Sweden to Invest in Indonesia's Defense Industries
15 March 2015 09:16 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Swedish defense and security machines manufacturer Saab AB eyed cooperation with Indonesia corporations to realize its plan to build defense system industry in Indonesia.
Saab has also invited universities to embark on cooperation in research and development for high-tech based products.
"We do not want like other sellers who go and come after several years,” said Lennart Sindahl, Deputi Chief Executive Officer Saab AB on Thursday.
He also said that Saab wanted to develop this industry along with Indonesian companies.
For the record, Saab AB has offered its warplanes, Gripen C, Gripen D, and Gripen NG, to Indonesia.
The offer was conveyed following the plan of the Indonesian Air Force to replace the old F-5 Tiger warplane.
In the meantime, Brjan Borgefalk, Vice President Industrial Cooperation Saab AB for Asia Pacific Region said that he had met with several companies di Indonesia to open up opportunities for partnership, one of which is with Infoglobal, an aviation company in Surabaya, East Java, to embark on partnership in the development of war plane simulators.
AGOENG WIJAYA
