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PTDI SIGNS MRO MOU WITH AIRBUS

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Airbus to explore the expansion of
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO)
capabilities for helicopters and military
aircraft delivered from PTDI. This MoU is
a continuation of the agreement signed in
September 2022 regarding the production
of Aerostructures. The signing of the MoU
was witnessed by the Indonesian Minister
of Defense, Prabowo Subianto at the
Function Room Hall D Indo Defense Expo
and Forum 2022.

In this MoU, Airbus Defence and Space and agreement with Airbus. We believe that to be able to support PTDI in expanding its
Airbus Helicopters will work with PTDI in this collaboration can improve PTDI›s business related to MRO helicopters and
a programme to improve MRO services ability as a provider of MRO services in the aircraft in Indonesia,” said Dani Adriananta,
that can make operations at PTDI become helicopter and aircraft segment throughout Airbus Chief Representative of Indonesia.
more efficient. PTDI currently supports a Indonesia and its surroundings,» said Gita There is also the possibility of expanding
number of fleets operated by the TNI and Amperiawan, President Director of PTDI. the scope of this MoU to support other
other government agencies for the CN235 “Airbus has been a partner of PTDI for four Airbus products such as the H145M. More
and NC212i aircraft as well as cooperation decades. We are committed to providing than 500 units of the H145M military variant
products with Airbus Defense and Space the best products and services to PTDI are operated by military forces worldwide,
such as the C295 and H225M. to support its business success, through making it the light multirole helicopter of
“PTDI is developing a new potential MRO efforts to improve capabilities in areas such choice from countries such as Cyprus,
business and we reached this initial as MRO and training. Airbus is very pleased Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Serbia,
Thailand, and the United States.

which is why, for the first time, the Spanish
company will enter the Asian market thanks
to the strategic industrial collaboration with
this company and the sale of the remote
weapon station GUARDIAN 1.5 which is
on display at the J-Forces stand at Indo
Defence Expo & Forum.

EM&E also offers the SENTINEL ASPIS
remote control weapon station and the
GUARDIAN 2.0, a land station. Both are
gyro-stabilized on two axes and are capa-
ble of operating both day and night. The
SENTINEL ASPIS is the lightest naval
station available on the market, weighing
less than 100 kg. It features an advanced
ESCRIBANO BAGS INDONESIAN fire control and aiming system and can

REMOTE WEAPON STATION ORDER integrate a 5.56mm or 7.62mm calibre
machine guns. The GUARDIAN 2.0 is a land
station that can be mounted on different
The Spanish firm ESCRIBANO Mechanical and naval platforms and vehicles, provid- platforms or vehicles with a high capacity
& Engineering (EM&E) announced a con- ing excellent defence capacities for short for weapon integration, capable of oper-
tract for the supply of its GUARDIAN 1.5 and medium ranges with high fire accu- ating 7.62mm, 12.7mm and 40mm MK19
remote weapon station to the Indonesian racy, a proven solution against asymmetric
Army Motorized Brigade at the ongoing threats. grenade launchers, as well as artillery
show. EM&E is making its show debut in launchers. Thanks to the armament capac-
Jakarta.The GUARDIAN 1.5 is a lightweight EM&E also concluded an agreement at ity the system withstands in its standard
and compact remote weapon station, spe- the show with the Indonesian company PT configuration, this same system has also
cially designed to incorporate a 12.7mm Jala Berikat, a private company dedicated been employed as a C-UAS system, using
machine gun. The system features 2-axis to the industry of military and police tacti- it as a hard-kill solution to deal with threats
stabilisation and is capable of both day and cal vehicles, non-military special vehicles such as commercial UAVs, maximising its
night operation. It is a system conceived and disaster management. PT Jala Berikat interoperability with other detection and
to be integrated into a wide range of land operates under the trade name of J-Forces, neutralisation systems.
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