IDEX 2021: Excalibur Army and PT. RDI to jointly produce RM-70 Vampire MRLs for Indonesian military

Czech company Excalibur Army announced on 22 February that it has signed an agreement with Indonesian company PT Republik Defensindo (PT. RDI) for the joint production of RM-70 Vampire multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) for the Indonesian military.

Czech company Excalibur Army announced on 22 February that it has signed an agreement with Indonesia’s PT. RDI for the joint production of RM-70 Vampire MRLs for the TNI. (Excalibur Army)

The company said in a statement that the production deal for the 122 mm MRLs, which will be mounted on 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 Tatra truck chassis, was signed at the 21–25 February International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2021 in Abu Dhabi and includes “the transfer of the necessary technologies”.

It added that the RM-70 Vampire, which is an upgraded version of the RM-70 MRL, will be produced in the Indonesian city of Batam, with deliveries to the Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia: TNI) set to commence this year.

Excalibur Army provided no information about the number of MRLs on order, the value of the contract, or when deliveries are set to be completed but pointed out that the agreement follows up on the export of RM-70 Vampire MRLs to the TNI in recent years.

It said that a first batch of these systems was delivered to Indonesia in 2016 and included special support and command vehicles, which were manufactured and assembled in co-operation with Czech and Slovak companies.

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