U.S Approved Sale of 36 units F-15EX to Indonesia

US Department of State Allows Indonesia to Purchase 36 F-15 Eagle II Planes

After the acquisition of the French Rafale aircraft, good news came from the United States Department of State which has issued a certificate through the DSCA for granting permission to sell 36 units of Boeing F-15EX Eagle II fighter aircraft. to Indonesia. Even in the letter, the version for Indonesia will use its own code name, namely F-15ID.

In that note, the sales value is projected to be around $13.9 billion (Rp199.43 trillion).
After approval from the State Department, it is now awaiting approval from the US Congress. It was then that the decision came from the defense ministries of the two countries to negotiate financing. There are still 3 more stages.

In addition to the 36 F-15IDs, the Indonesian government also ordered 87 units of the F110-GE-129 or F100-PW-229 engines, 45 units of the ANAPG-82(v)1 Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. , 45 units AN/ALQ. -250 Eagle Passive Active Waming Survivability Systems (EPAWSS), 48 Advanced Display Core Processor (ADCP) II digital computers. 80 units of Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), 92 units of GPS security device, 40 units of AN/AAQ-13 LANTIRN navigation pod, 40 units of AN/AAQ-3 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP).

156 LAU-128 missile launchers, 40 M61A “Vulcan” weapon systems, and many others. DOS/DSCA also wrote in its letter that Eagle II will enhance Indonesia's ability to deal with current and future threats by enabling it to provide increased deterrence and air defense coverage in highly complex air and maritime domains. It is also written that they are very confident that Indonesia will have no difficulty maintaining and adapting if it operates the Eagle II aircraft.
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