Indonesia to Build MALE UAV in Five Years

Tobapos -- For the next five years, Indonesia would build MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance/MALE) Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) to boost surveillance mechanism in Indonesia.

"Its payload will be not only cameras, but also radars to observe objects in the ground," JokoPurnomo, Head of UAV (PUNA) program in state research center (BPPT) as reported by viva.co.id.

He said, currently, his institution was developing Wulung and Sriti UAV in Bandung.

"(All of it) are under production by Indonesia Aerospace in Bandung and will be commissioned by Ministry of Defense," he said.

He added, with flying range of 200 km, PUNA Wulung could be used to monitor Indonesia sea with 25 points of base station. (ant/adm)