Indonesia Defence Forum

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Peacekeeper...With French Army
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[Zarvan]

Is Indonesia introducing new Guns for its Army or designing some ?

 

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Denjaka (Detasemen Jala Mangkara)

 

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Indonesia has a good surface warships fleet. Their new corvettes/frigates are awesome with great weapon load.

 

[Indos]

Is Indonesia introducing new Guns for its Army or designing some ?

You know already our new gun, currently being tested. For SS series, we are developing it over time.

 

[Indos]

U.S. Tech Rebuff Slams Korea's KFX Fighter

OCT 16, 2015 @ 10:13 AM

Donald Kirk ,

CONTRIBUTOR

Asia news from Korea's nuclear crisis to Indian foreign policy.

• Park Geun-hyeto Washington this week, encountered the first barrier when Defense Secretary Ashton Carter frankly reiterated what the State Department had already decreed – that the U.S. simply is not going to trust the Koreans with four “core technologies” needed for the costly Korean Fighter Experimental (KFX). Unless the U.S. agrees, the dream of producing the KFX, Korea’s own advanced fighter plane, may disintegrate.
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  Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
  
  Han had hoped to persuade Carter of the urgent need for a change of heart, but Carter apparently wasted no words in telling him essentially to forget it. That’s after the State Department in May ruled against transferring four of the 25 technologies needed for the KFX, 120 of which Korea Aerospace hopes to be producing in ten years.
  
  Koreans have professed bitter disappointment over the refusal of the U.S. to entrust its ally with the highest-tech stuff they say is needed for the KFX not only to have stealth capabilities but to be able to find and track hostile targets with the latest state-of-the-art radar.
  
  In a face-saving gesture, Carter agreed on cooperation in general on technology. The vehicle for that understanding is an artfully named “consultative forum” that may give the Koreans’ entree into advanced American technology but was not exactly the deal the Koreans were looking for.
  
  
  
  
  
  That deal, according to Korean sources, was for Lockheed Martin LMT +1.35% to sell Korea 40 F35’s, the newest model U.S. fighter plane in production, at a cost of about $7 billion while Lockheed provided all the technologies needed for the KFX. Now Koreans are talking about acquiring the coveted active electronically scanned array radar, known by the acronym AESA; infrared search and track, IRST; electronics optics targeting pod, EOTGP; and radio frequency or RF jammer, from European manufacturers.
  
  The technology for these four devices is evidently so advanced that the U.S. does not want to take the slightest risk of China or others acquiring it. AESA tells friend from foe, IRST detects when missiles are fired, EOTGP finds targets with amazing accuracy and the RF jammer shuts down high-powered electronic gizmos and gadgets.
  The feeling is, as long as Lockheed-Martin keeps those four to itself, no one else will get it. It’s questionable, though, whether the State Department and Pentagon will want Lockheed-Martin selling all the 21 other technologies, which include super-advanced weaponry plus still more electronic wizardry.
  
  That uncertainty adds urgency to building up relations with European suppliers and to encouraging domestic manufacturers, so great at mass-producing phones and computers using technology developed in the U.S., to come up with more ideas for the most advanced fighter aircraft. Eurojet appears anxious to get in on the lucrative business, said Clemens Linden, CEO, promising engines with “better performance, lower weight, longer life, greater reliability and better range” than its competitors.
  
  While Korea Aerospace Industries says the KFX will be flyable and viable a decade hence, that outcome is by no means guaranteed. Aside from the problems in obtaining all the technologies, the KFX is regarded as too expensive, about twice the price of an F16 and not much more advanced.
  
  Nor is it guaranteed that Korea will buy all those F35s if Lockheed is not providing most of the technologies for the KFX.
  
  The battle over acquiring technologies for the KFX parallels the struggle to convince Koreans of the need for THAAD, terminal high-altitude area defense, an enormously expensive system for shooting down incoming missiles at altitudes of 200-300 kilometers.
  
  
  Han said that THAAD was not on the formal agenda while he and Park are in Washington, but the subject was expected to come up in talks between defense officials. Both China and Russia have responded with alarm to the idea of THAAD in South Korea, refusing to accept U.S. assurances that the system would not be directed against them.
  
  The Pentagon sought to bury doubts and questions in verbiage that provided a framework for putting off real agreement on anything. The vehicle for postponing deals was named “an interagency working group to enhance cooperation on defense technology issues,” according to Yonhap, the South Korean news agency.
  
  Just to show the U.S.-Korean alliance was not in danger, the statement wound up with oft-repeated pledges. Korea was adjudged “the linchpin of peace and security on the Korean peninsula and across the Asia-Pacific region” – verbiage with which such sessions often wind up regardless of differences.
  
