31 Januari 2012

BMP3F amphibian tank (photo : Kaskus Militer)

Russia is set to sell up to 60 infantry fighting vehicles to Indonesia in a deal worth more than $100 million, the Izvestia newspaper cited an unnamed military source as saying on Tuesday.

The deal will be finalized on February 10, the source said, adding that 20 BMP-3 vehicles will be delivered before the end of the year.

The Russian army stopped purchasing the vehicles in 2010.

The state-run weapons exporter Rosoboronexport declined to comment.

The Kurganmashzavod arms plant said it would produce modified vehicles for Indonesia.

(RIA Novosti)

20 Januari 2012

KRI Nanggala 402 (photo : DSME)

(BUSINESS WIRE) - - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (http://www.dsme.co.kr/) has successfully completed the upgrade Indonesian Navy submarines.

Submission of KRI Nanggala by DSME attended by naval officers and 20 crew of the submarine's 1400 tonnes of Indonesia.

KRI Nanggala in length 59.5m, width 7.3m, displacement while diving of 1420 tons and 1285 tons of submerged. Maximum speed of 21.5 knots (39.8km per hour) at underwater operation, and speeds of 11 knots (about 20.4km per hour) while afloat.

For this second submarine project, a bid to be awarded to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in last April 2009. The first performance improvement project of Indonesian Navy Type 209 submarine was awarded in the 2003. after the second submarine project.

DSME in doing a second submarine upgrade work began in December 2009, takes about 25 months with an increased capability of combat systems, radar, sonar and other major equipment replaced by the new cuts, and hull-mounted equipment to disassemble, repair such a great work of improvement performance has been shown.

The successful of upgrades project, especially in two Type 209 submarines have been triggered Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering can get a high confidence of the Indonesian government, and last year led to the Republic of Korea can export submarines for the first time.

DSME first get an order to upgrade Indonesia's first submarine in 2006, followed by a second submarine upgrades. Last year, Indonesia gave the job of making the three submarines, which puts DSME of the world lay submarine positioned in the market.

(NewsWire)

18 Januari 2012

APC Amphibi buatan PT. Wirajayadi Bahari (all photos : Wirajayadi Bahari)

Rapim TNI 2012 Gelar Alutsista Produk Indonesia

[JAKARTA] Rapat Pimpinan (Rapim) TNI 2012 yang berlangsung di Markas Besar (Mabes) TNI diwarnai acara gelar Static Show Alat Perlengkapan Pertahanan (Alpahan) Produksi Industri Dalam Negeri. Di dalam tenda, terdapat 38 stand yang menampilkan sejumlah peralatan dan perlengkapan militer.

Sementara di luar tenda, memamerkan berbagai kendaraan tempur serta alat berat militer. APC Amphibi merupakan kendaraan tempur untuk mengangkut pasukan pendarat marinir produksi TNI Angkatan Laut (AL) dan PT Wirajayadi Bahari.

"Hasil produksi telah diuji coba dan memenuhi standar dan keselamatan TNI AL serta ergonomis sebagai kendaraan tempur amphibi, yang memenuhi standar operasional TNI AL," kata Owner PT Wirajayadi Bahari, Bintoro, di Mabes TNI, Jakarta, Rabu (18/1).

Dia menjelaskan, proses pembangunan dilakukan di Denhar Lanmar Surabaya. APC Amphibi yang diproduksi juga dapat disejajarkan dengan produk sejenis dari negara lain. "APC Amphibi ini tidak kalah dengan negara luar," jelas Bintoro.

Dia berharap, alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista) dalam negeri dapat diandalkan di kemudian hari. "Alutsista dalam negeri harus jadi andalan dan kebanggaan Indonesia," tandasnya. [CKP/L-8]

(Suara Pembaruan)

16 Januari 2012

Nexter Caesar 155 howitzer (photo : rhcp04)

Indonesia will start modernizing its military hardware after a decade of internal reform riding on the back of an improving economy, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told repoters Monday.

“The Indonesian Military has been involved in internal reforms, such as disengagement from political and business activities,” he told a press conference after a leadership meeting at the ministry.

“All this time, the TNI has refrained from procuring major weapons systems.”

Also attending the press conference were Defense Deputy Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, TNI chief Adm. Agus Suhartono, Army chief of staff Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo, Navy chief of staff Adm. Soeparno, Air Force chief of staff Marshal Imam Sufaat, and ministry secretary general Vice Marshal Eris Heryyanto.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Djoko Suyanto attended the leadership meeting and delivered a speech to the participants.

Purnomo said most of the procurement could take a long time to realize from planning to delivery as there were various agencies involved in the process.

“Each individual service will describe their needs to the TNI headquarters, which will submit the request to the ministry,” he said.

