Bell Helicopter Receives Contract to Refurbish Royal Thai Army 212 Series Helicopters
Tuesday February 14th 2012 - Bell Helicopter
Singapore Airshow, Feb 14, 2012 (ACN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company TXT +4.01% , announced today it received a contract to modify and refurbish eight Royal Thai Army Bell 212 helicopters. Bell Helicopter Asia will work with Bell Helicopter's independent representative Royal Airport Services on this in-country program.
"Modifying and refurbishing these Bell 212s will provide the Royal Thai Army improved mission capabilities," said Danny Maldonado, senior vice president and Chief Services Officer for Bell Helicopter. "We have had a long, strong partnership with the Royal Thai Army and are looking forward to continuing this relationship."
The Royal Thai Army operates a large fleet of helicopters in Thailand with the majority of them being Bell Helicopter products.
The Bell 212 is a two-bladed, twin-engined, medium helicopter. It is a derivative of the "Huey" family of helicopters that have proven their reliability, ruggedness, and multi-mission capabilities for many years.
Bell Helicopter is home to an industry-leading customer support network made up of more than 100 customer service facilities in 34 countries, six strategically located supply centers and nearly 100 customer service engineers and dedicated product support engineers all focused on executing on customer requirements, increasing global responsiveness and lowering direct operating costs.
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Mar 13 Mar 2012 - 16:08
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Thailand scuttles German submarine purchase
Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand‘s navy on Tuesday acknowledged that it had dropped plans to purchase four second-hand German submarines for an estimated 7.6 billion baht (250,000 dollars), media reports said.
"The deadline for the purchase has passed (on February 29) ... and the navy will not seek to keep the buying option," Navy Chief Admiral Surasak Runroengrom told The Nation newspaper.
Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat had reportedly nixed the deal after several reviews of the navy‘s submarine purchase plan.
Under the previous administration, headed by Abhisit Vejjajiva, the government had agreed to the navy‘s plan to buy the second-hand Type 206A diesel electric submarines from the German Navy.
The 35-year-old subs had been decommissioned in mid-2010. dpa pj ncs Author: Peter Janssen
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Mar 13 Mar 2012 - 16:25
la serie des 4 allemands continue donc a voir si la colombie plongera encore dessus
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ST Marine Delivers 141m Landing Platform Dock to Royal Thai Navy
Singapore, 3 April 2012 – ST Marine today held a ceremony for preliminary acceptance and delivery of the 141m Landing Platform Dock (LPD), which it designed and built for Royal Thai Navy at its Benoi yard. The ceremony held in the morning was graced by Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, and His Excellency Mr Marut Jitpatima, Ambassador of Thailand to Singapore.
The design of the LPD is proprietary to ST Marine and is based on its Endurance Class of LPDs. The design is proven by the four 141m Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that ST Marine built for theRepublicofSingapore Navy. The LSTs have been deployed successfully on many occasions to provide peacekeeping duties in the Gulf, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts during the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and more recently as part of the international anti-piracy Combined Task Force in the Gulf of Aden.
With a displacement of about 7600 tonnes, the LPD has a well-dock with a stern as well as a side ramp designed for expedient embarkation and disembarkation of equipment and personnel. This versatile vessel is capable of supporting myriad missions, ranging from sea transportation, naval support operations, civil search and rescue to disaster relief missions. To support these missions, its heli-deck can land up to two medium-sized helicopters of about 10-tonnes each.
ST Marine secured this contract worth some S$200m, to design and build this LPD as well as two units of 23m Landing Craft Mechanised and two units of 13m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel. Work for the LPD commenced in mid 2009 and the vessel was launched in March last year. After going through the mandatory and comprehensive acceptance sea trials, the LPD is now ready to sail to its base in Thailand for the final acceptance trials. Final delivery of the LPD is expected to be by 2Q2012.
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to ST Marine for their efficient supervision and construction of the ship as well as their kind support to the Royal Thai Navy personnel throughout the period when they were working here at the yard.” ~ Admiral Surasak Rounroengrom, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Thai Navy
“ST Marine has always pride itself on our design capability as well as being able to deliver quality ships and excellent services to our customers. Through this LPD programme, we hope to be able to continue to build on our precious relationships with the Kingdom of Thailand and Royal Thai Navy in the years to come. We are very proud that we have once again delivered on our promise.” ~ NG Sing Chan, President, ST Marine
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Avec les milliards de $ que nos ressources de gaz vont nous apportes je verrai un ou deux portes aeronefs dans le genre du naruebet pour notre marine (F-35B et cobra en plat de resistance)
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Saab has received an order from the Royal Thai Navy for the upgrading of the command and control system
The defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Royal Thai Navy for the upgrading of the command and control system on the aircraft carrier H.T.M.S. Chakri Naruebet. The order amounts to MSEK 180.The contract involve upgrading the aircraft carrier with the latest generation of command and control system, 9LV Mk4. Saab will also supply data-link equipment to the ship, which will allow communication between the ship and the Royal Thai Air Force’s Gripen fighter aircraft and the airborne radar system Erieye, carried by the Saab 340 AEW.
“Saab will further strengthen its position as supplier to the Royal Thai Navy through the upgrade of the command and control system on the Navy's flagship. Saab is now on the Navy's three major vessels and with links to the Royal Thai Air Force's Gripen and Erieye, capabilities and resources can used more efficiently,” says Gunilla Fransson, Head of Saab’s Business Area Security and Defence Solutions.
Saab is the main contractor to the Royal Thai Navy, and as well as supply of its own systems, its tasks will include procurement of third-party systems and responsibility for integration of all existing and new systems.
“This is the second 9LV Mk4 contract signed between the Royal Thai Navy and Saab. It further strengthens Saab's position in the country, which we are proud of,” says Gunilla Fransson.
