Indonesia Giving Priority to C-130 Hercules Planes
Indonesian C-130H-30(click to view full) From 2001-2005, the US State and Defense Departments lobbied for the resumption of US weapons sales to Indonesia, as part of their efforts to secure support...
View ArticleIndonesia Signs $1B+ Defense Credit Agreement With Russia
Kilo Class(click to view full) Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped in Indonesia to finalize a $1.2 billion defense agreement and to strengthen economic ties. Indonesia has begun buying Russian...
View ArticleRapid Fire 2011-07-02: France Signs Defense Deal with Indonesia
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s first message to DoD staff emphasizes the importance of discipline in the management of taxpayer resources. This will underpin the DoD’s commitment to preserving the...
View ArticleToday’s Special: Turkey Subs
Latest updates: Price revealed, as financing and down-payment begin deal; Spinoff work for Indonesia? Preveze Class(click to view larger) Back in March 2006, Defense-Aerospace relayed a Turkish SSM...
View ArticleRapid Fire 2011-07-08: Indonesian Aerospace
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces that Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn will leave the post later this year. A replacement is expected to be found by the autumn. Two House Foreign...
View ArticleIndonesia Adding F-16 Falcon Fighters to Join Flankers
TNI-AU F-16A(click to view full) Indonesia’s purchases of Russian SU-27SK and SU-30MKK Flanker-family fighters in 2003 and 2007 got a lot of attention. Now, the country is augmenting those 10 high-end...
View ArticleIndonesia Looking for Trainer/Attack Aircraft
Latest updates: Contract for 2nd set of Super Tucanos. USAF OV-10(click to view full) As natural resources and exports have fueled its economy, Indonesia has been looking to replace its fleets of BAE...
View ArticleSubmarines for Indonesia
KRI Cakra(click to view larger) Indonesia sites astride one of the world’s most critical submarine chokepoints. A large share of global trade must pass through the critical Straits of Malacca, and the...
View ArticleIndonesia Wants Maverick Missiles for Training
Mavericks got better eyesight as they aged The US DSCA notified Congress [PDF] on August 21, 2012 of Indonesia’s request for 18 AGM-65K2 Maverick missiles, 36 TGM-65K2 Captive Air Training Missiles, 3...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Air Force Adds More Flankers
Indonesian SU-27SK(click to view full) Indonesia’s turn toward Russian fighters stemmed partly from necessity. Its 12 remaining F-16A/Bs and 16 remaining F-5E/F fighters experienced severe maintenance...
View ArticleRussia’s Yak-130 Trainer & Light Attack Jets
Yak-130(click to view full) Russia’s air force (VVS) aged badly in the wake of the Cold War, and the lack of replacements soon made itself felt in all areas. One of those areas involved advanced jet...
View ArticleRapid Fire April 15, 2013: Defense Divestures
A down market leads not just to consolidation, but also to spinoffs and divestures. Bloomberg. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon [R-CA] has been told by the Pentagon that their...
View ArticleAH-64E Apache Block III: The Once and Future Attack Helicopter
AH-64 in Afghanistan(click to view full) With the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and rededication of its funding into the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) and Light Utility Helicopter...
View ArticleRolling Sales: Indonesia Becomes the Latest Buyer of German Tanks
Leopard 2A6(click to view full) In August 2012, reports emerged that Indonesia had made a deal with Germany to buy heavy tanks and infantry carriers, after the Dutch had demurred. The Indonesian Army...
View ArticleRapid Fire July 26, 2013: South Korea Wants Big Bucks for BMD
South Korea’s defense ministry submitted their budget request for 2014-18 to parliament. They’re asking for 214.5 trillion won (about $193 billion) with a beefy missile defense component. Heading into...
View ArticleJapan’s FY 2014 Defense Budget to Grow, Watchful of China’s Rapid Rise
The Japanese cabinet had barely approved its FY 2014 budget that China’s official media was already noting that Japan’s defense spending is set to grow by 2.8% to 4.88 trillion yen (about $46.8B)....
View ArticleChina Strives to Join the Big League
China has been repeatedly calling for the establishment of a “new type of major country relationship” with the US. The CSIS think tank explains [PDF] what that’s supposed to mean, and the risks such...
View ArticleIndonesia Adding F-16 Falcon Fighters to Join Flankers
TNI-AU F-16A(click to view full) Indonesia’s purchases of Russian SU-27SK and SU-30MKK Flanker-family fighters in 2003 and 2007 got a lot of attention. Now, the country is augmenting those 10 high-end...
View ArticleIndonesia’s New Trainer/Attack Aircraft
USAF OV-10(click to view full) As natural resources and exports have fueled its economy, Indonesia has been looking to replace its fleets of BAE Hawk Mk.53 trainer jets, and OV-10F Bronco forward air...
View ArticleToday’s Special: Turkey Subs
Preveze Class(click to view larger) In 2006, the Turkish SSM procurement agency issued a request for information (RFI) for 4 more diesel-electric submarines. That RFI became an RFP for 6...
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