Indonesian Light Strike Vehicle will enter production in 2017

Nov 6, 2016


Indonesia Light Strike Vehicle (ILSV) (photo : Henrakusumah)

Prime contractor PT Jala Berikat Nusantara Perkasa announced at Indo Defence 2016 in Jakarta this week that the Indonesian Light Strike Vehicle (ILSV) will enter production in 2017, with an initial order for 20 having been placed by an undisclosed customer.

That was reported by www.monch.com.

Based on a Toyota Land Cruiser 4×4 chassis fitted with an all-welded steel monocoque hull, the example on show in Jakarta has an enclosed body, a different version from that first revealed here two years ago. A two man crew and six dismounts can be transported at road speeds up to 100 km/h; gross vehicle weight is around 2,750kg and a 175hp engine is fitted. Firing ports, relevant vision devices and provision for a roof-mounted 7.62mm MG are accompanied by individual blast-attenuating seats for all occupants.

A two man crew and six dismounts can be transported at road speeds up to 100 km/h; gross vehicle weight is around 2,750kg and a 175hp engine is fitted. Firing ports, relevant vision devices and provision for a roof-mounted 7.62mm MG are accompanied by individual blast-attenuating seats for all occupants.

Firing ports, relevant vision devices and provision for a roof-mounted 7.62mm MG are accompanied by individual blast-attenuating seats for all occupants.

Indonesia unveils Turangga armoured personnel carrier at Indo Defence 2016

Nov 6, 2016


Turangga based on Ford 550 series chassis (photos : Defense Studies)

Indonesian company PT Tugas Anda has unveiled a new Turangga armoured personnel carrier at Indo Defence Expo & Forum 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The new armored vehicle is based on Ford 550 series chassis and developed to deploy various missions, peace keeping operations and convoy escort.

The vehicle offers superior protection levels up to Level B6 and can be configured with a range of weapons platform options. . The Turangga armoured personnel carrier  will be able to carry 10+2 personnel.

The Turangga  APC will weigh 8-9 tonnes, have a Ford V8-6.7L engine, and be able to reach speeds of up to 110 km/h on paved roads. The operating range of up to 800 km.

Indo Defence 2016: PT DRU lays keel for 117 m LST on order for Indonesian Navy

Ridzwan Rahmat, Jakarta - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
07 November 2016
 
Key Points

• A ship to transport the Indonesian Marines Corps' amphibious vehicles has been laid down
• Vessel is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2018

Indonesian shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) has laid the keel for a 4,500-tonne landing ship tank (LST) on order for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL).

The vessel was laid down in early August 2016, and is currently on schedule for launch in 2017, said Frans Tedjakusuma, a business development manager at PT DRU. He was speaking to IHS Jane's on 3 November at the Indo Defence 2016 exhibition in Jakarta.

The company previously built a similar but slightly longer ship, KRI Teluk Bintuni , which is now in service with the TNI-AL as a carrier for the army's Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks (MBTs).

"The difference between the ship under construction, and Teluk Bintuni , is that this new ship has not been designed to carry main battle tanks," said Tedjakusuma, adding that the platform will carry the Indonesian Marines' (Korps Marinir, or KORMAR's) BMP-3F amphibious tanks instead.

According to specifications provided by the company, the vessel features an overall length of 117 m, an overall breadth of 16.4 m, and a draught of 3 m. The platform is powered by two 3,285 kW engines and has a top speed of 16 kt, with a range of 6,000 n miles at 14 kt. The vessel can carry up to 15 BMP-3F tanks, and a 10-tonne helicopter on its flight deck.

The LST can be equipped with up to two 40 mm gun systems on the foredeck, and 12.7 mm machine gun positions at various locations throughout the vessel.

The platform is currently scheduled for delivery to the TNI-AL in the first quarter of 2018.


Computer-generated imagery of a 117 m LST currently under construction at PT Daya Radar Utama. (PT Daya Radar Utama)

New Opportunities for PAL Indonesia and Garda Persada After Indo Defence Expo 2016



Jakarta. State-owned shipbuilder PAL Indonesia joined hands with Malaysian shipbuilder Boustead Naval Shipyard and Indonesian battery technology supplier Garda Persada during the Indo Defence Expo and Forum 2016 at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran on Wednesday (02/11).

PAL president director Firman Arifin, Boustead Naval Shipyard executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor and Garda Persada president director Umi Kalsum signed a memorandum of understanding.

PAL will design and produce ships at Boustead Naval Shipyard for the Malaysian Navy, which expressed interest in cooperating with the company after it saw the warships it built for the Philippines. Firman hopes the process will begin this year.

