AIRBUS MILITARY, PTDI INKS AGREEMENT TO ENHANCE INDONESIAN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- Airbus Military inked a collaboration
agreement today with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to revitalise
the Indonesian national aerospace industry.

In the first phase of the programme, lasting some 18 months, Airbus
Military, an Airbus daughter company, will support PTDI in optimising its
overall industrial processes and global efficiency.

"Together with Airbus Military, this agreement will enable us to create a
generation of highly trained engineers, managers and workers, not only to serve
the aerospace industry but also revolutionise other sectors of the local
economy," said Minister of State Owned Enterprises of Indonesia Mustafa
Abubakar in a statement Wednesday.

In subsequent years, Airbus Military intends to grow the quantity of
manufacturing it places with PTDI and provide industrial activity of
increasingly higher value in the supply chain.

Currently, PTDI is also an important supplier of the C212 and CN235
light/medium transport and surveillance aircraft, Eurocopter and Airbus to
Airbus Military.

-- BERNAMA