Indonesian Navy Holds Ship Manuver Exercise With Australian Navy

KRI Spica-934 and HMAS Leeuwin A 245 during a ship maneuvering exercise in the waters of the Timor Sea which is located in the maritime border area of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Friday (14/11/2025). ANTARA/HO-Pushidrosal.

The Indonesian Navy through the ranks of the Indonesian Navy's Hydro-Oceanographic Center Survey Unit (Satsurvey Pushidrosal) held a ship maneuvering exercise together with the Australian Navy in the waters of the Timor Sea which is located in the maritime border area of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Reported by ANTARA, Friday, November 14, this exercise was held to improve combat capabilities for the two navys while strengthening bilateral relations between Indonesia and Australia.

The Commander of the Indonesian Navy's Hydro-Oceanography Center (Danpushidrosal) Vice Admiral TNI Budi Purwanto explained that in this exercise the Indonesian Navy deployed KRI Spica-934 and while Australia deployed HMAS Leeuwin A 245.

They held several types of exercises, one of which included hydrography exercises including multibeam echosounder (MBES) exercise, singlebeamechososounder (SBES) exercise, sidescan sonar(SSS)exercise, conductivitytemperaturedepth(CTD)exercise, idegaugeexercise, meteorology exercise, and seabed sampling exercise.

"The two ships also carry out a number of Navy exercises such as flaghoit, flashing light exercise, tactical Manoeuvre, officer of thewatch exercise, publicization exercise, damage control, and nightshiping in convoy," said Budi.

Budi explained that these two training methods aim to improve the technical capabilities of hydrography surveys and strengthen interoperability and professionalism between the two Navys.

Budi admitted that this variety of exercises went smoothly. Furthermore, the Indonesian Navy and the Australian Navy will continue a series of exercises at the Naval Command (Kodaeral) VII Kupang.