Norwegian company H. Henriksen has announced that it will supply its Henriksen Multi Lightweight Influence Sweep (HEMLIS) system to the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL), marking the first commercial sale of the system outside Europe.
According to the company, multiple HEMLIS systems will be delivered and integrated on unmanned surface vessels (USVs) supplied by French company Exail (previously known as ECA Group). The delivery to the Indonesian Navy will be handled by PT Agrapana Nugraha Katara, which is a known local partner of German shipbuilder Abeking & Rasmussen.
H. Henriksen stated that HEMLIS will add a modern, modular unmanned minesweeping capability to the Indonesian Navy’s existing mine countermeasures (MCM) toolbox.
The system is designed for both manned and unmanned operations and can be scaled for use in confined waters or as part of larger task group operations. It uses influence sweeping techniques to safely clear naval mines while reducing risk to crews and platforms. HEMLIS has also been installed on Royal Norwegian Navy Alta-class minesweepers.
In its statement, Henriksen used imagery resembling Exail’s Inspector 90 USV. This aligns with Exail’s own announcement in June 2025 that it had secured a contract to provide the Indonesian Navy with four Inspector 90 USVs, together with Seascan and K-Ster Mine Identification and Disposal Systems.
These systems are set to be deployed from 62-metre mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs), KRI Pulau Fani (731) and KRI Pulau Fanildo (732), both built by Abeking & Rasmussen and delivered to the Indonesian Navy in 2023.
Naval News previously reported that while Abeking & Rasmussen proposed a Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH)-type USV to complement the two MCMVs, Exail’s Inspector 90 was ultimately selected as it better aligned with Indonesian Navy requirements.
To note, K-Ster is already in service with several navies, including the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), and the Lithuanian Navy. Last week, Exail also announced that it had secured a major €40 million contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to supply several hundred K-Ster systems.
