20 Juni 2013
KAI T-50i Golden Eagle for TNI AU (photo : daum)
Indonesia gears up for T-50
Indonesia will receive its full complement of 16 Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainer aircraft between September 2013 and February 2014.
The disclosure was made by a company spokesman at the company's chalet.
Jakarta ordered 16 T-50s in May 2011, marking the first export sale for the type, which is powered by a single General Electric F404 engine.
Indonesian pilots and maintenance crews are in South Korea familiarising themselves with the type.
In addition, KAI is confident of closing a deal with the Manila for 12 FA-50s, an armed variant of the T-50. Manila will use the type both for training and as a light fighter/attack aircraft.
The company, in co-operation with Lockheed Martin, is also competing against the Alenia/Aermacchi M-346 and BAE Systems Hawk for an eight aircraft requirement in Poland.
Warsaw is reviewing the technical proposals issued by the three companies, and will issue another request for proposals for pricing information in the coming months. A decision could come as soon as early 2014.
(Flight Global)
20 Juni 2013
Yak-52, training aircraft of the Vietnam Air Force (photo : gearphoto)
PANO – General Mam Sam, Vice Chief of Joint Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces cum Chief of Cabinet to the Chief of General Staff of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, paid a working visit to the Air Force Officers School, under the Air Defence and Air Force Service on June 13th.
At the reception, Major-General Nguyen Duy Cuong, Headmaster of the Air Force Officers School, briefed Cambodian delegates on the unit’s traditions and achievements in education and training over the past years. Up to now, the school provided 17 training courses for 104 Cambodian pilots and aeronautical technicians.
Nanchang CJ-6A, training aircraft of the Cambodia Air Force (photo : L Beaver)
For his part, General Mam Sam thanked the school for the warm welcome and hoped that in the coming time, more Cambodian pilots and technician will be trained at the Air Force Officers School to apply their knowledge to their units’ practical conditions after fulfilling the courses, making contribution to fostering the relationship between two nations’ people and armies.
(QDND)
19 Juni 2013
Panser Anoa 6x6 buatan PT Pindad pesanan TNI AD (photo : Angkasa)
Produksi Panser Anoa Digeber
Setelah TNI memesan 150 panser Anoa produksi Pindad pada tahun 2008, pabrik persenjataan di Bandung, Jawa Barat yang sudah berstatus BUMN itu seperti mendapat pasokan darah segar. Jumlah total dana yang dikucurkan pemerintah untuk membeli 150 unit panser Anoa melebihi Rp 1 trilliun sehingga operasional produksi Anoa pun berjalan lancar.
Tidak hanya merampungkan 150 unit panser Anoa, para teknisi senjata Pindad saat ini juga sedang menggeber produksinya demi memenuhi pesanan TNI yang jumlah totalnya ( termasuk pesanan 150 unit pertama) , mencapai lebih dari 300 unit. Anoa yang sudah dioperasikan bahkan ada yang dikirim ke Lebanon guna mendukung tugas Pasukan Perdamaian PBB Indonesia, Satgas Indo FPC TNI Konga XXVI-D2/UNIFIL.
Kendaraan taktis Komodo 4x4 pesanan TNI AD (photo : Angkasa)
‘’Sebanyak 150 Anoa, saat itu dipesan langsung oleh Bapak Wapres Yusuf Kalla. Itu merupakan kejutan sekaligus tantangan karena Pindad belum memiliki pengalaman memproduksi panser. Tapi berkat kerja keras Pindad akhirnya berhasil mewujudkan panser yang dipesan oleh pemerintah,’’ papar Tuning Rudyati, Kepala Departemen Humas dan Hukum Pindad kepada Angkasa di Pindad, Bandung, Jawa Barat (14/6).
‘’Saat ini kami sedang bekerja keras untuk memenuhi pesanan Anoa dari TNI dan juga Malaysia. Dengan kemampuan Pindad memproduksi sebanyak 80 unit Anoa per tahun, kami yakin pesanan dari para konsumen bisa dipenuhi,’’ tambah Tuning.
Selain panser Anoa, Pindad juga memproduksi kendaraan taktis (rantis) Komodo hasil rancangan tahun 2011. Rantis yang sudah dicoba ini memiliki sejumlah kemampuan seperti lincah bergerak di medan berlumpur, berpasir, jalur terjal dengan tanjakkan 31 derajat dan kemiringan 17 derajat serta kemampuan jelajah hingga 450 km.
