Australia and Indonesia participate in Rajawali Exercises
Australia and Indonesia conduct bilateral air mobility training at RAAF Base Townsville for Exercise Rajawali Ausindo from September 25 to 29, 2022.
Indonesia News
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Air
Indonesia Becomes the seventh Rafale-exporting country
Six of the 42 Rafale orders in the contract signed by the Indonesian Defence Ministry (Kemenhan) in February 2022 came into effect.
Navy / Maritime
Indonesia launches second Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo-class ship
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has named and launched the second Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo-class hospital ship for the TNI-AL.
Navy / Maritime
Indonesian Navy Commissions Ninth Teluk Bintuni-class LST
The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) has officially commissioned its ninth Teluk Bintuni-class landing ship.
Air
Indonesia’s C-130J-30 is waiting for Delivery
Lockheed Martin displayed a photo of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft in Indonesia on its official website.
Weapon / Missile
Four Countries will Acquire BrahMos Anti-Ship Missiles
BrahMos Aerospace CEO told TASS that about three or four countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East would buy the BrahMos missiles.
Air
Ground Testing Photos of KF-21 Leaked
The ground test photos of Korean KF-21 Boramae (formerly known as KF-X) leaked. The aircraft is spotted during the ground tests.
Navy / Maritime
Air
First CN-235 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft for Malaysia
The Commander of the Malaysian Army, General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Haji Affendi Bin Buang, on June 22, 2022, visited PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) in Bandung.
Bilateral Relations
Expo and Air Show
Pindad and Nexter cooperate to procure 120 mm tank ammunition
PT Pindad and Nexter agreed to cooperate in procuring the latest generation of 120 mm tank ammunition to support the needs of the Indonesian Army.
Navy / Maritime
Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL to build two new LPDs for PN
The Philippines awarded a tender to Indonesian PT PAL for the construction of two new Landing Platform Docks (LPD) for the Philippine Navy (PN).
Sensors
PT Len and Thales sign cooperation to prepare 13 GCI Radars
Indonesian Defence Company PT Len Industri and Thales from France have signed a cooperation agreement to fulfil 13 GCI Radars.
Land
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
FNSS and PT Pindad to cooperate in Armoured AAV
FNSS and the Indonesian state-owned defence company PT Pindad will cooperate to produce an Armoured Amphibious Assault Vehicle.
Weapon / Missile
PT Pindad will develop amphibious weapons and ammunition.
Indonesian PT Pindad will produce its newest rifle, dubbed the SS (Senapan Serbu/ Assault Rifle) Amphibious, which can operate on land and in the water.
Land
Turkey’s FNSS Performs its First Tank export to Indonesia
Turkish Defence Company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri has realised both the company’s and Turkey’s first tank export to Indonesia.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 15:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 15:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 15:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 15:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 15:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 15:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 15:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 15:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 15:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
- 12:00 Leonardo and Baykar complete first K-SWARM flight tests - Breaking Defense reported that Leonardo’s M-346 and Baykar’s KIZILELMA completed joint autonomous fo...
- 12:00 Janes details M-346 and KIZILELMA crewed-uncrewed teaming trial - Janes reported that Baykar and Leonardo demonstrated crewed-uncrewed teaming between an M-346FA and...
- 12:00 Italy approves Leonardo-Baykar drone joint venture with conditions - Reuters reported that Italy conditionally approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture under Golden Po...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense reports ASELSAN lands Steel Dome contract - Breaking Defense reported that ASELSAN signed a €780 million deal to provide air-defence technologie...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Baykar targets first serial KIZILELMA deliveries this year - Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar told Anadolu’s English service that the company aims to begin the first s...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense spotlights Baykar’s K2 kamikaze drone - Breaking Defense reported that Baykar unveiled the AI-enabled K2 Kamikaze UAV with swarm capabilitie...
- 12:00 Leonardo says Baykar partnership will produce European-made drones - Leonardo executives told Anadolu’s English service earlier this year that the Baykar-Leonardo partne...
- 12:00 Foreign coverage keeps focus on Baykar’s entry into the European market - International reporting around the Italian approval decision emphasised that the Leonardo joint vent...
- 12:00 KIZILELMA remains central to foreign reporting on Turkish UCAV ambitions - Recent foreign defence coverage has continued to focus on KIZILELMA as Baykar’s flagship step into h...
- 09:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 09:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 09:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 09:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 09:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
