Sweden has officially offered its air power package to Indonesia, banking on lower lifecycle cost coupled with attractive financing solutions and a commitment to fulfill its obligation of transferring the technology.The offer was announced by Swedish Ambassador to Jakarta Johanna Brismar Skoog during a breakfast briefing at her residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on […]

Indonesian Army has received a new batch of  Leopard 2 tanks & Marder IFVs. At this time, Indonesia has received 14 Leopard 2A4 main battle tank, 6 Marder 1A3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 2 Leopard ARV armoured recovery vehicle, 2 Leopard AEV armoured engineer vehicle and 1 Leopard AVLB armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Indonesia has acquired 103 Leopard […]

Indonesia hopes to sign contract with Russia on S-300 missile systems Indonesia Russian cooperation in the military field continues to grow. Defence attache to Russia, Colonel (Pilot), Andi Kustoro, said the TNI continues to enhance its defense equipment. One of them seeks to modernize combat equipment capabilities. According to Andi, one of the combat equipment […]

State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) is set to launch two maritime patrol aircraft for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) by the end of the year.DI president director Budi Santoso said there are currently three maritime patrol aircraft produced by DI and operated by TNI AL. “We will add two more maritime patrol units […]

Early Warning and Control System (AEWAC). “The AEWAC exports would be the first major export of defense systems from India under Prime Minister led government and the move fits into the government’s push to reduce import of weapon systems and increase exports,” Dr Christopher Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director General told NDTV Monday. […]

Indonesian National Army Air Force plans to replace heavy transport aircraft C-130 Hercules of the elderly. According to the Air Force Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna, studies on the Hercules replacement candidate has been sent to the Ministry of Defence. “Already we send away the day before A-1310 Hercules crash in Medan last week,” said Agus […]

Indonesian shipyard PT Lundin and turret manufacturer CMI Defence are working on an innovative craft aimed at the riverine and amphibious assault market. Dubbed the X18 Tank Boat, the design essentially wraps a boat around a CMI gyrostabilised 105mm turret, according to the head of PT Lundin, John Lundin. ‘We identified the need for better […]

Model of new medium tank shown in Jakarta at Armored Vehicle Asia (AVA) Conference 2015, reported military-informant.com. Turkey and Indonesia agreed to jointly develop medium tanks. Under the deal, Ankara-based, privately owned armored vehicles maker FNSS Defence Systems had to work with Indonesia’s state-owned arms maker, PT Pindad. First Two Prototypes of Turkish-Indonesian Medium Tank […]

Indonesia’s military has launched an anti-terrorism operation on the eastern island of Sulawesi to crack down on militants with suspected links to Islamic State, the armed forces chief said on Monday. General Moeldoko said the military was helping police to track down radicals, highlighting government concern over Indonesians pledging loyalty to IS and returning to […]

A Bell helicopter owned by the Indonesian Military (TNI) crashed onto a runway at Ahmad Yani Army Airbase in Semarang, Central Java, at around 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday. The helicopter from the Army Flight Training Center was being used for emergency procedure training. The aircraft suffered some damage but nobody was hurt. “The student pilot […]