"Based on our project with the Philippines, we managed to spend two years on the whole process of shipbuilding and testing. It will be pretty much the same in this project," Firman said.

According to Nor, the Malaysian government fully encourages international cooperation. Fajar Harry Sampurno of the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises said the Indonesian government also fully supports the cooperation.

SINGAPORE ORDERS AIRBUS H225MS, BOEING CH-47FS

The Singapore Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to Airbus Helicopters for the acquisition of the H225M - Medium Lift Helicopter and a contract to Boeing for the acquisition of CH-47F - Heavy Lift Helicopter.

The new H225M and CH-47F will replace the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)'s existing Super PUMAs and older CHINOOKs, which have been in service since 1983 and 1994 respectively, and are facing obsolescence. The H225M and CH-47F possess better lift and reach capabilities, and will enable the RSAF to meet the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) lift requirements more efficiently with fewer helicopters and less manpower.

The acquisition of the H225M and CH-47F will ensure that the RSAF continues to effectively meet the SAF's lift requirements for a wide spectrum of operations, including Search and Rescue (SAR), Aeromedical Evacuation (AME) and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations. The replacement aircraft were selected after a rigorous evaluation process.

11/03/2016
By VMSB

Rheinmetall Defence is currently carrying out a combat performance upgrade of the Leopard 2 A4 main battle tank on behalf of the Indonesian Army.

Two different versions of the tank are being delivered to Indonesia, the Leopard 2A4+ and Leopard 2 RI (Republic of Indonesia). The modernization programme includes a climate control system for Leopard 2A4+ and Leopard 2 RI vehicles, as well to add modular ballistic protection from IBD Deisenroth Engineering, all-electric turret drive, an auxiliary power unit, and installation of a reversing camera to Leopard 2 RI vehicles. The fleet also is receiving intercom system from EID.

In addition, Rheinmetall Defence is also enhancing the 120mm smoothbore gun in the Leopard 2A4 RI configuration with a programming kit that will enable it to fire the company’s new programmable DM11 multipurpose round.

Indonesia ordered 61 Leopard 2 RI and 42 Leopard 2A4+ battle tanks. All were Leopard 2A4s from German Army surplus. 42 upgraded Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles four Büffel armoured recovery vehicles, three bridge-layers and three armoured engineering vehicles also were purchased from Germany.

Indo Defence 2016: Teaming to offer digital vehicles

08th November 2016 - 6:00 by Tim Fish in Jakarta

Thales has teamed with Indonesian companies PT Len and PT Pindad to develop a fully networked vehicle proposal.

The company brought a modified 4x4 Bushmaster, named Sanca, to Indo Defence to demonstrate its C5iconcept – the traditional C4 plus combat information added as the fifth ‘C’ and ‘i’. 

At the exhibition, PT Pindad announced the vehicle as Indonesia’s first MRAP (mine resistant armour protected) vehicle and it is already in service with the country’s KOPASSUS special forces unit.

Laurent Letellier, product line manager, told Shephard that the plan was to improve the combat effectiveness of Indonesia’s armoured vehicles, which include the Badak 6x6, Anoa APC and Anoa 2 amphibious 6x6, and Komodo 4x4 among others.

To do this the team will develop a vehicle electronics architecture that will allow different networked vehicles on the battlefield to exchange information in near real time. PT Len is to work with the vehicle networking systems and software with PT Pindad’s role to integrate the electronics into the vehicles.

Letellier said that the benefit of this is that commanders will know exactly what the threats are and can select the appropriate vehicle to respond to the threat. For example, if a vehicle is targeted by a laser then an alert is sent out, a reaction from the vehicle such as smoke will take place immediately and then it will get support from others.

Information is collected automatically and exchanged within the vehicle and with other vehicles. The vetronics system can integrate and collate this to add value. 

Chinese Sky Dragon SAM Completes Field Evaluation For Possible Indonesian Procurement

Our Bureau 01:59 PM, November 3, 2016



Indonesian air force has completed field evaluation of Norinco’s Sky Dragon 50 medium-range Surface to air missile system, which the service is likely to buy from the Chinese firm.

The Norinco has recently submitted a proposal to supply the Sky Dragon to the Indonesian Air Force, a company official told IHS Jane's 360 at the Indo Defence 2016 exhibition in Jakarta.

"We are now waiting for the official bidding process to start," said a NORINCO official, although he did not disclose the scope of the air force requirement.

A Sky Dragon battery consists of an IBIS150 3D target designation radar, a fire distribution vehicle, and three to six launch vehicles, each armed with four ready-to-fire missiles carried in container-launcher tubes of circular cross-section. In this configuration, a battery will be capable of engaging up to 12 targets simultaneously and firing all 12 individually targeted missiles in seconds.

