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Will Indonesia Buy French Stealth Submarines?
Jakarta is interested in bolstering its deterrence capabilities.

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By Franz-Stefan Gady
October 08, 2015

Indonesian defense officials have expressed interest in purchasing French-built Scorpene-class 1000 diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK) IHS Jane’s Navy International reports.

Representatives of the French shipbuilder DCNS, the company offering the boats, confirmed Indonesian-French government-to-government talks at this year’s Pacific 2015 International Maritime Exhibition currently taking place in Sydney, Australia.

“The talks are going on at the government-to-government level, mostly to discuss the needs of the Indonesian Navy,” according to a DCNS representative interviewed by IHS Jane’s Navy International.

“So far, what the Indonesians have identified is the need for a complementary submarine fleet that can fill in the gaps of their new ocean-going submarines, and they are considering the Scorpene 1000.”

The last time the Indonesian Navy received new submarines was in the 1980s with the delivery of two GermanType 209/1300 diesel-electric attack submarines (known as Cakra-class in Indonesia), which subsequently underwent several major refits modernizing the subs’ propulsion systems, detection and navigation systems, and new fire control and combat systems by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), which is building Type 209 variants under license.

In December 2011, DSME was awarded a contract for the construction of three 1,400-ton Chang Bogo-class (a license-built variant of the 209) diesel-electric attack submarines. The boats are expected to be delivered between 2015 and 2016 with a commissioning date set for the first half of 2018. The subs will be equipped with eight weapon tubes for torpedoes and guided missiles and feature cutting edge electronic defense and radar signal detection systems.

According to Indonesia Navy officials, the country will need at least six submarines to secure its key maritime straits (Malacca, Sunda and Lombok). Among other things, the Indonesian government appears to be also interested in procuring a number of Russian-made Kilo-class attack submarines.

However, DCNS officials in Sydney think that the Scorpene-class 1000 SSK will be the ideal solution for Indonesia, given the country’s geography. “The Scorpene 1000 is an especially suitable platform for the Indonesian Navy, given the country’s archipelagic nature. he platform has been designed to operate … in shallow waters and is very difficult to detect due to the depths associated with littoral waters,” one DCNS official said.

IHS Jane’s Navy International describes some of the sub’s technical specifications based on information provided by DCNS including a surface displacement of about 1,000 tons, a length of 50 meters, and a submerged speed of around 15 knots. Furthermore, the vessel’s range is stated to be around 4,000 miles and can stay submerged for up to five days. Additionally, the French-made SSK has a dive depth of over 20 meters and can fit a crew of 21 and up to six navy divers.

Will Indonesia Buy French Stealth Submarines? | The Diplomat
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More countries purchase weapons from PT Pindad

Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, October 08 2015, 5:02 PM

State-owned land system and weapons maker PT Pindad said on Wednesday that many countries had shown interest in its weapons and that it had inked contracts to provide weapons to some of them.

“We are selling our products to places such as Singapore, Laos, Nigeria, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Thailand,” Pindad president director Silmy Karim told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

Pindad produces automatic rifles, pistols, grenade launchers, munitions and war vehicles. The Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police dominate its market.

The company was also proud of its products as TNI personnel had won several international shooting tournaments using Pindad weapons.

“We have high-quality weapons, that’s why our soldiers win international tournaments and have attracted interest from other countries,” Silmy said.

Silmy said the firm’s most recent contract was sealed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in September, when President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited Abu Dhabi.

According to the contract, Pindad will transfer technologies to UAE defense logistics and support company Continental Aviation Services (CAS), with the goal of enabling the local manufacturer and marketing Indonesian products. The products include the SS2 assault rifle and ammunitions.

“The plan to build the SS2 weapon plant in UAE will commence in 2017,” Silmy said.

CAS will also collaborate with Rheinmentall Defense Canada to transfer technologies to Pindad, allowing the company to manufacture remote weapon systems (RWS) using Pindad’s name.


The domestic strategic industry was dormant for years after president Soeharto stepped down in 1998 amid the economic crisis. The country received fund assistance during that time from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had urged the government to stop supporting the defense industry.

However, during the tenure of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the House of Representatives passed Law No. 16/2012 on the defense industry and a special committee was tasked with focusing on the issue.

The idea was also in line with Yudhoyono’s plan to equip TNI with a new and sophisticated weaponry system to meet the Minimum Essential Force (MEF).

As Yudhoyono’s successor, Jokowi has promised to improve TNI’s weaponry system by reducing weapon exports and placing more focus on weapon products from Indonesia.

“We will reduce imports of weapon systems by developing our defense industry,” Jokowi said, during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the TNI in West Java.

Silmy said that Pindad was still struggling to improve its products. The company had sent several of its best people to learn about weapons technology overseas.

“We need young people who understand weapons technology so that Pindad can produce more sophisticated weapons for Indonesia,” Silmy said

The 2012 law also supports Pindad in efforts to obtain technology from countries Indonesia had ordered products from.

