Indonesian frigate finally receives all its weapons
The Indonesian Navy’s second frigate is now combat ready with its full suite of weapons more than two years after it entered service.
Indonesia carried out a formal ceremony marking acceptance of combat systems on the navy’s second SIGMA 10514 frigate, KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai, on 3 November.
Shipbuilders PT PAL formally handed over the ship at its Bandar Barat dockyard in Surabaya to the MoD and Indonesian Navy.
Damen Shipyards, PT PAL’s partner on the two PKR frigates, had announced in March that sea trials and acceptance of the fitting-out works had been successfully completed on 21 February.
It is believed that the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia delayed formal acceptance of the ship, as Surabaya had been one of
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