“Once agreed, we have to talk with the National Development Planning Board [Bappenas] and the Finance Ministry to find the appropriate funding.”

He said because most procurement processes require a long time to realize, the funding usually involves a multiyear system.

The ministry’s Defense Facilities Agency chief, Maj. Gen. Ediwan Prabowo, said most of the shopping list would be sealed in the first half of this year.

“We are currently still looking for candidates for each weapons system. So we have not yet decided the model and pricing,” he told the press conference.

The shopping list includes various weapons systems for the three services including various types of helicopters, howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), various types of ships and anti-aircraft missiles.

Indonesia ended 2011 with large procurements, including six Sukhoi Su-30MKK from Russia worth US$470 million; three submarines from South Korea worth almost $1.1 billion in cooperation with state shipyard PT PAL; nine NC-295 medium transport from Spain worth $325 billion in cooperation with state-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia; 16 KAI T-50 Golden Eagle advanced trainers, worth $400 million, from South Korea; eight Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano counter-insurgency aircraft from Brazil; and Grob G 120TP primary trainer from Germany.

Indonesia’s shopping list in 2012

Army

1. Main battle tank (MBT)

2. Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS)

3. Howitzer 155mm

4. Air defense missile

5. Assault and attack helicopters

6. Anoa armored personnel carrier

Navy
1. Searider rigid-inflatable boat (RIB)
2. Fast patrol boats
3. Guided-missile destroyer
4. Hydro-oceanography vessel
5. Barque tall ship to replace the existing KRI Dewaruci
6. Various auxiliary vessels, including fuel and landing ship tank
7. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter

Air Force
1. Anti-aircraft missile
2. EC-725 Cougar helicopter
3. 24 units of F-16, grant from the United States, to be retrofitted
4. 4 units of C-130H heavy transport aircraft, grant from Australia, to be retrofitted

(The Jakarta Post)

10 Januari 2012

Perbaikan pesawat C-130H RAAF di Qantas Defence (photo : Qantas Defence)

Jurnas.com MESKIPUN tim teknis baru berangkat Februari mendatang, pesawat angkut Hercules yang dihibahkan pemerintah Australia dipastikan mendapat peremajaan di negeri Kanguru. Perbaikan dilakukan di bengkel milik maskapai Qantas.

Kini tengah dikalkulasi berapa biaya yang dbutuhkan untuk melakukan perbaikan dan membawa pesawat ke Indonesia. "Nominalnya baru diketahui setelah mendapat laporan dari tim teknis yang meninjau pesawat secara langsung ke Australia," kata Kepala Pusat Komunikasi Publik Kementerian Pertahanan Brigjen TNI Hartind Asrin di Jakarta, Selasa (10/1).

Kontrak kerja sama hibah empat unit pesawat itu juga akan ditandatangani setelah tim teknis melaporkan temuannya. Namun begitu, pemerintah Indonesia dan Australia telah melakukan komunikasi terkait hibah ini. "Amerika sebagai produsen Hercules saat ini juga telah menyetujui rencana hibah dari Australia ke Indonesia. AS dalam hal ini Presiden Barack Obama, memiliki kebijakan, alutsista buatan AS harus mendapatkan persetujuan negeri Paman Sam itu sebelum dihibahkan ke negara lain," katanya.

(Jurnal Nasional)

05 Desember 2012

Type 209 submarine (photo : TKMS)

Indonesia Buying Submarines from S Korea on Technology Transfer Terms

BATAM, KOMPAS.com - Indonesia has signed a contract with a South Korean shipbuilding company on the purchase of three submarines with emphasis on technology transfer in the manufacturing process, Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoedin said.

Under the contract, South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuidling and Marine Engineering (DSME) would build two of the submarines in Korea with the participation of Indonesian personnel in the manufacturing process and the third one in Indonesia in the dockyard of PT PAL in East Java, he said.

"The purpose of the US$ 1.80 billion scheme is also transfer of technology in the building of submarines," Sjafrie said.

Meanwhile, Maj Gen Ediwan Prabowo, head of the defense ministry’s defense facilities agency, said the first submarine would be entirely built in South Korea with 30 personnel of PT PAL participating in the project as interns.

The PT PAL people would be assigned to master the designing phase of the submarine building project and participate in preparations to construct the second submarine. Later, Indonesia would send up to 130 shipbuilding personnel to Korea to be involved in the process of making the second submarine.

"Eventually, we hope the third submarine can be wholly built at the dockyard of PT PAL in Indonesia so that local human resources can gain full submarine building competence," he said.

Ediwan said the government expected the first submarine to be completed in 2015, the second in 2016 and the third in 2017. "With the acquisition of the three new submarines, the Indonesian Navy’s combat and deterrent capability will be significantly enhanced."

