Fighting the Enemy of Innovation

Looking at past developments and uses of technology, several things can serve as bases for further development, for example, mastering skills in engineering and technology such as those used to develop the N-250.

KOMPAS/TATANG MULYANA SINAGA

The N-250 aircraft by the third President of the Republic of Indonesia Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was stored in the PT Dirgantara Indonesia hangar, Bandung City, West Java, on Thursday (12/9/2019).

The inaugural flight of the Gatotkaca N-250 aircraft on 10 Aug. 26 years ago has been declared as National Technology Awakening Day.

The aircraft, equipped with the latest fly-by-wire technology, is now on display at the Aerospace Museum in Yogyakarta. We have made a historical legacy, but there is also deep disappointment on the other hand. This was not the original plan. The development of the N-250 airplane and other high-tech industrial products was intended to become the driving force of the national economy and turn Indonesia into a developed industrial country.