company industry aerospace and defense founded august 23rd 1976 based on the notary act 15 on april 26th 1976 jakarta on august 24th 2000 the company took on current name bandung headquarters bandung indonesia products commercial airliners military aircraft aircraft component aircraft services defence engineering number of employees 4 300 2011 website www.indonesian aerospace.com indonesian aerospace iae indonesian pt . dirgantara indonesia di is an indonesian aerospace company involved in aircraft design and the development and manufacture of civilian and military regional commuter aircraft . the company was formerly known as industri pesawat terbang nusantara iptn . it was expanded from a research and industrial facility under the auspices of the indonesian air force namely lembaga industri penerbangan nurtanio lipnur . established in 1976 as a state owned company it has developed its capability as an aircraft manufacturer and diversified into other areas such as telecommunication automotive maritime information technology oil & gas control & automation military simulation technology industrial turbine and engineering services . contents 1 history 1.1 pioneering 1.2 preparation 1.3 nurtanio aircraft industry 1.4 nusantara aircraft industry 1.5 dirgantara indonesia indonesian aerospace 2 iae services 3 iae facilities 4 products 4.1 indonesian aerospace and its precursors 4.1.1 auri 4.1.2 lipnur 4.1.3 nurtanio 4.1.4 iae aircraft production 4.2 iae subcontracts for aircraft components 4.3 iae armaments 5 development products 6 references 7 external links history edit pioneering edit though aircraft production in indonesia existed before independence in 1945 the national aviation industry was pioneered in 1946 at yogyakarta by the formation of planning and construction bureau indonesian biro rencana dan konstruksi within the indonesian air force . wiweko soepono nurtanio pringgoadisurjo and j. sumarsono opened a simple workshop at magetan near madiun . with basic materials gliders were designed and built zogling nwg 1 nurtanio wiweko glider among others . in 1948 a motorized aircraft wel x was built by wiweko soepono utilizing a harley davidson engine . the small craft was registered as ri x. this era marked the rise of several aeromodeling clubs . the war for independence however halted all progress until 1953 . in that year the experimental section seksi percobaan was organized . consisting of only 15 personnel led by nurtanio pringgoadisurjo the team built and tested three prototypes of a single seat all metal aircraft at andir airport later renamed husein sastranegara international airport in bandung . on april 24 1957 the experimental section graduated into the inspection trial and production sub depot indonesian sub depot penyelidikan percobaan dan pembuatan based on decision letter of indonesian air force chief of staff number 68 . in 1958 a light training aircraft prototype named belalang 89 or grasshopper 89 was flown . the design was later produced as belalang 90 . five belalang 90 were built and used for military training . within the same year a sport plane kunang 25 was also built and flown . preparation edit on august 1 1960 by the order of indonesian air force chief of staff order 488 the aviation industry preparation body was to be formed to establish the national aircraft industry . by december 16 1961 the new body known as lapip lembaga persiapan industri penerbangan was actively negotiating for technological transfers and contracts . lapip was able to secure a joint licensing and production contract with poland . within the same year indonesia was producing pzl 104 wilga or locally named gelatik . 44 were produced for agriculture transport and aero club purposes . in 1965 aircraft industry project implementation command komando pelaksana proyek industri pesawat terbang kopelapip and independent aircraft industry national company pn . industri pesawat terbang berdikari were formed to expand and formulate specific uses of the young aviation industry . within the same timeline aviation studies were promoted in the country s top universities . one of the first schools was founded within the machine department of the engineering faculty of institut teknologi bandung itb by oetarjo diran and liem keng kie . in september 1974 pertamina s advanced technology division signed a license contract with mbb and casa for producing b lkow bo 105 and casa c. 212 aviocar . nurtanio aircraft industry edit on april 26 1976 mandated by government act no. 15 in jakarta pt . industri pesawat terbang nurtanio was officially established with dr. bj . habibie as the president director . the infrastructure was completed and inaugurated on august 23 1976 by president suharto . the new body was a merge between nurtanio aviation industry body lembaga industri penerbangan nurtanio lipnur and pertamina s advanced technology division . the name nurtanio is a tribute to nurtanio pringgoadisuryo one of the first aviation pioneers in indonesia who designed the sikumbang an indigenous all metal aircraft maiden flight august 1 1954 . initially iptn manufactured the nbo 105 mbb bo 105 under license by mbb followed by nc 212 casa c 212 aviocar under license by casa . in march 1966 nurtanio pringgoadisurjo died in a flight testing accident . the aviation industry preparation body was then renamed nurtanio aviation industry body indonesian lembaga industri penerbangan nurtanio abbreviated as lipnur . nusantara aircraft industry edit on october 11 1985 the name pt . industri pesawat terbang nurtanio was changed to the pt . industri pesawat terbang nusantara or iptn . nusantara signifies the indonesian 17 000 island archipelago . the exclusion of nurtanio from iptn was due to some highly questionable accusations . one of the allegations was a personal use of company s letterhead by nurtanio s family to appropriate some iptn stocks . none was proven true . citation needed dirgantara indonesia indonesian aerospace edit the casa