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Indonesia’s state-owned defence equipment maker Pindad to spend $365.65m on product expansion
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October 15, 2015:
Indonesian state owned military equipment producer
PT Pindad is planning to spend around Rp 5 trillion ($367.65 million) to further develop its existing products as well as start new business lines in the next three years. The move has been undertaken in response to growing demand for its products from both the domestic market and abroad.
Pindad CEO Silmy Karim said the funds will come from internal cash flow as well as bank loans.
Pindad produces automatic rifles, pistols, grenade launchers, munitions and war vehicles. The Indonesian Military and National Police are its main buyers.
Silmy said the company projects sales of its machine gun, armored vehicles and other military hardware to increase by an average of 30 per cent per annum in the coming years. Pindad has recently cooperated with other countries to develop Indonesia’s weapon defense system, known as
Alutsista.
It is also planning to develop a medium tank with Turkey’s
FNSS Defense Systems. As part of the cooperation, Turkey will train the employees of Pindad to design and produce the tank. The first tank prototype will be produced in Turkey with the participation of Pindad engineers and the second prototype be produced in Indonesia.
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.
Based on the contract, Pindad will transfer technologies to UAE defence 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.
In a related development, Pindad and the state-owned defense electronics firm
PT LEN Industri have just signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop communications system for military vehicles, including Pindad’s two main vehicle types: the 4×4 Komodo and 6×6 Anoa.
Specifications of the required communications system were not revealed but are likely to be based on existing LEN designs for land vehicles that feature technologies related to Voice-over IP (VoIP) and digital signal processing.
Currently, LEN has an order, to develop 700 units of communication equipment for the Indonesian army.
LEN Industri, established in 1965, produces defense electric products, railway signals, traction, navigation and telecom equipment, solar cells and others.
Indonesia’s state-owned defence equipment maker Pindad to spend $365.65m on product expansion - DealStreetAsia
Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 | 11:30 WIB
Minister Nasir Agrees State Defense Program for Students
Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Mohamad Nasir. Image: TEMPO/Imam Sukamto
TEMPO.CO,
Jakarta - Minister of Technology Research and Higher Education, Muhammad Nasir, agreed to the Defense Minister’s opinion on the state defense program.
Nasir claimed that he had spoke directly to the Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, requesting national insights and state defense program to be designated to Indonesian students.
“It is in line with our vision,” said Minister Nasir on Tuesday, October 13.
Nasir said that Indonesian students need state defense insights to face the millenium development goals in 2030. He believes that state defense can help develop and improve students’ nationalist trait. “We need to endorse this,” said Nasir.
He added that developed nations such as Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and United States have also given state defense program to their younger generation. “We are trying to do the same," he said.
Minister Nasir Agrees State Defense Program for Students | National | Tempo.Co :: Indonesian News Portal
Defense program marches on amid public concern
Nani Afrida, Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, October 15 2015, 5:11 PM
National News
Despite public criticism, the government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has insisted on moving forward with its national service program.
Jokowi is scheduled to attend the opening of the first phase of the program on Oct. 19, which will involve 4,500 personnel from 45 regencies in Indonesia.
“We have prepared the curriculum, so that all participants will get the same training in each province,” said Defense Ministry director of state defense Commodore M Faizal.
It is reported that the Defense Ministry plans to train 100 million civilians in a state defense program within a decade.
The program aims to inspire nationalism and is in line with Article 30 of the Constitution, which stipulates that Indonesians have a right and duty to defend their country.
Faizal said that the training would be held at each regiment military area (Rindam) or military battalion headquarters in every province.
Although the Indonesian Military (TNI) will train the participants, the government has said it will not be military training. The participants will attend classes on several subjects including national concepts, nationalism and discipline.
Adults aged under 50 years are obliged to join the program, as long as they are strong and healthy. After the training, the participants will be listed as cadres in the National Political Unity Office (Kesbangpol).
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan voiced support for the program, saying that it aimed at instilling “discipline in our children so that they have a [strong] mental state; just like [Jokowi’s concept of] mental revolution”.
According to Luhut, the move also aimed to raise awareness about security threats such as narcotics and terrorism.
“It won’t be like [compulsory military service],” Luhut said on Monday. “Of course, [the instructors] will be a combination of the military, the police and other elements.”
TNI chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said the military was ready to take part in the initiative. “We are ready and we will gladly carry it out,” he said on Monday.
Human rights watchdog Setara Institute said on Wednesday that members of the public should reject the government’s plan because not only would the program waste tax payers’ money, but it also would not make any contribution to the current situation in Indonesia, which was no longer under military rule.
Setara chairman Hendardi said the government’s claim that the program would improve the loyalty of citizens to the state was irrational and irrelevant.
“Financially, the state budget cannot afford to pay for the program. Also, national defense education is not a project attributed to one particular ministry but is an education-based strategy integrated into our national education system that seeks to create strong citizens who love their country,” Hendardi told
The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Hendardi said that if the government claimed that the current national education system had failed to produce loyal citizens with strong national pride then it should fix the country’s education system instead of requiring civilians to serve in such a quasi-military program.
- See more at: Defense program marches on amid public concern | The Jakarta Post
