22 Desember 2017
Hercules A-1337 TNI AU (photos : yssyforum)
Hercules C-130H Perkuat Skuadron 32 Wing 2 Lanud Abdulrachman Saleh
JawaPos.com -- Satu lagi burung besi memperkuat jajaran TNI AU di skuadron 32, Wing 2, Lanud Abdulrachman Saleh, Malang. Yakni pesawat Hercules C-130H dengan nomor A-1337.
Kepala Penerangan dan Perpustakaan (Kapentak) Lanud Abdulrachman, Mayor (Sus) Hamdi Londong Allo menjelaskan, pesawat ini baru datang dari Australia. Pesawat yang dipiloti Mayor (Pnb) Ari Susiono dan Kapten (Pnb) Gintoro W, serta Lettu (Pnb) Bagus P, telah tiba di parking area skadron udara 32 Lanud Abdulrachman Saleh, Pakis, Malang pada Kamis pagi, (21/12).
Sementara itu, Danlanud Abdulrachman Saleh, Marsma TNI Julexi Tambayong, berpesan kepada air crew maupun groun crew serta seluruh warga Lanud Abd Saleh untuk senantiasa mengedepankan budayakan airmanship. "Serta laksanakan prosedur tetap sesuai SOP (standard operasional procedure) dalam kondisi apapun," tegas Julexi.
Keunggulan C-130H antara lain terbukti dari kemampuan operasinya. Mulai dari dukungan logistik, pasukan, bantuan kemanusian, operasi dan dapat terbang jarak jauh (long range).
Penempatan C-130H di Malang karena Pangkalan Udara Abdulrachman Saleh sudah mempunyai fasilitas termasuk hangar, teknisi dan peralatan yang lengkap Hercules C-130 yang menjadi pangkalan induknya.
(JawaPos)
22 Desember 2017
Boeing next-generation battlespace communications system (photo : Boeing
Brisbane - Ahead of schedule, Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the initial equipment of an Australian-designed and manufactured battlespace communications solution for the Australian Defence Force (ADF), a major milestone for a system that will transform how the Australian military communicates in the field.
Under the AUD$650 million contract for the ADF’s Project Currawong, Boeing Defence Australia (BDA), a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, achieved Initial Material Release for the transit case version of its networked communications solution. The system transfers secure wideband voice, data and video services over wireless and wired infrastructure between Australia’s land-based deployed forces and headquarters.
BDA Vice President and Managing Director Darren Edwards said the initial delivery ahead of schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia proved Boeing’s ability and agility in supporting the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
“Boeing’s success in creating the hardware and software that meets Australia’s battlespace communications needs within a complex fixed price development program is testament to our partnership with our customer as well as our growing Australian supply chain supporting this important capability,” said Edwards.
“Together, we’ve designed, built, tested and manufactured an Australian-made, highly scalable and agile networking solution to ensure Australia gets exactly what it needs: a communications solution matched to operate in an ever-evolving threat environment.”
Boeing has provided defence personnel from 7th Combat Signal Regiment and 1 Signal Regiment based at Enoggera Barracks and 1 Combat Communications Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley with training and equipment deliveries to use the system ahead of Exercise Hamel in 2018.
This first tranche of the equipment delivered includes 18 deployable communication nodes and an Australian fixed strategic communications anchor site. This incorporates Boeing’s core communication system components, the network access module (NAM) and mission system management (MSM), which connect and manage the communication bearers and services Boeing and its partners are bringing to the program.
Boeing will also design a vehicle mounted version of the solution in parallel with the ongoing rollout of the transit case version to additional Army and Air Force units.
(Boeing)
22 Desember 2017
OPV 80 of the MMEA (image : MMEA)
PETALING JAYA — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will soon be able to protect the country’s coasts with a wider range, following the start of construction of three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).
The keel of vessels, the Damen 1800-class designed in the Netherlands, were laid at the TH Heavy Engineering (THEE) Berhad shipyard at the Pulau Indah Industrial Park and will be completed at the cost of RM740 million.
