26 defense attaches visit weapons manufacturer in Bandung
Rabu, 8 April 2015 23:53 WIB |
Bandung, W Java (ANTARA News) - As many as 26 defense attaches from friendly countries visited state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad and national weapons and armored vehicle industry complex here on Wednesday.
"The presence of the defense attaches is very strategic and an honor for Pindad which plays an active role in fully supporting the Indonesian defense industry," President Director of PT Pindad Silmy Karim said while receiving the defense attaches.
On the occasion, Silmy introduced the company and its several excellent products to the guests.
Pindad which is engaged in defense industry had so far supplied weapons to the National Defense Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian Police (Polri). It also pioneered the export of weapons to several countries, he said.
"Pindad wants to show that Indonesia has a company capable of manufacturing high quality defense and security products. This information should be disseminated to policy makers in other countries," he said.
Silmy did not rule out the possibility that the visit would help the company open several new export markets if there was significant feedback.
Pindah had so far established cooperation with several world-class defense companies to achieve its vision and improve its capacity through transfer of technology.
"Pindad currently cooperates with global companies which have reliable technological capability. We hope that the visit will lead to other countries cooperating with Pindad and using its products," he said.(*)
26 defense attaches visit weapons manufacturer in Bandung - ANTARA News
Russia, Indonesia begin talks on Sukhoi Su-35 deliveries
17:16 April 7, 2015
Interfax
SU-30MKI vs. Rafale
Indonesia has taken an interest in buying Russia's brand new multirole fighter jet Sukhoi Su-35, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) head Yuri Slyusar told Interfax in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.
"Indonesian colleagues are interested in buying this plane. The negotiations are at their beginning," Slyusar said.
It was reported earlier that the Indonesian Air Force wished to replace outdated U.S. fighters F5 by Russian multirole fighters of generation 4++
Sukhoi Su-35.
"Hopefully, the national government will grant our wish to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighters. As combat aircraft operators, we would like to have fighters of a more advanced generation, 4++," the Indonesian state news agency ANTARA quoted Air Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna as saying.
In his words, Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft fully meet the Indonesian Air Force demand for armaments. Supriatna said he was not expecting Indonesian technicians to have problems servicing those aircraft.
The eleventh squadron of the Indonesian Air Force is flying five one-seat Sukhoi Su-27SK and eleven two-seat Su-30MK2.
Sukhoi Su-35 was designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It is a profoundly modernized super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet of generation 4++ employing fifth-generation technologies which makes it superior to other jets in its class.
Su-35 boasts new avionics based on a digital data control system, a new radar station with phased antenna array, a longer range of target detection and a bigger number of simultaneously locked and engaged targets, and new engines with bigger thrust and thrust-vector control.
In the opinion of experts, Su-35 has much better performance characteristics compared to other jets in its class, and its avionic systems are capable of accomplishing broader missions. The plane is superior to all tactical fighter of generations 4 and 4+ Rafale and EF 2000 and modernized fighters F-15, F-16, F-18 and F-35. It can also counteract F-22A.
The primary buyer of the new fighter jet is the Russian Defense Ministry, which signed a contract for the procurement of 48 Su-35 fighters in 2009.
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Russia, Indonesia begin talks on Sukhoi Su-35 deliveries | Russia Beyond The Headlines)
