TNI-AD receives first of nine Bell 412EPI helicopters...

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State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has delivered the first of nine Bell 412EPI multirole medium helicopters on order for the Indonesian Army (Tentara Nasional Indone-sia-Angkatan Darat or TNI-AD). The company said in a statement posted on Twitter that the rotor-craft, which was handed over to the service on 29 December 2020, is part of a USD183 million contract signed with the Ministry of Defense in Jakarta in December 2018. As Janes reported in late 2019, the 412EPIs are being manufactured in the United States by Bell, a subsidiary of Textron, and then handed over to PTDI for customisation work before final delivery to the TNI-AD. At the time PTDI said that it would arm each of the helicopters with "sophisticated weaponry", including a Gatling-type gun from US-based company Dillon Aero.