ALUTSISTA : ALAT UTAMA SISTEM SENJATA

Philippine Navy Expecting 4 New Mk. 38 Mod. 3 Gun Systems from 2 Contracts 16 Maret 2017 The Mk. 38 Mod. 3 MGS with a 30mm ATK cannon. The Philippine Navy opted to use the 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannon instead, based on the DoD"s information. (photo : DefenseMediaNetwork) Based on information made public by the US Department of Defense through its website as of September 29, 2016, the US Navy"s Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded a US$25.4 million contract to BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP for the production of Mk. 38 Mod. 3 Machine Gun System (MGS), which will be installed on US Navy ships as well as Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to friendly countries. Among those scheduled to receive from FMS is the Philippine Navy, whose share on the contract is around 8%, or roughly US$2.03 million. This is in addition to an earlier contract, which the US Navy"s Naval Surface Warfare Center also awarded to BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP in October 2015 for US$30.556 million, ...

Lokasi Markas Komando Armada 3 Belum Diputuskan 05 Maret 2017 Markas Komando Armada TNI AL di Surabaya (photo : defence.pk) Panglima TNI Ingin Komando Armada 3 Dibangun di Kaimana Papua Jakarta - Komando Armada 3 TNI AL akan segera dibentuk untuk mendukung pemerataan pembangunan dan ekonomi nasional yang dicanangkan pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo. Meski direncanakan di Sorong, Panglima TNI Jenderal Gatot Nurmantyo meminta agar pusat Armada 3 dibangun di Kaimana, Papua Barat. "Kurang lebih (Sorong). Maunya bapak Panglima sih ada satu areal di dekat Kaimana tapi itu masih konteksnya perlu dari 0 sekali. Di Teluk Kaimana, ada namanya Tanah Merah. Perencanaannya, maunya beliau di situ," ungkap Kadispen TNI AL Laksma Gig Sipasulta di Mabes TNI, Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur, Jumat (3/3/2017). Meski begitu, TNI AL memberi masukan agar Komando Armada 3 tetap dibangun di Sorong. Mengingat untuk infrastruktur dan fasilitas lainnya, Sorong sudah jauh lebih lengkap. Di Sorong juga sudah t...

Kolinlamil Segera Dapatkan Tambahan 6 LST dan 3 LPD 08 Februari 2017 LST dan LPD TNI AL (photos : TNI AL, Kaskus Militer)  Modernisasi Alutsista dalam Waktu Dekat, Kolinlamil Siapkan Pengawak Paglima Komando Lintas Laut Militer (Kolinlamil) Laksma TNI Agung Prasetiawan, M.AP. mengatakan, modernisasi alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista) TNI Angkatan Laut khususnya Kolinlamil akan dilaksanakan dalam waktu dekat, hal ini menjadi prioritas pemimpin TNI AL dalam meningkatkan kemampuan kekuatan TNI AL dalam mendukung tugas pokoknya. Alutsista yang ada untuk tetap menjadi perhatian dalam pemeliharaan dan perawatan, dan alutsista yang nantinya menambah perkuatan tentu akan memberikan semangat bagi prajurit dalam melaksanakan tugas. "Siapkan personil yang akan ditunjuk sebagai pengawak alutsista yang baru, yang rencananya akan datang 6 kapal jenis Landing Ship Tank dan 3 jenis Landing Platform Dock untuk mencapai kekuatan pokok minimum (Minimum Essential Force/MEF)," demikian dikatak...

ST Kinetics Outlines Bronco 3 Capability 25 Januari 2017 The latest production-ready example of STK"s Bronco 3 features a five-door front section, early examples having just two doors. (photo : Jane"s) ST Kinetics" (STK"s) Bronco 3 is the logical evolution of the Bronco 2 (Warthog in British Army service) and factors in many lessons gained from more than 15 years of service of the Bronco 1 with Singapore"s ground forces, as well as operational experience of the Warthog in Afghanistan, Dominic Phoon, head of business development with the company"s Design and Manufacturing Group, told IHS Jane"s. Development of Bronco 3 commenced in 2010 and Phoon explained that based on its predecessors" survivability records a key design aim was to provide at least Warthog levels of protection, but at no more than Bronco 1"s base design gross vehicle weight of 16 tonnes, and not Warthog"s ultimate operational weight, which peaked at 21 tonnes. An amphib...