(Kompas)

04 Januari 2012

Radar Smart Hunter untuk memandu rudal QW-3 VSHORAD (photo : Kaskus Militer)

“Prajurit Baret Jingga”, Harus Selalu Siap

Sebagai personel yang bertugas mempertahankan dan menjaga keamanan pangkalan, anggota Paskhas harus selalu siap dan tidak boleh lupa akan bekal pengalaman maupun pengetahuan yang telah didapat selama penugasan, sehingga guna memantapkan kemampuan yang dimiliki setiap anggota, berbagai latihan harus terus dilaksanakan.

Oleh karenanya, anggota Paskhas yang dikenal dengan sebutan “Prajurit Baret Jingga” tersebu, secara rutin melaksanakan latihan menembak menggunakan senapan laras panjang (Presisi) dengan SS-1 VI dan SS1 V2 yang dilaksanakan oleh prajurit Bintara dan Tamtama. Sedangan untuk senapan laras pendek dilaksanakan oleh Perwira dengan tiga sikap tiarap jongkok dan berdiri di lapangan tembak Batalyon 463 Paskhas, Rabu, (4/1).

Pada waktu yang bersamaan Aslog Makorpaskhas, yang diwakili Mayor Psk Tunggul memberikan pelatihan tentang pengoperasian alutsista Radar Smart Hunter kepada anggota Paskhas, sehubungan dengan akan diserahkannya alutsista tersebut ke Batalyon 463 Paskhas yang saat ini dikomandani oleh Letkol Psk Rossen L. Sinaga.

Radar Smart Hunter merupakan senjata Pertahanan Udara yang berfungsi untuk memandu Gunner Rudal Manpat QW-3 dalam menemukan sasaran lawan yang tidak bisa dilakukan oleh penembak secara visual.

(TNI-AU)

 

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17 Desember 2011

Type 209 submarines (photo : pakdef)

A partnership consisting of Turkey’s procurement office, German shipyard HDW and a smaller Turkish shipyard is expected to submit a joint bid next week to build two 209-class submarines for Indonesia’s Navy, a senior official said yesterday.

“Just a few formalities need to be completed with the German side and then our joint bid will be submitted,” the senior Turkish procurement official told the Hürriyet Daily News. “Our bid is good and we will wait for Indonesia’s decision.”

The bid, which is worth $1 billion, will be competing against South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, which has offered to build three 209 submarines worth $1.2 billion. One major problem for the Korean side, however, is that Daewoo is trying to sell submarines whose license belongs to HDW (Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft), which has teamed up with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, Turkey’s procurement agency. Daewoo has the capability to produce the 209s, but it is not clear if it may do so without HDW’s license, according to analysts.

Led by Deputy Defense Minister Kemal Yardımcı, a senior Turkish defense team visited Indonesia for talks late last week and early this week. Those talks coincided with Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç’s visit to the Indonesian island of Bali.

Yardımcı and his aides had extensive defense industry talks with Indonesian authorities, the procurement official said.

“Even a road map has emerged about future defense industry cooperation between our countries,” he said. “In addition to the submarine matter, we discussed major projects that could include our [military electronics conglomerate] Aselsan, our [rocket manufacturer] Roketsan and our armored vehicle manufacturers.”

French and Russian offers fell out of the running early in the submarine tender opened last year by the Indonesian Navy, and South Korea’s Daewoo emerged as the leading candidate. Daewoo was expected to bid together with Germany’s HDW, but later decided to join the competition on its own.

HDW is also co-manufacturing with Turkey six modern U 214-type diesel submarines for the Turkish Navy. Earlier with HDW, Turkey built 14 U-209 submarines, which Indonesia now wants to buy.

(Hurriyet)

14 Desember 2011

Su-30MK2 Indonesian Air Forces (photo : Reuters)

For updated information available, the upcoming contract with Indonesia for the supply of six fighter planes of the "Sukhoi" will be divided not between JSC "KnAAPO" and JSC Corporation "Irkut", as erroneously reported by the media.

The upcoming contract but between two types of aircraft - in fact, will be delivered three single seat Su-27SKM and three double seat Su-30MK2 (as in the previous contract).

This construction of the six aircraft will conduct JSC "KnAAPO."

(BMPD)

07 Desember 2011

Su-30 Indonesian Air Forces (photo : 9abc)

On the first day of the Malaysia International Exhibition LIMA-2011, according to "Kommersant", the delegation of "Rosoboronexport" unable to agree on the delivery of six Su-30MK2 with Indonesia. The last remains only to determine the final set of weapons to these aircraft, and then to the end of this year, will sign the final contract.

