N-219 to go through static and fatigue tests in 2017

PT Dirgantara Indonesia aims for the N-219 to obtain the DGCA’s airworthiness certificate to enter flight operations in August 2017. It would enter commercial production in early 2017. The company is expected to produce six aircraft in the first year. Once orders reach 40 units, it aims to increase its manufacturing capacity to 12 units per year. Delivery to the first customers is targeted for 2018.

Read our Longform story, 'N-219: Propelling Indonesia’s aerospace industry' here:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/longform/2016/08/16/n-219-propelling-indonesias-aerospace-industry.html

(The Jakarta Post/ Marguerite Afra Sapiie)