An AH-6i attack helicopter is flown by Todd Brown in Mesa, Ariz. (Boeing)

 

By Mike Yeo

 

MELBOURNE, Australia — Boeing has been awarded a contract for AH-6 light-attack helicopters to Thailand, the U.S. Defense Department announced Feb. 18.

 

The department said Boeing’s Mesa, Arizona, location was issued a $103.8 million modification to a contract for AH-6 aircraft with an estimated completion date of May 30, 2025.

 

The announcement added that the contract modification was for a Foreign Military Sales program for Thailand. The U.S. State Department previously approved the potential sale of eight AH-6i Little Bird helicopters in September 2019, estimated to be worth no more than $400 million. The Thai government later clarified it had approved 4.2 billion baht (U.S. $130.3 million) for the acquisition.

 

Full story: https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2022/02/23/boeing-wins-helicopter-contract-for-thailand/

 

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5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Boeing has been awarded a contract for AH-6 light-attack helicopters to Thailand, the U.S. Defense Department announced Feb

thailand should use those "light-attack helicopters" for monitoring car traffic. i don't see  any danger of military aggression against thailand but an increasing number of road accidents, often serious and fatal

Just what's needed in a financial catastrophe general ???? 

That should keep the students off the streets.

Boeing isn't that that American company that decided to withold information from pilots causing many deaths because they were only thinking about money and then tried to cover it up ? 

 

If so then great Thailand and Boeing are made for each other safety is not important. 

good for monitoring crowd control with unruly protests.  Also border searches for illegal immigrants crossing into Thailand.

14 minutes ago, robblok said:

Boeing isn't that that American company that decided to withold information from pilots causing many deaths because they were only thinking about money and then tried to cover it up ? 

And let us not forget the fiasco of the Boeing Starliner space crew transporter that failed a live test and missed the rendezvous with it's target.

 

All becasue they forgot to synchronise the clocks - supposedly.

5 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

And let us not forget the fiasco of the Boeing Starliner space crew transporter that failed a live test and missed the rendezvous with it's target.

 

All becasue they forgot to synchronise the clocks - supposedly.

I was so shocked watching the documentary the downfall, even more shocked in the end that nobody went to jail for this and how they could just buy their way out. Plus the disgusting attitude of Boeing of blaming the pilots first while they knew about the problems with the plane they even tried that the second time. The good thing though is that the US investigators got to the bottom of this. But it was really shocking.

49 minutes ago, robblok said:

I was so shocked watching the documentary the downfall, even more shocked in the end that nobody went to jail for this and how they could just buy their way out. Plus the disgusting attitude of Boeing of blaming the pilots first while they knew about the problems with the plane they even tried that the second time. The good thing though is that the US investigators got to the bottom of this. But it was really shocking.

You should boycott Boeing. Hope you don't fly much

31 minutes ago, bang saen guy said:

You should boycott Boeing. Hope you don't fly much

Airbus is doing a good job and yes id try to boycot Boeing (if possible) what a hugely unethical company. Pure criminal. Blaming the pilots because they were not from the US while knowing that it was their own design that killed all these people and still hiding the true extent of the problems after the first crash. Maybe you should look at the documentary as its truly shocking.

A few 'Generals' Off-Shore Bank Accounts just got fatter !

The AH-6 can carry a wide variety of weapons on its two mounting pylons. It is generally a combination of the following weapons: M230 30 mm chainguns, six-barreled M134 7.62 mm miniguns, three-barreled 12.7 mm GAU-19 Gatling guns, pods with Hydra 70 mm unguided rockets, AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank missiles, TOW anti-tank missiles, Mk.19 40 mm automatic grenade launchers, and AIM-92 Stinger short range air-to-air missiles.

 

https://www.military-today.com/helicopters/ah6_little_bird.htm

 

Sweet bird of time and change
You must be laughing
Up on your feathers laughing

 

Joni Mitchell

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

good for monitoring crowd control with unruly protests.  Also border searches for illegal immigrants crossing into Thailand.

Comes with night vision.. 24/7 spotting ability.

3 hours ago, robblok said:

Airbus is doing a good job and yes id try to boycot Boeing (if possible) what a hugely unethical company. Pure criminal. Blaming the pilots because they were not from the US while knowing that it was their own design that killed all these people and still hiding the true extent of the problems after the first crash. Maybe you should look at the documentary as its truly shocking.

Good for you.  I only fly Boeing, so I won’t be seeing you.  For me, yokes better than wire steering.

Hope this doesn't become a straw purchase. At this stage, I'd be reluctant to sell anything military to Thailand that may end up in Myanmar or even China.

2 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

Good for you.  I only fly Boeing, so I won’t be seeing you.  For me, yokes better than wire steering.

Better keep away from 777s and 787s both which use fly-by-wire.

And who, exactly, are we going to lightly attack? What a nonsense waste of OUR money! Train a few elephants in case Burma Myanmar invades.

11 hours ago, robblok said:

Boeing isn't that that American company that decided to withold information from pilots causing many deaths because they were only thinking about money and then tried to cover it up ? 

 

If so then great Thailand and Boeing are made for each other safety is not important. 

Downfall is an excellent documentary, well worth a watch.  Corporate greed at its worst, as I posted in this year’s movie thread: https://aseannow.com/topic/1245104-what-movies-or-tv-shows-are-you-watching-2022/?do=findComment&comment=17211617