On the arrangements for signing the contract for the Su-30MK2 said a source who participated in the negotiations on Russia's part. "We have already met with Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro of Indonesia and Air Force Commander Air Marshal of the country Imam Sufaat detail verbalize questions about cooperation, but now we have reached a new level - the source says," and "Even before the new year we expect to sign the final contract to supply Indonesia six Sukhoi Su-30MK2. " He noted that they will meet for two aircraft plants - in Irkutsk and KNAAPO (for a uniform load of enterprises).

Disclose the contract value interviewee refused, citing the fact that Indonesia is still not fully decided on the types of weapons that must be installed on the fighters. However, the source, who participated in the negotiations on the part of Indonesia, said that the amount of the contract is "in no case less than $ 500 million." Will the new Su-30MK2 purchased for cash or on credit, the parties did not specify. Note that the previous delivery (for example, a contract for the delivery of Su-27SKM worth about $ 300 million) in Indonesia is carried out at the expense of Russia issued the loan.

"Regardless of what form will be paid for the six Su-30MK2, this is a big success for Russia - the director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Ruslan Pukhov .- Given the increased interest of America, Indonesia, offering to buy for the money used F- 16 aircraft, Indonesia would this deal with Russia to slow down. However, it did not, that is good news."

Earlier, Indonesia has received from Russia ten fighter brand "Sukhoi." Under the contract signed in September 2003, the Air Force Indonesia received two Su-30MK and two Su-27SKM. And in 2007, purchased six aircraft - three Su-27SKM and Su-30MK2 (their delivery was completed in September 2010). All in all, as stated in late September, Mr. Yusgiantoro, by 2024, "in order to protect the country's sovereignty Indonesia is going to buy 180 fighter jets, staffed by ten squadrons of aircraft."

Rosoboronexport yesterday from the official declined to comment.

(Kommersant)

02 Desember 2011

Bell 412 of the Indonesian Army Aviation (photo : Detik)

FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it has received five firm orders with two potential follow-on orders for Bell 412s from PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for delivery to government agencies in Indonesia.

"Bell Helicopter has had a long partnership with PTDI in Indonesia," said Larry D. Roberts, senior vice president, Bell Helicopter’s Commercial Business.

“The sale of these helicopters is part of the framework of an ongoing industrial collaboration between our two companies," Roberts said. "We believe our partnership will continue to grow and possibly expand in the future."

The five Bell 412s are expected to be delivered to PTDI by the end of the year. PTDI will then transport them to Bandung, Indonesia, where local content and customer specific mission equipment will be added prior to PTDI making final delivery to end-users.

In 2010, Bell Helicopter announced plans to extend the capability and performance of the Bell 412EP through a series of upgrades which are expected to be available to customers in 2012.

"The Bell 412 has had tremendous success in the region. It is well-known throughout the world for its reliability and multi-mission capabilities. We are committed to continuing to invest in the Bell 412 and will evolve it based on customer feedback and mission requirements," Roberts said.

The upgrade program entails a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) project that is intended to extend the wide range of missions that can be performed by the Bell 412EP consisting of an engine and flight deck upgrade, which will be available in 3-axis and 4-axis options.

The engine upgrade, in partnership with Pratt & Whitney Inc., is designed to provide a 15 percent engine SHP increase, improved OEI and hot/high performance and introduction of electronic engine control. The upgrade will yield a 10-12 percent increase in CAT A/PC1 & PC2 performance, increased hot/high capability and provides a path for a future upgrade for increased range and payload.

The flight deck upgrade will provide a modern glass flight deck – leveraging the well-received glass flight deck in the new Bell 429 – by utilizing hardware common to that aircraft, specifically display units. This will provide commonality in the cockpits of Bell Helicopter’s light twin and medium twin aircraft, simplifying pilot familiarity and maintenance training.

The planned engine and flight deck upgrades are in addition to an earlier Bell 412EP STC for the BLR FastFin™ System. The FastFin™ upgrade, certified by Transport Canada and the Federal Aviation Administration and available today, increases HOGE and HIGE performance limits and expands the lifting capacity of the Bell 412EP, providing more tail rotor reserve authority, improving hover stability, high/hot performance, crosswind capabilities, and payload, while reducing pilot workload and lowering operating costs through fuel savings.

Earlier this year, Bell Helicopter broke ground on a new Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park dedicated to customer support and service for the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility, which Bell Helicopter will operate in partnership with Cessna, will replace and augment the existing Bell Helicopter Supply Center and strengthen the company's sales presence in the Asia Pacific region, as well as add parts distribution and maintenance capabilities for Cessna operators in the region.

"Bell Helicopter is focused on continually improving the customer experience and remains committed to transforming the model for commercial aviation aircraft support – finding innovative ways of supporting our customers around the world and leading the way in new and emerging markets," said R. Danny Maldonado, senior vice president, Bell Helicopter's Customer Support and Chief Services Officer.