  
  
  To read more of my commentaries on Asia news, click on www.donaldkirk.com, and the details of my books are available here.

U.S. Tech Rebuff Slams Korea's KFX Fighter

 

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N219 Production Progress, Ready for Rollout on November

Pesawat N-219 Karya PT DI akan Dikenalkan November, First Flight

 

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PASIS DIKREG LIII SESKOAD : AN INPUTS FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY

Posted: Selasa, 13 Okt 2015

One hundred and twenty student officers from Pendidikan Reguler LIII Sekolah Staf dan Komando Angkatan Darat (53rd Regular Education of Indonesian Army Staff and Command School) or Dikreg LIII Seskoad visit PT Pindad (Persero) on October 12th, 2015. The entourage which is led by Infantry Colonel Anton Nugroho, received by Vice President of Weapon, Fudji Chaerudin at Graha Pindad, Bandung. Field visit to PT Pindad (Persero) is a part of regular education activities of Indonesian Army Staff and Command School which is applicable in the real field. This visit is also has a purpose that the student officers has an analysis ability to directly apply the information which are they got theoretically.

Fudji Chaerudin said that PT Pindad (Persero) receiving this visit with an open arms. He hoped that the student officers could utilize data and information that they got from today’s visit. “Hopefully the student officers not only visiting but also can absorbing the lesson to be explored as much as they can,” said Fudji. “We also hoped that the student officers can give us some inputs for our products and production facilities, for future Pindad’s development,” added him.

Infantry Colonel Anton Nugroho, in his welcome speech said that this activity hopefully could give a depth comprehensive about defence industry and various things that are support its sustainability. “The student officers hoped could understand the development of strategic industry, devote all of their ability and knowledge so that they can generate some inputs to optimize strategic industry role on supporting Indonesian National Armed Forces’ main weaponry system modernization,” said Anton.

The student officers looked enthusiast when the question and answer session is started. They don’t hesitate to give their opinion and inputs for some Pindad’s product lines and developments. Afterward, the student officers visit some company production facilities such as Special Vehicle and Weapon Division to directly see the production process of Pindad’s defence and security products. Hopefully, with a direct visit to see the production process, the student officers could give inputs that related to main weaponry system products, infrastructures that could be utilized by the defence industry to Indonesian National Armed Forces’ equipments. (Anggia)

PT. Pindad (Persero) - Kunjungan Pasis Dikreg LIII Seskoad : Saran dan Masukan untuk Indhan

 

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Indonesia and US affirm commitment to joint defence production
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
27 October 2015


The United States and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to undertake joint defence production programmes. The affirmation was announced during Indonesian president Joko Widodo's visit to Washington, which ended on 27 October.

Following meetings between Widodo and US president Barack Obama, a statement by the White House said that the two countries will look to deepen collaboration in areas including joint defence research and development, the joint production of defence equipment, as well as co-operative logistics.

Other areas in which the two presidents agreed to expand collaboration include maritime security, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), countering transnational threats, and military professionalisation.

Indonesia and US affirm commitment to joint defence production - IHS Jane's 360

Viper,C-130J and lockheed radar for Indonesia?

Saab offers Indonesia 'Swedish air power package'
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
25 October 2015


Saab has announced its intention to formally offer the government of Indonesia a "Swedish air power package" featuring its JAS 39 Gripen combat aircraft.

At a media event in Jakarta on 23 October Saab declared that its offer is based on the "proven Swedish record of transparency, industrial co-operation, and operational capabilities".

Saab said the offer, which is geared towards meeting air combat capability requirements in the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU), will "significantly contribute to Indonesian defence and security as well as the economy".

Saab said its Swedish air power package consists of the "latest version" of its Gripen fighter aircraft; the company's Erieye Airborne Early Warning & Control system; ground-based command and control; tactical datalinks; industrial co-operation, including transfers of technology and local production; and extensive job creation, which Saab said would reach "thousands of jobs".
Saab offers Indonesia 'Swedish air power package' - IHS Jane's 360

 

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T50i Workshop
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Para Raider 330

 

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N219 Production Progress, Ready for Rollout on November
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Pesawat N-219 Karya PT DI akan Dikenalkan November, First Flight

And this in 2025

 

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And this in 2025
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I hope so. One step at a time. But first thing first, after N219, PTDI+Lapan need to start working on N245 before anything else.

 

[anas_nurhafidz]

I hope so. One step at a time. But first thing first, after N219, PTDI+Lapan need to start working on N245 before anything else.

Yupz, I forget that's one