NORINCO is competing to supply the Sky Dragon against other competitors. However, the system is more convenient to operate than other systems.

"There is no major training programme required for the Sky Dragon and the rockets are supported by an advanced active radar seeker, which increases accuracy significantly. Also, the Sky Dragon is about 40% cheaper than some other medium-range air defence systems.

NORINCO has been active in Indonesia "about 20 years" supplying mainly the Indonesian Army and Indonesian Navy with "rockets and air defence" products.

Hishammuddin: China patrol ships needed to bolster Malaysian navy

BY A. RUBAN
Published: November 8, 2016 11:47 AM GMT+8
  

Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said Malaysia chose China to purchase the LMS because the vessels are attractive in terms of cost, specifications and also the expertise of experience of our Chinese counterpart to develop such ships. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 ― Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein today said the  purchase of four Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) from China was necessary to improve the overall performance of the country's naval strength.

He also said the current fleet that is more than 30 years old required expensive maintenance, which made it prohibitive to carry out naval exercises.

“Malaysia chose China to purchase the LMS because the vessels are attractive in terms of cost, specifications and also the expertise of experience of our Chinese counterpart to develop such ships,” he said during the Minister Question Time (MQT) session in Parliament.

The Sembrong MP was responding to fellow Barisan Nasional MP, Datuk Raime Unggi of Tenom, who asked about the purpose of purchasing the vessels and the ministry's plan on older vessels.

As for the older vessels, Hishammuddin said these will be phased out in stages.

Later at a press conference, Hishammuddin said the cost for each LMS was expected to be no more than RM250 million.

Hishammuddin accompanied Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak during the visit to China when the deal was finalised last week.

The deal is a joint venture between Malaysia's Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd and China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co Ltd.

The first LMS is expected to completed in 24 months from after the contract is signed.

The ships are missile-carrying patrol vessels that can be equipped with a helicopter deck.

Such vessels are customarily used to patrol coastal lines but can also be deployed for search and rescue missions.

Indonesia develops amphibious tracked transport vehicle for the Marine Corps

Nov 9, 2016


Kapa RD Mk I. Photo by Defense Studies

PT Republik Defensindo is developing a new amphibious tracked transport vehicle  for the Indonesian Marine Corps. That was reported by www.altair.com.pl.

The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia is seeking to procure a modern amphibious vehicle to replace the Soviet K-61 amphibious cargo vehicle.

PT Republik Defensindo is now preparing for the construction of two prototypes Kapa RD Mk I, which will be used for field tests. Trials will begin in 2017 and will be conducted on land provided by the Marine Corps. In 2018 the Ministry of Defence should be ordered the first batch of 14 cars. Deliveries are to be completed in 2019.

The max weight of amphibian Kapa RD Mk I will be 25 t. The vehicles will be powered by a 6-cylinder diesel engines Iveco L6 power of 590 hp. They grow 70-75 km / h on land or in water 7-8. They will be able to take on board less than 50 soldiers without additional equipment. The manufacturer assumes the assembly of diverse weapons, from 7.62-mm km after more than 100-mm artillery sets. Reinstate cars but will greatly reduce the transport capacity.






Kapa RD Mk I. Photo by Defense Studies

Indonesia to purchase three more submarines

Nani Afrida
The Jakarta Post

Jakarta | Thu, November 10, 2016 | 12:33 pm


Workers inspect newly installed concrete piles for PAL Indonesia’s submarine construction in Surabaya on April 15. (The Jakarta Post/Wahyoe Boediwardhana)

After ordering three submarines from South Korea, Indonesia plans to buy three more as part of the country’s minimum essential force (MEF) program.

The Committee for Defense Industry Policy (KKIP) said Indonesia had yet to decide the producer of the submarines.

“The first, second and third submarines were developed in South Korea,” KKIP corporation and marketing department head Rear Adm (ret) Yussuf Sollichien told The Jakarta Post in Jakarta on Thursday.

He said Indonesia had yet to decide whether it would purchase the three submarines from South Korea.

Indonesia has ordered three types of 209/1400 Chang Bogo- Class diesel attack submarines from Korean defense company Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine engineering (DSME).

The Navy currently operates two German-made submarines, the KRI Cakra ( 401 ) and KRI Nenggala ( 402 ), which were built in the 1980s. The submarines are due to be decommissioned in 2020.

Besides three new submarines, Indonesia also plans to purchase guided missile frigates and fast missile boats.

“Indonesia doesn’t want to downgrade the operational and technical requirements, so we will buy from foreign countries. However, we need the transfer of technology [TOT] as that is mandated by the law,” Yussuf said. (bbn)