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Steel cutting KCR-60 missile boat

 

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3 units AS550 C3 (single engine) & 2 units AS555 AP (twin engine) Fennec Light Attack Helicopters at PT DI Facility. Credit to Ilham Firdaus.

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Mamba MRAP

 

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Indonesian Navy Sigma PKR 10514 KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata 331. Credit to Damen.

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PT PAL cuts steel on Indonesia's fourth KCR-60M fast attack craft

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
03 February 2017

State-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has begun work on the Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL's) fourth KCR-60M fast attack craft.

First steel for the platform was cut on the company's premises at Surabaya on 2 February, formally marking the start of the vessel's construction.

Jane's first reported in March 2016 that the Indonesian government has placed an order for a fourth KCR-60M boat, after speaking to PT PAL officials during a visit to Surabaya in the same month.

The TNI-AL currently operates a fleet of three KCR-60M boats that were commissioned between May and September 2014. The platform features an overall length of 59.8 m, an overall beam of 8.1 m, and a hull draught of 2.6 m. The KCR-60M can attain a top speed of 28 kt and a standard range of 2,400 n miles at 20 kt.

According to a PT PAL media release on 2 February to mark the first steel cutting, the fourth-in-class will feature the same vessel specifications, but with a "more integrated weapons system" over its predecessors. The company has however, not provided any details on weapon systems that will go onboard the platform.

http://www.janes.com/article/67455/pt-pal-cuts-steel-on-indonesia-s-fourth-kcr-60m-fast-attack-craft

 

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PT PAL cuts steel on Indonesia's fourth KCR-60M fast attack craft

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
03 February 2017

State-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has begun work on the Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL's) fourth KCR-60M fast attack craft.

First steel for the platform was cut on the company's premises at Surabaya on 2 February, formally marking the start of the vessel's construction.

Jane's first reported in March 2016 that the Indonesian government has placed an order for a fourth KCR-60M boat, after speaking to PT PAL officials during a visit to Surabaya in the same month.

The TNI-AL currently operates a fleet of three KCR-60M boats that were commissioned between May and September 2014. The platform features an overall length of 59.8 m, an overall beam of 8.1 m, and a hull draught of 2.6 m. The KCR-60M can attain a top speed of 28 kt and a standard range of 2,400 n miles at 20 kt.

According to a PT PAL media release on 2 February to mark the first steel cutting, the fourth-in-class will feature the same vessel specifications, but with a "more integrated weapons system" over its predecessors. The company has however, not provided any details on weapon systems that will go onboard the platform.

http://www.janes.com/article/67455/pt-pal-cuts-steel-on-indonesia-s-fourth-kcr-60m-fast-attack-craft

I hope for the "more integrated weapons system" is like KCR 60M in this picture.

 

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Pasukan Garuda Tiba Di MakassarSejumlah pasukan TNI Batalyon Zeni Tempur (Yonzipur) VIII/SMG Kodam VII Wirabuana anggota Pasukan Garuda mengikuti upacara penyambutan saat tiba di Dermaga Sukarno, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Jumat (3/2/2017). Sebanyak 145 personel TNI AD Yonzipur VIII/SMG tiba di Makassar selepas bertugas sebagai Pasukan Garuda Satgas Kizi TNI Konga XX M Monusco di Republik Demokratik Kongo. (ANTARA /Yusran Uccang)

Pasukan Garuda Tiba Di MakassarPangdam VII/Wirabuana Mayor Jenderal TNI Agus Surya Bakti (kanan) berbincang dengan personel TNI Batalyon Zeni Tempur (Yonzipur) VIII/SMG Kodam VII Wirabuana anggota Pasukan Garuda saat tiba di Dermaga Sukarno, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Jumat (3/2/2017). Sebanyak 145 personel TNI AD Yonzipur VIII/SMG tiba di Makassar selepas bertugas sebagai Pasukan Garuda Satgas Kizi TNI Konga XX M Monusco di Republik Demokratik Kongo. (ANTARA/Yusran Uccang)

Pasukan Garuda Tiba Di MakassarPangdam VII/Wirabuana Mayor Jenderal TNI Agus Surya Bakti (kanan) berbincang dengan personel TNI Batalyon Zeni Tempur (Yonzipur) VIII/SMG Kodam VII Wirabuana anggota Pasukan Garuda saat tiba di Dermaga Sukarno, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Jumat (3/2/2017). Sebanyak 145 personel TNI AD Yonzipur VIII/SMG tiba di Makassar selepas bertugas sebagai Pasukan Garuda Satgas Kizi TNI Konga XX M Monusco di Republik Demokratik Kongo. (ANTARA/Yusran Uccang)

