Norwegian defence contractor Kongsberg will supply a National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) to Indonesia following the signing of a US$77 million contract.
The contract follows an earlier extension to the existing Lithuanian contract for the system, with a €109 million agreement for additional components signed late last month.
AMRAAM missiles will be provided in a separate government-to-government agreement between Indonesia and the US.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS president Eirik Lie said Indonesia was the first country in the Asia Pacific to choose NASAMS for its homeland defence.
“NASAMS, produced by Kongsberg and Raytheon, is the most sold air defence system in NATO in recent years, and will be the backbone air defence system for many nations in decades to come,” he said.
Raytheon Australia will also propose the system under Project Land 19 Phase 7B as part of the first step in the development of Army's contribution to the ADF's Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) program announced in the 2016 Defence White Paper.
The system can utilise different launchers, radar technologies and missile types for a range of different ground based air and missile defence missions. In collaboration with Defence and CEA Technologies, Raytheon will also investigate the option of the Medusa system; an incorporation of Australian AESA sensor technology into the proven baseline of NASAMS.
“Medusa is the only system that can provide short and medium range capability using in-service ‘dual use’ AIM-9X and AMRAAM missiles, as well as AMRAAM-ER (still in development), providing a single system to meet both Army’s short range and RAAF’s medium range Ground Based Air and Missile Defence requirements,” Raytheon Australia MD Michael Ward told ADM in September 2016.
In collaboration with Defence and CEA Technologies, Raytheon Australia will also investigate the option of the Medusa system; an incorporation of Australian AESA sensor technology into the proven baseline of NASAMS.