Wasn't upgrade of Bung Tomo class awarded to PT Len Industri and Thales, is PT Len subcontracting Turkish defense industry firms?
It baffles me why it seems so hard for TNI AL to go with commonality on all ships, this looks like a repeat with the Fatahillah class FFG, with 3 different CMS on board
Wasn't upgrade of Bung Tomo class awarded to PT Len Industri and Thales, is PT Len subcontracting Turkish defense industry firms?
Interoperability is not a concern because both Turkish and European systems are "NATO" compatible, this statement in this Tweet means that TN ships are not interoperable because of different systems (european-turkish) on different ships, but they are. It is a concern of logistics, stock management, maintenance costs and this concern applies to the case of different European systems on different ships in contrary what this Tweet claims, different European systems are not considered "common".It baffles me why it seems so hard for TNI AL to go with commonality on all ships, this looks like a repeat with the Fatahillah class FFG, with 3 different CMS on board
Hey @ANMDT sorry for the late reply, I've been very busy in the last 2 days.Interoperability is not a concern because both Turkish and European systems are "NATO" compatible, this statement in this Tweet means that TN ships are not interoperable because of different systems (european-turkish) on different ships, but they are. It is a concern of logistics, stock management, maintenance costs and this concern applies to the case of different European systems on different ships in contrary what this Tweet claims, different European systems are not considered "common".
And probably it is as i told, Turkish parts will be installed by contracts given by PT Len for some systems on the ships.
But yeah he is a personnel of Havelsan, so it confuses things a little.
So if anybody can reach to this guy who posted tweet can further remind him that:
- Turkey is in NATO, thus Turkish systems are in NATO standards ,thus compatible with other NATO members -Europe.
- Turkish Navy also uses mix of Turkish systems and European systems onboard and ships are still interoperable, as supposed to be.
- Commonality is a concern of logistics
- Commonality also exists in case of installation of different systems from different European vendors, just because the system is from EU, it doesn't mean it is "common".
Let's go through what Turkey can probably offer:
Aselsan Mar-D - Hazar 3D search radar -already offered by thales-
Aselsan Smart-S MkII (licensed) -already offered by thales-
Aselsan Alper LPI -already offered by thales-
Aselsan Denizgözü -E/O -already offered by thales-
Aselsan laser warning system -already offered by thales-
Aselsan ARES series - EW suite -already offered by thales-
Aselsan AKR - Fire control radar -already offered by thales-
Aselsan Stamp-stop-smash- RWS -not offered-
Aselsan Gökdeniz - CIWS -not offered, not needed for this ship but unknown for others-
Havelsan Advent CMS -already offered by Thales-
Meteksan -Sonar -not in the package, the ships already have hull mounted sonar and not needed to be upgraded-
Roketsan Sungur - Depends on the timeline, navalized version can be published soon -not offered, not needed along MICA-VL-
Roketsan UMTAS/Cirit -laser seeker or IIR missiles up to 8 km range -not offered-
Roketsan DSH -Anti submarine rocket -not offered, not needed for bung tomo, the others remain unknown-
Aselsan anti-torpedo counter-measures and decoys -hızır/zoka -not offered-
Yaltes -ship management system -not needed-
The only missing part for Bung Tomo would be point defense systems.
And i wonder which are those remaining 6 ships any guess @#comcom.
In my opinion the best MLU, since Indonesia has intended to replace CMS, radar and other sensors, would be going for a solution in collaboration with Danish Terma and German Hensoldt, Terma CMS + AESA TRS-3D /4D and MICA-VL/CAMM can be integrated, which also would allow commonality with future frigates.
If Terma + Hensoldt has given the lowest bid and greater ToT for AAW frigate, they can do for this project as well.
I don't know but since ever i believed Indonesia should have strived for local-licensed or even discounted solutions by using high number of the ships to be modernized or acquired.Hey @ANMDT sorry for the late reply, I've been very busy in the last 2 days.
So Here's what I thought, I agree on NATO country built CMS are interoperable between them, there's no question about it, what's getting fishy is when you (The Navy I mean) already stated that they would pursue commonality across all platforms to reduce cost and upkeep. Also it's better to train futre CIC operator with a single common CMS don't you think.
As for the Bung Tomo's, my best bet is that all uses:
-SMART S MK2
-THALES STIR EO MK2
-VL MICA (although I prefer quad packed able CAMM, but for the sake of commonality with the Sigma's)
-THALES TACTICOS CMS
-Vigile Mk2 ESM,
-THALES SCORPION ECM
-Link Y Mk2 and LEN LINK
With Aselsan could offer replacement to the DSB 30 Remsig autocannons reolaced by Aselsan own SMASH.
as for the list you wrote, I think it'll be best to be fitted for the 4 Sigma's and 3 van Speijk's. I could be wrong tho, what do you think???