(Angkasa)
19 Juni 2013
A Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo (LARC) vessel exits the water onto Cowley Beach, North Queensland while being filmed by Channel Seven New crew as part of Exercise Sea Lion 2013. (all photos : RAN)
SEA LION Roars in Far North Queensland
Exercise SEA LION 2013 got underway on June 10 as HMAS Choules slipped out to sea with a complement of more than 400 Army and Navy personnel onboard, and various pieces of equipment firmly secured on the vehicle deck.
EX SEA LION 13, which is the first major joint amphibious exercise for the year, is being conducted between Townsville and the Cowley Beach Training Area, and is part of the ADF’s enhanced amphibious capability development.
Commander of the Australian Amphibious Task Group Captain Ray Leggatt said the experience gained by personnel in Exercise SEA LION would prove invaluable in developing the skills necessary for the complex and demanding amphibious environment.
“This exercise will hone our amphibious procedures and systems as we head towards a comprehensive expeditionary capability which will be based around the 27,000 ton LHDs,” he said.
“To achieve this, it is important that Navy and Army can work well together to achieve any task that is given to an amphibious force; and this is were Exercise SEA LION 2013 comes in.”
The exercise also gave members of Navy’s 808 Squadron the chance to hone their skills behind the controls of the new MRH90 helicopter.
The MRH90 is a multi use aircraft that replaced Navy’s Sea King helicopters, and is set to take the place of the Army’s Black Hawk helicopters.
Navy pilot LCDR Steve Brown said Navy will mainly use the MRH90 to conduct maritime support for ships, including boarding party support, medical evacuations and search and rescue operations.
“The MRH90 is a very versatile aircraft that allows the crew to carry out a number of tasks that may be assigned to them,” he said.
“This exercise gives members of 808 Squadron the chance to conduct individual and collective training with the MRH90 in a realistic environment.”
The dual service use of the MRH90 is another indication of how Navy and Army can work together in an amphibious environment.
Exercise SEA LION 2013, which forms Block Two of a three-block amphibious serial, runs until June 28 2013, and is followed by Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2013.
As well as HMAS Choules, HMA Ships Tarakan and Labuan are also participating in Exercise SEA LION 13.
(RAN)
19 Juni 2013
Kapal Landing Ship Tank yang dibuat oleh PT Daya Radar Utama, Lampung (all photos : rifa-cari)
Acara Keel Laying Kapal Angkut Tank-3 TNI AL di Galangan Kapal Lampung
Jakarta -- Wakil Menteri Pertahanan RI (Wamenhan) Letjen (Purn) Sjafrie Syamsuddin melaksanakan acara Keel Laying (Peletakan Lunas Kapal) pembangunan Kapal Angkut Tank-3 TNI Angkatan Laut di galangan kapal Srengsem Panjang, Bandar Lampung, Selasa (18/6).
Dalam acara tersebut Wamenhan didampingi Asrenum Panglima TNI Laksamana Madya Among Margono dan pejabat Kemenhan serta Pejabat Mabes TNI, Mabes TNI Angkatan Darat, Mabes TNI Angkatan Laut, Kasarmabar Laksma TNI M. Atok Urrahman, Komandan Lanal Lampung Kolonel Laut (E) Ir. Fery Sidjaja, Forkopinda Lampung dan pejabat TNI-Polri yang ada di wilayah Lampung.
Acara Keel Laying di tandai dengan penekanan tombol bersama tanda dimulainya kegiatan peletakan lunas oleh Wamenhan Letjen (Purn) Sjafrie Syamsuddin, Aslog Kasal Laksda TNI Sru Handayanto dan Waaslog Kasad Brigjen TNI Bayu Purwiyono.
Dalam sambutannya Wamenhan mengatakan, kapal angkut tank ketiga yang dibangun di dalam negeri ini, memiliki kekhususan yang tidak dimiliki kedua generasi kapal angkut tank sebelumnya karena kapal ini diproyeksikan untuk mampu mengangkut 10 unit main batlle tank TNI Angkatan Darat beserta dua kendaraan pendukung.
