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Indonesian Air Force's fleet of CH-4 UAVs granted airworthiness approval
by Alessandra Giovanzanti
The Indonesian Air Force's (TNI-AU's) fleet of CH-4B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has formally received military airworthiness certification, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Jakarta announced on 25 August.
The certification was signed and submitted after the completion of a series of activities, including document verification, conformity inspection, as well as static and dynamic tests carried out by the Indonesian Military Airworthiness Authority (IMAA) feasibility team, the MoD said in a statement.
Two TNI-AU CH-4 UAVs being prepared for a parade to mark the 74th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces. The MoD in Jakarta announced on 25 August that the service's four CH-4s have been granted military airworthiness certification. (TNI-AU)
The TNI-AU currently has a fleet of six Chinese-built CH-4B MALE UAVs that were ordered in 2019. The first two UAVs made their public debut in October 2019 during the 74th anniversary parade of the Indonesian Armed Forces.
The CH-4 variant supplied to Indonesia has an operating radius of between 1,500 km and 2,000 km and can be operated via satellite link.
The UAVs had initially been used primarily for evaluation, training, and doctrine-building purposes. However, the delivery in April 2021 of a first batch of Chinese-made AR-2 air-to-surface precision-guided missiles to arm the CH-4Bs suggests an operational role for the MALE UAVs. The TNI-AU also test-fired the AR-1 missiles from its CH-4 UAVs in 2019.
Janes therefore understands that the recent military airworthiness certification is a further step to ensuring that all six CH-4Bs can be deployed operationally in the short term. The UAVs will serve with Squadron 51, which is based at the Supadio airbase in Pontianak, near West Kalimantan.
Indonesian Air Force's fleet of CH-4 UAVs granted airworthiness approval
The Indonesian Air Force's (TNI-AU's) fleet of CH-4B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has formally received military airworthiness...
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What is the main theme of Jokowi administration is actually making less import and boost our own industry. This has been quite true since its first term ( 2014-2019). The administration is also so far quite responsible in managing the economy and government budget. The government credibility on managing debt to GDP ratio will be tested now but the economic policy that has been recently released shows responsible attitude.
Big acquisition of fighter planes could actually be done in 2026 where KF21/IFX is expected to be mass produced. Frigates, UCAV, and submarines can also be ordered from domestic industry if we are just be patience enough for another 3-4 years.
Iver frigates that will be built in PT PAL Indonesia and also CBG submarine that will be gradually built in PT PAL where the third sub will be completely built in PT PAL Indonesia is something that should become a priority program since it can help not only our Armed force, but also our own defense industry.
So it looks like Minimum Essential Force program needs to be prolonged to achieved its final target into 2024-2029 period. Then hopefully with the support of government to our local defense industry and research agency (BRIN), we could possibly fulfil our final minimum essential force target ( 2024-2029 ) by making our own local defense industry as the main source.
After the year 2029, we will possibly target more ambitious plan which is to reach Essential Force. This essential Force acquisition plan could also be possibly mainly sourced from local defense industry if we have ambitious new leader in 2024 with pro local industry vision where some other important defense indigenous programs under him/ her could be financed sufficiently like Wing drone Stealth program, more sophisticated Radar program, continuation of cruise missile program, R 80 program that could be used for AWACS, MPA, ASW role, beside its main civilian role, big cargo drone that can be used for both civilian and military role and also other important programs.
Having good and sophisticated local defense industry will make our Armed Force can buy defense equipment with less cost, since the OEM is local so the maintenance and operation will be also cheaper and more reliable, and it also will make our defense budget more sustainable economically, giving our people more jobs, retain our expert to stay and contribute in our country, positive spilling over effect to the civilian products due to technology development and production capacity made by our local defense industry, and finally it will improve our nation brand image that can boost our geopolitical weight and our local products image for both civilian and military market.
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Clouds of Funding for Defense Equipment Expenditures in 2022
OPINION - Alman Helvas Ali, CNBC Indonesia
06 September 2021 06:10
Clouds are likely to engulf the Indonesian government's ability to finance the activities of the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) in the 2022 fiscal year. After the government submitted a defense budget allocation in the 2022 RAPBN to the Indonesian House of Representatives worth Rp 133.9 trillion, it is now revealed the government's fiscal capacity to finance activities in the 2022 RAPBN for the Ministry of Defense is also quite limited. To quote a term often used by senior officials of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the government's fiscal space is currently narrow. Although the exact allocation of the defense budget still has to wait for the results of the executive and legislative discussions, the possibility of a reduction in the defense budget allocation is a necessity because the current government's fiscal space is in fact narrow.
One of the activities that will be affected by the very narrow fiscal space is capital expenditure, including the expenditure on defense equipment in it. The expenditure on defense equipment in the APBN can be sourced from pure rupiah, domestic loans (PDN) and foreign loans (PLN). Regarding PLN, the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the end of April 2021 had issued a Financing Source Determination (PSP) worth US$ 5.8 billion which is valid until 30 April 2022. The PSP allocation includes 31 activities approved by Sri Mulyani and will be financed by Foreign Private Creditors and Export Credit Guarantee Institutions referring to Government Regulation Number 10 of 2011 concerning Procedures for Procurement of Foreign Loans and Grant Receipt.
