Indonesia engages German, Turkish firms to customise frigate design
20 April 2021
by Ridzwan Rahmat
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has engaged German naval consultancy, MTG Marinetechnik, and Turkish engineering firm FIGES AS, to customise the design of a new frigate class that it will be constructing for the Indonesian Navy.
PT PAL has engaged consultants to customise a derivative of Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt frigate, of which the first-of-class is seen here, for Indonesian Navy requirements. (Guy Toremans)
According to a statement released by the defence ministry on 31 March, the frigate design is one that has been offered by Babcock, which implies that the design consultancy services pertain to the Indonesian Navy’s (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL’s) follow-on Martadinata-class frigates. As
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Updated: December 12 2020, 9.54am
The Babcock Rosyth investment has been described as a “step change in capacity and capability” for modern UK shipbuilding.
Defence firm Babcock has appointed Robertson to deliver the facility which will initially be used for the delivery of five Type 31 Frigates for the Royal Navy.
The £31.5 million contract to build a new assembly hall at Babcock Rosyth will support 200 jobs.
It is part of a £55m investment programme currently under way on the site, on top of a further £100m that has been invested over the last decade.
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