Initially in Spain, CN 295 aircraft Later Made in Bandung
Zulfi Suhendra - detikfinance
Friday, 27/02/2015 09:17 pm
Initially in Spain, CN 295 aircraft Later Made in Bandung said Francisco Jose Viqueira Niel, Spanish Ambassador to Indonesia
Jakarta-Indonesia and Spain continue to develop cooperation in the field of aircraft manufacturing. Advanced tactical aircraft CN 295 that was originally made in Spain, in the future will be made in Bandung, West Java.
At the beginning of the program, these aircraft Indonesia ordered 9 units, the initial 7 units had been made in Sevilla (Spain) and 2 units were made in London by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) through the supervision of experts from Spain. To complete the squadron, Indonesia will ordered more 7 aircraft of this type and they are entirely made in Bandung.
"Contract for 7 aircraft has not been signed. But I was told the decision has been made," said Spanish Ambassador to Indonesia, Francisco Jose; Viquiera Niel, while talking to the media on Thursday (02/27/2015) night.
Since the 1980s, Viquiera continued his speech, Indonesia has established cooperation with Matador State (Spain red.). Especially in the field of aviation, the two countries together make the C-212 or CN 212, between Cassa and Nurtanio (now PT DI).
Now, this type of aircraft only be made in Indonesia, precisely at the headquarters of PT DI in Bandung. The cooperation of Aircraft development continued until now, and the new planes manifold in CN 235 and most recently the CN 295.
Cooperation programs to build sophisticated CN 295 aircraft for Indonesia military defense purposes is started about 7 years ago. And Indonesia with Spain has agreed if seven aircraft were made in Spain, while the two aircraft made in Bandung.
"Two of the last aircraft have been assembled in Bandung, 2 of 9 aircraft. Eight have been sent, while one more will be delivered in October or November," he said.
The program will continues to build as many as seven units more planes . Viquiera said, in a few years this program will been completed and the aircraft was able to complete the squadron (16 units).
"Once the contract is signed, we started to build it and I assume a few years after the contract is signed, the program will be completed," he said
He believes the new aircraft are much more sophisticated in terms of features, technology, and up to the more update specifications than the previous production.
"It's more sophisticated than CN 212. In Electronic and avianic terms, they are all more sophisticated than ever. Now military aircraft have updates every 6 months as well as computers. Because the most important part is like a computer and the software that makes it different," he explained.
Awalnya di Spanyol, Pesawat CN 295 Nantinya Dibuat di Bandung -