Behind Indonesia's Arms Purchase Contracts from the US

By Editorial Team 14/02/2022
transnational alliance
Summary

The United States Administration approved possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of F-15ID Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $13.9 billion.

The United States administration finally approved the sale of its F-15ID fighter jets and all its equipment to Indonesia, according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) statement on February 10, 2022. " The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of F-15ID Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $13.9 billion. " DSCA said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Sobri admitted that the government intends to buy 36 F-15 aircrafts. "Currently, the purchase is still under discussion," Sobri said on February 11, 2022. In addition to 36 units of F-15ID, there are several equipment that will be purchased from the United States, including:

  1. 87 units of F110-GE-129 or F100-PW-229 engines (72 installed, 15 spare).
  2. Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) AN/APG-82(v)1 radar totaling 45 units (36 installed, 9 spares).
  3. Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability Systems (EPAWSS) AN/ALQ-250 totaling 45 units (36 installed, 9 spares).
  4. 48 units of Digital computers on the Advanced Display Core Processor (ADCP) II aircraft (36 installed, 12 spares).
  5. 80 units of Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) (72 used, 8 spare).
  6. 92 units of embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System.
  7. 40 units LANTIRN AN/AAQ-13 navigation pods (36 installed, 4 spare).
  8. 40 units of Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) AN/AAQ-33 (36 installed, 4 spare).
  9. 156 LAU-128 missile launchers (144 installed, 12 spare).
  10. 40 units of M61A Vulcan weapon system (36 installed, 4 spare).
  11. Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) (P5 CTS) training pods.
  12. MS-110 Recce Pods.
  13. AN/ASG-34 Infrared Search and Track International.
  14. AN/ALE-47 counter-measurement.

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