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azriel
post Mar 12 2015, 08:43 PM

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TNI & the Indonesian MoD has finally selected the Sukhoi Su-35 for the F-5 replacement. It is now up to the Indonesian Defense Minister to process the administration towards finalizing the contract deal.

http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/975725/...lima-1426161926

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INDONESIAN HAWKS MAKE ROOM FOR T-50I

The Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara, TNI-AU) on Thursday 12 March says goodbye to its British Aerospace Hawk Mk53 trainers. A speciale farewell ceremony is held at Iswahjudi Air Force Base, where the last Hawks are retired after close to 35 years of training pilots.

The first of 20 Hawks came to Indonesia in September 1980. The type is now being replaced by 16 Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50i Golden Eagle trainers, ordered in 2011 for 400 million USD. The last of those were delivered last year.

full report read
http://airheadsfly.com/2015/03/12/indonesi...room-for-t-50i/
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post Mar 12 2015, 10:00 PM

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Finally the ministry of defense and Armed forces chose for Su-35 S as the F-5 replacement

http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/975725/...lima-1426161926
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post Mar 12 2015, 10:48 PM

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Deal to acquire French Rafale fighters hits rough weather

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Deal to acquire French Rafale fighters hits rough weather

NEW DELHI: India plans to take a final call, one way or the other, on the gigantic $20 billion MMRCA (medium multi-role combat aircraft) project to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits France and Germany in April.

Sources said the defence ministry is now hopping mad with French aviation major Dassault's continuing refusal to take "ownership" of the 108 Rafale fighters which are to be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in India with transfer of technology after the first 18 jets are delivered off-the-shelf to IAF.

The MoD is also upset with Dassault's attempts to "change the price line", which led to its selection over the Eurofighter Typhoon as the L-1 (lowest bidder) three years ago, by deciding the "costing" for HAL on its own. "It will amount to a de facto hike in the L-1 price," said a source.

READ ALSO: France pushes for Rafale deal, but talks still stuck

If Dassault continues to renege from its earlier commitments, refusing to be "fully compliant" with the original RFP (request for proposal), India will be left with no option but to scrap the entire MMRCA project despite having invested almost a decade in the selection process. Incidentally, the defence procurement policy and Central Vigilance Commission guidelines do not allow the L-2 (Typhoon) to re-enter the negotiations.

As was first reported by TOI, even though 90% of the draft contract is ready, the finalization of the complex MMRCA project has been stuck for almost a year now due to Dassault's reluctance to stand guarantee for the fighters to be made in India in terms of liquidity damages and production timelines.


Sources said defence minister Manohar Parrikar has written to his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian that India was still awaiting the "empowered" delegation he had promised to send to resolve the imbroglio. The two ministers had decided to "fast-track" the negotiations during talks in New Delhi on December 1.

READ ALSO: Amid sniping by rivals, France aims to close Rafale deal by early 2015

"The ball is firmly in the French court. India cannot allow any violation of the RFP in such a mega project, nor can it afford to let the negotiations drag on endlessly. A final call has to be taken, one way or the other," said the source.

If the MMRCA project is indeed scrapped, it will bring to an end the mega fighter selection process launched by India way back in August 2007. This "mother of all defence deals" had global aviation majors salivating at the prospect of bagging the lucrative deal.

After extensive field trials by IAF test pilots, Swedish Gripen, Russian MiG-35, American F/A-18 'Super Hornet' and F-16 'Super Viper' were ejected out of the high-voltage competition.

Subsequently, the commercial bids of the two remaining contenders -- Eurofighter Typhoon (EADS), backed by UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, and French Rafale (Dassault) - were opened in November 2011.

Rafale was then declared the winner in January 2012, having beaten the Typhoon both on direct cost of acquisition as well as "life-cycle costs'' of operating the fighters over a 40-year period with 6,000 hours of flying. But the final commercial negotiations with Dassault have progressed at a glacial pace since then.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/D...ow/45847253.cms

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post Mar 12 2015, 10:53 PM

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QUOTE(BorneoAlliance @ Mar 12 2015, 10:48 PM)
Deal to acquire French Rafale fighters hits rough weather

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Deal to acquire French Rafale fighters hits rough weather

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/D...ow/45847253.cms
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very-very old news already ..... progress now look ok.... smile.gif
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post Mar 12 2015, 11:11 PM

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UK to Offer Eurofighters Should India Scrap Rafale Deal

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India's Rafale Dilemma: France Cannot Be Trusted After Mistral Faux Pas

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — The United Kingdom is ready to offer Eurofighter aircraft if India’s long-disputed deal to acquire French Rafale jets falls through, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Thursday.
British authorities are aware that the “deal with Dassault has not gone smoothly,” Hammond said, adding that the United Kingdom sees this as an opportunity to offer Eurofighters if India opens an official competitive bidding.

