The Indonesian Navy has announced the inauguration of the Meteksan DCSIM in February 2024 via official channels. The ambassador’s announcement was the first official declaration from the Turkish side.
“Turkish defense industry products are strengthening bilateral relations with this friendly country. The “Damage Control Simulator” manufactured by Meteksan Defence for the Indonesian Navy has now entered their inventory and is in use. I congratulate our national industrial company on this achievement.”
Talip Küçükcan, Ambassador of Türkiye to The Republic of Indonesia
İkili ilişkileri güçlendiren Türk savunma sanayii ürünleri dost ülkede. @MeteksanSavunma’nın Endonezya Deniz Kuvvetleri için imal ettiği “Damage Control Simulator” envantere girdi ve kullanılmaya başlandı. Milli sanayi şirketimizi tebrik ediyorum. https://t.co/m3fVf5CXjF
— Talip Küçükcan ???????? (@tkucukcan) June 5, 2024
With this procurement, Indonesia has become the fifth country to use Meteksan’s simulators. Other countries using DCSIM include Turkiye, South Korea, Qatar, and Oman. Additionally, the Turkish Navy has been using the Fire Fighting Simulator to train relevant personnel on warships.

The Damage Control (DC) capability at sea is a critical factor in maintaining the integrity, stability, and maneuverability of ships. Key to enabling these capabilities is a realistic training environment for ship’s personnel to develop and conduct damage control exercises (DAMCONEX). Consistent and realistic training leads to an optimal level of preparedness that prepares repair teams to respond more efficiently and effectively to actual accidents.
Meteksan Defence DCSIM has unique features that increase training effectiveness, operational efficiency and maintainability. The system provides standardised means for crew training from basic to advanced levels with appropriate and comparable assessment reports.



Thanks to the system’s fail-safe design, DCSIM provides a safe training environment with adjustable and controllable difficulty levels. The design of the interfaces allows the simulator and training to be controlled in a user-friendly manner, eliminating operator error. DCSIM has been designed in accordance with current international safety guidelines, the Regulations for Prevention of Accidents.
As part of its capabilities, it is possible to configure the number of damages and their types. One of the most important features of the system is the rolling effect. The Damage Control Simulator can roll up to 20 degrees with its hydraulic feet to simulate the sea effect.
Meteksan DCSIM has unique features that increase training effectiveness, operational efficiency, and maintainability, such as additional training capabilities besides damage training, such as applications for material conditions, plotting, communications, smoke removal, causality training for cable laying, etc., adjustable water level, adjustable hull movement for speed and angle, use of specific lighting and sound effects, preventive maintenance by recording the usage time of critical components by the automation system and timely warning the user for appropriate maintenance, simple troubleshooting system that enables the location of faulty components. Based on foolproof and fail-safe design, where DCSIM is not affected by trainees’ improper use, DCSIM guarantees trainees’ safety even if a failure occurs during execution, such as power failure.