Royal Thai Army add R44 – with training from Heliluck and Mornington Sanford Aviation

12 Dec, 13

The Thai Army are taking delivery of a Robinson R44 Raven II - serial 13525 - for evaluation, and it is scheduled to arrive in-country this month. Local operator - and Robinson dealer in Thailand - Heliluck Aviation is handling the whole project, with Richard Mornington Sanford of Mornington Sanford Aviation providing R44 type training for Heliluck. The training provided covered both R44 maintenance and pilot training, and was conducted in Heliluck's huge new facility in Bangkok, and consisted of five days theoretical training plus three days of practical work.

The Thai DCA approved R44 pilot conversion course was also conducted at Heliluck's new facility and consisted of four days of theoretical training, plus a minimum of five hours flight training per pilot.

Richard Mornington-Sanford is seen in these photos with the Thai trainees.

Jeremy Parkin - HeliHub.com

Singapore says in 'no particular hurry' to buy Lockheed F-35 jets

WASHINGTON Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:23pm EST

(Reuters) - Singapore's Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen on Thursday said his country was seriously considering buying Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) F-35 fighter jet but was in "no particular hurry" to buy new jets since its F-16 fighters were still in good shape.

"Singapore is seriously looking at the F-35s to replace our F-16s," the Singapore official told reporters at the Pentagon during a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

"We're in no particular hurry, because our F-16s are still very operational, and they're due for upgrades. But it is a serious consideration," Eng Hen said.

The minister said he saw a demonstration of two F-35 B-models operated by the U.S. Marine Corps during a visit to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona earlier this week and described the new aircraft as "quite an engineering marvel." The B-model takes off from shorter runways and lands like a helicopter.

Lockheed is developing three models of the new Joint Strike Fighter for the U.S. military and eight countries that helped fund its development: Britain, Canada, Australia, Norway, Turkey, Italy, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Israel and Japan have also ordered the new radar-evading warplane, and South Korea last month signaled its plans to order 40 of the planes.

Singapore has long been interested in the fighter plane, and appeared poised to place firm orders earlier this year, but that timetable has slipped somewhat, according to sources close to the F-35 program.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

rasanya 2-3 thread banyak berita dari luar negara ja

bilalah berita dalam negara nak banyak balik -.-

negara lain dah maju ke depan, kita duk sangkut lagi dengan mrca, sgpv

nak senyap pun kena hingaq juga sikit

sayu tengok berita luar negara

#personalopinion

17 bot tempur baharu akan ditempatkan di ESSCOM

11/12/2013 5:54pm

KOTA KINABALU - Sebanyak 17 unit bot tempur baharu akan ditempatkan di Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Timur Sabah (ESSCOM) selewat-lewatnya April depan.

Komander Pasukan Polis Marin, Datuk Isa Munir berkata, bot tersebut dilengkapi dengan sistem radar canggih yang akan digunakan bagi melancarkan operasi keselamatan di sekitar pantai timur Sabah.

"Lima daripada bot tersebut telahpun sampai di Lahad Datu. Setiap satu berharga kira-kira RM1.2 juta.

"Kita berharap dapat menghantar baki 12 bot secepat mungkin,” katanya kepada pemberita dalam sidang akhbar Polis Marin Kota Kinabalu di sini hari ini.

Isa juga berkata, dua bot ronda berukuran 26 meter, yang mampu menempatkan 10 anggota, dijangka tiba di Lahad Datu tahun depan. - Bernama

rasanya 2-3 thread banyak berita dari luar negara ja

bilalah berita dalam negara nak banyak balik -.-

negara lain dah maju ke depan, kita duk sangkut lagi dengan mrca, sgpv

nak senyap pun kena hingaq juga sikit

sayu tengok berita luar negara

#personalopinion

rasanya 2-3 thread banyak berita dari luar negara ja

bilalah berita dalam negara nak banyak balik -.-

negara lain dah maju ke depan, kita duk sangkut lagi dengan mrca, sgpv

nak senyap pun kena hingaq juga sikit

sayu tengok berita luar negara

#personalopinion

Sad tale of malaysian military development. Always being sideline as last priority. No matter what threat perception that we have, when everything looks well again, it back to square one.

waima PTD tu ape? if dapat kat aku confirm bankrupt MAS lepas aku pencen kalau aku askar. chup chup seat economy je ke? firstclass xleh?

baru join ke?

Kita punya big ticket sudah keluar.
Rasanya kita kena tunggu setahun dua tahun if we want to shopping again.

3 of 5 Agusta choppers delivered to PH Navy

By Frances Mangosing
6:55 pm | Wednesday, December 11th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – Three of five Agusta Westland AW109 maritime choppers for the Philippine Navy were delivered over the weekend, the military said.

Philippine Fleet spokespersons Lieutenant Junior Grade Rommel Rodriguez told INQUIRER.net on Wednesday that the three choppers arrived last Sunday and are currently being assembled at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.

The choppers are being assembled and checked for testing.

“When you buy something you want to make sure it is [completely working],” he said.

But Rodriguez could not immediately give details, such as commissionship of the choppers, saying that they were still “straightening out” details.

He said, however, said that the choppers will be commissioned within the month.

Two batches of pilots and crewmembers underwent six months training in Italy for the choppers. After commissionship, the choppers will likely be deployed with the two biggest warships — BRP Gregorio del Pilar and Ramon Alcaraz, but more pilots would also undergo training first.

Two more choppers are scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2014. All the five choppers are worth P1.33 billion and they are part of the military’s capability upgrade program.

The naval choppers are capable of “wide range” missions such as economic zone protection, surface surveillance, search and rescue and maritime security. The contract includes initial logistics support and training for aircrew and maintenance personnel.

An Indonesian Army Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank on display during Army Day in Surabaya December 13th, 2013. Original photo by flogger.

having said all that, i do hope the army to get new 105mm howitzers though

the oto melara 105 really shows its age