I put this 2016 information from
Indonesia Defense Ministry official website to understand about the project further and about Indonesian contribution on the program. This is also important since there is disinformation going on to jeopardize the cooperation between the two countries.
In 2015 Korea and Indonesia has reached the agreement about work sharing and other so the information being put here is still up to date since the information is based on the 2015 deal that start the second phase of KFX/IFX program which is manufacturing phase after first phase, technology development phase, that started in 2011.
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Korea Indonesia KFX / IFX Combat Aircraft Project
Monday, May 2, 2016
The development project of a 4.5 generation advanced fighter aircraft called KFX / IFX, which is being carried out by South Korea and Indonesia, has officially started in recent months. Indonesia, which bears 20% of the development fund, has also prepared infrastructure and human resources to support the success of this biggest Indonesian military project. Then what has Indonesia prepared?
The first thing that has been prepared by the Indonesian government is to build facilities to support this project in the future. The facilities under construction are a special hangar for the composing hangar facility, titanium hangar, production hangar, and hangar for the final assembly of this fighter aircraft in Bandung, West Java. This particular hangar is located in the area of PT Dirgantara Indonesia, and is almost complete.
In this special facility for the KFX / IFX project, it will be used by the Indonesian side for the purposes of this project. Indonesia itself is reportedly going to get a share to make a number of important components of this sophisticated fighter. Among them are the wing, tail and wing reinforcement components of this fighter.
In addition, it is also reported that in this facility, one of the IFX fighter prototypes will also be built which will become part of Indonesia. As we all know that in this KFX / IFX project, 6 prototypes will be built which will undergo a series of flight tests. One of these 6 prototypes will belong to Indonesia. Apart from the 6 prototypes, there will be 2 other prototypes to be built which will not be tested but will undergo a series of aircraft structural tests. The KFX / IFX fighter prototype to be produced in Indonesia is the fifth prototype, and will be a fully carried out test flight aircraft in Indonesia.
Design KFX / IFX C-103 Conventional Wing Dual Engine
Not only preparing for infrastructure, Indonesia has also started preparing my human resources since a few years ago to support this modern fighter development project. The Indonesian government and PT Dirgantara Indonesia are reported to have prepared around 200 to 300 experts to be involved in this mega project of
the Indonesian military . However, a large number of experts will come to South Korea gradually over the next 10 years. However, there are also experts who will be involved for 10 years from the start.
Some of the experts from Indonesia themselves will be sent to school abroad, especially to European countries to sharpen their knowledge, before being directly involved in this project. The additional knowledge they get from European countries is expected to be of additional positive value for the development
of Indonesian combat aircraft in the future.
The number of Indonesian experts involved in the second phase, known as the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, was far more than the first phase (Technical Development Phase), which only amounted to 52 at that time. The first phase (Technical Development Phase) itself lasted 18 months from 2011 to 2012. Meanwhile, the second phase (EMD) will last for 10 years, involving 200-300 Indonesian experts.
Not only aerospace experts, the
Indonesian military has also prepared several pilots from the Indonesian Air Force as test pilots for this fighter aircraft later. It is reported that 5 test pilots have been prepared for this KFX / IFX fighter later. The five pilots are reported to have qualified and had sufficient flight hours with the KT-1B Wongbee and T-50i Golden Eagle trainers.
Not only that, the five candidates for the KFX / IFX fighter pilot test have also been specially assigned to S1 Aviation Engineering - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). This is done so that the five prospective test pilots are also equipped with adequate aviation knowledge in addition to the ability to be fighter pilots.
This considerable preparation is expected to be a step towards the success of the KFX / IFX fighter aircraft development project which in the future is expected to become the foundation of the
TNI's defense equipment, especially for Indonesian combat aircraft in the future. Although this fighter plane is not purely an Indonesian-made fighter, Indonesia has high hopes for the success of this project.
But of course all these preparations do not guarantee that this project will run smoothly and smoothly. Of course there will be many obstacles and obstacles that will still be faced, but at least all the preparations that have been carried out are a good first step. We cannot confirm the success or failure of this mega project of the Indonesian military and only time will tell.
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