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View all search resultsSingaporean, Indonesian defense firms explore collaborations
Defense firms from both countries explored ways to collaborate among themselves amid an increasingly complex security landscape in the Indo-Pacific region.
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The Indonesian Defense Ministry’s director for defense technology potential, Air Cdre. Dedy Laksmono (left) exchanges a memento with ST Engineering vice president for international business, defense and public security, Brig. Gen. (ret) Chua Jin Kiat during the opening of a defense industry workshop on May 21 in Jakarta. The workshop explored ways to collaborate amid an increasingly complex security landscape in the Indo-Pacific region. (Courtesy of PT Mirage Defence Indonesia/-)
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epresentatives from Singaporean and Indonesian defense industries had their first meeting during a workshop on Thursday, exploring ways to collaborate among themselves amid an increasingly complex security landscape in the Indo-Pacific region and the growing threats in the cyber domain.
The workshop was organized by defense and security solutions firm PT Mirage Defence Indonesia in cooperation with Singaporean defense giant ST Engineering and Indonesian defense consortium DEFEND ID.
“Intensifying major power competition, tensions in the South China Sea, maritime security challenges around the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, as well as the growing dimension of cyber threats, require countries in this region to continuously strengthen their defense capabilities and national resilience,” the Indonesian Defense Ministry’s director for defense technology potential, Air Cdre. Dedy Laksmono, told workshop participants in his opening speech.
“In this context, Indonesia sees defense cooperation not merely as government-to-government interaction, but also as a strategic partnership between defense industries.”
Dedy said that defense relations between Indonesia and Singapore are already built on solid foundations, pointing to the signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement in 2022.
“Singapore has shown impressive progress in developing a highly integrated and technology-driven defense industrial ecosystem,” he said.
“ST Engineering is a clear example of how a national company can evolve into a globally competitive and innovative industry leader.”
