25/09/2026
๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ & ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐๐ฎ-๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ | With the former Italian Navy aircraft carrier ๐๐ช๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช now commissioned as ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐-100, a new chapter has begun, with DRASS at the heart of the transition.
Over the past three months, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐, supporting the crew throughout the shipโs transition and subsequent voyage from Italy to Indonesia, in preparation for her future role within the Indonesian Navy.
To deliver this, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น (๐ฅ๐ฒ๐.) ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ, sharing decades of operational experience directly with their Indonesian counterparts.
Training began in Taranto, with onboard classroom sessions introducing the systems before moving into the compartments, one installation at a time. It then continued at sea, where Indonesian personnel took their place beside the Italian watchkeepers, progressing from observation to supervised operation, to operating the systems themselves during the final leg towards Jakarta. Meanwhile, the shipโs technical documentation was verified, reorganised and translated into English and Bahasa Indonesia, ensuring this knowledge remains on board.
At the centre of this effort are the ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ โ the core around which the full crew is built, including future Indonesian trainers. Now that KRI Sriwijaya has entered Indonesian service, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆโ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐, supporting the crew through ๐ณ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, while Indonesian instructors progressively take an active role alongside DRASS tutors.
The next chapter will see ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ, bringing together Italian and Indonesian defence industry capabilities to prepare the vessel for her operational role. This work is part of the growing ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆโ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, including our strategic partnership with ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ, supporting Indonesiaโs development of advanced maritime and underwater capabilities.
From knowledge transfer and ship transfer to capability development and future modernisation, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ, founded on technology, expertise and operational capability.
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