Here is NavalNews.com’s fifth monthly report (June 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence recently ordered a first prototype of the so called X18 « Tank Boat », which is being designed since 2011 by a consortium composed of PT Pindad, North Sea Boats (PT Lundin) and the Belgian turret maker John Cockerill (formerly known as CMI Group).
During a signing ceremony in Surabaya, Indonesia, Terma was officially awarded the contract for delivery of a complete C-Series Combat Suite for four KCR-60 vessels of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).
Indonesia on Friday signed a US$1.02 billion contract for the procurement of three 1,400-ton submarines (DSME 1400 type) from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL launched the first diesel-electric submarine built in Indonesia on April 11, 2019 in Surabaya. The Alugoro (405) is the third of the Nagapasa-class submarine (also known as the DSME 1400 design or Improved Chang Bogo-class) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).
On January 21, 2019, the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) launched its sixth Makassar-class landing platform dock in Surabaya, the KRI Semarang (594). The ship, which became part of the 1st fleet of the Indonesian Navy (Koarmada I), has been configured as a hospital ship to carry out humanitarian missions, assist in natural disasters, and to provide medical assistance to people in remote areas.
The Aerospace company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) on January 24 handed over five AS565Mbe Panther ASW helicopters and one CN235-220 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to the Indonesian Navy.
