Indonesian Aerospace

Indonesian Aerospace, formally PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero), is the state-owned aircraft manufacturer of Indonesia and the only one in Southeast Asia. It was founded on 26 April 1976 as PT Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara, known as IPTN, under the leadership of B.J. Habibie, and took its present name in 2000. Headquartered and manufacturing in Bandung, West Java, it designs, builds and maintains civil and military aircraft, including the NC212i, CN235 and N219, and it has delivered more than 470 aircraft through 2025. It also produces aerostructures and components for Airbus and Bell, and is developing the Elang Hitam medium-altitude long-endurance drone. Orbit Codex classes it as a diversified prime contractor in its space organization directory, and its parent organization is PT Len Industri, with the Government of Indonesia as lead investor. About 3,689 people worked there in 2021.