iptn cn 235 is a medium range twin engined transport plane that was jointly developed by casa of spain and iptn of indonesia as a regional airliner and military transport . following the 1997 asian financial crisis a major restructuring program was implemented . at its peak in 2004 the indonesian aerospace reduced its payroll from 9670 to 3720 . furthermore the 18 business divisions were reorganized into the following aircraft aircraft services aerostructure defence engineering services the restructuring focused on new business goals downsizing and adaptation of man power according to available workloads and a pinpoint market targeting along with a concentrated business mission . clarification needed the iptn was re introduced as pt . dirgantara indonesia abbreviated di or indonesian aerospace abbreviated iae . iae was officially inaugurated by the president of indonesia abdurrahman wahid in bandung on august 24 2000 . in july 4 2011 indonesia s government said it will inject rp .2 trillion 234 million to indonesian aerospace to keep the debt ridden firm afloat with a view to making a joint venture with eads . before injection the unpaid debt to government was rp .1.1 trillion 129 million . 1 iae services edit engineering work packages ; design development testing manufacturing subcontracts aircraft maintenance repair and overhaul mro engine maintenance and overhaul mro iae facilities edit indonesian aerospace covers an area of 86 98 ha . the backbone of the production is sustained by 232 high tech operations . apart from these there are other minor high tech facilities spread over various assembly lines laboratories and service & maintenance units . they are located mainly in bandung . products edit indonesian aerospace and its precursors edit pt dirgantara indonesia di iae indonesian aerospace auri edit angkatan udara republik indonesia depot penjelidikan pertjobaan dan pembuatan indonesian air force research development and production depot nu 200 sikumbang nu 225 sikumbang x 09 nu 260 sikumbang x 02 belalang 85 x 03 converted piper j 3 cub belalang 90 converted piper j 3 cub kunang 25 x 04 super kunang 35 x 05 and x 07 kindjeng 150 x 06 b 8m kolentang2 based on bensen b 8 lipnur edit lembaga industri penerbangan nurtanio nurtanio aviation industry body lipnur lt 200 angkatang pazmany pl 2 lipnur belalang lipnur kindjeng lipnur kolentang lipnur kumbang lipnur kunang lipnur kunang kunang lipnur manyang lipnur sikumbang lipnur super kunang i lipnur super kunang ii nurtanio edit casa nurtanio cn 235 iae aircraft production edit casa iptn cn 235 civil military and maritime version joint development with casa . 2 3 indonesian aerospace n 219 the first wind tunnel testing has been done in march 2010 . 4 indonesian aerospace n 250 a prototype commercial turboprop aircraft discontinued due 1997 asian financial crisis 5 indonesian aerospace n 2130 planned commercial jet aircraft discontinued due 1997 asian financial crisis before making prototype . joint production aircraft kai kf x 20 percent iae and 80 percent kai shares a multirole fighter more advanced than f 16 e f but still below f 35 . 6 licence built aircraft nas 330j a licensed produced a rospatiale puma helicopter . nas 332 a licensed produced eurocopter super puma helicopter . eurocopter ec725 6 helicopters for indonesian air force . 7 8 nb 412 a licensed produced bell 412 helicopter . nbo 105 a licensed produced b lkow bo 105 helicopter discontinued in july 2011 after 123 units production since 1976 . eurocopter fennec as replacement of nbo 105 production line . 9 eurocopter ecureuil as replacement of nbo 105 production line . 9 nc 212 a licensed produced casa c. 212 aviocar aircraft . 10 11 12 13 iae subcontracts for aircraft components edit component of airbus a330 . component of airbus a340 . wing component of airbus a380 . component of boeing 737 . component of boeing 757 . component of boeing 767 . component of f 16 fighting falcon . component of fokker f100 . iae armaments edit ffar 2.75 inch rocket under belgium s license . sut torpedo . ndl 40 ground to ground rocket multi launcher . development products edit indonesian aerospace has planned to build n 245 to carry 50 passengers for about 400 kilometers distance in remote areas or where passenger demand is low . the n 245 is only modification development of cn 235 body shape with cn 235 and eads casa c 295 wing designs but the tail will be a new design . the development cost of n 245 until its prototype is about 150 million with its break even point of n 245 is only 50 70 airplanes while if built from beginning it will cost 1.5 2.0 billion . the competitors are atr 42 and bombardier dash 8 q300 . 14 references edit state planemaker dirgantara indonesia thrown rp 2 trillion lifeline . the jakarta globe . retrieved 29 july 2015 . cn 235 tni versi winglet . march 10 2013 . cn 235 persuader maritime patrol aircraft . april 13 2013 . nurw . defense studies . retrieved 29 july 2015 . pt di lanjutkan pengembangan pesawat n250 besutan bj habibie . february 5 2013 . ri sending kfx jet fighter production team to south korea . retrieved 29 july 2015 . ptdi to supply six ec725 choppers to air force . april 10 2012 . eurocopter receives first main fuselage assembly from indonesian aerospace for ec725 & ec225 . november 27 2013 . a b nurw . defense studies . retrieved 29 july 2015 . garuda militer . garuda militer . retrieved 29 july 2015 . nurw . defense studies . retrieved 29 july 2015 . garuda militer . garuda militer . retrieved 29 july 2015 . joint production nc 212i pt.di dan airbus . march 27 2013 . soegeng haryadi april 13 2015 . pt di bakal bikin pesawat komersial untuk rute jarak pendek . external links edit official website iptn profile from industry department nurtanio reminiscences history of indonesian aviation v t e iptn indonesian aerospace aircraft fixed wing aircraft cn 235 nc 212 n 219 n 245 n 250 n 270 n 2130 retrieved from 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