KRI Imam Bonjol-383 Terlibat Operasi Malaka Jaya

JAKARTA-(IDB) :  KRI Imam Bonjol – 383 salah satu unsur dibawah kendali operasi Gugus Tempur Laut Komando Armada RI Kawasan Barat (Guspurla Koarmabar) melakukan bekal ulang (Bekul) di Dermaga pelabuhan Krueng Geukueh Kecamatan Dewantara Kabupaten Aceh Utara, Jumat (26/7).

Kedatangan kapal perang tersebut disambut oleh Komandan Pangkalan Angkatan Laut (Danlanal) Lhokseumawe Letkol Laut (P) Sumartono, S.E. dan Palaksa Lanal  Lhokseumawe, beserta seluruh Perwira Staf Lanal Lhokseumawe.

KRI Imam Bonjol-383 yang dikomandani Letkol Laut (P)  Tomi Erizal merupakan Kapal jenis Korvet kelas Parchim dibawah Satuan Kapal Eskorta (Satkor) Komando Armada Barat (Koarmabar) yang saat ini tergabung dalam kegiatan Operasi Malaka Jaya 2013 atau Malaka Strait Sea Patrol (MSSP).

Dalam operasi tersebut, KRI Imam Bonjol – 383 melaksanakan operasi penegakkan kedaulatan dan operasi keamanan laut di perairan  yuridiksi nasional Indonesia dengan daerah operasi di perairan Selat Malaka dengan skala prioritas di kawasan perairan yang memiliki kerawanan tindak pelanggaran hukum di laut.

Gelar Operasi Malaka Jaya tersebut untuk  pengamanan laut yuridiksi di perairan wilayah Barat  khususnya sepanjang perairan selat Malaka dan  meningkatkan kesiap-siagaan unsur-unsur gelar KRI dalam rangka mendukung tugas yang emban dari Komando Atas.

Selain itu, selama berada di sektor operasi,  tetap mendukung dan melaksanakan bantuan SAR  di laut apabila terjadi kecelakaan di perairan wilayah Barat sesuai dengan perintah dari Komando Atas.

Selama sandar di Dermaga pelabuhan Krueng Geukueh Kecamatan Dewantara Kabupaten Aceh Utara, KRI Imam Bonjol-383 melaksanakan kegiatan bekal ulang (Bekul) antara lain pengisian bahan bakar, pengisian air tawar dan pembekalan bahan basah guna mendukung kegiatan operasi selanjutnya.

Sumber : Poskota

Australia Indonesia Sign Memorandum Of Sale For C-130H Hercules

PERTH-(IDB) : Today in Perth, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo and I witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Sale between Australia and Indonesia for five C 130H aircraft and associated equipment.

During my visit to Jakarta in April this year, I confirmed that the Australian Government was willing to sell five C-130H aircraft, along with a simulator and spare parts, to Indonesia at a discounted rate.

This offer was in addition to the four C-130H aircraft that Australia is currently in the process of transferring to Indonesia following discussions between our respective leaders in November 2011.

The sale of a further five C-130H transport aircraft will further enhance Indonesia’s capacity to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crisis.

The Memorandum of Sale was signed by Australia’s Chief of the Defence Force, General Hurley, and Indonesia’s Head of Defence Facilities Agency, Rear Admiral Lubis.

The Memorandum sets out the arrangements for the sale of the five aircraft, simulator and spare parts to Indonesia.

Australia is pleased to continue to assist the development of Indonesia’s airlift capability, which will support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

The sale of these additional aircraft and associated equipment reflects the strength of the bilateral relationship between Australia and Indonesia, and the close ties between the Australian and Indonesian Defence forces.

Source : MinisterDefence

Panser Tarantula Telah Selesai Di Rakit Pindad

BANDUNG-(IDB) : Tanpa banyak gembar-gembor, PT. Pindad telah mengerjakan salah hajatan besar milik Kementrian Pertahanan, khususnya Kavaleri TNI-AD. Sejak awal juli, perusahaan senjata asal Bandung ini telah selesai merakit panser Tarantula yang didatangkan langsung dari Korea Selatan.

