KNDS signs a Letter of Intent with Indonesia for more CAESAR howitzers and renewed strategic partnership in support of operational superiority.
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Press Release, Amsterdam, 12 June 2025: A worldwide leader in artillery systems and ammunitions, KNDS France is committed to strengthen its industrial partnership with Indonesian DTIB through transfer of know-how, technology and of assembly of artillery guns in Indonesia.
KNDS already provided 56 CAESAR systems (arming three battalions) in service within TNI, making Indonesia the 3rd biggest CAESAR customer worldwide and the biggest in Asia. There are also 20 105LG light towed guns in the Marinirs Corps of the Indonesian Navy.
We acknowledge the strong support from both Indonesian and French MoD through the recent Letter of Intent signed during the French President Emmanuel Macron visit in Jakarta.
A mutually beneficial perspective for both Indonesian and French TDIB: This proposed partnership approach, under the Indonesian-French Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) umbrella will offer mutual benefit and will guarantee to Indonesia a strong return on investment, an increased sovereignty, will contribute to self-sufficiency objectives, secure a high level of local content as well as high-value transfer. It will also build-up expertise and capabilities in Indonesia and maximize operational readiness of the systems.
Thanks to KNDS France’s industrial partnership with local DTIB and the set-up of a local workshop, most of the maintenance of the systems can be done in Indonesia.
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