IPTN, Fokker sign deal

IPTN, Fokker sign deal

JAKARTA (JP): The nation's aircraft company, Nusantara
Aircraft Industry (IPTN), signed on Wednesday a memorandum of
understanding with Fokker Elmo BV, a subsidiary of Dutch aircraft
company Fokker, to build electrical aircraft applications.

Under the agreement, ITPN will build Fokker Elmo electrical
aircraft applications after first sending its workers to the
Netherlands to study the applications.

IPTN's acting president, S. Paramajuda, said this year the
company planned to sell eight units of its CN-235 aircraft to
South Korea, three units to the Indonesian Armed Forces and
manufacture aircraft components for Casa, Boeing and Airbus.
(bkm/25)