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IMDEX Asia 2013: Two-ship programme firms up for Indonesian PKR frigate
By Richard Scott
5/16/2013
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, working in partnership with Indonesia's PT PAL, has confirmed the programme and build strategy for the construction of the first two SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigates for the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).
Damen Schelde and the Indonesian Ministry of Defence signed a contract for the engineering, construction, and delivery of a single PKR in June 2012, with the contract coming into force at the end of 2013. An option for a second ship has subsequently been exercised, with this contract coming into effect in the next few weeks, Damen Schelde confirmed at IMDEX Asia 2013 in Singapore.
Displacing 2,365 tons and with accommodation for 120 (100 crew plus 20 spare), the 105 m PKR will be the largest SIGMA variant built to date. While Damen Schelde is prime contractor for the programme, assembly and trials will be undertaken in conjunction with PT PAL in Surabaya under a transfer of technology arrangement.
Each PKR will be assembled using six major block modules.
When are they expected to be delivered ?
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The military plays combined arms war games
Iis Gindarsah, Jakarta | Opinion | Tue, May 21 2013, 10:47 AM
The Indonesian Military (TNI) is conducting a large-scale war game codenamed “Wibawa Yudha II” from May 6-29. The military drill involves tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of military vehicles, dozens of warships and planes.
The key purpose of the ongoing exercise is to evaluate military tactics, techniques and procedures and to explore strategies for joint operations. The combat drills also seek to examine the effectiveness of newly procured weapon systems, which need organizational and operational innovations within the armed forces.
Despite the notable progress in some technical areas, future warfare is likely to place more demands on the TNI.
The current geopolitical changes in East Asia along with rapid developments in defense technologies and the growing sophistication of military capabilities suggest that in the future the Indonesian military will fight in high-intensity conflicts and non-linear battlefields. The country’s defense guidelines have also underlined the importance of maneuverability and interoperability among the armed services.
All that said, the TNI must gear up for maneuver and combined-arms warfare. There are at least two major operational issues for Indonesia’s military innovators to prepare maneuver-oriented battle simulations and study the tactical interdependence among specific weapon systems.
First, maneuver warfare demands the development of war game scenarios with a proper trade-off between tactical and analytical needs.
A maneuver strategist seeks for battlefield success through dynamic movement and deception. Combat innovators are then expected to prepare a war game, in which one side employs superior tactics to dislocate, disrupt or defeat the enemy without too much direct-fire engagement. The scenario as such is not only unrealistic due to various operational constraints on the actual battlefields, but also analytically useless because it provides poor data to evaluate the combat performance of military units.
Of course, the purpose of conducting military drills is to examine and assess specific weapon systems or organizational skills. Analytical purpose demands a battle simulation that represents a maximum exchange of direct-fire. Despite a significant amount of data available, including armor resistance and rates of fires for operational research and system analysis, that typical scenario tends to mislead the military to prepare for attritional warfare, rather than developing maneuver-oriented strategies.
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The employment of each weapon has to stimulate different battlefield reactions within the enemy ranks.
In that sense, the TNI’s combat innovators should strike a balance between tactical and analytical requirements in their war game planning. Robert Leonhard proposes an equal emphasis on all parts of battle management systems to minimize the typical flaws of military drills.
While tactical requirements emphasize maneuver, intelligence, command and control systems as the critical elements, analytical purpose focuses on the role of firepower, logistics and combat engineers in battle simulations. The logistical factors should serve both as material supplies to support certain courses of action and targets for destruction or neutralization.
Constructing war games with a dynamic interplay of all battle management systems will positively contribute to shape relevant combat formulas for maneuver warfare.
Second, combined-arms warfare demands a comprehensive study of combat potential of specific weapon systems and their impact on the battlefield.
Recent studies by military scholars including Edward Luttwak and Stephen Biddle, suggest that the greater lethality of one’s weapon system, the more responsive the opponent will be to lessen its impact.
The employment of combined-arms will further complicate the enemy’s combat calculus and reactions due to the multiple lethal threats it is up against.
With that logic, the procurement of new arms should be aimed at increasing the effectiveness of other weapon systems by producing exploitable reactions on the enemy’s order of battle. A specific weapon could gain benefits from another weapon through a relationship of either “supplementary” or “complementary”.
