Kongsberg Nets Propulsion Contract For Indonesian Navy Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime will be supplying propulsion and manoeuvring systems for two new KCR-70 Fast Attack Craft for the Indonesian Navy.

The vessels are currently being built at Turkey’s Sefine Shipyard in Altinova, just south-east of Istanbul. The shipyard is part of the wider Turkish shipbuilding consortium TAIS.

As per a recent press statement, the Kongsberg Maritime package combines twin controllable pitch propellers, affording efficient cruising at patrol speeds, with a waterjet to provide a boost for high-speed sprints.

Power is supplied by a Combined Diesel and Gas Turbine (CODAG) system featuring twin diesel engines and a 23-megawatt gas turbine to drive a waterjet capable of discharging more than 30 cubic metres of water per second. This dual-power arrangement means the KCR-70s will be able to hit a top speed of over 40 knots.

The 70-metre fast attack craft, based on Sefine Shipyard’s FACM-70 design, can carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, as well as anti-surface warfare and anti-air warfare operations.

• You can read more details on the Kongsberg Maritime website