Indonesia has signed a contract with local firm PT PAL and France’s Naval Group for two Scorpene-class submarines on March 28, to be the first to use lithium-ion battery technology. The boats will be built in Indonesia through transfer of technology from Naval Group to be assembled in Surabaya, following a defense cooperation agreement between Paris and Jakarta in August 2021. This deal confirms Indonesia has abandoned a 2019 agreement to buy a second trio of Nagapasa-class submarines from South Korea in favor of the French package. The first boat could join service in 2033, with the Indonesian Navy seeking 12 submarines in total.
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