"With more than 6,000 helicopters flying in more than 12 countries, Asia Pacific has the second largest fleet of aircraft in the world. Adding this new service center is one way we are demonstrating that commitment to our customers throughout the Asia Pacific region," Maldonado said.

The Bell 412 is backed by Bell Helicopter's industry-leading customer support and service that has earned it – voted by our customers – the #1 ranking in Professional Pilot magazine for 17 consecutive years as well as #1 in Aviation International News for a sixth consecutive time.

(Bell Helicopter)

22 November 2011

C-130H of the RAAF (photo : Jetphotos)

Australia's Herculean peace offering to Indonesia

AUSTRALIA will give four C-130 Hercules - worth an estimated $30 million - to Indonesia for disaster relief and humanitarian work in the first military swap of its kind between the two countries.
Three high-speed Australian naval vessels will also be deployed to Indonesian waters to launch an offensive against people smugglers.

The agreements struck yesterday in Indonesia's resort island of Bali between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marked a series of new strategic partnerships in what appeared a peace offering to soothe tensions about Australia's deal to host more US troops on Australian soil.

The aircraft, which need about $25 million spent to restore them to airworthiness, were due to be sold on the open market as Australia upgrades its fleet.

But the Australian Defence Force has agreed to give them to the Indonesian military, following a request for more resources to boost disaster relief across the region.

"These aircraft are important to the movement of people and equipment and food in times of difficulty," Ms Gillard said.

In a further strengthening of military ties, Australia will provide support for an Indonesian armed forces peacekeeping centre.

(News.Com.Au)

18 November 2011

The Government of Indonesia has requested a sale for the regeneration and upgrade of 24 F-16C/D Block 25 aircraft equipped with AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING Targeting Systems (photo : Daniel Bracx)

WASHINGTON – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 16 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia for the regeneration and upgrade of 24 F-16C/D Block 25 aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $750 million.

The Government of Indonesia has requested a sale for the regeneration and upgrade of 24 F-16C/D Block 25 aircraft and 28 F100-PW-200 or F100-PW-220E engines being granted as Excess Defense Articles. The upgrade includes the following major systems and components: LAU-129A/A Launchers, ALR-69 Radar Warning Receivers, ARC-164/186 Radios, Expanded Enhanced Fire Control (EEFC) or Commercial Fire Control, or Modular Mission Computers, ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management Systems, ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Systems, Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD), Situational Awareness Data Link, Enhance Position Location Reporting Systems (EPLRS), LN-260 (SPS version, non-PPS), and AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING Targeting Systems. Also includedare tools, support and test equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical and program support. The estimated cost is $750 million.

The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of a strategic partner that has been, and continues to be, an important force for economic progress in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia desires the F-16 aircraft to modernize the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) fleet with aircraft more capable of conducting operations in the outermost border regions of Indonesia. The IAF’s current fleet of F-16 Block 15 aircraft is not capable of fulfilling that role, and the aging F-5 aircraft are expensive to maintain and operate due to diminishing resources existing to support the aircraft. The avionics upgrade will provide the IAF an additional capability benefitting security by modernizing the force structure, and enhancing interoperability by greater use of U.S.-produced equipment. Indonesia, which already has F-16 Block 15 and F-5 aircraft in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing these upgraded systems.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

Indonesia requested the regeneration be sole sourced to the 309thMaintenance Wing, Hill Air Force Base, in Ogden, Utah, and Pratt Whitney, in East Hartford, Connecticut for the engine overhaul. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Indonesia.

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.

(DSCA)

15 November 2011

Marinir TNI AL akan mempunyai 3 divisi (photo : Kaskus Militer)

Surabaya (ANTARA News) - Korps Marinir akan memiliki divisi baru yakni Divisi III Sorong-Papua pada tahun 2012 untuk melengkapi Divisi I (Pasmar-1) di Surabaya dan Divisi II (Pasmar-2) di Jakarta.

"Embrionya sudah lama ada di Sorong, yakni satu batalyon di Papua, tapi nantinya akan ditingkatkan menjadi brigade dan akhirnya divisi," kata KSAL Laksamana TNI Soeparno di Surabaya, Selasa.

Ia mengemukakan hal itu setelah memimpin upacara HUT ke-66 Korps Marinir di Lapangan Tembak Lettu Anumerta FX Supramono, Kesatrian Marinir Karangpilang, Surabaya.