Hammond, who is currently on a two-day trip to India, noted that he had not raised the issue with Indian authorities in the course of the ongoing meetings.

In 2012, India chose France’s Dassault Aviation to supply it with 126 Rafale fighter jets, scrapping a rival proposal from the producers of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

However, the project has been put on hold over high costs and Dassault’s unwillingness to guarantee the performance of Rafale aircraft produced in India under transfer of technology agreements.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multirole fighter aircraft jointly produced by three companies based in United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, and Italy.

Indian media have repeatedly suggested that the country's authorities could abandon the Rafale deal in favor of Russia-designed SU-30 fighters.

http://sputniknews.com/business/20150312/1019392644.html
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post Mar 12 2015, 11:13 PM

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QUOTE(madoka @ Mar 12 2015, 10:00 PM)
Finally the ministry of defense and Armed forces chose for Su-35 S as the F-5 replacement

http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/975725/...lima-1426161926
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“Saya enggak tahu persis jumlahnya tapi, yang jelas kita akan ganti secara bertahap dan itu sampai 2024 berakkhirnya minimum essential force (MEF) semua itu sudah hadir,” tukasnya.

kinda interesting statement...it implies repurchasing...more than once...

@madoka if you are the same person madokafc at the other forum....I am interested in your statement
"the most fearsome contender is F-16 block 60 from Lock Mart, beside their offer of 35 percent offset from the nominal value order the US government backing them up with offer of second batch of F-16 C/D block 25 grants with the number of up to the first batch of 30 units and not to mention they arrange the package with E-2C hawkeye offer for Indonesian AEW/C programme."

su35 seemed a confirm...f16 blck60 off the table or Indo would acquire both...?

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post Mar 13 2015, 12:13 AM

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Average price per-jet is usd 126 million for Gripen NG, 28 single-seater, 8 unit dual-seater


Brazilian 36 Gripen NG Fighter Contract Finalized For $4.55 Billion
Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 02:57 PMViews : 101 A- A A+

Saab announced Wednesday that it has finalized 36 Brazilian Next Generation Gripen fighter aircraft contract for US$ 4.55 Billion (SEK 39.3 billion).

The contract involves the purchase of a complete turnkey weapon system, and the total package includes training, spare parts, support, planning and maintenance.

“Brazil chose Saab because it wanted to have the very latest technological developments while driving its own industry forward,” says Mikael Franzén, program manager for Gripen in Brazil.

full news
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/12402/Bra...on#.VQG5z46Ue7Y

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Airbus Defence&Space ‏@AirbusDS 13m13 minutes ago
1st A400M for Malaysia #TUDM leaves Spain on long ferry flight

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hopefully safe fly to home.
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post Mar 13 2015, 12:43 AM

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RMAF A400M @ 12.40AM 13/3

In middle Arab Saudi now. should be stop for refuel soon. thumbup.gif

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post Mar 13 2015, 12:51 AM

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QUOTE(waja2000 @ Mar 13 2015, 12:13 AM)
Overage price per-jet is usd 126 million for Gripen NG,  28  single-seater, 8 unit dual-seater
Brazilian 36 Gripen NG Fighter Contract Finalized For $4.55 Billion
Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 02:57 PMViews : 101 A- A A+

Saab announced Wednesday that it has finalized 36 Brazilian Next Generation Gripen fighter aircraft contract for US$ 4.55 Billion (SEK 39.3 billion).

The contract involves the purchase of a complete turnkey weapon system, and the total package includes training, spare parts, support, planning and maintenance.

