Indonesia receives bids from DCNS, DSME for submarine overhaul contract

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
15 November 2015

Key Points

• Two overseas shipbuilders are understood to have submitted bids to carry out Indonesian submarine overhaul work
• Work could see the service life extension of the lead Type 209/1300 Cakra-class submarine to 2024

The Indonesian government has received proposals from two overseas shipbuilders to carry out maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) work on the Indonesian Navy's (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL's) lead Cakra (Type 209/1300)-class diesel-electric submarine, KRI Cakra (401).


The Indonesian Navy's lead 209/1300 Cakra-class submarine. (DSME)

TNI-AL sources told IHS Jane's that separate bids have been submitted by French shipbuilder DCNS and South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for the MRO work.