Singapore Airshow 2018: Indonesia studies options for four AEW&C aircraft
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - Jane's Defence Weekly
07 February 2018
Key Points
- Indonesia has begun studying available options for the air force’s AEW&C requirements
- The formal acquisition programme is expected to materialise in the 2020–2024 timeframe
The Indonesia Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU) is drawing up a schedule to retire its fleet of ageing Boeing 737-2X9 airframes, and has begun preliminary studies to acquire replacement aircraft for its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) requirements.
However, unlike TNI-AU’s aerial fleet tanker requirement, no aircraft type has been specified in the preliminary studies, and senior members of the service are currently speaking to potential suppliers at the Singapore Airshow to learn more about options available,
Jane’s has learnt from TNI-AU sources present.
The service currently operates a fleet of three Boeing 737-2X9 surveillance aircraft that were commissioned in 1982. The airframes are currently deployed with the TNI-AU’s Skuadron Udara 5 (Air Squadron 5) at the Sultan Hasanuddin air base in Makassar in South Sulawesi, and bear the registration numbers AI-7301, AI-7302, and AI-7303.
The platform has a service ceiling of 50,000 ft and a range of 2,530 n miles. In the early 1990s, the aircraft were each upgraded with identification friend-or-foe (IFF) sensors, a Motorola AN/APS-135 side-looking airborne modular multimission radar (SLAMMR) and a Thomson-CSF Ocean Master radar with low-probability-of-intercept features.
Besides surveillance and intelligence gathering in-country, the airframes have also been deployed for exercises overseas. In 2012, a single 737-2X9 airframe was temporarily stationed at Darwin in northern Australia for Exercise ‘Albatross Ausindo 2012’. It operated alongside an Australian AP-3C for the duration of its deployment.
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Singapore Airshow 2018: Thailand enters ‘pre-contract’ negotiations for three MPA
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - Jane's Navy International
07 February 2018
Key Points
- Thailand and Indonesia are in advanced negotiations over the acquisition of three maritime patrol aircraft
- Platforms will improve Thailand’s maritime surveillance capabilities in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) and Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) are now in ‘pre-contract’ negotiations over the procurement of three CN-235-220 aircraft in the maritime patrol configuration.
Speaking to
Jane’s at the 2018 iteration of the Singapore Airshow, PTDI’s Vice President of Sales, Ade Yuyu Wahyuna, said negotiations in this stage begun in late-January 2018, and a formal contract can be expected to materialise before the end of the year.
http://www.janes.com/article/77673/...nters-pre-contract-negotiations-for-three-mpa
Singapore Airshow 2018: Nepal begins negotiations for second CN-235 with PT Dirgantara
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - Jane's Defence Weekly
07 February 2018
The Nepalese government has begun negotiations with Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara (PTDI) for another CN-235-220M multipurpose platform, an official from the company confirmed with
Jane’s at the 2018 iteration of the Singapore Airshow.
The aircraft is being acquired for the Nepalese Army (NA) Air Wing, and like the first airframe ordered in 2017, will probably be deployed primarily for troop and cargo transport, humanitarian supply missions, and medical evacuations, said Ade Yuyu Wahyuna, PTDI’s vice-president of sales.
PTDI secured a contract to supply the first CN-235-220M with Nepal in June 2017. The aircraft type, which is being produced under a long-standing licensing arrangement with Airbus, is currently under construction at the company’s facilities in Bandung.
http://www.janes.com/article/77674/...tiations-for-second-cn-235-with-pt-dirgantara