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Bullets SPR 2 Caliber 12.77 mm produced by Pindad. (Didi Kurniawan / VOI)

JAKARTA - BUMN Defense Industry consisting of PT Len Industri (Persero), PT PAL Indonesia (Persero), PT Pindad (Persero), and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) participated in the IDEX & Navdex Exhibition 2021 which was held from February 21 to 25, 2021 in Abu Dhabi.

The Indonesian Ministry of Defense, led by Prabowo Subianto, has initiated the participation of a joint exhibition with the Indonesian defense industry by establishing the Indonesian Pavilion in this 2-year international exhibition.

The Director of Business and Cooperation of PT Len Industri (Persero), Wahyu Sofiadi, explained that the main objective of such an exhibition is to promote defense industrial products in foreign markets, especially in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Apart from that, it is also a meeting point in building a network of partners abroad, especially key technology partners who also attended the exhibition.

"The Defense Industry BUMN in Abu Dhabi is currently offering a portfolio that it already has. We have a lot of experience as partners for the Ministry of Defense and the TNI in the defense sector. For example, PT Len Industri has produced its own radio, drone targets, weapons systems, command, and control", he said in a statement. the written statement was received Tuesday 23 February.

Last Monday, February 22, Len Industri and Rohde & Schwarz signed an NDA and explored cooperation for joint production and development of military communication tools to build TNI's network-centric warfare capabilities through the C4ISR system (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. ) integrated. The signing was witnessed by the Director-General of Pothan Defense Ministry, General Mayor TNI Dadang Hendrayudha at the Len Industri booth.

"PT Len Industri is currently in the middle of a transformation to become the holding company of the Indonesian Defense Industry BUMN with the name DEFEND ID. Five state-owned companies, namely PT Dirgantara Indonesia, PT Pindad, PT PAL Indonesia, PT Dahana, and PT Len Industri as the holding company. combined in DEFEND ID by the Ministry of BUMN", said Wahyu.

According to him, as a step to enter the global supply chain technology partner, Len Industri and the Defense Industry BUMN have a strategic partnership plan with global companies in 3 dimensions (land, sea, air).

This aims to improve the mastery of key competencies and to make the domestic defense industry independent. So that it has an impact on increasing sustainability and business scale, recurring income from the MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) business, to reducing dependence on imports of main products.

DEFEND ID has an ambitious target in the medium term to become the Top 50 companies in the defense industry in the world. Also, the target score for TRL & MRL (Technology Readiness Levels & Manufacturing Readiness Level) is at 8-8, and the Domestic Content Level (TKDN) above 50 percent for defense projects.

Meanwhile, IDEX & Navdex 2021 will also be attended by the Indonesian private defense industry such as PT Fallah Inovasi Teknologi, PT Fazza Royal Yantasir Simulation, PT Infoglobal Teknologi Semesta, PT Indo Pacific Communication & Defense (IPCD), PT Persada Aman Sentosa, PT Ridho Agung Mitra Abadi, PT SSE, and PT Jala Berikat Nusantara.