The former works if the new weapon possesses a similar attack profile that supplements or reinforces another weapon system. In effect, the latter system is available to perform other missions.
Some illustrations may suffice here. The procurement purpose of attack helicopters is to reinforce close-air-support capabilities, thereby allowing the Air Force to send combat aircraft to another critical mission. The Navy’s plans to acquire advanced anti-air warfare systems on its warships are also expected to enhance its air defense capabilities in order to relieve the operational burden of jet-fighters to repel immediate aerial threats in sea battles.
Likewise, the Army’s recent acquisition of Javelin man-portable anti-tank missiles may lead to operational innovations for the future employment of Leopard-2 main-battle-tanks. As the infantry units rely on new but similar means to repel the enemy tanks, the field commander could launch a tank maneuver into the enemy’s operational depth in order to capture “soft” targets including artillery, logistical supplies, command and control assets.
This complementary relationship among weapon systems seeks to enhance or multiply their combat effectiveness. Hence, the employment of each weapon has to stimulate different battlefield reactions within the enemy ranks.
Imagine the use of beyond-line-of-sight weapons for air interdiction. Before the military commander hurls the jet-fighters to destroy specific targets — such as bridges, airstrips and fuel dumps, he could launch long-range cruise missiles to disable the enemy’s early warning radar and air defense system.
Another illustration is also observable in close-combat engagements. Rather than committing his tanks for an attrition battle, a good tactician prefers the employment of artillery and short-range rocket systems to dislocate the enemy tanks away from the critical terrain. Due to the heavy bombardments, the opponent most likely seeks for top-cover or moves to restrictive terrains. If that happens, the tactical commander may order his troops to ambush the enemy with landmines and anti-tank rockets — provided they are lethal enough.
Viewing the battlefield through the lenses of combined-arms should enable combat innovators to unlock long-standing doctrinal stalemate within the TNI. Their ability to tailor the combat potential of specific weapon systems is the key to developing reliable war-fighting concepts for future combined-arms operations.
Overall, technical level of military preparations should correspond well to strategic policy planning. For Indonesia, peace means having “a thousand friends zero enemies”. Maneuver strategists would seek for deterrence means to neutralize the enemy before the war begins. Hence, the government must build a credible deterrent force to ensure that no one seeks to destabilize regional security and stability.
Just like an old maxim says, si vis pacem para belum. If you want peace, prepare for war.
The writer is adjunct lecture on revolution in military affairs at the department of international relations, University of Indonesia and researcher at Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
The military plays combined arms war games | The Jakarta Post
Iis Gindarsah, Jakarta | Opinion | Tue, May 21 2013, 10:47 AM
The Indonesian Military (TNI) is conducting a large-scale war game codenamed “Wibawa Yudha II” from May 6-29. The military drill involves tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of military vehicles, dozens of warships and planes.
The key purpose of the ongoing exercise is to evaluate military tactics, techniques and procedures and to explore strategies for joint operations. The combat drills also seek to examine the effectiveness of newly procured weapon systems, which need organizational and operational innovations within the armed forces.
Despite the notable progress in some technical areas, future warfare is likely to place more demands on the TNI.
The current geopolitical changes in East Asia along with rapid developments in defense technologies and the growing sophistication of military capabilities suggest that in the future the Indonesian military will fight in high-intensity conflicts and non-linear battlefields. The country’s defense guidelines have also underlined the importance of maneuverability and interoperability among the armed services.
All that said, the TNI must gear up for maneuver and combined-arms warfare. There are at least two major operational issues for Indonesia’s military innovators to prepare maneuver-oriented battle simulations and study the tactical interdependence among specific weapon systems.
First, maneuver warfare demands the development of war game scenarios with a proper trade-off between tactical and analytical needs.
A maneuver strategist seeks for battlefield success through dynamic movement and deception. Combat innovators are then expected to prepare a war game, in which one side employs superior tactics to dislocate, disrupt or defeat the enemy without too much direct-fire engagement. The scenario as such is not only unrealistic due to various operational constraints on the actual battlefields, but also analytically useless because it provides poor data to evaluate the combat performance of military units.
