JAKARTA - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has confirmed that it is implementing a scheme to purchase KAAN fighter aircraft from Turkish Aerospace Industries through foreign loans.
The Ministry of Defense said this in response to the issue of Indonesia buying the fifth-generation fighter aircraft from Turkey.
"For KAAN, there is an initial contract in a limited amount which is currently still in the process of activation through the foreign loan mechanism (PLN) with the Ministry of Finance," said the Head of the Defense Information Bureau (Karo Infohan) of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General TNI Rico Ricardo Sirait when confirmed by ANTARA in Jakarta, Thursday, April 2.
This also confirms that Indonesia has officially signed a preliminary contract for the plan to purchase KAAN fighter aircraft.
According to information circulating, Indonesia will buy 48 units of KAAN fighter jets and is rumored to start being delivered in 2032.
When asked about this, Rico could not explain in detail. He also did not explain how much the budget was spent to buy the fighter plane.
"Procurement will be carried out gradually according to the readiness of the budget and the needs of the TNI," he concluded.
Information is circulating that Indonesia has agreed to purchase 48 KAAN fighter aircraft. The information was uploaded to the defense information-specific instagram account @isds.indonesia.
The Instagram account's post explained that the contract for the purchase of the fighter plane was signed by the Ministry of Defense and Turkish Aerospace Industries during the IDEF exhibition, Istanbul, in mid-2025.
The Instagram account said the contract value for the fighter aircraft was 15 billion US dollars or Rp251 trillion.
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