Didampingi Komandan Pasmar-1 Brigjen TNI (Mar) A Fariz Washington dan Komandan Pasmar-2 Brigjen TNI (Mar) Sturman Panjaitan, ia menjelaskan penataan itu akan mendorong adanya tiga divisi yakni Divisi I di Jakarta, Divisi II di Surabaya, dan Divisi III di Sorong-Papua.

"Jadi, pengamanan kawasan perbatasan Indonesia dengan negara lain tidak akan ditambah, karena sudah dianggap cukup. Apalagi Marinir memang bukan untuk pengamanan perbatasan laut," ucapnya.

Selain itu, Korps Marinir juga akan menambah tank BMP-3 F sebanyak 54 unit tank dengan 34 tank baru akan direalisasikan pada tahun 2012, sedangkan sisanya menyusul.

"Ke-54 tank baru itu akan ditempatkan di wilayah barat dan timur dengan sebagian tank merupakan produksi dalam negeri. Yang jelas, kalau alat tempur kita bisa dibuat di dalam negeri, ya kita beli di sini," ujarnya. Kendati demikian, menurut KSAL, Korps Marinir itu bukan pasukan "ecek-ecek" (sepele). "Anda bisa lihat sendiri kesiapan personel dan materiil dari Divisi Infanteri 1 dan 2 dengan seluruh alat tempurnya yang didatangkan ke sini pada HUT ke-66 Koprs Marinir," katanya.

Upacara HUT ke-66 Korps Marinir yang diikuti 6.155 prajurit itu dimeriahkan dengn atraksi dari 12 tank PT-76 buatan Rusia yang dipakai dalam Pertempuran Trikora pada tahun 1960-an, tiga pucuk Launcher RPG yang pernah dipakai di Aceh dan Timtim, sekaligus demonstrasi terjun statik oleh 60 peterjun dan terjun "Freefall" oleh 11 peterjun yang turun secara bersamaan (bertumpukan).

Sebelumnya (14/11), istri Komandan Korps Marinir yang juga Ketua Gabungan Jalasenastri Korps Marinir, Ny Nita Alfan Baharudin, merayakan HUT Korps Marinir dengan mengunjungi anggota Marinir Wilayah Timur yang dirawat di Rumah Sakit Marinir, Gunungsari, Surabaya.

(Antara)

15 November 2011

Radar Master T TNI Angkatan Udara (photo : Audry)

Ambon, Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara (KSAU) Marsekal TNI Imam Sufaat akan meresmikan satuan radar 245 di Saumlaki, Maluku, Selasa (15/11), guna memperkuat sistem pertahanan di wilayah timur Indonesia.

"Radar ini adalah sarana pemantauan udara yakni suatu sistem dari Kohanudnas (Komando pertahanan udara nasional) yang termonitor dari Jakarta," kata Imam Sufaat di Ambon, Senin malam.

KSAU menjelaskan, dengan beroperasinya satuan radar maka dapat melakukan pemantauan pesawat tempur, peluru kendali, pesawat komersial, maupun pemantauan lainnya seperti penangkapan ikan di laut.

Ia mencontohkan, dengan beroperasinya radar maka kecelakaan pesawat bisa segera termonitor lokasinya.

Satuan radar 245 di Saumlaki yang akan diresmikan pada Selasa (15/11), menurut dia, adalah satuan radar ke 18 dari target 32 satuan radar di seluruh wilayah Indonesia.

Menurut dia, setelah satuan radar 245 di Saumlaki, berikutnya juga akan segera diresmikan satuan radar di Timika, Papua, yang direncanakan pada Februari 2011, kemudian selanjutnya di Jayapura, Morowali, dan Kalimantan.

Sedangkan sebelumnya, kata dia, juga telah diresmikan beroperasinya satuan radar di Merauke, Papua.

Satuan radar lainnya yang telah beroperasi di wilayah timur Indonesia, menurut dia, adalah di Kupang Nusa Tenggara Timur serta di Biak, Papua.

"Jika satuan radar di Saumlaki dan Timika sudah resmi beroperasi maka tidak semakin menguatkan sistem pertahanan udara di wilayah Timur Indonesia. Tidak ada lagi blank spot karena seluruh wilayah timur Indonesia sudah tercover," katanya.

Pada kesempatan tersebut, KSAU mengakui, pembangunan satuan radar di wilayah timur Indonesia agak terlambat dibandingkan dengan wilayah barat dan wilayah tengah Indonesia, karena keterbatasan anggaran TNI AU.

Namun TNI AU, kata dia, bertekad bisa secepatnya membangun satuan radar di seluruh wilayah Indonesia terutama di wilayah timur Indonesia.

Dia berharap pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia terus meningkat atau minimal stabil seperti saat ini yakni 6,4 persen, sehingga anggaran untuk TNI juga bisa lebih baik, guna lebih mengoptimalkan sistem pertahanan seperti satuan radar.

