Both countries signed a contract worth $1.07 billion
on Dec. 10, 2011, for three submarines. Indonesian workers will be involved
in the construction of the first two in Busan, South Korea, so they will
be ready to build the third one at state-owned shipyard PT PAL in Surabaya.
The minister also said that Indonesia was studying a cooperation with
China to locally produce the C-705 anti-ship missile which has a range
of some 140 kilometers as part of a defense cooperation to fulfill Indonesia’s
needs.
Separately, Pindad president director Adik Aviantono Soedarsono said
the highlight of the contract was the tactical bridge worth Rp 69 billion.
“The bridge can be expanded in just two hours to a span of 49
meters, much faster than the Bailey bridge,” he told reporters
after the press conference.
Pindad will also provide 31 Anoa APCs worth Rp 250 billion.
Meanwhile, president director of aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia,
Budi Santoso, told The Jakarta Post that his company would supply up
to 28 Bell 412 EP helicopters to the Indonesian Army by 2014.
“We have several contracts with the Army and have delivered two
helicopters out of a contract to provide four helicopters,” he
said.
“Today we signed a contract to provide eight helicopters in two
separate contracts and are ready to sign another for 16 helicopters.”
Budi said the helicopters were for both transport and assault missions.
