Friday, January 14, 2011

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: ARINC Wins $63.7 Million Retrofit Program To Modernize Indonesian C-130B Transports

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: ARINC Wins $63.7 Million Retrofit Program To Modernize Indonesian C-130B Transports
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources ARINC Engineering Services, LLC dated Jan 13, 2011
(NSI News Source Info) - January 14, 2011: Annapolis, Maryland—ARINC Engineering Services, LLC today announced it has won a $63.7 million (USD) contract to modernize five C-130B transport aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force. ARINC won the work in December in competitive bidding.

The program includes structural and electronic modifications to retrofit the 30-year-old C-130B airframes with more recent capability and technology. The work will be performed by ARINC and selected subcontractors on site at customer facilities in Indonesia. Work will begin in Q1 of 2011 and is expected to take from 32 to 36 months. ARINC’s customer is the Indonesian Air Force.

This is the second contract ARINC has received recently for work on aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force. In July 2010, the company received a U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to perform Programmed Depot Maintenance on a C-130H transport used by Indonesia for disaster relief and humanitarian aid. That aircraft is currently being serviced at ARINC’s aircraft modification facility in Oklahoma City.

"ARINC is delighted to start this vital work very soon, to help the Indonesian government modernize their C-130B fleet for humanitarian purposes," said Michael Young, ARINC Vice President, Aerospace Systems Engineering & Support. “We look forward to playing a key role in enhancing the airlift capabilities of the Indonesian Air Force, and in helping them to meet their overall operational and mission goals.”

“This contract award demonstrates ARINC’s range of capabilities, as well as our determination to be a leader in military aircraft support,” said Rob Moore, ARINC Aerospace Systems Senior Business Development Director. “ARINC has dedicated some 18 months to bringing this project to fruition.”

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Release: 11-011

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Aircraft inventory - Source: Wikipedia

AircraftOriginRoleVersionsInventoryIn serviceOn orderNote
Trainer Aircraft
FFA AS/SA-202 Bravo Italy Switzerlandbasic prop trainerAS/SA 202-18A4028
KAI KT-1 Wongbee South Koreabasic prop trainerKT-1B121217Further five were ordered in 2008 [24]
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor United Statesbasic prop trainerT-34C1414
Aermacchi SF.260 Italybasic prop trainerSF-260M/W191519 were donated by Singapore
BAe Hawk United Kingdombasic jet trainer

advanced jet trainer

Hawk 53

Hawk 109

20

8

2

8

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk United Statesadvanced jet trainerTA-4H

TA-4J

2

2

0

0

Total1127612
Combat Aircraft
BAe Hawk 209 United Kingdomlight ground attack/COIN (counter-insurgency)Hawk 2093229
Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano Brazillight ground attack/COIN (counter-insurgency)A-290088 ordered;[11] up to 16 required to replace the OV-10F Bronco
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon United Statesmultirole fighter

F-16A Block-15 OCU


F-16B Block-15 OCU

7

3

7

3

Indonesia had a total of 12 F-16 aircraft in 1996 but 2 were lost during different incidents.[9][25]
Northrop F-5E Tiger II United Statesmultirole fighterF-5E1615
Sukhoi Su-27 Russiaair superiority fighterSu-27SK

Su-27SKM

2

3

2

3

Sukhoi Su-30 Russiastrike fighterSu-30MK

Su-30MK2

2

3

2

3

6Total 10 Sukhoi type with 3 Su-27SKM have arrived in September 2010
KF-X South Korea Indonesiamultirole fighterKF-X0050Estimate to enter services 2020
Total624964
Tactical Airlift, Transport, Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Boeing 737 United StatesVIP Transport

maritime reconnaissance

737-2Q8

737-2X9 Surveiller MPA

1

3

1

3


Fitted with Motorola AN/APS-135 SLAMMR (Side-lookingAirborne Modular Multi-mission Radar)[26]

de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo Canadatactical airliftDHC-5D33
Lockheed C-130 Hercules United Statesairlift/transport

aerial refuel

C-130B/-H/-H-30

KC-130BHercules

24

2

8

2

Plans of upgrading or possibly buying newer variants
Lockheed L-100 United Statestransport/ VIP TransportL-100-3086
Fokker F-27 Friendship Netherlandsairlift/transportF27-400M76
CASA CN-235 Spain Indonesiaairlift/transport

maritime reconnaissance

CN-235 110/220M

CN-235 MPA

16

0

16

0

0

3

Fokker F28 Fellowship Netherlandsairlift/transportF-28 Mk 1000

F-28 Mk 3000

55
CASA C-212 Aviocar Spainairlift/transportNC-212-100

NC-212-200


NC-212-400[27]

28

28



Upgrading to NC212-200/-400 versions in the near future

Total88693
Helicopters and Non Fix Winged Aircraft
Eurocopter EC 120 Colibri European Unionlight utility helicopterEC-120B1111Replaced the Bell 47G-3B
Sikorsky S-58 United Statesutility helicopterS-58T128Currently being phased out due to service life & lack of spare parts
Aérospatiale AS 330 Puma Francetroop transportNAS 330J1111
Bell 412 United Statestroop transportNBell 412S

NBell 412HP

4

4

4

4

Bell 204 United Statestroop transportBell 204B54
MBB Bo 105 GermanySAR missionsNBO-105 CB

NBO-105 CBS

6

1

6

1

Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma European UnionSAR missions/troop transport

VIP transport

NAS-332 Super Puma

NAS-332 Super Puma VVIP

7

2

7

2

7

A total of 16 has been ordered since 1998

Total63587
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