Peletakan Keel pada saat kapal akan dibangun merupakan peristiwa penting dalam konstruksi kapal, sehingga acara tersebut sering ditandai dengan upacara dan merupakan Fase awal dari semua kegiatan yang signifikan. Lunas atau Keel terletak di tengah kapal dari haluan ke buritan dan berfungsi sebagai dasar atau tulang belakang struktur lambung dan member kontribusi besar pada kekuatan longitudinal dan loading efektif local pada saat docking.
Selanjutnya, untuk tahapan-tahapan dalam pembangunan sebuah kapal dimulai dari kegiatan Steel Cutting, Keel Laying, Engine Loading, Launching, Uji coba dan diakhiri dengan penyerahan.
Dengan dibangunnya kapal tersebut, membuktikan bahwa industri pertahan dalam negeri Indonesia telah mampu terlibat dalam teknologi militer dan dengan kemandirian Industri Strategis dalam negeri dapat berbicara di tingkat kawasan.
(Armada Barat)
19 Juni 2013
Malaysia has allocated RM300 million to increase the combat readiness of the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s fleet of Sukhoi Su-30MKMs. (photo : airwar)
The events in Sabah, Malaysia, this past March, when local forces conducted Operation Daulat used combat jets to quell the resistance of the Filipino gunmen on the island of Borneo, may have prompted a spate of arms sales to that country and her closest neighbors.
Engines with the thrust vector control/TVC (photo : airwar)
The armed forces do have a big wish list for weapons, but procurement processes for the most expensive and longest-lead items are likely to be launched properly only after the general elections in Malaysia later this year. In the meantime, the ministry of finance and the royal treasury–the two main watchdogs–are loosening their grips somewhat so as to give the air force the means to improve its fleet readiness.
Front cockpit with advanced digital fly-by-wire system, Thales supplies the Head-up display (HUD), navigational forward-looking IR system NAVFLIR and laser designation pod (LDP Damocles). Aircraft carries missile approach warning sensor (MAWS) and laser warning sensor (LWS) manufactured by the AVITRONICS (photo : pilot strizhi)
In late March, Sukhoi won a three-year contract called “The supply of articles, services and technical assistance for Su-30MKM aircraft” worth RM300 million (more than U.S.$100 million), three times the allocation over the previous three-year period. Respective documents were signed by MOD secretary general Datuk Dr. Haji Ismail Haji Ahmad, with Sukhoi deputy general director for marketing Alexander Klementiev and director for after-sales support Vyacheslav Lozan.
Rear cockpit (photo : pilot strizhi)
The increased spending is meant to boost combat readiness of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Su-30MKM fleet from the current level of 65 to 70 percent to 85 percent in the “near term” and eventually increase this to 100 percent. The RMAF’s 11th Squadron stationed at Gong Kedak has 18 heavyweight twin-engine vectored-thrust fighters received new from Irkut’s IAZ factory in 2007-2011. After the manufacturer’s guarantee period expired, most of the Russian support team departed Gong Kedak AFB, leaving only three of their number–and they then left this past January following expiration of the previous service contract.
Specification of Su-30MKM (photo : cari)
“The notable increase in spending on our services will allow our specialists to more closely monitor the aircraft operations and shorten the reaction time to RMAF requests for spares and repair services. Importantly, the new contract calls for a permanent presence of Sukhoi advisors and technicians at Gong Kedak,” Klementiev told AIN. The contract calls for deliveries of additional aerodrome equipment, increase of spares and expendables stocks, carrying out on-site repairs of onboard equipment, consultancy and training for RMAF maintainers.
Damocles laser targeting pod (photo : ausairpower)
As part of the aircraft delivery contract, Russia built the Sukhoi Technical Center (STC) at Gong Kedak. It was completed and handed over to the Malaysian government, which appointed Aerospace Technology Systems Corp. (ATSC) to be the operator. To work at full capacity, STC’s warehouses need to be filled with spares, expendables and maintenance tools, as necessary, which will be done under the new contract.
R-27/AA-10 Alamo Medium-to-long-range, air-to-air missile (photo : cari)
The facility has several workshops and will permit RMAF and ATSC to perform maintenance, except major overhaul of airframes, engines and the most complex parts of onboard systems. Sukhoi assessed ATSC staff members as “well educated” but indicated they need more training in performing manufacturer-prescribed work on Russian-made jets.
