Strategy for Accelerating the Mastery of Defense Technology in the Procurement of Dassault Rafale Combat Aircraft

Abstract

The selection of the Rafale was based on the defense relationship between Indonesia and France which had existed for a very long time, besides that, it was also based on the foreign policy adopted by Indonesia, namely the free and active policy shown by several defense equipments owned by Indonesia, not only from a certain country. In this case, it is hoped that Indonesia will not depend on the procurement of defense equipment from abroad and the implementation of Transfer of Technology, Local Content, and Offsets on Rafale fighter jets can run as expected, therefore a strategy is needed in accelerating defense acquisition, where there are three strategies, namely First is the reform of the defense acquisition system and procedures through a single executor directly under the Minister of Defence; The second is the integration of defense R&D institutions in the Ministry of Defense and all R&D forces into the R&D Agency and the Defense Technology Quality Assurance Agency; The third is improving the quality of the Defense Acquisition Agency's human resources through a transparent and accountable recruitment process. The contract agreement for the procurement of Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft should also carry out defense acquisitions by sending (human resources) (HR) to study and apprentice in the developer industry. In addition to HR offsets, an offset scheme for the production of aircraft components in Indonesia is also needed by the national defense industry.