Of course, the purpose of conducting military drills is to examine and assess specific weapon systems or organizational skills. Analytical purpose demands a battle simulation that represents a maximum exchange of direct-fire. Despite a significant amount of data available, including armor resistance and rates of fires for operational research and system analysis, that typical scenario tends to mislead the military to prepare for attritional warfare, rather than developing maneuver-oriented strategies.
________________
The employment of each weapon has to stimulate different battlefield reactions within the enemy ranks.
In that sense, the TNI’s combat innovators should strike a balance between tactical and analytical requirements in their war game planning. Robert Leonhard proposes an equal emphasis on all parts of battle management systems to minimize the typical flaws of military drills.
While tactical requirements emphasize maneuver, intelligence, command and control systems as the critical elements, analytical purpose focuses on the role of firepower, logistics and combat engineers in battle simulations. The logistical factors should serve both as material supplies to support certain courses of action and targets for destruction or neutralization.
Constructing war games with a dynamic interplay of all battle management systems will positively contribute to shape relevant combat formulas for maneuver warfare.
Second, combined-arms warfare demands a comprehensive study of combat potential of specific weapon systems and their impact on the battlefield.
Recent studies by military scholars including Edward Luttwak and Stephen Biddle, suggest that the greater lethality of one’s weapon system, the more responsive the opponent will be to lessen its impact.
The employment of combined-arms will further complicate the enemy’s combat calculus and reactions due to the multiple lethal threats it is up against.
With that logic, the procurement of new arms should be aimed at increasing the effectiveness of other weapon systems by producing exploitable reactions on the enemy’s order of battle. A specific weapon could gain benefits from another weapon through a relationship of either “supplementary” or “complementary”.
The former works if the new weapon possesses a similar attack profile that supplements or reinforces another weapon system. In effect, the latter system is available to perform other missions.
Some illustrations may suffice here. The procurement purpose of attack helicopters is to reinforce close-air-support capabilities, thereby allowing the Air Force to send combat aircraft to another critical mission. The Navy’s plans to acquire advanced anti-air warfare systems on its warships are also expected to enhance its air defense capabilities in order to relieve the operational burden of jet-fighters to repel immediate aerial threats in sea battles.
Likewise, the Army’s recent acquisition of Javelin man-portable anti-tank missiles may lead to operational innovations for the future employment of Leopard-2 main-battle-tanks. As the infantry units rely on new but similar means to repel the enemy tanks, the field commander could launch a tank maneuver into the enemy’s operational depth in order to capture “soft” targets including artillery, logistical supplies, command and control assets.
This complementary relationship among weapon systems seeks to enhance or multiply their combat effectiveness. Hence, the employment of each weapon has to stimulate different battlefield reactions within the enemy ranks.
Imagine the use of beyond-line-of-sight weapons for air interdiction. Before the military commander hurls the jet-fighters to destroy specific targets — such as bridges, airstrips and fuel dumps, he could launch long-range cruise missiles to disable the enemy’s early warning radar and air defense system.
Another illustration is also observable in close-combat engagements. Rather than committing his tanks for an attrition battle, a good tactician prefers the employment of artillery and short-range rocket systems to dislocate the enemy tanks away from the critical terrain. Due to the heavy bombardments, the opponent most likely seeks for top-cover or moves to restrictive terrains. If that happens, the tactical commander may order his troops to ambush the enemy with landmines and anti-tank rockets — provided they are lethal enough.
Viewing the battlefield through the lenses of combined-arms should enable combat innovators to unlock long-standing doctrinal stalemate within the TNI. Their ability to tailor the combat potential of specific weapon systems is the key to developing reliable war-fighting concepts for future combined-arms operations.
Overall, technical level of military preparations should correspond well to strategic policy planning. For Indonesia, peace means having “a thousand friends zero enemies”. Maneuver strategists would seek for deterrence means to neutralize the enemy before the war begins. Hence, the government must build a credible deterrent force to ensure that no one seeks to destabilize regional security and stability.
Just like an old maxim says, si vis pacem para belum. If you want peace, prepare for war.
