As regional powers gather at the Singapore Airshow this week, two issues will be at the forefront: upgrading their F-16s and/or buying F-35s.
By: Wendell Minnick (www.defensenews.com)
As regional powers gather at the Singapore Airshow this week, two issues will be at the forefront: upgrading their F-16s and/or buying F-35s.
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By: Agense France-Presse (www.afp.com)
Asia’s top aerospace and defense show opens Tuesday in Singapore, with major global arms makers seeking to cash in on rising military spending in China and elsewhere as territorial disputes escalate in the region. By: Agence France- Presse (www.afp.com)
Indonesian defense officials have pulled out of this week’s Singapore Airshow, Jakarta said Sunday, as a row over the controversial naming of an Indonesian warship shows no sign of abating. By: Alan Warnes (www.ainonline.com)
Boasting one of the fastest growing economies in the world is allowing Indonesia to invest much-needed funds in its military. After years of stagnation caused by the 1997 financial crisis, leading to most of Indonesia’s military acquisition programs being cancelled, the situation deteriorated further when the U.S.imposed an arms embargo in 1999 that lasted until 2005. By: Agence France-Presse (www.afp.com)
Singapore has voiced concerns over Indonesia’s reported plans to name a naval ship after marines who were executed for bombing an office complex in the city-state during a period of tense relations in the 1960s. By: Koh Swee Lean Collin (www.thediplomat.com)
In early January this year, Vietnam formally joined the Southeast Asian “submarine club” with its first Russian-built Kilo-class submarine christened the Hanoi. Not too long ago, Jakarta expressed interest in acquiring the same model of submarines from Russia or more boats from South Korea, ostensibly to augment the incoming new fleet of three SS-209 boats purchased from South Korea back in August 2012. Just recently in November 2013, Singapore contracted German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp to develop the Type-218SG, the first of two boats slated to enter service in 2020. By: David Billinge (www.demotix.com)
The end of January saw the 19-tonne Oto Melara 76mm gun turrets being refitted to the Nakhoda Ragam class corvettes which have been stored in Barrow since 2007 as part of the preparations for their transfer to the Indonesian Navy. Oleh: Nurul Mahmudah (www.tempo.co)
Kepala Satuan Angkatan Laut Laksamana Marsetio berencana membeli kapal selam kelas Kilo dari Rusia. "Kami akan melihat dulu dua kapal selam yang ditawarkan itu," kata Marsetio ketika ditemui di acara penyerahan tank amfibi di Situbondo, Jawa Timur, pada Selasa, 28 Januari 2014. Oleh: Dines Penerangan Koarmatim (www.koarmatim.tnial.mil.id)
Sebanyak 37 unit kendaraan tempur amfibi Tank BMP-3F buatan Rusia kembali memperkuat Alutsista TNI AL. Puluhan kendaraan lapis baja itu masuk jajaran Resimen Kavaleri Marinir, setelah diserahkan secara remi oleh Menteri Pertahanan (Menhan) RI Prof. Dr. Ir. Purnomo Yusgiantoro kepada jajaran Korps Marinir di Pusat Latihan Tempur (Puslatpur) Marinir, Asembagus, Kabupaten Situbondo, Jawa Timur, Oleh: TNI (www.tni.mil.id)
Sebanyak 16 pesawat T-50i Golden Eagle pesanan Pemerintah Indonesia seluruhnya sudah berada di Skadron Udara 15 Lanud Iswahjudi, setelah dua pesawat terakhir Sabtu (25/1), tiba di Lanud Iswahjudi yang diterima langsung oleh Komandan Lanud Iswahjudi Marsekal Pertama TNI Yuyu Sutisna, S.E. By: Alexis Romero (www.philstar.com)
The Air Force is acquiring two new light lift aircraft from Indonesia to boost the delivery of supplies and personnel to remote areas. Indonesian firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia has won the bidding for the light lift fixed-wing aircraft acquisition project, worth P814 million. Oleh: Dispenal Mabesal (www.tnial.mil.id)
TNI Angkatan Laut telah memesan kapal perang yang saat ini tengah dibangun, diantaranya adalah tiga buah kapal selam, di mana dua kapal selam sedang dibangun di Korea Selatan dan satu kapal dibangun di PT PAL Surabaya. Selain itu dua kapal Perusak Kawal Rudal jenis Frigat 105 meter, serta tiga kapal fregat jenis Multi Roll Light Frigate (MRLF) dari Inggris. By: Jon Grevatt (www.janes.com)
State-run naval shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia is planning to collaborate with a foreign counterpart to carry out the repair and overhaul of one of Indonesia's two ageing Cakra Type 209/1300 attack submarines, it has been announced. By: Andrew Chuter (www.defensenews.com)
LONDON — The Indonesian Army has turned to the British arm of Thales to plug a gap in its short-range air defenses with a deal to purchase its Forceshield integrated system of vehicle-mounted missiles and radars. |
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