Indonesia Ready to Strong with produce Sukhoi jet fighter

Indonesia Ready to Strong with produce Sukhoi jet fighter

JAKARTA - This news industry boasts of Indonesian main weaponry system . Indonesian engineers are preparing a new jet fighter. Air quality is expected to rival the Russian Sukhoi jet of the Mk 2 .

Technicians son nations working together in a project called Korea fighter jet Fighter Xperiment / Indonesian Fighter Xperiment ( KFX / IFX ) were conducted with South Korea . " Progress is very good , " said Defense Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Asrin Hartind yesterday ( 28 / 05 ) .

Throughout 2012, the technicians are expected to master the technical development of aircraft KFX . Until now , technical development is going according to plan . " We expect aircraft prototype completed in the next year , " he said .

Delegation of Defense Industry Cooperation Committee South Korea also has visited Indonesia last week . According Hartind , the South Korean engineers are very satisfied with the performance of Indonesia.

Next year , the technicians have already turned to the next achievement , the development and manufacturing machinery . Hopefully, at this stage can be made KFX six prototype aircraft .

According to him , technicians from Indonesia in technology transfer KFX / IFX this could offset the technicians from South Korea is a country that in fact the aircraft designer . " It was difficult for our technicians . But this time they 've been able to keep pace , " he said .

About seven months ago, the Ministry of Defense has sent 37 technicians for the early stages of the technology transfer process . They consist of six Air Force fighter pilot , three people from the Research and Development Ministry of Defense , 24 technicians of PT Indonesian Aerospace , and four engineering lecturer from Bandung Institute of Technology .

Former Defense Attaché Embassy in Malaysia is said , for delivery the next technician , Development of Defense will prepare facilities and infrastructures , human resources , and good management . "Normally we will ask the parties Korea , the development of what could be done sooner . We are trying to equip according to their desire for technology transfer goes as well as possible , " he said .

Development of Defense committed , technology transfer is not only focused on results , but on the process . It is considered important that the technology transfer process actually runs perfectly and Indonesia could soon be able to create their own fighter jets .

The plan , project KFX / IFX will run to 2020 with the number of aircraft that will be made is 150 units worth $ 8 billion . While Indonesia will receive 50 units with a budget of USD 1.6 billion . " If the current all , this is the first fighter jet made ​​by Indonesian scientists , " he said .