The writer is adjunct lecture on revolution in military affairs at the department of international relations, University of Indonesia and researcher at Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
The military plays combined arms war games | The Jakarta Post
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Indonesia pitches transport planes to PAF
By David Santos
Just three days after President Aquino cited the government's P75 billion military upgrade to help protect the country's maritime territory, proposals from defense industrial firms started to pour in.
The latest is PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), the three-decade old state-owned aircraft maker, which is selling its latest fleet of cargo planes to Southeast Asian neighbors.
On Friday, it showcased to Filipino defense officials one of its latest products the CN295, a military transport aircraft that it jointly designed with Spain-based Airbus Military.
CN295 is like a mini-version of the C130, the primary cargo aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
They share the same functions transport of troops or cargo, medical evacuation, surveillance missions, and maritime patrol.
With its smaller size, the CN 295 will be ideal for the Philippines, an archipelago made up of several islands, where landing and take-off capabilities of some airstrips are very limited, according to Sonny Ibrahim, PTDI assistant director for quality control systems.
"We believe that Philippine needs small and medium aircraft rather than big aircraft," he said. "Why? Because we have the same natural geographical condition [here] like Indonesia. There's a lot of forest, lot of hilly area, short strips or short runways, and unprepared runways. This aircraft can do with these situations."
Maj. Gen. Wilfredo Ona, chief of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said: "Maganda ang eroplano [The plane is good], very stable."
He said it would be good for short haul flights to transport small groups, including paratroopers, and cargo.
With the CN295, the AFP can make more frequent trips to the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
Besides maritime patrol, the aircraft also has an anti-submarine capability because it can launch torpedoes.
Most importantly, PTDI said the aircraft would be cost-effective, claiming that it could halve operational and maintenance costs, compared to planes from competitors.
The price-tag? $36 million, or a little less than P1.5 billion.
Indonesia's Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsuddien, who traveled to the Philippines to make the pitch, said: "This is part of defense cooperation among the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Nation] countries. And now we are coming to ... strengthen and also to enhance cohesiveness while introducing an Indonesian defense industrial product."
Besides the Philippines, PTDI is also looking to sell its aircraft to Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia.
The proposal will have to go through a study by the Department of National Defense (DND) and may be considered in the Medium-Lift Acquisition Project,
under the AFP Modernization Program.
By David Santos
Just three days after President Aquino cited the government's P75 billion military upgrade to help protect the country's maritime territory, proposals from defense industrial firms started to pour in.
The latest is PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI), the three-decade old state-owned aircraft maker, which is selling its latest fleet of cargo planes to Southeast Asian neighbors.
On Friday, it showcased to Filipino defense officials one of its latest products the CN295, a military transport aircraft that it jointly designed with Spain-based Airbus Military.
CN295 is like a mini-version of the C130, the primary cargo aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
They share the same functions transport of troops or cargo, medical evacuation, surveillance missions, and maritime patrol.
With its smaller size, the CN 295 will be ideal for the Philippines, an archipelago made up of several islands, where landing and take-off capabilities of some airstrips are very limited, according to Sonny Ibrahim, PTDI assistant director for quality control systems.
"We believe that Philippine needs small and medium aircraft rather than big aircraft," he said. "Why? Because we have the same natural geographical condition [here] like Indonesia. There's a lot of forest, lot of hilly area, short strips or short runways, and unprepared runways. This aircraft can do with these situations."
Maj. Gen. Wilfredo Ona, chief of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said: "Maganda ang eroplano [The plane is good], very stable."
He said it would be good for short haul flights to transport small groups, including paratroopers, and cargo.
With the CN295, the AFP can make more frequent trips to the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
Besides maritime patrol, the aircraft also has an anti-submarine capability because it can launch torpedoes.
Most importantly, PTDI said the aircraft would be cost-effective, claiming that it could halve operational and maintenance costs, compared to planes from competitors.
The price-tag? $36 million, or a little less than P1.5 billion.
Indonesia's Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsuddien, who traveled to the Philippines to make the pitch, said: "This is part of defense cooperation among the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Nation] countries. And now we are coming to ... strengthen and also to enhance cohesiveness while introducing an Indonesian defense industrial product."
