05 APRIL 2022

Indonesia establishes consortium to reverse engineer anti-ship missile

by Ridzwan Rahmat


A mock-up of the C-705 medium-range anti-ship missile. Indonesia has established a consortium to reverse engineer an anti-ship missile and, based on an image released by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense, it is strongly believed to be the C-705, which closely resembles the weapon type. (Janes/Patrick Allen)

An Indonesian consortium mainly comprising state-owned enterprises has been established to reverse engineer an anti-ship missile type with a view of establishing the capability in-country.

The consortium is led by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense's (MoD's) Directorate for Technology and Defense Industry and includes state-owned enterprises namely aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia, defence electronics enterprise PT Len, explosives manufacturer PT Dahana, and heavy vehicles and ammunition producer PT Pindad.

Meanwhile, the two private enterprises that have been named as part of the consortium are defence software company PT Mulia Laksana Utama and unmanned aerial vehicles manufacturer PT Aero Terra Indonesia. An agreement to formalise the consortium was signed on 1 April, the Indonesian MoD said in a statement on 2 April.

Among matters that were formalised include the scope of work that each company will be involved in and the tests and certification processes that will be carried out at various stages of the weapon's dismantling.

Talks Underway To Assemble Rafale’s AASM In Indonesia

April 14, 2022


A Safran employee works on an AASM at the company's manufacturing site in France. Credit: Thierry Zoccolan/AFP/Getty Images

SINGAPORE—Indonesian defense prime PT Pindad and Safran are discussing potential local assembly of the AASM air-to-ground modular weapon that will equip the Southeast Asian country’s future Dassault Rafale fleet. PT Pindad said that a Safran delegation, led by its managing director for offset and...

21 APRIL 2022

Naval Group offers to build two AIP submarines in Surabaya

by Ridzwan Rahmat


A Royal Malaysian Navy Scorpene submarine. Naval Group has offered to build two AIP-capable variants of the submarine for Indonesia in Surabaya. (Naval Group)

French shipbuilder Naval Group has offered to build two air-independent propulsion (AIP)-capable diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) in Surabaya for the Indonesian Navy.

According to presentation documents that have been provided to Janes by an industry source, the vessels offered are a derivative of the Scorpene SSK, and Naval Group has offered to construct both submarines wholly in-country at PT PAL's facilities.

Though Scorpene cost around $500 mil a pop
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