Indonesia could purchase four more units of Airbus's A400M military transport aircraft, President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday, as he seeks to upgrade his country's ageing arsenal.

Prabowo was speaking to reporters at a military airbase in Jakarta, where the first of two A400M airlifters that the Indonesian defence ministry had already bought arrived.

"We might negotiate to sign (a deal) for four more units," the president said, without providing a timeline.

Under a 2021 contract, Indonesia is set to receive its second A400M multi-role tanker transport aircraft next year.

Prabowo said that while the A400M would be mostly used to evacuate injured victims of disasters, it could also take part in humanitarian missions overseas, giving the example of the Gaza Strip.

"I ordered the Indo

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