Indonesia, UAE ink agreement on defense industry development

[The SC]

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and Minister of State for Defense Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, signed a cooperation protocol on defense industry development at the UAE Defense Ministry on Thursday (June 30, 2022). (ANTARA/HO-Dokumen KBRI)


Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and Minister of State for Defense Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi signed a cooperation protocol on the development of the defense industry on Thursday.

"The cooperation in the defense field is very crucial for the two countries, particularly to develop the defense industry in the future," Subianto said in a written statement received here on Thursday.

The agreement was signed at the UAE Defense Ministry office.

The cooperation protocol is aimed at paving the way for the advancement and development of bilateral cooperation in the defense industry, as well as the planning and development of industrial capacity in a mutually beneficial way.

It also covers cooperation in formulating a strategy for harmonizing the strategic planning of the two countries' defense industries.

In addition, the protocol also allows the formulation of policies on conducting joint research and development, joint production, international marketing, the national offset program, technological licensing, international talent provision, and human resource investment.

The two ministers also witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between Indonesia's state-owned shipbuilding company PT PAL and the UAE government, as well as between Indonesia's state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia and the arms industry PT Pindad and a private UAE company.

Earlier, the two countries had signed a cooperation agreement on the defense field in Abu Dhabi on February 24, 2020.

The cooperation agreement covers mutual visits of the armed forces' officers, exchange of information, scientific and technological cooperation in the defense industry, capacity building, and human resource development.


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[Ibn Battuta]

It seems that they also signed an MoU for the purchase of an Indonesian Landing Platform Dock, which would add significant capabilities to the UAE Navy.

"...exchange of MoUs on cooperation between the Indonesian Military and the Indonesian Domestic Defense Industry and the Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Purchase Contract between PT PAL Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates Navy."

The Moment Prabowo Accompanies Jokowi Meets President MBZ In The UAE

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto accompanied President Joko Widodo to meet with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the Al Shatie Palace, Abu Dhabi.

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Interestingly, in July 2020, Janes reported that PT PAL was already discussing with the UAE a possible sale of its 163m-long LPD to the UAE Navy. PT PAL made an offer in response to requests for information (RFIs) from the Emirati Ministry of Defence.

PT PAL in talks with UAE for variant of multirole support ship

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has offered a variant of its 163 m landing platform dock (LPD)-like multirole support ship (MRSS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy.

www.janes.com

 

[waz]

Nice to such deals between Muslim states.

 

[Corruptistan]

Wonderful news. Arabs and Indonesians are natural allies.

Arab Indonesians - Wikipedia

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Before the Brits, Arabs used to own most of Singapore even controlling most of the trade between Western Asia and Southeast Asia before the Europeans got the overhand.

When I used to live in Jeddah, there were tons of local Saudi Arabians of Indonesian/Malay origins as well not including the local diasporas.

 

[Indos]

It seems that they also signed an MoU for the purchase of an Indonesian Landing Platform Dock, which would add significant capabilities to the UAE Navy.

"...exchange of MoUs on cooperation between the Indonesian Military and the Indonesian Domestic Defense Industry and the Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Purchase Contract between PT PAL Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates Navy."

The Moment Prabowo Accompanies Jokowi Meets President MBZ In The UAE

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto accompanied President Joko Widodo to meet with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the Al Shatie Palace, Abu Dhabi.

voi.id

Interestingly, in July 2020, Janes reported that PT PAL was already discussing with the UAE a possible sale of its 163m-long LPD to the UAE Navy. PT PAL made an offer in response to requests for information (RFIs) from the Emirati Ministry of Defence.

PT PAL in talks with UAE for variant of multirole support ship

Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has offered a variant of its 163 m landing platform dock (LPD)-like multirole support ship (MRSS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy.

www.janes.com

Yup, that look like 163 meter long LPD but the number of LPD is not known yet

 

[Ibn Battuta]

Yup, that look like 163 meter long LPD but the number of LPD is not known yet

I don't think the UAE would purchase more than one. PT PAL's landing platform docks have a crew of around 125 people, and the UAE has a history of struggling to man its naval platforms. Not even their largest corvettes come close to that number of crew requirements!

 

[Philip the Arab]

Cooperation can be very fruitful especially in drone and missile development.