“Brazil chose Saab because it wanted to have the very latest technological developments while driving its own industry forward,” says Mikael Franzén, program manager for Gripen in Brazil.

full news
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/12402/Bra...on#.VQG5z46Ue7Y
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I believe that pricing include tot/ip and assembly line at home in brazil, but still quiet pricey i personally prefer ASH over gripen for malaysia mrca but dont know lah when we gonna buy been dragging this for long2 time already

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waja2000
post Mar 13 2015, 01:01 AM

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QUOTE(hafizushi @ Mar 13 2015, 12:51 AM)
I believe that pricing include tot/ip and assembly line at home in brazil, but still quiet pricey i personally prefer ASH over gripen for malaysia mrca but dont know lah when we gonna buy been dragging this for long2 time already
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ASH price should also about same with all include. MRCA should be next year i think. but hope at lease short list first, than easy to talk.

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post Mar 13 2015, 01:48 AM

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QUOTE(waja2000 @ Mar 12 2015, 03:38 PM)
that for sure, need to discuss with Blohm+Voss too.  biggrin.gif
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That would be a complicated issue to solves for nmel.
besides nmel have close partnership with dsme which is a better deal for nmel interest.

I do hope we make use of meko design unfortunately things dun goes the way we want it to be.

QUOTE(waja2000 @ Mar 12 2015, 05:02 PM)
dont know why so many propose Erieys aew system to Malaysia event Indonesia,
Erieye have serious weakness due to can't cover 360* degree, what the point getting it,
maybe just for feel good go AEW, for for "real situation" not that good to use ... 
if want cheap, from china more cheaper and cover 360 degree
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Erieye use software to cover such weaknesses.
it seem that saab wanted to employ GaN tech into erieye radar which greatly improve it capabilities.
Though china aew is cheap there is an issues in datalink.
On procurement china aew will be view as high risk procurement compare to erieye.

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As for gripen

Yup the price tag include tot/ip, production kits and few more things.

ASH would be lot cheaper expected flyaway cost less than usd90mil for full spec.
unless we are going for Australian variant which consists of ew that would be above usd100mil.
though I dun think US will sell such variants to Malaysia. laugh.gif
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post Mar 13 2015, 07:57 AM

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PENTAGON ON PATH TO LAUNCH HACKER-PROOF BOEING DRONE BY 2018

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An unhackable Boeing Little Bird unmanned aircraft should be in flight around the end of 2017, Defense Department and company officials say.

Right now, defense industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to encapsulate its communications computer. That way, no outsiders can steer the unmanned aerial vehicle to strike, say, civilians, or tamper with surveillance video to mask adversary targets.

An impermeable commercial quadcopter drone was successfully flown last May using the same type of technology.

"The intent is to conduct an experiment to prove that these new coding techniques can create secure code at full scale," said John Launchbury, who leads the program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The concept -- while not new -- is becoming more vital as more computers are embedded into systems that carry precious cargo.

"Cyberattacks on your PC -- they can steal information and they can steal money, but they don’t cause physical damage, whereas cyberattacks in a UAV or a car can cause physical damage and we really don’t want to open that can of worms," said Kathleen Fisher, the previous program manager of the DARPA project. The initiative, which launched in 2012, is called High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems.

In addition to Boeing, National ICT Australia, avionics company Rockwell Collins and computer science firm Galois are crafting the secure software.

Hypothetically speaking, the worst-case scenario would be having an adversary like the Islamic State take command of a weaponized UAV and direct it to fire on a friendly target, Fisher said.

Or potentially even worse, the bad actor substitutes surveillance video showing U.S. allied forces with video showing ISIL activity so the decision-maker on base unknowingly fires at the allies.

"Boeing is on track to replace all the code on the vehicle by the end" of the program, Launchbury said, which lasts for 4.5 years. This particular Little Bird does not carry any weapons systems, he said.

The software will isolate all communications between the ground station and the aircraft from the outside world, according to program participants.

"Its main purpose is to rewrite and secure the mission computer on board the Little Bird," Launchbury said.

Close to 100,000 lines of code -- or 70 percent of the mission computer’s code -- will have been replaced in time for a planned flight this summer, he said. By comparison, modern cars require around 100 million lines of code to get out of the garage.

Automobiles have long been susceptible to computer intrusions.

Around 2010, researchers from University of California, San Diego and the University of Washington were able to access a car’s internal network to disengage the brakes, making it difficult for the driver to stop. Another test showed how ordinary car parts can enable these sorts of attacks, such as FM radios, Bluetooth connections and wireless tire pressure sensors.