Besides the Philippines, PTDI is also looking to sell its aircraft to Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia.
The proposal will have to go through a study by the Department of National Defense (DND) and may be considered in the Medium-Lift Acquisition Project,
under the AFP Modernization Program.
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Not to offend anyone, but the CN295 is pretty much an EADS CASA C-295 built by Indonesia. Not much to brag about. Although it is the biggest plane Indonesia has built, so yeah, that's good.
Nothing to worry, because that's the fact if PTDI are the main respective agent for CN 295 plane for Pasific region. Are your country interested enough for the acQuisition of new medium military cargo aircraft like C295?
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Nothing to worry, because that's the fact if PTDI are the main respective agent for CN 295 plane for Pasific region. Are your country interested enough for the acQuisition of new medium military cargo aircraft like C295?
5 would be good. Also, a maritime patrol version would be good as well
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Raytheon / Lockheed Martin JAVELIN Joint Venture, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum value of $53,367,877 for the procurement of Javelin Block I Tactical Missile Rounds for the Army, Marine Corps and in support of foreign military sales (FMS). A portion of this contract will support FMS for Jordan and Indonesia. A combination of fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2013 Procurement funds are being obligated on this award. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-13-C-0129).
Defense.gov: Contracts for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Not to offend anyone, but the CN295 is pretty much an EADS CASA C-295 built by Indonesia. Not much to brag about. Although it is the biggest plane Indonesia has built, so yeah, that's good.
Not "pretty much", C295 itself is a further development of Spanish-Indonesian joint project of CN235, going from there both EADS CASA and PT DI shared the blueprints for the CN235 and its successors such as C295, later it becomes CN when it is manufactured in Indonesia. (N stands for Nurtanio which is a code for any plane that is designed and built by and in Indonesia or having Indonesia as one of the contributing country in designing the plane in the first time, for planes that only built under licenses, the N would be placed in front of the original production code like NBell or NB 412 which is originated from Bell and NAS 332 which is originated from AS 332 Super Puma).
And it is not the biggest plane Indonesia has built, the biggest plane (by size) Indonesia has built is N250.
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economy matters alot.
since Indonesia GDP is close to a trillion.with a defence budget around 20billions dollars.indonesia can build its military at a surprising pace.
since Indonesia GDP is close to a trillion.with a defence budget around 20billions dollars.indonesia can build its military at a surprising pace.
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Of course, but one can't easily forget that Indonesia just became one of G20 for less than half a decade, means that the foundation of economy itself is not yet strong. To maintain growth and stability of the economy, Indonesia should put the investment for the infrastructure and energy at top to match the demands from rapidly growing industries such as bridges, highways, ports, airports, electricity, waterways and so on, the project itself known as MP3EI is projected to eat more than USD 500 billion and should be completed before 2025 (SBY Appeals to APEC Leaders to Invest in Indonesia).
So the money is simply going for strengthening economic foundation first before competing heavily on military.
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CN295 on ASEAN Tour to Show its Capabilities and Efficiency
CN295 will make visits to Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia (photo : Guillermo Granger)
Airbus Military and PTDI promoting transport aircraft in the ASEAN region.
A CN295 military transport aircraft of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense will be making a tour around six ASEAN countries to promote the capabilities and efficiency of the transport aircraft that PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and Airbus Military are producing jointly. The aircraft will make visits to Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia between 22nd and 31st of May.
The C295, denominated CN295 in the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, is a medium-sized multirole airlifter for both civic and military use. The tour, organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, PTDI and Airbus Military, and led by Vice Minister Sjafrie Sjamsuddien, will showcase the benefits of the aircraft which is optimally suited for the wide range of humanitarian and defence tasks that ASEAN Governments need to cover. These missions include military transport, emergency response and medical evacuation, search and rescue, maritime patrol, or even more complex missions such as anti-submarine warfare or electronic surveillance missions.
The visits will also allow explanations on the specific capabilities of the CN235 and the NC212i, an upgraded version of the C212 launched in November 2012 between PTDI and Airbus Military with new avionics and autopilot systems as well as an increased passenger seating, increasing its cost efficiency significantly.