Pasukan Garuda Tiba Di MakassarSeorang personel TNI Batalyon Zeni Tempur (Yonzipur) VIII/SMG Kodam VII Wirabuana anggota Pasukan Garuda disambut keluarganya saat tiba di Dermaga Sukarno, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Jumat (3/2/2017). Sebanyak 145 personel TNI AD Yonzipur VIII/SMG tiba di Makassar selepas bertugas sebagai Pasukan Garuda Satgas Kizi TNI Konga XX M Monusco di Republik Demokratik Kongo. (ANTARA/Yusran Uccang)

Pasukan Garuda Tiba Di MakassarRefleksi sejumlah pasukan TNI Batalyon Zeni Tempur (Yonzipur) VIII/SMG Kodam VII Wirabuana anggota Pasukan Garuda tiba di Dermaga Sukarno, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Jumat (3/2/2017). Sebanyak 145 personel TNI AD Yonzipur VIII/SMG tiba di Makassar selepas bertugas sebagai Pasukan Garuda Satgas Kizi TNI Konga XX M Monusco di Republik Demokratik Kongo. (ANTARA/ Yusran Uccang)

Navy turns to locally made missile boats

The Jakarta Post 4 Feb 2017 Wahyoe Boediwardhana


Piece by piece: Employees of state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia work on the fourth 60-meterlong fast missile boat (FMB), KCR60M, in Surabaya on Thursday. The vessel was ordered by the Indonesian Navy. JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana

Rear Admiral Leonardi, the Defense Ministry’s chief of the procurement center, firmly pushed the button, turning on the laser cutting machine that immediately started cutting a Krakatau Steel-produced steel sheet with perfect precision.

The act, which took place at the assembly hall of state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL in Surabaya, marked the commencement of the construction of the 60 meter-long Fast Missile Boat (FMB), also known as KCR60M, which was ordered by the Indonesian Navy.

“Since PT PAL has constructed the previous three FMBs, we expect that the flaws found on those boats would be corrected and improved upon on the fourth boat so it would be an improved version,” Leonardi said recently.

He said that the Navy had gained confidence in operating domestically-built warships. The confidence, he added, was reflected in the increasing number of orders placed by the Navy on domestic shipbuilders.

In mid-2017, the Navy plans to commission a batch of three additional 60 meter-long FMBs.

The Navy expected to have seven FMBs in operation by 2017.

Currently, the Navy has three FMBs in operation that began in 2014, another one has just begun construction and an order for the construction of another three would be placed in mid-2017.

The construction cost for the last four FMBs was expected to reach Rp. 2.2 trillion (US$165 million).

Separately, Assistant for Logistics of the Navy Chief Rear Admiral Mulyadi explained that the fourth FMB, which was ordered by the Defense Ministry, and the additional three FMBs, which were ordered directly by the Navy, would feature different characteristics.

PT PAL would build the fourth FMB without any armaments. A weapon control system, guns and missile launchers would be added upon the completion of the FMB.

The additional three FMBs, on the other hand, would be fully installed with armaments during the construction process.

“We tried to have it constructed with full armaments, but due to budget limitations we will build the boat as a platform first and then equip it with the necessary weapons later on,” he said, referring to the fourth FMB.

The cost for constructing the fourth FMB is about Rp. 210 billion, while the cost for constructing the additional three FMBs with full armaments would reach Rp 665 billion each.

“The 60 meter-long FMBs would use European-made combat management systems (CMS) that have excellent reliability, while the 40 meter-long FMBs would use Chinese-made CMS,” he added.

PT PAL CEO M Firmansyah Arifin disclosed that in addition to the three additional, fullyarmed FMBs, the Navy planned to commission a Banjarmasin-class landing platform dock (LPD), an amphibious warship able to transport and land troops as well as equipment.

“We are still in discussion with our Navy counterparts on the detailed specifications,” Firmansyah said.

The company has, in the past, built three LPDs for the Navy. It also won a tender to construct a strategic sealift vessel (SSV) for the Philippines’ Navy and, recently, secured an order from Malaysia’s Navy to construct a Multirole Support Ship (MRSS).

“The contract with Malaysia’s Navy will be inked next August. There is a possibility that they will order more than one MRSS. The platform for MRSSs is similar to the one for the Indonesian Navy’s LPD and the Philippines’ SSV. However, the MRSS will be bigger, 163 meter-long, and fully-armed.”

The orders from foreign navies, he stressed, proved that PT PAL possessed shipbuilding technology on par with that of other countries’ shipbuilders.

 

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