The US Government has cleared the way for Boeing to sell Indonesia F-15s. This follows hot on the heels of the news yesterday (February 10) that Indonesia is to buy Dassault Rafales.
A Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announcement on February 10 stated that: “The Government of Indonesia has requested to buy up to thirty-six (36) F-15ID aircraft…” along with details of equipment and sensors for the F-15IDs as well spare parts, training and support. No mention is made of weapons for the aircraft in the list of equipment. Should the deal go-ahead as listed by DSCA the total value is estimated at $13.9bn.
Among the equipment detailed is AN/APG-82(v)1 Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars; AN/AAQ-13 LANTIRN navigation pods; AN/AAQ-33 Sniper advanced targeting pods and MS-110 Recce Pods.
The version of the Eagle which Indonesia is interested in buying is based on what Boeing calls the ‘Advanced F-15’. Major investment in the aircraft has come from Qatar and Saudi Arabia which has led to these countries’ F-15QA and F-15SA respectively (in the case of the latter some are F-15S examples which have been upgraded to the new standard). The US Air Force has also benefitted as it selected the new v…
