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17 Januari 2019 PZL Mielec S-70i Blackhawk (photo : Roman N) SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY (PIA) -- Philippine Air Force (PAF) seeks to purchase Blackhawk Helicopters from Poland to further improve its capability in territorial defense and rescue operations. In an interview during the awarding of housing units to Wounded-In-Action soldiersand Wounded-In-Police-Operations at Pleasant View Residences in barangay Graceville, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the procurement is part of the Second Horizon of the New Armed Forces of the Philippine Modernization Program along with various military aircraft and vessels. The planned acquisition of the Blackhawk Helicopters from Poland will replace the cancelled contract of 16 units of Bell 412 EP Helicopters from Canada. Lorenzana added that PAF has experience in operating Polish-made helicopters since the delivery of the eight units of Sokol PZL W-3 Helicopters in 2012. Meanwhile, the official disclosed that two units of Cobra Attack Helicopte...

17 Januari 2019 KRI Semarang 594 LPD yang sementara difungsikan sebagai Kapal Rumah Sakit (photo : Masyhudi) TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA - Panglima TNI Marsekal TNI Hadi Tjahjanto mengatakan pihaknya telah menyiapkan satu kapal Landing Platform Dock (LPD) untuk bersiaga terhadap ancaman bencana 2019. Hadi mengatakan, hal itu juga telah dilaporkannya krpada Menteri Pertahanan RI Ryamizard Ryacudu dalam Rapat Pimpinan Kementerian Pertahanan di Gedung Kementerian Pertahan, Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (16/1/2019). "Dalam Renstra kedua ini akan ada penambahan kapal-kapal LPD untuk menambah kekuatan yang sekarang sudah ada," kata Hadi Tjahjanto. Menurut dia, saat ini sudah ada kapal rumah sakit, KRI Soeharso. KRI Semarang 594 (photo : Masyhudi) "Penambahan kedua saat ini adalah kita memfungsikan satu LPD. Kita tempatkan beberapa kapsul atau kontainer yang bisa digunakan untuk korban bencana. Jadi praktis kita sudah memiliki dua kapal LPD, satu Soeharso satu lagi LPD yang difungsikan untuk...

17 Januari 2019 Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Military9Army) 10 Yak-130 will enter the country Russia delivered four Yak-130 combat trainers to Laos. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the equipment has already been fully paid. According to “Kommersant”, this is only the first part of a batch of ten such machines. The total cost of the procurement, as estimated by “Kommersant”, is about $ 300 million. Earlier, Laos handed over to Russia 30 fully operational T-34-85 tanks. Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin declared “Kommersant” that this is a free transfer of equipment, for which Moscow is extremely grateful to Vientiane. The fact that Laos purchased four Yak-130 combat training aircraft from Russia was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, stressing that the equipment had already been delivered. “Under the contract signed in 2017, four Yak-130 combat training aircraft were delivered to Vientiane on a commercial basis. Air...

17 Januari 2019 Progres pembangunan kapal-kapal LST di PT DRU Lampung (all photos : PT DRU) Bertempat di galangan kapal PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) di Panjang, Lampung berlangsung pengerjaan 3 kapal LST pesanan TNI AL. Ketiga kapal ini merupakan pesanan Kementerian Pertahanan yang pemotongan baja pertamanya (first steel cutting) telah dimulai pada April 2017. Ketiga kapal LST yang diberi kode AT-5, AT-6, dan AT-7 ini akan menyusul 2 kapal serupa yang sudah diserahkan PT DRU kepada TNI AL yaitu KRI Teluk Bintuni 520 dan KRI Teluk Lada 521 sebagai bagian dari peremajaan kapal-kapal milik TNI AL. Dalam gambar yang diposting pada bulan lalu oleh PT DRU tampak bahwa kapal-kapal LST ini konstruksinya telah hampir selesai. Selanjutnya kapal akan dilakukan peluncuran dan penyelesain kapal dapat berpindah ke dok basah. Kapal pendarat tank dengan panjang 117 meter dan berat maksimal 2.350 ton ini mampu membawa 15 unit tank BMP-3F Marinir TNI AL atau 10 unit tank Leopard TNI AD, mempunyai kecepatan...

16 Januari 2019 Pilihan drone tinggal berasal dari 2 negara : China atau Turki (photo : Xinhua) Pemerintah Belanja Enam Drone untuk Perkuat TNI REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Menteri Pertahanan Ryamizard Ryacudu, mengungkapkan, Indonesia berencana untuk membeli pesawat tanpa awak atau drone. Pembelian drone tersebut dilakukan untuk menghadapi jenis perang yang ada saat ini, yakni perang siber dan perang drone. "Ya memang ada rencana untuk beli drone," ujar Ryamizard dalam konferensi pers saat melaksanakan Rapim Kemhan bertajuk Pertahanan Negara yang Tangguh untuk Menjaga Kedaulatan dan Keutuhan Wilayah NKRI serta Keselamatan Bangsa di Gedung Kemhan, Gambir, Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (16/1). Ditemui usai konferensi pers, Kepala Badan Sarana Pertahanan (Kabaranahan) Kemhan, Laksda TNI Agus Setiadji, menjelaskan, pengadaan drone dilakukan melihat jenis perang yang ada saat ini, yakni perang siber dan perang drone. Dengan drone, Agus menerangkan, biaya untuk operasi dapat ditekan. "S...

16 Januari 2019 Czeh's firearm (photo : gunsamerica) President Rodrigo Duterte told the new Ambassador of Czech Republic that the Philippines is looking into acquiring small-arms from Czech. “We are looking into the acquisition of small-arms,” President Rodrigo Duterte said as he welcomed Jana Sediva of the Czech Republic during the presentation of letter of credentials in Malacañang. Sediva said that she is looking forward to further strengthen bilateral ties based on shared interests and mutual respect. ( Mintfo )

16 Januari 2019 Cornwall-based Goonhilly ground station, which is capable of communicating with satellites over the US and Asia. (photo : ADM) Capricorn Space CEO Mark Thompson has announced that British company CGC Systems has been contracted to supply and install the first antenna systems at the first Australian Ground Network site near Geraldton in WA (AGN-W). The facility will offer targeted ground segment service plans to satellite operators who require southern hemisphere coverage. The initial development of the AGN-W site allows for six antenna systems, with the first two being owned and operated by Capricorn Space to provide on-demand access to multiple customers. “I am pleased to announce that we have recently signed a contract with CGC Systems of Basingstoke, UK to supply and install two 5 meter S/X-Band antenna systems at our AGN-W site," Thompson said. "This contract award followed an extensive industry wide engagement and formal tender process during the second h...