Indonesia, China Agree to Review Maritime Radar Procurement
SLR-66 Radar (photo : militaryphotos)
Beijing, China (ANTARA News) - The governments of Indonesia and China have jointly agreed to conduct an in-depth assessment of the procurement of the SLR-66 OTH maritime radar to boost the security of sea lanes in the Indonesian archipelago.
Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro informed ANTARA in Beijing on Tuesday that Indonesia and China will reevaluate the financing mechanism for the procurement of the radar.
"In short, Indonesia and China will review everything that is related to the procurement of the maritime spy radar," he noted.
Minister Purnomo revealed that Indonesia will also reassess the necessary technical specifications for ensuring the security of sea lanes in the archipelago and the interoperability of the SLR-66 OTH radar with maritime patrol ships deployed by Indonesia.
"All this time, the sea lanes have been monitored using maritime patrol ships and airplanes of the Indonesian Navy," he stated.
In order to beef up security of Indonesias large maritime territory, particularly in the eastern region, Purnomo asserted that the country needed the spy radar, which was offered by China.
Thus, during the three-day work visit to China, on September 21-23, Minister Purnomo also visited the China Educational Instrument and Equipment Corp (CEIEC) office, the enterprise that offered the spy radar to Indonesia.
On the occasion, the CEIECs Director, Qu Huimin, explained that the SLR-66 OTH spy radar has an active mode operational capability to monitor up to 280 kilometers and passive mode with a monitoring capability of 500 kilometers.
The SLR-66 OTH radar also operates from stationary stations, which must be located in the strategic sea lanes.
Besides the SLR-66 OTH, the CEIEC also manufactures air monitoring equipment (UAV with SAR and PAYLOAD types) and underwater detection radar.
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Antara)
Rheinmetall Denel Munition and PT Pindad expand ammunition collaboration
Helmoed-Römer Heitman, Pretoria - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) and Indonesian company PT Pindad have followed up the memorandum of understanding (MoU) they agreed in August by signing a teaming agreement during the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show held in Pretoria from 17-21 September.
RDM chief executive officer (CEO) Norbert Schulze said the teaming agreement is "the first step in Rheinmetall's strategy to create a manufacturing hub for Southeast Asia in Indonesia". PT Pindad CEO Sudirman Said made the point that both companies are the national heavy-calibre ammunition houses for their respective countries. He said that the agreement "builds on existing shared synergies" and is regarded as a "long-term relationship that will benefit both companies and both countries".
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