since no one posted it yet, I will posted here the brief interview with Mr Anuar Director of the Defence & Security Division at Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) during LIMA 2015

Indonesia Modernisasi Angkatan Bersenjata dalam Skala Besar Sukhoi Konfirmasi Ikuti Tender Pengadaan Pesawat Tempur

19/03/2015 Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Perusahaan aviasi Rusia Sukhoi akan ikut serta dalam tender pembelian pesawat tempur oleh Indonesia. Perusahaan Sukhoi dikabarkan telah menyerahkan berkas keikutsertaan dalam tender pengiriman pesawat tempur untuk Indonesia. Hal tersebut telah dikonfirmasi dalam konferensi pers perusahaan Sukhoi kepada kantor berita Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Badan militer Indonesia dikabarkan berencana untuk membeli sekitar 15 unit pesawat tempur. Namun, sampai saat ini masih belum diketahui jenis pesawat tempur apa tepatnya yang dimaksud.

Pesawat tempur Rafale buatan perusahaan Prancis Dassault Aviation dinilai sebagai salah satu saingan bagi Sukhoi dalam tender tersebut. Saat ini, Indonesia tengah merealisasikan program modernisasi Angkatan Bersenjata Indonesia dalam skala besar, yang menyerap anggaran sebesar 15 miliar dolar AS dalam waktu lima tahun.

Sebelumnya, Rusia dan Indonesia telah menandatangani kontrak jual beli senjata untuk enam unit pesawat tempur Su-30MK2 senilai 470 juta dolar AS. Kontrak tersebut menjadi kontrak terbesar sepanjang sejarah kerja sama teknis-militer antara Rusia dan Indonesia. Dalam persenjataan angkatan udara TNI Indonesia kini terdapat pesawat tipe Su-27SKM dan Su-30MK2.

Selain Indonesia, negara-negara besar di Asia lainnya yang menggunakan pesawat tempur Sukhoi adalah India, Tiongkok, Vietnam, dan Malaysia. Rusia pun menilia kawasan ASEAN sebagai kawasan yang “sangat menarik” bagi pertumbuhan perdagangan objek aviasi militer Rusia. Rusia berharap, dalam beberapa tahun ke depan negara-negara ASEAN akan mulai meremajakan armada-armada pesawat tempurnya yang sudah menua. Ketika saatnya tiba, perusahaan aviasi terbesar Rusia tersebut pun akan mempersiapkan penawaran menarik bagi negara-negara tersebut pada waktu yang tepat.

Indonesia berencana membeli pesawat tempur Sukhoi Su-35 dari Rusia, dan proses negosiasi antara Kementerian Pertahanan RI dengan pihak Rusia saat ini masih berjalan, demikian disampaikan oleh Duta Besar Rusia untuk Indonesia Mikhail Galuzin dalam konferensi pers di kediamannya, Kamis (5/3).

In Gothenburg, Saab introduced its Erieye airborne early warning (AEW) system and radar manufacturing facilities.  The Erieye AEW is based on active electronically scanned array (AESA) technology, which boasts a multi-tasking capability. 

Saab vice president and airborne surveillance systems head Lars Tossman told the group that the Erieye AEW system would be a good fit for Indonesia’s geography as it could cover more area than the conventional systems.  Covering 900 square kilometers in diameter, the Erieye AEW system can scan targets beyond the horizon. This equals a 500,000 square kilometers area with a height of 20 kilometers, allowing the system to detect potential targets.  “We’re in the middle of discussing this with the Indonesian government,” Tossman said in a discussion held last week. 

For daily operations, the system requires two aircraft equipped with Erieye radars to cover 80 percent of Indonesia’s territory. One aircraft can be deployed from Jakarta to cover the western part and another from Makassar, South Sulawesi, to monitor the eastern part of the country.  The Erieye AEW system has been certified to be placed on two platforms: Sweden’s own Saab 2000 turboprop airliner and the Brazilian Embraer ERJ 145 regional jet.

Tossman said to encourage other countries to acquire the system, it was also possible to install it on other platforms, such as the Indonesian-made CN-235/295 manufactured by state-owned PT Dirgantara Indonesia.  However, he warned that installing the Erieye AEW system on other platforms would then oblige the user to make improvements to the assigned aircraft, which would cost more money.

The platform required Saab certification before it could house the Erieye AEW system.  Meanwhile, Lars Ekstrom of Saab’s airborne surveillance system, who served in the Swedish Air Force, said the Erieye AEW system had been tested in Mexico in 2006. The system helped the Mexican Air Force rid the country’s air space of aircraft allegedly bringing illegal drugs to the country.

“The strategy could be applied to Indonesia. The system could be directed at the most prone areas like the Malacca Strait, while it also monitors other activities simultaneously,” he told The Jakarta Post.  He said the Erieye AEW system could also be deployed to monitor illegal fishing activities across the 17,000-island archipelago.

However, in a late development, Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman Maj. Gen. Fuad Basya said the TNI had decided to opt for the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 to replace the ageing, American-made Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II.

“The Sukhoi Su-35 will replace the F-5E/F. The Defense Ministry will finalize it,” Fuad told the Post, adding that more information on the decision would be available from the ministry.

is there any significance improvement in getting Su-35 if compare with our current Su-30MKM..? i read somewhere they say our MKM already on par with Su-35..

I realised they never really say offer to malaysia
Just offer
Plus they also offering F22p
China frigate for rmn?

I realised they never really say offer to malaysia
Just offer
Plus they also offering F22p
China frigate for rmn?

There have been talk about it, to offer rmn c28a frigate it was reported by malaysiandefence blog

Russia Targets NATO With Military Exercises


Analysis 
Read more :- https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russia-ta...itary-exercises

Rare glimpse into the SU-34 Fullback aka Duck Face

Distinctive because two pilot and navigator sit side by side and not back and front

also the only fighter with toilet

Scorpene refit programe

Ingat dapat AIP LTZ

We chose the NSM instead of the French Exocet so maybe we won't listen to DCNS for the SAM as well
Anyway, the chance is still so small that it's probably not even worth discussing about it

Will i be able to see most of the exhibtors in LIMA on the last day of the show apart from the aerial display? I plan to do day trip there and collect freebies that meant for trade visotors