Ukraine has delivered the primary five main battle tanks to Thailand of a 2011 order worth over $200 million, a state-run arms exporter said Wednesday. The shipment is a part of an order of 49 Oplot-M tanks to be installed service with the Royal Thai Military within the near future. The Ukrainian tanks arrived on the port of Sattahip on Tuesday and may undergo additional acceptance trials, Ukrspetsexport said in a press release. The Oplot is armed with a 125-mm smoothbore gun, a 7.62-mm coaxial machine gun and a 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine gun. The main gun can fire a laser-guided... Read More »
Boeing and Lockheed Martin said Friday they have got teamed as much as bid for a brand new $55 billion US Air Force bomber program geared toward replacing the aging bomber fleet. Boeing is acting because the prime contractor, and Lockheed is the principle teammate within the bid to produce the Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber program, the businesses said in a joint statement. “Boeing and Lockheed Martin are bringing together the most effective of the 2 enterprises, and the remainder of industry, in support of the Long-Range Strike Bomber program, and we’re honored to support our US Air Force... Read More »
Silently circling high above the bottom, the unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-11 Raven’s camera focused in on its target. The operator, Sgt. Jason Lundquist, controlled the Raven’s actions from a ground station. He zoomed in on his target, taking multiple pictures as his aircraft made another pass. He was on a reconnaissance mission and these photos may save someone’s life one day. “Go ahead and convey it in for landing,” said Staff Sgt. Luther Oldfield, a master Raven trainer with Headquarter and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team. Lundquist, a team leader for 64th Military Police... Read More »