Dalam rangkaian kegiatan peresmian satuan radar 245 di Saumlaki, Maluku, pada Selasa (15/11), sebelumnya KSAU juga menyempatkan diri melakukan kunjungan ke Landasan Udara Hasanuddin di Makassar Selawesi Selatan serta Landasan Udara Pattimura berikut mess prajurit TNI AU di Ambon Maluku, pada Senin.

(Kemhan)

14 November 2011

SFR personnel conducting Room Clearance Procedure (photo : Brunei Mindef)

The Special Forces Regiment, Royal Brunei Armed Forces recently carried out a bilateral exercise, KILAT SAKTI 2011, with the Indonesian elite Special Forces Unit, Komando Pasukan Khusus (KOPASSUS) held in Indonesia.

A series of joint special operations training was conducted by both units which concentrated mainly on special operations tactics on Jungle and Guerilla Warfare. During the exercise, the Special Forces Regiment and KOPASSUS personnel also had the opportunity to share their skills, knowledge and exchange opinions and ideas on special operation tactics, techniques and procedures. A culmination exercise was conducted at an undisclosed location which involves a static and freefall insertion by troopers from both units and followed by a hostage rescue operation that was focused on a guerilla warfare situation.

To further increase the close relationship by both units, the Commanding Officer of the Special Forces Regiment, Colonel Dato Paduka Haji Harith bin Haji Abdul Karim had the opportunity to conduct a “Friendship Parachute Jump” with personnel from both units and was presented the Military Freefall Parachute Wing by the Commandant General of KOPASSUS, Major General TNI Wisnu Bawatenaya. The next exercise series will be held next year in Brunei Darussalam and will be hosted by the Special Forces Regiment.

(Brunei Mindef)

27 Oktober 2011

KFX variant in Seoul Air Show 2011 (all photos : Stephen Trimble)

In a seminar today at the Seoul Air Show, South Korean government officials outlined the strategy and plans for the KF-X, a twin-engined stealth fighter with a design goal of achieving manoeuvrability, speed and range performance between a Lockheed Martin F-16 and a Boeing F-15.

South Korea wants to develop the KF-X over the next nine years, with mass production beginning after 2020. Indonesia has already joined the programme, and talks with Turkey are continuing.

If developing an all-new stealth fighter is not enough of a challenge, South Korea also intends to equip the KF-X with a set of all-new weapons, including indigenous missiles in the Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM class, guided bombs and an anti-ship missile. South Korean officials have released a development budget estimate of about US$5 billion, which seems (wildly?) optimistic.

KF-X has previously been pictured with canards, but that concept was nowhere in today's presenations. Instead, the KF-X appears to have morphed into a more conventional fighter. It appears similar a two-engine variant of the Lockheed F-35. This is Korea's vision for the KF-X. Eurofighter presented an alternative vision of KF-X, which I will present later.

(DEWLine-FlightGlobal)

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19 Oktober 2011

Tucked into a corner of the Samsung Thales exhibit booth was a small room labeled "Next Generation Aircraft Display". Inside was a demonstration cockpit, and a clue to one of the key pieces of South Korea's indigenous K-FX stealth fighter.

An attendant who spoke only slightly more English than we can speak Korean seemed to express that this was a new KF-16 cockpit. But the image on the large area display showing a fighter with canards and a canted tail gave the secret away. This was the locally developed cockpit concept for the fighter South Korea hopes to develop by 2020.

(DEWline-FlightGlobal)

27 Oktober 2011

Mamba Mark II MRAP 4x4 buatan BAE Systems Land Systems OMC, unit bisnis BAE Systems di Afrika Selatan (all photos : ARC, Audryliahepburn)

Setelah MRAP Casspir dimiliki Kopassus, belum ada lagi kabar kendaraan sejenis yang akan diakuisisi oleh TNI. Namun pada tahun akhir tahun 2006, bersamaan dengan diselenggarakannya pameran pertahanan Indodefence 2006, muncul berita bahwa BAE System menawarkan MRAP tipe RG-31 Nyala dan RG-32 kepada TNI.

Tidak ada kabar mengenai disetujui tidaknya sodoran kendaraan MRAP tersebut, namun Majalah Commando edisi Mei 2010 memergoki satu kendaraan MRAP yang mirip RG-31 ketika sedang berkunjung ke markas Kopassus.

Beberapa hari yang lalu menjelang diadakannya Latihan Gabungan Anti Teror 2011, foto kendaraan MRAP tersebut beredar di forum-forum militer. Pada hari ini kendaraan tersebut resmi diperlihatkan kepada publik dalam Latihan Gabungan Anti Teror TNI-Polri 2011.