Although Pindad had the opportunity to grow, Silmy said that the company needed more support from the government, including a sufficient budget to boost the company’s capacity.


Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...pt-pindad.html

Indonesian PT Pindad along with CAS will made a license product of RCWS from Rheinmetall Canada
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OUT OF HARM’S WAY

STORY 15 June 2015

Navigating sea mines, challenging pirates, conducting scientific research, search and rescue. These are just some of the scenarios where an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) can perform critical tasks without putting sailors in harm's way.

USVs are an excellent complement to manned systems, allowing their operators to do dull, dirty and dangerous jobs from the comparable safety of an office.

At the USV’s core is the Mission System: its ‘brain’, where information from sensors – radar, sonar, camera, GPS – integrates and interfaces with propulsion, steering and control systems.

Connected to the Mission System, the operator commands the engine, lights, cameras, weapons, microphone and speaker, but moreover, they complete the most demanding tasks, in the most challenging circumstances, without risking their lives.

Given their capabilities, it’s little wonder many have identified USVs as a multi-billion dollar growth industry. Yet despite the promise, few unmanned vessels have had commercial success so far, largely because of their bespoke nature and limited integration with wider naval operations and systems.

We’re keen to change that.

Last year, we unveiled the Bonefish, a concept USV on which we’re testing a revolutionary Mission System, one which is reliable, flexible, low-cost, and which can be applied to vessels of all sorts, including trimarans, catamarans and monostable hulls.

Since unveiling Bonefish last year, we’ve worked on the Mission System in the laboratory at our Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Vessels in Australia. We're engaging with maritime regulators and we’ll be showing off the Mission System on Bonefish at Pacific 2015, and hope to see it become a commercial success in the near future; protecting people and society from existing and emerging naval threats.


Source: http://saabgroup.com/Media/stories/s...-in-indonesia/

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Indonesian Armed Forces personnel give their ranks and salute for their heroes in the name of Great General Sudirman during anniversary of armed forces jubilee in Ndana Islands, one of the most southernmost Indonesian soil in East Nusa tenggara province

credit to Jeff Pranada photography and with his usually great pictures

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credit due to Erliansyah Abubakar

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Country Risk

Indonesia confirms plans for new White Paper
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
04 October 2015
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The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) on exercise in 2014. Source: TNI-AL

Indonesia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed plans to introduce a new national defence policy that will outline a requirement for a "robust posture" that supports military modernisation and responds to growing strategic threats.

The MoD said on 5 October that the defence policy - also referred to Indonesia's defence White Paper - would be "completed in the near future" and would "optimise" Indonesia's national defence system. Indonesia's existing defence White Paper was published in 2008.

The MoD said that a new policy is required in view of the "developing strategic environment and threats" that are facing Indonesia. It did not elaborate but this is certainly a reference to growing tension in the South China Sea, which in turn is linked to China's increasing assertiveness in the region.

The MoD also made reference of the defence policy's requirement to link the development of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) with military procurement and the indigenous defence industrial base.

"If the TNI's military equipment is more comprehensive and modern and the ability and professionalism of the TNI continues to increase this will facilitate improved military modernisations… A priority is strengthening the national defence industry in supporting the military performing its constitutional duties," said the MoD.

Indonesia confirms plans for new White Paper - IHS Jane's 360




FRIDAY, 09 OCTOBER, 2015 | 17:44 WIB
Minister Rini Inaugurates Len Technopark

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno inaugurated the first assembly facility at Len Technopark, Subang. Len Technopark is the latest production facility to be developed as a technology tourism destination for public.

The Len Technopark inauguration was a part of PT Len Industry`s 24th anniversary celebration. Rini hopes that PT Len Industry would deliver more innovations.

“Indonesia is a big country, and we need to think big,” Rini said in Bandung on Friday, Oct 9, 2015.

During the technopark inauguration ceremony, Len and Pindad signed a cooperation agreement to produce communication gears for Pindad`s armored personnel carriers; Anoa and Komodo.

Rini said that state-owned enterprises must innovate to reinforce defense, as well as food and energy resilience.

PT Len has commenced the production of 700 military communication gears for the Indonesian Military.

Minister Rini Inaugurates Len Technopark | Economy & Business | Tempo.Co :: Indonesian News Portal

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Todays newspaper "forget the F16, we are insist to buy SU-35", said the Head of Air Force Public Relation, Marsekal Muda Dwi Bagarmanto..

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Todays newspaper "forget the F16, we are insist to buy SU-35", said the Head of Air Force Public Relation, Marsekal Muda Dwi Bagarmanto..

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definitely a better choice as we are honored by Russia to be the first(?) buyer of their SU 35. we don't want to let them down now, right? they need to lift the technology ban imposed on KFX/IFX project to assure us to buy their F-16V.
 
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“Ground Breaking” Pembangunan Simulator C-130 Di Lanud Halim

Sebagai tindak lanjut dari pembelian lima pesawat C-130 Hercules tipe H digital dari Australia beberapa waktu lalu, pada tahun ini TNI Angkatan Udara memperoleh alokasi pembangunan simulator sebagai keseluruhan dari paket pembelian pesawat tersebut. Untuk itu pada kemarin bertempat di gedung Fasilitas dan Latihan (Faslat) Wing 1 Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta dilaksanakan peletakkan batu pertama (ground breaking) gedung simulator pesawat C-130 Hercules tipe H digital.