Boeing officials said in an emailed statement that the company's "goal is to enhance all Boeing developed Unmanned Little Bird aircraft software using [the new] technologies by the end of the program."

Typically, most commercial and military vehicles are powered by general purpose programming languages, such as C or C++, which have a number of security holes, said Lee Pike, Galois research lead for cyber-physical systems. He facilitated the hacker-proof minidrone flight in 2014.

"We’ve developed a new programming language that is provably free from those vulnerabilities,” he said. “The approach is to transition the programming language we’ve developed, called Ivory, to Boeing so that they can rewrite their systems.”

Trustworthy software for critical systems is not unprecedented. It’s called “sound engineering design,” said Ron Gula, chief executive officer of Tenable Network Security.

“I would hope nuclear and power production plants don't have a control system that is able to be overridden and put into a nonsecure state," he said.

Hack-proof technology cannot compensate for faulty construction. The Little Bird might still fall from the sky or stop transmitting video, yet that would be the work of the system's manufacturer or a legitimate user, Fisher said. It would not be the work of an intruder.

The Little Bird “could still crash, but that would be because the system as it was shipped had a flaw -- it wouldn’t be crashing because a malicious party did something to manipulate it,” she said. “Somebody from the outside can’t break in and access it, and then cause it to do something that it wasn’t supposed to do."

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/...ne-2018/107250/

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QUOTE(thpace @ Mar 12 2015, 06:56 PM)
I think asian here welcome russian than america more
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Russia is still considered a nominal ally of China. Considering how many countries in east Asia and south east Asia that China have dispute with, many Asian countries will still look to USA to provide counterbalance.
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QUOTE(madoka @ Mar 12 2015, 09:00 PM)
Finally the ministry of defense and Armed forces chose for Su-35 S as the F-5 replacement

http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/975725/...lima-1426161926
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There will be 2 squadrons of Flanker in Indonesia. one on Makassar and the other on Madiun.

And 2 squadrons of Falcon. on Palembang and Madiun.
I heard that TNI will establish another two fighter squadron until 2024. Wondering where those squadron will be based on..

Natuna could be very good option

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azriel
post Mar 13 2015, 10:12 AM

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Last flight of the Indonesian Air Force Hawk Mk.53 Trainer being escorted by the T-50i as it enters retirement.

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http://simomot.com/2015/03/13/foto-foto-pe...wat-hawk-mk-53/


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The F-35′s onboard software system is having even more problems


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In yet another blow for the F-35 program, the plane’s highly advanced onboard sensors are simply too sensitive, Breaking Defense reports.

The sensors are responsible for tracking and sorting through external threats facing the plane, such as an enemy missile launch. However, the plane’s sensors collect so much data that the onboard software is overwhelmed. The plane is unable to effectively sort through the information it’s receiving, leading to an unacceptable frequency of false alarms.

Dr. J. Michael Gilmore, the director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense’s weapons systems, wrote in his 2014 annual report that the “fusion of information from own-ship sensors, as well as fusion of information from off-board sensors is still deficient.”

“The Distributed Aperture System continues to exhibit high false-alarm rates and false target tracks, and poor stability performance, even in later versions of software,” he wrote.

Still, Gilmore noted, the onboard software did continue to make gains and is steadily improving the reliability of the sensors.

Thomas Lawhead, an Air Force civilian involved in the F-35A program, echoed this view. Lawhead told Breaking Defense that the missile warnings for the F-35 were “still a little too sensitive.” In his view, the threat-tracking software will not be ready until close to the F-35′s operational debut in 2015.

According to Lockheed Martin, the F-35 uses a set of integrated sensors that provide multiple levels of redundancy. In the case that a sensor becomes damaged, the comprehensive nature of the sensors allow the F-35 to continue to operate fully. This type of system is already in place in the F-22, but it was anticipated the F-35 would represent a significant upgrade.

Ideally, groups of F-35s should also be able to share their sensor information with each other in order to give aircraft a more complete view of the battlefield.


Read more at http://www.businessinsider.my/f-35s-sensor...60fsjBY2vGks.99
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Handover ceremony in France of the Indonesian Navy's KRI Rigel the 1st of 2 new Oceanographic ships.

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2015 Lima Airshow Malaysia
China's first female J-10 pilots make overseas debut

http://english.cntv.cn/2015/03/12/VIDE1426...aGp1Dyw.twitter

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