State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) announced on 26 January that it has delivered the first of nine NC212i aircraft ordered for the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU) in late 2017.
PTDI announced on 26 January that it has delivered the first of nine NC212i aircraft ordered by the Indonesian Air Force in 2017. (PTDI)
The troop transport aircraft was delivered that same day on a ferry flight from PTDI’s delivery centre hangar in Bandung, West Java, to the Abdulrachman Saleh Air Force Base in Malang, East Java, said the company in a statement, adding that the platform will be assigned to “Air Squadron 4, Air Wing 2”, which is headquartered at the base.
The aircraft is part of an order placed by the Ministry of Defence in Jakarta on 29 December 2017 for nine NC212i aircraft in different configurations. “Of the nine aircraft, four are available in troop transport configuration, four in aerial photo and artificial rainmaking configuration, and one in the navigation training configuration,” M Ridlo Akbar, PTDI’s production director, was quoted as saying.
The remaining eight NC212i aircraft will be delivered “gradually”, he added.
According to the manufacturer, the NC212i is 16.5 m long, 6.6 m high, and has a wingspan of 20.28 m. It can carry 25 paratroopers and two crew members or 2.8 tons of cargo.
The aircraft, which has a maximum range of 2,680 km, is powered by two Garrett AiResearch TPE331-10R-513C turboprop engines, each of which can generate up to 671 kW. The aircraft’s maximum cruise speed is 370 km/h at an altitude of up to 7,925 m.
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