"This is also what I have seen in PT PAL, PT Pindad and PT DI. This is also a leap that we need a bigger market," said the president when chairing a meeting on development of defence equipment system at PT PAL's submarine production facility hangar in East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on Monday.
PT PAL is a state shipyard producing company, PT Pindad is a state company which manufactures military products, and PT DI is a state aircraft manufacturing company. Other things needed, according to Widodo, are those on technology transfer, cooperation with other state-owned enterprises , increasing domestic contents as well as developing production chains among SOEs, small and medium-sized enterprises, and private companies.
Widodo also requested that the development of defence equipment be able to absorb and adopt the latest digital technology development. - dpa/Asian News Network