The contract mainly concerns the Security and Defence Solutions business area as the supplier of the command and control system. The Electronic Defence Systems business area will supply the Sea Giraffe AMB surveillance radar system as well as data-link equipment for communication with Gripen and the Erieye airborne early warning systems.
The contract will run between 2012 and 2015.
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HTMS Bangpakong (Type 053HT/053HT-H Jianghu-III Class Frigate) fired the Chinese-made C-801 guide missile as a part of the Royal Thai Navy annual sea exercise which conducted on 17 of February until 27 of April.
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Mar 1 Mai 2012 - 13:15
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Royal Thai Airforce Aircraft Crashes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
A Royal Thai Air Force aircraft crashed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today at around 0845 hrs. The small Air Force ATR 72 type aircraft (Flight SL 60314) landed safely but at the last moment skidded off the runway losing control over it leaving the aircraft heavily damaged. The flight left Bangkok for Dhaka with 15 crews on board including three pilots. Three pilots were injured while two of them were taken to the hospital and another one was given first aid. Rest of the 15 on-board was unhurt and taken to safe place after the crash. It was learned primarily that technical fault was the reason of the crash. Just after the incident, airport fire service arrived at the location of the crash and took position. Civil Aviation officials, Airport Armed Police members and other officials rushed to the spot and secured the area. But no other casualties were reported. Authorities are investigating the actual cause of the crash. Later on Civil Aviation Minister Faruk Khan visited the spot.
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Mar 1 Mai 2012 - 20:58
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La marine thaïlandaise s’intéresse à la formation de ses sous-mariniers
Des officiers de marine thaïlandais pourraient être envoyés en Chine, pour y recevoir une formation aux sous-marins, indique une source du ministère de la défense.
Le ministre de la défense, ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat, a proposé que des officiers de marine reçoivent en Chine une formation de base sur les sous-marins.
ACM Sukumpol et des responsables des forces armées ont visité pendant le week-end l’école sous-marine de Qingdao. Ils estiment que proposer une formation aux officiers de marine serait une bonne idée.
Ils ont visité des sous-marins Type 039, classe Song.
Les officiers envoyés en Chine, devront d’abord apprendre le Chinois.
La source a indiqué que la formation ne devrait pas être interprété comme un signe d’intérêt pour l’achat de sous-marins chinois.
Le ministère de la défense a récemment abandonné un projet d’acheter 6 sous-marins d’occasion allemands. Ce projet n’a pas obtenu l’approbation du gouvernement avant l’échéance du 29 février fixée par Berlin.
ACM Sukumpol a indiqué que les sous-marins de la classe Song qu’il avait visité avait un intérieur plutôt plein à craquer, mais qu’il est moderne sur le plan technologique.
Il a ajouté que le ministère souhaitait toujours acheter des sous-marins, et qu’il réunit actuellement des informations sur les éventuels candidats.
La marine va étudier les sous-marins en service en Europe, Corée du Sud et à Singapour.
ACM Sukumpol a souligné que le ministère n’avait pas décidé si les sous-marins achetés seraient neufs ou d’occasion.
Le chef de la marine, Surasak Roonroengrom, a indiqué que la marine ne pouvait pas acheter des sous-marins neufs, parce qu’ils sont trop chers.
« J’ai peur que les chances que la marine reçoive des sous-marins, n’aient diminué, » a-t-il indiqué, faisant référence à l’échec de l’accord avec l’Allemagne.
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The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has exchanged three G222 transport aircraft with a Saab 340B aircraft from Sweden as the G222 planes, which already had been grounded, had no spare parts.
The Saab 340B aircraft has arrived in Surat Thani and was handed over by Saab on May 2, a source at the RTAF said.
The air force earlier purchased 12 Gripen fighter jets, a Saab 340 AEW airborne early warning aircraft and a Saab 340 aircraft from the Swedish manufacturer.
The air force had six G222 planes and all had been grounded due to a lack of spare parts.
Air Marshal Chumphon Chanthavani travelled to the USA to sign a contract to exchange the aircraft on Feb 23.
Saab handed over its aircraft to the air force at Wing 7 in Surat Thani on May 2.
Meanwhile, air force spokesman Monthon Satchukorn said an investigative team looking into an accident involving a Thai air force plane in Bangladesh has returned to Thailand and is assessing damages caused to the plane.
The ATR-72-500 aircraft lost control and skidded off a runway at a Bangladeshi airport on April 30.
Three passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Ven 25 Mai 2012 - 13:35
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Le nouveau LPD HTMS Angthong ( 791 )
une bonne affaire,pas mal ces Endurance class a 155M$
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Sam 26 Mai 2012 - 14:37
Le HTMS Angthong mène plusieurs exercices en mer :
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D'un autre, la construction a commencé localement pour un nouveau pétrolier pour la marine :
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Sujet: Re: Armée Thailandaise/Royal Thai Armed Forces Dim 27 Mai 2012 - 17:47
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la flotte de support logistique se compose d'une 15aines d'unités, notamment plusieurs micro-ravitailleurs, et un lourd ravitailleur de 22000T pc, qui peut transporter 7900t du Gazole, 2500t de Kéroséne , 250t d'eau douce, 70t lubrication oil, 680t de vivre, Le HTMS Similan porte le n° 871. équipé d'un S70, le 871 est entrée en service en 1997, c'est une version réduite de classe Fusu, et à l'origine de la nouvelle classe Fuchi chinoises. Le problème avec ce navire, c'est qu'il n'a pas été équipé pour le transport de Munitions, avantage qu'avait le Durance, qui était en compétition à coté des italiens en 93, lors de l'appel d'offre lancé pour cet achat.
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