UAE To Buy 100 Tank Boats From Indonesia
Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Tuesday, September 15, 2015 @ 08:53 AM
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Indonesian X-18 Tank Boat (Image:Lundin)
UAE plans to buy 100 units of tank boats from Indonesia as part of a defence cooperation deal signed during President Joko Widodo’s visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Indonesian firm Pindad is currently working on manufacturing the tank boat which consists of a high speed boat with a 105mm canon mounted on it. It has applications in anti-terrorism and anti-piracy operations.
Pindad has teamed up with Lundin, a boat manufacturer from Indonesia’s East Java province and Belgium canon manufacturer Cockeril to develop the innovative product.
"We have discussed procurement of about 100 units of tank boats that will constitute a large defense industry export from Indonesia to the UAE," the Director of Lundin, Liza Lundin was quoted as saying by Antara News Tuesday.
The deal also includes transfer of technology and a license for an SS2 assault rifle, as well as distribution and marketing for various ammunition products in the Middle-East countries through Pindad’s Middle East strategic partner, Continental Aviation Services (CAS).
"We appreciate the support of the government and all relevant agencies for encouraging defense industry cooperation between Pindad and its strategic partners from the UAE," said the Director of Pindad, Silmy Karim in a press release received by ANTARA on Monday.
CAS, in collaboration with Rheinmentall Defense (RhD) Canada, will conduct a technology transfer and investment for manufacturing remote weapon systems (RWS) with the Pindad brand.
UAE To Buy 100 Tank Boats From Indonesia
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Avionic system devices
ready for export
Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya, East Java | The Archipelago | Sat, May 26 2012, 10:49 AM
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A privately-run company based in Surabaya, East Java, is ready to export avionic system devices, thanks to its success in developing devices considered reliable for testing the endurance of the avionic systems of a jet fighter.
PT Infoglobal Teknologi Semesta (ITS) has developed two devices by modifying a rice milling machine and a bread toaster, respectively, claiming that these devices are capable of performing vibration tests and heater tests of the avionic systems found on board the British Aerospace-made Hawk 100 and Hawk 200.
“We are ready to export our avionic-system products that will be used to upgrade the 18 Hawk 100 and 200 jet fighters belonging to the Malaysian air force,” ITS CEO Johannes Adi Sasongko said on Thursday.
He assured that the vibration and heater test devices made aviation-system products compatible in the global market. ITS also hoped to export other products to Malaysia, including a multi-purpose display (MPD), digital video recorder (DVR), heads-up display monitor (Hudson) and a radar display unit (RDU).
The first two devices are used in the Hawk 100 and 200 jet fighters, while the Hudson is only for the Hawk 100 and the RDU is only used in the Hawk 200.
The devices have been used in 10 Hawk 100/200 fighters belonging to the Indonesian Air Force. The devices reportedly surprised British Aerospace during the Singapore Air Show recently.
The development of devices, according to Johannes, is expected to meet the Indonesian Hawk squadron’s need for spare parts, thus averting their premature grounding.
“We felt challenged to help ‘upgrade’ our own jet fighter facilities despite all the limitations that we have,” he said.
PT Sari Bahari in Malang, East Java has had similar success. Previously producing car and motorcycle exhaust systems, the company has now managed to produce bombs — both for battle and practice — for the sophisticated Sukhoi 27SK and 30MK jet fighters.
“In the near future, we will start exporting 522 70 mm smoke warhead rockets [smoke bombs] for the Chilean air force,” PT Sari Bahari owner Ricky Hendrik Egam said.
The company, Ricky said, has been entrusted by Armaco, a Bulgarian bomb producer, to be its partner in Indonesia since March. As such, PT Sari Bahari was given a guarantee to benefit from technology transfers from Armaco in the manufacturing of fuses.
“The fuse is the most vital part of a bomb. If we can produce our own fuses, then we will no longer be dependent on other countries to meet with our need for bombs, rockets, missiles and torpedoes for submarines. Indonesia should be proud about this,” Ricky said.
He said Indonesia used to produce only bullets with limited calibers, bomb casings, warheads and ammunition fillings. - See more at:
Avionic system devices ready for export | The Jakarta Post