KSAU: TNI AU Be Careful And Carefully Prepare To Purchase Alutsista

KSAU Marshal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo while giving a speech at the 2022 Kasau Awards at Puri Ardhya Garini Halim Perdanakusuma Building, Jakarta, Thursday (9/6/2022). ANTARA/Tri Meilani Ameliya.

JAKARTA - Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) Marshal of the TNI, Fadjar Prasetyo, said that his party was studying, observing, and being careful about matters relating to the preparation for the purchase of the main weapon system equipment (alutsista).

"We really study, prepare carefully, and carefully because the calculation is that the purchase of defense equipment is not used in 3 to 5 years, but up to 40 years. Of course, this must require careful planning from generation to generation and continued," he said. Fadjar was reported by Antara, Thursday, June 9.

He conveyed this in response to news regarding the development of defense equipment to be owned by the Indonesian Air Force.

According to Fadjar, the purchase of defense equipment from the Indonesian Air Force follows the direction of the policies of the parties who have the authority to do so.

"Of course, that's all we follow the directions of the policies or policies above," he said.

Fadjar said his party will build an Air Force that pays attention to developments in the strategic environment (lingstra), such as the South China Sea, security threats, government budgets, and considers the need for securing the National Capital of the Archipelago.

"In the future, we will have a (new) national capital, how should the Indonesian Air Force be ready to protect the National Capital? What kind and defense equipment do we need? In the future, there is a strategic plan, there are dynamics by the Minister of Defense in the elections. the selection of the right defense equipment. Of course, it can be adjusted to the threat, lingstra, and the government's budgetary capabilities," he said.

There are also a number of defense equipment needed in the future, according to Fadjar, including early warning aircraft or command control aircraft, several types of fighter aircraft, and strategic weapons.

"(What is needed in the future), such as early warning aircraft or command control aircraft, the fighter aircraft that have been discussed recently, please mention here the Rafale and F-15 EX or which could be the F-15 IDN in the future. , transport aircraft, both A400, C130 type J, helicopters, other UAV weapons, and so on," said Fadjar.

To optimize preparations for the purchase of defense equipment and national security, he also said that the Indonesian Air Force needed input from aerospace enthusiasts.

"Once again, I open the door to suggestions from all my colleagues," he said.