Menilik dari bentuk fisiknya terutama grille depan, lampu depan, dan ban cadangan di bodi sebelah kiri maka kendaraan ini dapat diidentifikasikan sebagai Mamba, dan melihat dari kaca samping bagian belakang yang hanya terdiri dari satu ruas, maka dapat dipastikan bahwa kendaraan ini adalah Mamba Mk II MRAP buatan Afrika Selatan.

Mamba dibuat oleh Reumech OMC, pabrikan dari Afrika Selatan, pabrikan ini sempat mengalami proses akuisisi beberapa kali dimulai oleh Vickers, Alvis dan terakhir oleh BAE Systems dan namanya pun berubah menjadi BAE Systems Land Systems OMC.

Mamba Mk II sebagai kendaraan ringan 4x4 ditenagai oleh mesin diesel Mercedes Benz 352N 6-cylinder sehingga kendaraan dapat dipacu hingga kecepatan 102 km/jam. Sebagai kendaraan MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected), kendaraan ini mempunyai lambung baja berbentuk V untuk melindungi penumpangnya dari ledakan ranjau anti tank.

Kendaraan ini mempunyai berat 6,8 ton, dengan bodi monocoque dan mempunyai ground clearance 41cm. Standar proteksi Mamba pada lambung baja dan kacanya dapat memberikan perlindungan terhadap tembakan senjata dengan amunisi ukuran 5,56 × 34 mm dan 7,62 × 51 mm serta perlindungan opsional terhadap amunisi tipe armour–piercing ukuran 7,62 × 51 mm standar NATO.


Memang terdapat tiga kendaraan MRAP yang mirip satu sama lain yaitu : mamba, Nyala, dan Reva. RG-31 Nyala adalah pengembangan lebih lanjut dari Mamba Mk II oleh Land Systems OMC, sedangkan Reva adalah pengembangan oleh ICP dengan mesin penggerak Merek Cummins sejak varian Mamba Mk I. Reva telah dipakai oleh Angkatan Darat Thailand dan dioperasikan di wilayah konflik Thailand Selatan.

Selain Mamba, Kopassus juga mengoperasikan kendaraan MRAP Casspir yang sama-sama buatan Afrika Selatan. Casspir diproduksi oleh TFM yang selanjutnya diakuisisi oleh Reumech OMC dan akhirnya menjadi Land Systems OMC. Casspir tergolong MRAP berukuran sedang.

Dalam mengangkut personil Mamba mampu membawa 9 personil plus 2 crew, sedangkan Casspir yang mempunyai bobot 10,88 ton dapat membawa lebih banyak lagi yaitu 12 personil plus 2 crew.

Kendaraan ini pantas digunakan oleh Sat-81 Gultor Kopassus, karena akan memberikan perlindungan maksimal pada prajurit yang telah dididik dengan biaya mahal.

(Defense Studies)

27 Oktober 2011

If Indonesia chooses Turkey’s bid, SSM will build two submarines at the Gölcük naval shipyard with an HDW license. (photo : Hurriyet)

Turkish procurement officials have denied a South Korean claim that the Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine has defeated a joint bid by Germany and Turkey to sell submarines to the Indonesian Navy.

‘’We are constantly in touch with Indonesian authorities. Together with Germany, we will soon submit an offer outlining our final offer with very favorable conditions. Indonesia is waiting for that,’’ a procurement official told the Hürriyet Daily News recently on condition of anonymity.

‘’In addition, Germany’s Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft [HDW] is our full partner and is the builder of the HDW-class 209 submarines that Indonesia wants to buy. We don’t know how the South Koreans may overcome this license problem, because HDW is working with us,’’ the official said. ‘’For us, the competition is continuing.’’

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Engineering said earlier this month that it aimed to seal a $1.1 billion agreement with the Indonesian government by November to build three submarines. The South Korean shipbuilder said in a statement that this would mark the first exports of submarines from the country.

“We have launched talks to sign a submarine contract with Indonesia’s Defense Ministry,’’ Daewoo said in a statement.

A team of Turkish and German companies and Turkey’s procurement office are also jointly seeking a contract to sell two HDW-class 209 diesel submarines to Indonesia worth about $1 billion in an offer with sweeteners against the South Korean rivals.

French and Russian companies dropped out of the bidding for the Indonesian Nay deal earlier, allowing South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine to emerge as the leading candidate. Daewoo was expected to bid together with HDW, but it later decided to bid on its own.

Facing the threat of being left out of the deal, HDW, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, approached the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), Turkey’s defense procurement agency.

Together with Turkey, HDW also is manufacturing six modern U-214 diesel submarines for the Turkish Navy. In partnership with HDW, Turkey earlier built 14 U-209 submarines, which Indonesia now wants to buy.

(Hurriyet)