In accordance with Government Regulation Number 50 of 2018 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2013 concerning Procedures for Implementation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget, the government must provide Companion Pure Rupiah (RMP) to assist foreign loans or grants. The amount of RMP is an average of 15% of the total value of activities, while the remaining 85% is borne by the lender. The RMP must be prepared by the government in the APBN so that an activity can be executed after the contract is signed. The issue of RMP is now one of the challenges in realizing the Ministry of Defense's ambition to spend on weapons in accordance with the PSP allocation.
With a PSP allocation of US$ 5.8 billion, the RMP requirement for the Ministry of Defense in the 2022 budget year is US$ 870 million or around Rp 12 trillion. However, according to information from a senior official in the government who is familiar with budget matters, the Ministry of Finance is only able to provide Rp 3 trillion as an RMP for weapons spending next year. In other words, the government's fiscal capacity in the 2022 fiscal year is only a quarter of the RMP's real needs. So that of the 31 activities that received the PSP, most of them would not be executed into effective contracts due to the narrow fiscal capacity to provide RMP.
Since some time ago the Ministry of Defense had a discourse to allow PLN without RMP or all financing was borne by lenders in purchasing defense equipment. However, the discourse did not get the Ministry of Finance's approval to be implemented because it contradicted the applicable rules, namely Government Regulation Number 50 of 2018 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2013 concerning Procedures for the Implementation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget. The RMP must still be available to PLN, but the percentage of the RMP from the total activity value will depend on the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the lenders. It may be that the amount of the RMP percentage is less than 15% if the lender approves it.
Of the 31 activities that received the PSP, until now only one activity has a contract signed, namely the acquisition of a Lead-In Fighter Training (LIFT) aircraft worth US$ 240 million. Meanwhile, other activities are still in the tender stage or exploratory discussions with potential suppliers. There is still a fiscal space of around IDR 2.5 trillion for the RMP which the remaining 30 activities must fight for. Faced with such conditions, the Ministry of Defense needs to re-screen these 30 activities so that only very priority activities will receive RMP according to the government's fiscal capacity.
Next is whether the Ministry of Finance still has the fiscal space to issue the PSP in 2022? This question is very relevant because the Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft, six FREMM frigates and two Maestrale frigates with a total value estimated at around US$ 12 billion. Is there still fiscal space to finance the two large expenditures amid the government's efforts to return to a budget deficit of 3% of GDP in the 2023 fiscal year? As previously mentioned, the Ministry of Finance has closed the door on the possibility of financing PLN without RMP as the Ministry of Defense wishes.
Until now, the planned acquisition of weapons made in France and Italy has not been included in the List of Foreign Loan Priority Plans (DRPPLN) published by the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas. Listed in the DRPPLN is the entrance to get a PSP. Because a contract without getting a PSP is useless. If the Ministry of Finance issues the PSP in 2022 to support the two programs, then what about the fiscal capacity for the provision of RMP in the 2023 fiscal year?
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Big acquisition of fighter planes could actually be done in 2026 where KF21/IFX is expected to be mass produced. Frigates, UCAV, and submarines can also be ordered from domestic industry if we are just be patience enough for another 3-4 years.
Iver frigates that will be built in PT PAL Indonesia and also CBG submarine that will be gradually built in PT PAL where the third sub will be completely built in PT PAL Indonesia is something that should become a priority program since it can help not only our Armed force, but also our own defense industry.
So it looks like Minimum Essential Force program needs to be prolonged to achieved its final target into 2024-2029 period. Then hopefully with the support of government to our local defense industry and research agency (BRIN), we could possibly fulfil our final minimum essential force target ( 2024-2029 ) by making our own local defense industry as the main source.
After the year 2029, we will possibly target more ambitious plan which is to reach Essential Force. This essential Force acquisition plan could also be possibly mainly sourced from local defense industry if we have ambitious new leader in 2024 with pro local industry vision where some other important defense indigenous programs under him/ her could be financed sufficiently like Wing drone Stealth program, more sophisticated Radar program, continuation of cruise missile program, R 80 program that could be used for AWACS, MPA, ASW role, beside its main civilian role, big cargo drone that can be used for both civilian and military role and also other important programs.
Having good and sophisticated local defense industry will make our Armed Force can buy defense equipment with less cost, since the OEM is local so the maintenance and operation will be also cheaper and more reliable, and it also will make our defense budget more sustainable economically, giving our people more jobs, retain our expert to stay and contribute in our country, positive spilling over effect to the civilian products due to technology development and production capacity made by our local defense industry, and finally it will improve our nation brand image that can boost our geopolitical weight and our local products image for both civilian and military market.