MMEA director-general Admiral (M) Datuk Zulkifli Abu Bakar told Malay Mail the vessels are a “game changer” and would help the agency cope with the myriad of threats in the country’s waters.
“We have 256 assets at our disposal including ships and aircraft but these are insufficient for monitoring and enforcement of the country’s 614,158 sq km territorial waters.
“This is why there has to be a constant flow of new and capable assets to maintain the ability for force projection beyond the shallows of our coasts,” he said.
Zulkifli added that most patrol vessels operated by the agency are over 30-years-old and do not have the “endurance” or operational range for sustained operations.
“The most critical element is that our assets lack the ability to persist at sea due to their short or limited operational range. This will change with the delivery of the new OPVs,” he said.
“The wide variety of challenges we have to cope with from illegal fishing to human trafficking and illegal sand mining and general encroachment of our waters requires flexible multi-mission craft with long operational ranges.”
THHE had prior to this built six of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s New Generation Patrol Craft.
Measuring 83 metres long and nearly 14 metres wide the OPVs are able to conduct three-week patrols at a time and pack an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in addition to their on-board 30 mm SMASH Remote Controlled Stabilised Naval Gun manufactured in Turkey.
With a top speed of 21 knots, the vessels will be able to conduct operations up to the limits of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, making them effective against illegal fishing vessels that typically skirt the maritime border.
They carry a crew of 70 with room for 20 passengers or suspects and are equipped with Fast Interceptor Craft for boarding inspections and search and medical facilities for rescue operations.
The vessels are expected to be ready by February 2020.
(TheMalay)
22 Desember 2017
A computer generated image of the Philippine Navy's new frigates. (image : HHI)
Delivery of the country’s first two missile-armed frigates, which are designed to be capable of engaging surface, subsurface and air threats, is still on track, acting Philippine Navy (PN) flag-officer-in-command Rear Admiral Robert Empedrad said late Wednesday.
“The frigate [project] has not been delayed. Tuloy-tuloy siya and delivery time is still the same (first quarter of 2020) and we are going to process that,” he added.
The Department of National Defense (DND) and Hyundai Heavy Industries signed a PHP18 billion contract for two frigates including its weapon systems and munition last October 24, 2016.
But he admitted that the frigate program still has a lot of challenges to hurdle before being completed.
Some of the issues include how to prepare and train PN personnel to man and operate these modern ships, where to dock them, and where to source the missiles and torpedoes which are the frigates’ main armaments aside from its main guns and secondary gunnery systems.
The acting PN chief said that determining where to acquire these weapons is a big challenge as torpedoes alone takes two years to manufacture.
“So we have to process that so that pagdating ng frigate ay may bala [na siya],” he added.
As this develops, Empedrad expressed his thanks to President Rodrigo Duterte for naming him as the acting Navy chief following the relief of Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado after DND Secretary DelfinLorenzana cited lost of trust and confidence on the integrity and leadership of the latter.
This was brought about by the alleged fixation of Mercado on one company to supply the combat management system (CMS) on the country’s frigate project.
The CMS is the system which handles the weapons, sensors and other equipment related to combat.
The bickering on what particular CMS manufacturer to utilize has delayed the frigate project by some four months, Lorenzana earlier said.
Empedrad said he will be doing his job as PN chief and that he will do his best to keep the ongoing projects of the Navy moving forward.
“I’m happy to be at the helm of the Navy, and I would ask all the members of the Navy, sailors and marines to, let’s work as a team so that we can move on with what we [en]vision for the Navy which is to be a strong navy and credible navy that our maritime nation will be proud of,” the acting PN chief said.
(Update)
21 Desember 2017
RTAF Gripen with Litening pod (photo : TAF)
RTAF demonstrates the LITENING pod along with the GBU-12 laser-guided bomb on board the Gripen fighter during the air operation demonstration in the annual Aerial Weaponry Competition. The LITENING pod was ordered for the Gripen at the same time with the Sniper AT that would be equipped on F-16.
