Babcock have secured the first agreement for Arrowhead 140 frigate licences under a Maritime Partnership Programme (MPP) with Indonesia.
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Press Release, London, 21 January 2026: [extract] We have secured our first agreement under the £4 billion Maritime Partnership Programme (MPP) with Indonesia, for the sale of two Arrowhead 140 frigate licences, to be delivered over the coming months.
A Letter of Intent outlining Indonesian procurement aims for the MPP has been signed, alongside an initial agreement for the two licences, to be delivered in the next few months. These build on our original export of two Arrowhead 140 licences in 2021. The announcement underpins the growing momentum of our frigate exports and comes just weeks after the first ship, in the Merah Putih frigate class programme, undertook its initial launch in Indonesia.
The Letter of Intent, that paves the way for further agreements, was recently signed on behalf of Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto and CEO of Babcock, David Lockwood, and follows the landmark MPP that was announced in November 2025 between Babcock and the Indonesian Government to jointly develop maritime capability for Indonesia’s navy, fishing industry and in turn, food security. In this short period, significant progress has been made between Babcock and Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence.
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