R-73/AA-11 Archer short-range air-to-air missile (photo : pilot strizhi)
RMAF crews have mastered aerobatics and use of vectored thrust, attracting praise from the Russian air force commander Gen. Victor Bondarev, while he was attending the LIMA 2013 show. Following training of the initial group of Malaysian fighter pilots, Sukhoi and Irkut ceased such services four years ago. They hoped the customer would award them a new contract for pilot training “sometime in the future to ensure that the RMAF 11th Squadron crews are able to use the Su-30MKM capabilities to full extent,” including application of precision-guided munitions. “This would require us to send a group of highly skilled engineers and pilots there who have the complete knowledge of the type’s functional capabilities,” said Klementiev.
R-77/AA-12 Adder Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (photo : cari)
ATSC was founded in 1994 as a joint venture with a 70-percent stake held by National Aerospace and Defense Industries, and the rest by Russian partners, and runs the MiG Technical Center at Kuantan AFB and MiG Component Repair Center at MEC City. The company claims to have mastered checks on the Su-30MKM after each 200 flight hours and servicing procedures on the airplane’s OEPrNK optronic aiming and navigation complex system, OLS optical locator, N011M “Bars” fire control radar and fly-by-wire systems, as well as AL-31FP engine module changes.
Kh-29/AS-14 Kedge short range air-to-surface missile/air to ground missile (photo : cari)
Despite the increase in funding for RMAF, salesmen remain cautious about prospects of replacement for 18 MiG-29N/NUBs delivered in 1995. “We know about the plans of the military, but we also hear about the economy slowdown and the respective position of the ministry of finance. Cost-effective upgrade solutions may win over,” Victor Komardin, deputy head of Russia’s Rosoboronexport arms sales agency, told AIN.
Kh-31/AS-17 Krypton Medium-range air-to-surface missile/anti-ship missile (photo : cari)
Guided by this knowledge, Rosoboronexport is offering an upgrade package to the RMAF’s 18-year-old MiGs, which will boost their capability and extend their lifetime to 40 years. Should the customer decide to replace the MiGs with newer aircraft, Russia is ready to supply additional quantities of advanced Su-30MKMs or even consider a request for a fifth-generation fighter. “We are keen to take part in any competition in Malaysia that is officially opened,” Komardin said. Other candidates to replace RMAF MiG-29s are the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Rafale and Saab Gripen.
(AIN Online)
18 Juni 2013
CN-235 Patmar untuk TNI AL (photo : Kaskus Militer)
Dalam waktu dekat ini, TNI AL akan menerima pesawat udara CN-235 buatan PT. Dirgantara Indonesia sebanyak tiga unit. TNI AL juga akan terus meningkatkan kemampuan Penerbangan TNI AL tidak hanya personilnya, tetapi juga peralatannya, serta akan menambah alutsista dari luar negeri seperti helikopter antikapal selam, helikopter latih dan alat-alat pengintaian yang nantinya akan digunakan untuk maritime patrol area.
Hal tersebut disampaikan Kepala Sataf Angkatan Laut dalam amanatnya yang dibacakan Asisten Operasi Kasal (Asops) Laksamana Muda TNI Didit Herdiawan, M.P.A., M.B.A., saat selaku inspektur upacara dalam peringatan Hari Ulang Tahun Penerbangan Angkatan Laut yang genap memasuki usia 57 tahun, yang digelar dalam suatu upacara militer bertempat di hanggar Pangkalan Udara Angkatan Laut (Lanudal) Juanda, Surabaya, Senin (17/6). Tema yang diangkat dalam peringatan Hari Penerbangan Angkatan Laut tahun 2013 ini adalah: “Dengan Semangat Dharma Jalakaca Putra, Penerbangan Angkatan Laut Siap Mengefektifkan Pembinaan Kekuatan dan Kemampuan dalam rangka Mendukung Kesiapsiagaan Operasi”.