Dalam sambutannya perwakilan Airbus Group Australia Pacific, Graeme Smith yang menjabat C-130 Capability Manager menyatakan pembangunan gedung simulator C-130 Hercules merupakan wujud pertanggung jawaban pihak Airbus yang dipercaya TNI Angkatan Udara dalam mengoperasionalkan Pesawat Hercules tipe H digital. Sementara itu, Bruce Hart, Senior Program Manager CAE Australia menyatakan dengan pembangunan simulator C-130 Hercules digital di Indonesia diharapkan dapat melengkapi fasilitas latihan para penerbang Hercules tipe H dari Australia.

Sedangkan Komandan Wing 1 Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma Kolonel Pnb Iman Handoyo, S.I.Kom., yang mewakili Komandan Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma Marsma TNI Umar Sugeng Hariyono, S.IP., S.E., M.M., menyatakan terima kasihnya kepada pihak Airbus, CAE, Kemenhan, Mabesau dan pihak terkait lainnya yang telah memilih Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma sebagai lokasi pembangunan simulator C-130 Hercules tipe H digital. Menurutnya “Kami berharap simulator yang akan dibangun ini makin memberdayakan kemampuan dan profesionalisme para penerbang Hercules TNI AU pada umumnya dan penerbang di Wing I Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma, khususnya. Sehingga keberadaan simulator digital ini tentu akan mempermudah para penerbang memahami tahapan-tahapan, prosedur juga melatih sikap terbang dengan baik, terutama menghadapi situasi emergensi,” ujar Danlanud Halim.

Usai sambutan para pejabat dari Airbus, CAE, Kemenhan, Mabesau dan Lanud Halim Perdanakusuma melaksanakan peletakkan batu pertama (ground breaking) pembangunan simulator C-130 Hercules tipe H digital. Selanjutnya dilaksanakan pemotongan nasi tumpeng kuning oleh Sesdiskomlekau Kolonel Lek Ir. Andaruna Setiawan yang diserahkan kepada Kepala Fasilitas Latihan (Kafaslat) Wing I Letkol Pnb Akal Juang E.T.P., S.T. dan direncanakan gedung akan dibangun selama delapan bulan ke depan, melibatkan kontraktor dan konsultan yang berkompeten.

“Ground Breaking” Pembangunan Simulator C-130 Di Lanud Halim | Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara
 
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Asia Pacific

• Janes reported that Indonesia is in talks with French shipyard DCNS over the possible sale of a Scorpene 1000 diesel-electric submarine, despite reports that the country’s parliament approved the acquisition of Russian-built Kilo-class boats in September. The Indonesian defense ministry is thought to be considering a purchase of five Russian subs , with the Indonesian Navy currently operating two South Korean-manufactured submarines, with another two on order. The littoral capabilities of the French design may be the reason for a split purchase, with the Russian boats intended for use in deep water. DCNS signed a partnership agreement with Indonesian shipyard PT Pal in November , which included marketing of the Scorpene 1000.


Source: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/31303-031303/

just how many Subs Indonesia intend to operate in near future

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Pendidikan Akademi Angkatan LautSejumlah taruna Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL) melewati salah satu rintangan dalam pelatihan halang rintang di Komplek AAL Bumimoro, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Jumat (9/10). Kegiatan tersebut bertujuan untuk latihan perorangan diri (LPD) sebagai tolak ukur kemampuan prajurit dalam tradisi Korps untuk memupuk jiwa korsa. (ANTARA FOTO/M Risyal Hidayat)
 
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Asia Pacific

• Janes reported that Indonesia is in talks with French shipyard DCNS over the possible sale of a Scorpene 1000 diesel-electric submarine, despite reports that the country’s parliament approved the acquisition of Russian-built Kilo-class boats in September. The Indonesian defense ministry is thought to be considering a purchase of five Russian subs , with the Indonesian Navy currently operating two South Korean-manufactured submarines, with another two on order. The littoral capabilities of the French design may be the reason for a split purchase, with the Russian boats intended for use in deep water. DCNS signed a partnership agreement with Indonesian shipyard PT Pal in November , which included marketing of the Scorpene 1000.


Source: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/31303-031303/

just how many Subs Indonesia intend to operate in near future

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Pendidikan Akademi Angkatan LautSejumlah taruna Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL) melewati salah satu rintangan dalam pelatihan halang rintang di Komplek AAL Bumimoro, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Jumat (9/10). Kegiatan tersebut bertujuan untuk latihan perorangan diri (LPD) sebagai tolak ukur kemampuan prajurit dalam tradisi Korps untuk memupuk jiwa korsa. (ANTARA FOTO/M Risyal Hidayat)

According to former navy chief, we need 12 subs to guard our vast water
 
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