KSOT Evaluation Procurement: Indonesia contract and delivery record

Development and reported outcome

In June 2026, PT PAL CEO Kaharuddin Djenod publicly confirmed that Indonesia's Ministry of Defence had signed a contract covering an undisclosed number of KSOT autonomous submarines for Indonesian Navy evaluation. Reporting indicates that the contracted configuration is larger than the prototype demonstrated in 2025 and is associated with surveillance, reconnaissance, and potential strike missions. The public evidence does not disclose the actual signing date, contract value, quantity, or delivery schedule, so June is treated as the contract-confirmation month rather than the contract-signing date.[S1] [S2]

Program, platform and stakeholders

Programme or contract: KSOT Evaluation Procurement. Platform or product: Contracted KSOT variant, designation not disclosed. Platform classification: Autonomous Operated Vehicle. Recorded supplier, developer or relevant organization: PT PAL Indonesia (reported headquarters/country: Indonesia). Recorded customer, operator or intended user: Kementerian Pertahanan RI / TNI AL (reported headquarters/country: Indonesia).[S1] [S2]

Mission and technical scope

The following are classifications recorded in the source master, not additional claims of operational deployment: Mission/use-case classification: Underwater ISR / Surveillance; Armed / Strike Mission.

Contract, value and shipment signals

The master does not contain a dependable disclosed contract amount, shipment quantity or delivery schedule for this development. These should not be assumed to be zero.[S1] [S2]

Source verification and interpretation limits

UXV Searcher master source-coverage note: Janes confirms that a Ministry of Defence contract exists, but the exact signing date, value, quantity, and delivery schedule remain undisclosed. No public Indonesian government contract notice with those details was located.

Interpretation boundary: The source-specific record should be used to distinguish award, arrival, commissioning and completed delivery; these stages are not interchangeable.[S1] [S2]

UXV Searcher analysis — what the development changes

UXV Searcher interpretation — contract / recorded award outcome: The Indonesia UUV record for KSOT Evaluation Procurement is best treated as a committed commercial activity signal. The recorded award or contract is a stronger transaction signal than a tender; the amount and quantity still need separation into platforms, accessories, support and services.

Traceability for buyers: The dataset associates PT PAL Indonesia with Kementerian Pertahanan RI / TNI AL for Contracted KSOT variant, designation not disclosed. This supports stakeholder mapping; supply-chain tier, exclusivity and signed-customer relationships need the underlying source before firm classification.

Client-use interpretation: For intelligence users tracking Underwater ISR / Surveillance; Armed / Strike Mission, the relevant next proof points are underwater mission readiness, subsea navigation and operator acceptance. Watch for acceptance or delivery reports, contract modifications and whether the stated amount covers equipment or ancillary work.[S1] [S2]

Quantitative evidence, calculations and limits

Quantification limit: No sufficiently attributed contract value or physical platform count is disclosed for this record. UXV Searcher leaves these fields unavailable rather than treating non-disclosure as zero or applying an unsupported market average.

The useful output is a qualitative stage and stakeholder signal, not a numerical forecast.[S1] [S2]