Menurut Kasal pembangunan kekuatan alutsista Penerbangan Angkatan Laut akan terus digalakkan. Setelah menerima tiga buah helikopter N-Bell 412 EP yang memperkuat Penerbangan Angakatan Laut, ke depan TNI Angkatan Laut akan terus mengembangkan kekuatannya yang memiliki kemampuan stricking force. Alutsista ke depan diarahkan pada kekuatan yang memiliki kemampuan setidaknya sebanding dengan kemampuan yang dimiliki negara tetangga, yang difokuskan pada pengadaan enam helikopter antikapal selam (AKS) dan enam antikapal permukaan (AKPA) serta kekuatan pesud patroli maritim (Patmar) sebanyak enam buah yang sedang dibangun oleh PT. Dirgantara Indonesia.
Selama 57 tahun masa pengabdiannya, Penerbangan Angkatan Laut telah memberikan kontribusi yang cukup besar terhadap tugas pokok TNI Angkatan Laut di berbagai penugasan, baik operasi militer perang (OMP) maupun operasi militer selain perang (OMSP) di segenap penjuru tanah air maupun di luar negeri. Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut telah banyak berkiprah, memberikan pengabdian dan darma baktinya dalam berbagai tugas operasi, sebagaimana saat ini, cukup memberikan citra positif bagi Penerbal dengan keikutsertaannya dalam mendukung kegiatan satgas maritim TNI, yaitu dengan menyertakan satu unit Heli BO-105 on board di KRI Diponegoro-365, yang saat ini tengah melaksanakan satgas maritim TNI MTF 5 Konga 28 E/Unifil di Lebanon.
Dalam upacara tersebut juga dilaksanakan penganugerahan Satya Lencana Kesetiaan 24 tahun, Satya Lencana Kesetiaan 16, dan Satya Lencana Kesetiaan 8 tahun bagi prajurit Penerbangan Angkatan Laut yang dinilai layak serta berprestasi. “Untuk itu, saya mengucapkan selamat dan penghargaan tinggi bagi para sesepuh penerbang TNI Angkatan Laut, yang berhasil meletakkan pilar-pilar kejayaan penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut dan mengenang air crew yang gugur di medan tugas,” kata Kasal.
CN-235 akan menggantikan pesawat N-22/N-24 Nomad dalam Skuadron 800 Patroli Maritim (photo : Scramble)
Dalam kesempatan tersebut Kasal juga mengajak seluruh peserta upacara untuk sejenak menelusuri kembali sejarah tentang perkembangan Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut. Dari ide pembentukan organisasi Penerbangan Angkatan Laut pada masa revolusi sampai dengan direalisasikannya para pemuda indonesia untuk direkrut sebagai penerbang, navigator, teknisi dan pengatur lalu lintas udara, hingga terbentuknya Biro Penerbangan Angkatan Laut pada 17 juni 1956 yang kini diperingati sebagai lahirnya hari Penerbangan Angkatan Laut.
Kehadiran Penerbangan Angkatan Laut merupakan jawaban rasional terhadap perkembangan strategi dan taktik operasi laut sejalan dengan kemajuan teknologi militer. Unsur utama Penerbangan Angkatan Laut yaitu pesawat udara, mempunyai keunggulan dalam aspek kecepatan, fleksibilitas, dan daya gempur yang sangat mendukung tugas-tugas kekuatan utama Angkatan Laut yaitu kapal perang. Berdasarkan berbagai keunggulan tersebut Penerbangan Angkatan Laut mampu diproyeksikan untuk mengemban berbagai penugasan seperti pengintaian, patroli laut, peperangan antikapal permukaan, peperangan antikapal selam, serta bantuan tembakan udara, penerjunan pasukan pendarat dalam operasi amfibi, dan lain sebagainya.
Di akhir amanatnya, Kasal menekankan agar ke depan, jajaran penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut perlu terus meningkatkan kemampuan, agar mampu menghadapi dan mengantisipasi derasnya arus dinamika perkembangan lingkungan strategis. ”Tingkatkan kesiapan dan kemampuan pesawat udara serta profesionalisme pengawak Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut, agar mampu mengawal garis depan perairan yurisdiksi nasional Indonesia,” tegasnya.
Dalam upacara peringatan juga ditampilkan demo pertahanan pangkalan yang melibatkan dua buah pesawat tempur F 16 milik TNI Angkatan Udara, prajurit Korps Marinir (Batalion Taifib dan Zeni), prajurit Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska), prajurit TNI Angkatan Darat (Arhanudse-VIII), dan ditutup dengan defile pasukan.
(TNI AL)
