My 2 cents, before this they would have probably been KIA without the help of modern armor and the PJs in their medivacs.

French DCNS, Indonesian PT PAL sign cooperation agreement


Photo: DCNS

French shipbuilder DCNS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesian shipyard PT PAL to increase cooperation in the fields of submarine and surface ship construction.

The MoU confirmation comes following the visit of French president François Hollande to Indonesia.

Indonesia wants to reinforce its naval capacity and is mulling ordering French submarines and surface ships to be built in Indonesia with a high level of local industrial content.

DCNS said the two companies had been cooperating over the past few years to identify the best industrial solution with a multipurpose submarine from the Scorpene-class family now on offer. The submarine would be able to perform both shallow and blue water missions.

Other opportunities on corvettes and frigates are going to be assessed in the near future, it was further said.

“As the European leader in naval combat systems, warship designer and builder, DCNS is committed to establishing long-term partnerships with the Indonesian industry to enhance Indonesia’s local high-tech industrial content,” DCNS CEO Hervé Guillou said after the MoU signing. “Our cooperation with Indonesia’s largest shipyard PT PAL is a perfect illustration of this ambition and we are looking forward to bringing our strong expertise in technology transfers for complex naval programs to provide an industrial project and develop Indonesian Navy operational capability.”

Indonesia currently operates two German Type 209 submarines and has three South Korean Chang Bogo class submarines on order (two were already launched in South Korea).

Good offer .。RMN interest or not  ?
only 20 year using, still have at lease 10+ year life i think。。。 21k tonne... just finish re-fit in 2014 cost 65mil pound
helicopter can slowly get. 

 
HMS Ocean reportedly offered for sale to Brazil

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-ocean-r...ed-sale-brazil/

https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/234501...s-vender-brasil

Good offer .。RMN interest or not  ?
only 20 year using, still have at lease 10+ year life i think。。。 21k tonne... just finish re-fit in 2014 cost 65mil pound
helicopter can slowly get. 

HMS Ocean is built only to commercial standards, and memang only has a ~20 year life

The refit IIRC was only to keep up with EU environmental regs

I'm certainly not a ship expert but I wouldn't spend LOTS of money to buy a car hoping to use it beyond its planned useful life, too many components can go wrong... what more a far more complex machine like a ship

French, Indonesian naval firms extend submarine study

By: Pierre Tran, March 31, 2017

PARIS — French naval defense specialist DCNS and Indonesian shipyard PT PAL have extended cooperation on studies for a potential order and local assembly of submarines for the Asian nation, the French president’s office said.

“The memorandum of understanding (MoU) covers the extension of an existing agreement (which expired in December 2016) between PT PAL and DCNS on an industrial cooperation with a view to an Indonesian acquisition of submarines,” the Elysée office said March 29. 

The agreement was among those signed during a visit to Jakarta by the French head of state, François Hollande. DCNS Chairman Hervé Guillou and PT Pal director Firmansyah Arifin signed the memorandum. 

Other agreements included a letter of intention on defense cooperation, signed by the respective defense ministers, and a letter of intent signed by Airbus Defense and Space and local partner PT Pelita to study an order for the A400M airlifter. 

The memorandum for naval studies also covered Indonesia’s interest in acquiring warships, under the Indonesian-French defense dialogue, DCNS said.

“Indonesia wants to reinforce its naval capacity and is discussing with France to explore projects of submarine and surface ships to be built in Indonesia with a high level of local industrial content, through Indonesian-French long-term cooperation,” the company said in a March 30 statement.

The French and Indonesian companies have been studying over the past few years an industrial plan based on a multipurpose, latest-generation version of the Scorpene submarine, capable of shallow and blue water missions, DCNS said.

“Other opportunities on corvettes and frigates are going to be assessed in the near future,” the company said. 

“DCNS is committed to establishing long-term partnerships with the Indonesian industry to enhance Indonesia’s local high-tech industrial content,” Guillou said in a statement.

Indonesia seeks to build up a submarine fleet, having in 2012 placed a $1 billion order for three South Korean attack submarines, with the first built in South Korea with on-site Indonesian engineers; part of the second built in Indonesia; and the third built by the state company PAL in the Indonesian port city of Surabaya.

The Indonesian Navy sought a fleet of at least 10 submarines and later revised the count to 12, according to a Dec. 5, 2015, report from Singapore-based S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. That planned increased is part of Indonesia's Minimum Essential Force program, which runs to 2024 and seeks to boost naval capabilities.

Good offer .。RMN interest or not  ?
only 20 year using, still have at lease 10+ year life i think。。。 21k tonne... just finish re-fit in 2014 cost 65mil pound
helicopter can slowly get. 

 
HMS Ocean reportedly offered for sale to Brazil

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-ocean-r...ed-sale-brazil/

https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/234501...s-vender-brasil

goruck is now in singapore... organized by my former commando friend... do read bout the origins of goruck or even participate (you will see me there)

http://www.goruck.com/tough-challenge-sing...12342/p/E012342

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