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Clouds of Funding for Defense Equipment Expenditures in 2022
OPINION - Alman Helvas Ali, CNBC Indonesia
06 September 2021 06:10
Clouds are likely to engulf the Indonesian government's ability to finance the activities of the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) in the 2022 fiscal year. After the government submitted a defense budget allocation in the 2022 RAPBN to the Indonesian House of Representatives worth Rp 133.9 trillion, it is now revealed the government's fiscal capacity to finance activities in the 2022 RAPBN for the Ministry of Defense is also quite limited. To quote a term often used by senior officials of the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the government's fiscal space is currently narrow. Although the exact allocation of the defense budget still has to wait for the results of the executive and legislative discussions, the possibility of a reduction in the defense budget allocation is a necessity because the current government's fiscal space is in fact narrow.
One of the activities that will be affected by the very narrow fiscal space is capital expenditure, including the expenditure on defense equipment in it. The expenditure on defense equipment in the APBN can be sourced from pure rupiah, domestic loans (PDN) and foreign loans (PLN). Regarding PLN, the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the end of April 2021 had issued a Financing Source Determination (PSP) worth US$ 5.8 billion which is valid until 30 April 2022. The PSP allocation includes 31 activities approved by Sri Mulyani and will be financed by Foreign Private Creditors and Export Credit Guarantee Institutions referring to Government Regulation Number 10 of 2011 concerning Procedures for Procurement of Foreign Loans and Grant Receipt.
In accordance with Government Regulation Number 50 of 2018 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2013 concerning Procedures for Implementation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget, the government must provide Companion Pure Rupiah (RMP) to assist foreign loans or grants. The amount of RMP is an average of 15% of the total value of activities, while the remaining 85% is borne by the lender. The RMP must be prepared by the government in the APBN so that an activity can be executed after the contract is signed. The issue of RMP is now one of the challenges in realizing the Ministry of Defense's ambition to spend on weapons in accordance with the PSP allocation.
With a PSP allocation of US$ 5.8 billion, the RMP requirement for the Ministry of Defense in the 2022 budget year is US$ 870 million or around Rp 12 trillion. However, according to information from a senior official in the government who is familiar with budget matters, the Ministry of Finance is only able to provide Rp 3 trillion as an RMP for weapons spending next year. In other words, the government's fiscal capacity in the 2022 fiscal year is only a quarter of the RMP's real needs. So that of the 31 activities that received the PSP, most of them would not be executed into effective contracts due to the narrow fiscal capacity to provide RMP.
Since some time ago the Ministry of Defense had a discourse to allow PLN without RMP or all financing was borne by lenders in purchasing defense equipment. However, the discourse did not get the Ministry of Finance's approval to be implemented because it contradicted the applicable rules, namely Government Regulation Number 50 of 2018 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2013 concerning Procedures for the Implementation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget. The RMP must still be available to PLN, but the percentage of the RMP from the total activity value will depend on the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the lenders. It may be that the amount of the RMP percentage is less than 15% if the lender approves it.
Of the 31 activities that received the PSP, until now only one activity has a contract signed, namely the acquisition of a Lead-In Fighter Training (LIFT) aircraft worth US$ 240 million. Meanwhile, other activities are still in the tender stage or exploratory discussions with potential suppliers. There is still a fiscal space of around IDR 2.5 trillion for the RMP which the remaining 30 activities must fight for. Faced with such conditions, the Ministry of Defense needs to re-screen these 30 activities so that only very priority activities will receive RMP according to the government's fiscal capacity.
Next is whether the Ministry of Finance still has the fiscal space to issue the PSP in 2022? This question is very relevant because the Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft, six FREMM frigates and two Maestrale frigates with a total value estimated at around US$ 12 billion. Is there still fiscal space to finance the two large expenditures amid the government's efforts to return to a budget deficit of 3% of GDP in the 2023 fiscal year? As previously mentioned, the Ministry of Finance has closed the door on the possibility of financing PLN without RMP as the Ministry of Defense wishes.
Until now, the planned acquisition of weapons made in France and Italy has not been included in the List of Foreign Loan Priority Plans (DRPPLN) published by the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas. Listed in the DRPPLN is the entrance to get a PSP. Because a contract without getting a PSP is useless. If the Ministry of Finance issues the PSP in 2022 to support the two programs, then what about the fiscal capacity for the provision of RMP in the 2023 fiscal year?
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Isu RMP kini adalah salah satu tantangan dalam mewujudkan ambisi Kementerian Pertahanan untuk belanja senjata sesuai dengan alokasi PSP.
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INDONESIAN Chief of Staff of The Air Force Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo with Lockheed Martin
here is our brand new SUPER - J...cheers up folks
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5 C 130 J Hercules are ordered by Air Force. According to Defence Review, the contract gets effective just recently (about 2 months ago). I believe the visit of LM people into PT Nusantara Turbin some time ago is related to this order.
Any idea of the contract value..? IIRC the contract was signed quite some time ago... perhaps in 2016...
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