Boeing has officially ended its pursuit of a high-profile fighter jet deal with Indonesia, with the U.S. aerospace giant announcing on February 3, 2026, at the Singapore Airshow that it is no longer building F-15EX Eagle II aircraft for Jakarta, effectively concluding a landmark agreement that had been stalled for more than two years.
Bernd Peters, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Boeing Defense, Space and Security, confirmed that the partnership with Indonesia is "no longer an active campaign" for Boeing, declining to provide further details and directing all inquiries to the Indonesian and U.S. governments.
The deal, valued at approximately $13.9 billion and originally signed as a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2023 during then-Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's visit to the United States, was intended to supply Indonesia with 24 F-15EX fighters (designated F-15IDN) to modernize the country's aging air fleet, subject to U.S. government approval under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process.
However, the agreement languished for over two years without formalization, reportedly due to financing challenges, budget constraints, and Indonesia's competing defense commitments — including an $8.1 billion contract for 42 French Rafale fighters and ongoing financial difficulties that led Jakarta to cancel plans to acquire used Mirage 2000-5 jets from Qatar due to fiscal constraints.
The collapse of the F-15 deal represents a significant setback for Indonesia's military modernization ambitions and for Boeing's efforts to expand the Eagle II's international customer base, while raising questions about Jakarta's long-term defense procurement strategy amid overlapping fighter jet programs and mounting fiscal pressures.