LITENING is a high-performance targeting pod that capable to equip on board various platform. It is reported that RTAF has 6 pods on their inventory.
(TAF)
21 Desember 2017
HMNZS Aotearoa (image : Aotearoa)
The New Zealand Defence Force’s decommissioning of replenishment tanker vessel HMNZS Endeavour on Friday has left the country relying on Australia for refuelling services until 2020.
The tanker ship had been in service for 30 years, returning from its last deployment in June. Its replacement, HMNZS Aotearoa, will not be in service until January 2020.
A Defence Force spokesperson told Radio New Zealand the Australian Navy would assist with refueling until HMNZS Aotearoa is in service.
"The Royal New Zealand Navy works on a reciprocal basis with the Royal Australian Navy and other allied navies when it comes to providing fleet fuelling services and other operational requirements in circumstances such as this," the spokesperson said.
"This shared resourcing is very common amongst partner navies."
The co-operation between both nation's navies is not unusual, with Australia and New Zealand previously forming a joint task force for disaster relief operations, headed up by HMNZS Canterbury, which was, at the time, the only suitable vessel available to both navies.
HMNZS Aotearoa, a 24,000-tonne vessel, will accommodate 64 crew and will be the largest ship ever operated by the New Zealand Navy. The vessel will have twice the displacement of HMNZS Endeavour and will carry 30 per cent more fuel.
South Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries is building Aotearoa.
(DefenceConnect)
21 Desember 2017
Pengerjaan kapal selam pesanan Indonesia di galangan DSME Korea Selatan (photo : w54)
Indonesia memesan tiga unit kapal selam dari Korea Selatan melalui mekanisme kerja sama transfer teknologi (ToT). Kapal selam pertama dan kedua yang dipesan Indonesia dibuat di perusahaan pembuatan kapal Korsel, DSME, sedangkan kapal selam ketiga dibuat di galangan kapal dalam negeri PT PAL Indonesia, Surabaya bekerjasama dengan DSME Korsel.
Ketua Tim Pelaksana Komite Kebijakan Industri Pertahanan Sumardjono mengatakan bahwa Indonesia harus memiliki kemampuan untuk memelihara tiga kapal selam tersebut. Untuk itu, ToT dibutuhkan agar Indonesia bisa memelihara kapal selam tersebut di dalam negeri. Hal ini disampaikan Sumardjono usai bertemu Wapres Jusuf Kalla siang ini.
"Ya harus lanjut, kerja sama ini kan bukan soal bangunnya tapi soal memeliharanya kan lebih penting. Kita harus mempunyai kemampuan memelihara," ujar Sumardjono di Istana Wakil Presiden, Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (20/12).
"Kalau kita mempunyai kemampuan memelihara, maka tingkat kemampuanya tinggi karena kapal selam ini kan operasi terus kan gitu, arahnya ke sana," sambung Sumardjono.
Sumardjono mengatakan bahwa Indonesia membutuhkan teknologi tersebut. Di samping dapat melakukan pemeliharaan secara mandiri, diharapkan dengan penguasaan teknologi tersebut, Indonesia mampu meningkatkan kesiapan kapal selam dalam menjalankan tugas.
Lebih lanjut, Sumardjono juga mengatakan bahwa Indonesia sudah siap dalam segi infrastruktur. Untuk itu ia berharap Indonesia tetap fokus dalam upaya transfer teknologi tersebut hingga mampu melakukan pemeliharaan kapal selam secara mandiri
"Infrastruktur kita sudah siap untuk melakukan perbaikan itu. Kalau untuk bangun ya perlu sedikit lagi, kan sayang kalo gak dimaksimalkan."
"(ToT) tetep dilanjutkan dulu, biar fokus sehingga kita mendapatkan teknologinya banyak sehingga sewaktu-waktu melakukan perbaikan lebih confident tidak tergantung orang lagi, artinya kemandirian," pungkasnya.
(Kumparan)
