday’s ceremony, with his wife Lies carrying out the traditional bottle smashing against the hull of the ships – using a non-alcoholic drink to reflect the fact that Islam is the dominant religion in Indonesia.

During his speech, he thanked the town and people of Barrow for their hospitality.

North West Evening Mail | News | Indonesia ships named in Barrow ceremony


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The KF-X / IF-X variant C-103iA (Internal Weapon Bay Air-To-Air Combat) looks more like the F-22.

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Jets refurbished in Utah bound for service in Indonesia
July 20, 2014, by Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah - The first three refurbished F-16s departed Hill Air Force Base this week on their way to Indonesia.

Crews combined for a total of 15,000 man hours as they worked to prepare the jets to fly again rather than be discarded.

Maj. Frank Taravella, chief, shoutheast Asia Branch U.S. Air Force International Affairs, spoke about the work.

“These aircraft were delivered in crates from the bone yard in Arizona,” he said. “They had to be torn down even further to bare metal, and each and every component removed and replaced before determined to be safe and operational to be delivered to Indonesia.”

The three jets are among a total of 24 aircraft that will be refurbished at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and delivered to the Indonesian Air Force. The Indonesian government is paying $670 million to get the planes overhauled and ready for flight.

Col. Benny Koessetianto, Indonesian Air Force, said the jets will enable them to better secure their territory.

“With this jet, I believe it will strengthen our capability in doing, in sharing responsibility with other countries around us to make the region secure and also to protect our territory,” he said.

Taravella said the transfer of jets is a big deal.

“This program marks the largest foreign military sales program in the history between the United States Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force, and by delivering these 24 jets, we are pretty much tripling their fighter aircraft capability within a one year period,” he said.

Koessetianto said they are glad to partner with the United States.

“We share the same principles: democracy, stability, security–so this project represents the relationship between the United States and Indonesia,” he said.

The remaining jets are expected to be refurbished and delivered by 2016.

Jets refurbished in Utah bound for service in Indonesia | fox13now.com
 
are TNI interested in Al-Khalid II?

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credit to finandhita .......
 

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