The Indonesia Air Force currently has two CN295s in operation out of the nine units ordered from PTDI. By 2015, all of the nine units will be in service in Indonesia, with deliveries to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense taking place from the delivery centre and a final assembly line that Airbus Military and PTDI are setting up in Bandung, Indonesia, as a direct result of PTDI’s and Airbus Military’s Strategic Partnership signed in 2011.
In total, over 120 C295s have been ordered world-wide from Airbus Military and currently almost 100 are in operation with countries such as Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Meanwhile, the CN235 and NC212, with sales of over 270 and 470 respectively, are operating successfully in over 30 countries in the world. The operators of CN295, CN235 and NC212 are extremely satisfied with the reliability, capability, and robustness of the aircraft, which are extremely easy to operate even in hostile and difficult environments. As a result, the aircraft currently have the clear leadership in this segment.
CN295 on ASEAN tour to show its capabilities and efficiency - Airbus Military
Ground crew and mechanics stand beside the Indonesian-made CN295 military transport aircraft before it takes off from Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on Friday, May 24. Indonesia is promoting the transport plane in the ASEAN region to enhance international cooperation. The CN295 is medium-sized multi-role aircraft for both civil and military use. AFP/Noel Celis
A ground crew personnel watches an Indonesian made CN295 military transport aircraft before it takes off from Villamor Air Base in Manila on Friday. Indonesia is promoting the CN295 transport aircraft as a medium-sized, multi-role aircraft for both civil and military use. Photo by Noel Celis, AFP,05/24/2013 9:00 PM
CN295 will make visits to Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia (photo : Guillermo Granger)
Airbus Military and PTDI promoting transport aircraft in the ASEAN region.
A CN295 military transport aircraft of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense will be making a tour around six ASEAN countries to promote the capabilities and efficiency of the transport aircraft that PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and Airbus Military are producing jointly. The aircraft will make visits to Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia between 22nd and 31st of May.
The C295, denominated CN295 in the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, is a medium-sized multirole airlifter for both civic and military use. The tour, organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, PTDI and Airbus Military, and led by Vice Minister Sjafrie Sjamsuddien, will showcase the benefits of the aircraft which is optimally suited for the wide range of humanitarian and defence tasks that ASEAN Governments need to cover. These missions include military transport, emergency response and medical evacuation, search and rescue, maritime patrol, or even more complex missions such as anti-submarine warfare or electronic surveillance missions.
The visits will also allow explanations on the specific capabilities of the CN235 and the NC212i, an upgraded version of the C212 launched in November 2012 between PTDI and Airbus Military with new avionics and autopilot systems as well as an increased passenger seating, increasing its cost efficiency significantly.
The Indonesia Air Force currently has two CN295s in operation out of the nine units ordered from PTDI. By 2015, all of the nine units will be in service in Indonesia, with deliveries to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense taking place from the delivery centre and a final assembly line that Airbus Military and PTDI are setting up in Bandung, Indonesia, as a direct result of PTDI’s and Airbus Military’s Strategic Partnership signed in 2011.
In total, over 120 C295s have been ordered world-wide from Airbus Military and currently almost 100 are in operation with countries such as Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Meanwhile, the CN235 and NC212, with sales of over 270 and 470 respectively, are operating successfully in over 30 countries in the world. The operators of CN295, CN235 and NC212 are extremely satisfied with the reliability, capability, and robustness of the aircraft, which are extremely easy to operate even in hostile and difficult environments. As a result, the aircraft currently have the clear leadership in this segment.
CN295 on ASEAN tour to show its capabilities and efficiency - Airbus Military
Ground crew and mechanics stand beside the Indonesian-made CN295 military transport aircraft before it takes off from Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on Friday, May 24. Indonesia is promoting the transport plane in the ASEAN region to enhance international cooperation. The CN295 is medium-sized multi-role aircraft for both civil and military use. AFP/Noel Celis
A ground crew personnel watches an Indonesian made CN295 military transport aircraft before it takes off from Villamor Air Base in Manila on Friday. Indonesia is promoting the CN295 transport aircraft as a medium-sized, multi-role aircraft for both civil and military use. Photo by Noel Celis, AFP,05/24/2013 9:00 PM
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