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Media ID: vc064255 RI pushes back deadlines after delay on submarine infrastructure - National - The Jakarta Post
Nany Afrida and Wahyoe Boediwardhana
Jakarta/Surabaya | Mon, February 29, 2016 | 09:03 am
'The government has disbursed Rp 1.5 trillion [US$112.1 million] to PT PAL for building the submarine infrastructure, including hangars and floating equipment,' Rear Admiral Leonardi, chief of the Defense Ministry's procurement center told The Jakarta Post in Jakarta recently.
Under the contract, two submarines would be built in South Korea in cooperation with state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL, while the third submarine would be built at PT PAL's facilities in Surabaya.
'We're confident all plans are on track, because we have already pushed back the deadline,' Leonardi said.
According to Edy, PT PAL's new submarine infrastructure will have the capacity to build or restore two submarines at once.
'We can even use the same infrastructure to build a surface warship, such as missile destroyer warship [PKR], which we will build with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding [DSNS],' Edy told the Post in Surabaya on Wednesday.
Edy said PT PAL would assemble the modules under the supervision of DSME's experts.
'Our technicians are ready. We have good quality people. We have the necessary experience to assemble warship modules quickly and accurately,' Edy said.
The Navy currently operates two German-made submarines, the KRI Cakra ( 401 ) and KRI Nenggala ( 402 ), which were built in the 1980s. The vessels are due to be decommissioned in 2020.