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Indonesia receives bids from DCNS, DSME for submarine overhaul contract
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
15 November 2015
Key Points
- Two overseas shipbuilders are understood to have submitted bids to carry out Indonesian submarine overhaul work
- Work could see the service life extension of the lead Type 209/1300 Cakra-class submarine to 2024
The Indonesian government has received proposals from two overseas shipbuilders to carry out maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) work on the Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL's) lead Cakra (Type 209/1300)-class diesel-electric submarine, KRI
Cakra (401).
TNI-AL sources told
IHS Jane's that separate bids have been submitted by French shipbuilder DCNS and South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the MRO work.
Proposals from both companies include arrangements to divide the work, said to be worth an estimated USD40 million, with PT PAL to transfer expertise and technology to the state-run Indonesian naval shipbuilder.
PT PAL first told
IHS Jane's in January 2014 that
Cakra was slated to undergo an MRO project.
IHS Jane's understands that the MRO work is now planned to encompass an overhaul of the vessel's machinery, the installation of new electro-optical components on
Cakra 's periscope mast, and a replacement of the vessel's combat management system (CMS), as well as work on the hull.
The TNI-AL's two Cakra-class submarines were built by German company Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), and have been in service since 1981. According to a January 2014
IHS Jane's report,
Cakra underwent a USD60 million refurbishment that included the installation of new radar, sonar, navigation, and combat systems in 2006.
Officials from both DSME and DCNS declined to comment on the MRO bids, citing confidentiality clauses. "There is indeed an ongoing competition for this project and for commercial reasons we cannot make any comment at this stage," said a DCNS press officer.
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