Total ada 22 unit panser Tarantula yang dibeli pemerintah Indonesia. 11 diantaranya didatangkan dalam bentuk terurai, untuk kemudian dirakit oleh PT.Pindad. Saat ARC berkunjung beberapa waktu lalu, memang bagian hull atau body panser terlihat terpisah dengan bagian turret. Tak perlu waktu lama, Pindad pun menyelesaikan tugas yang diamanatkan.

Panser Tarantula merupakan kendaraan tempur buatan Doosan DST. Ranpur ini memiliki bobot sekitar 18 ton, serta dengan senjata utama berupa meriam 90mm. Tarantula juga didesain mempunyai kemampuan amfibi. Salah satu keunggulan Ranpur ini antara lain radius beloknya yang sangat kecil.

Kontrak pengadaan panser ini telah dimulai sejak tahun 2009 lalu. Namun, proyek ini sempat agak terkatung-katung karena ada beberapa permintaan spesifikasi khusus dari pihak Indonesia.

Meski pekerjaan telah usai, belum diketahui kapan akan dilakukan serah terima. Selain itu, hingga kini pun belum diketahui kesatuan mana yang akan mendapatkan Panser ini, meski konon diperuntukan satuan kavaleri. Beberapa perwira kavaleri yang ditanya pun masih angkat bahu.

Sumber : ARC

KAI Publishes Small KF-X Concept

SEOUL-(IDB) : Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has published a drawing of a moderately stealthy fighter concept based on its T-50 series of supersonic trainers and light-attack aircraft. The concept aircraft is far smaller and less ambitious than the all-new, twin-engine KF-X designs promoted by the Agency for Defense Development, the leading proponent of building an indigenous South Korea fighter.

Some South Korean industry officials doubt that the country has the technical resources to build the KF-X, especially if major civil aerospace programs go ahead at the same time; a 90-seat turboprop airliner is also proposed. But a KF-X derived from a current type would demand less engineering and may benefit from stronger pricing by avoiding competition with the Lockheed Martin F-35, although Saab is already in the market for advanced but moderately sized fighters with its Gripen E/F.

The T-50 and its FA-50 light fighter derivative are themselves based on the F-16 and were developed with help from Lockheed Martin, but the stealthy concept, called KF-X-E, departs from the F-16 planform used for the earlier aircraft. Some wing and fuselage edges are parallel, and the trailing edges of the main and tail planes are swept forward. The fuselage sides have chines. Nose volume of the KF-X-E appears to be small, limiting the size of the radar antenna, but the airframe seems to have more volume overall than the T-50, offering more space for internal fuel and thereby minimizing the need for external tanks and their radar reflections.

Retention of the single tail on the KF-X-E is emblematic of the limited ambition of the designers, who appear to have aimed at achieving a level of stealth above that of the Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet but well below that of the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35. The latter two, like other stealth aircraft, have canted twin tail fins.

Similarly, the air inlets of the KF-X-E have boundary-layer diverters; recent stealth aircraft handle the boundary layer with aerodynamic shaping and no diverters. The KF-X-E may be too small for internal weapons stowage. No engine details are known, but South Korea may want to replace the T-50's General Electric F404, whose future application appears limited to the T-50 series, with another probably more powerful type. Candidates would include the GE F414 and Eurojet EJ200.

The winner of the separate F-X Phase 3 competition for 60 fighters—Lockheed Martin, Boeing or Eurofighter—is expected to support KF-X development. Each manufacturer has proposed a design. Lockheed Martin's could conceivably be similar to but a little larger than the KF-X-E by introducing stealth features into the design of the F-16. The result would still be a fighter well-differentiated from the F-35.

A key issue in developing the KF-X-E might be obtaining permission from Lockheed Martin, which presumably has intellectual property in the T-50 design or at least contractual rights to ensure that it does not become an F-16 competitor. Another obstacle is that the South Korean air force prefers twin-engine aircraft for the medium-fighter category that the KF-X would fill.
KAI did not respond to a request for further information about the KF-X-E.

Source :AviationWeek