D&S 2017: Indonesia orders NASAMS to protect capital
Kongsberg announced on 31 October that it had signed a contract with Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence to supply the ground-based NASAMS air defence system.
The deal is valued at $77 million and encompasses one system comprising ‘command posts, radars, launchers, radios and integration, training and logistics support,’ according to a press release.
Raytheon-built AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for the medium-range air defence system will be supplied separately via a direct government-to-government sale with the US.
No mention was made of delivery dates for Indonesia, which is presumably buying the latest NASAMS 2 variant.
AVM Yuyu Sutisna, commander of
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