Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (R11) at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on September 2. INS Vikrant will serve along with INS Vikramaditya (R33)… Continue reading "India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant Commissioned Amidst Future Fighter and Carrier Deliberations"
The Indian Navy on July 28 took delivery of indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant. The carrier, built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, has undergone over five sets of sea… Continue reading "Indian Navy Receives Aircraft Carrier Vikrant And MH-60R Helicopters"
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has delivered the first of three SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) arrays to be fitted on the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-78). The Raytheon-built… Continue reading "Raytheon Delivers SPY-6(V)3 Array for Future USS John F. Kennedy."
India’s defence budget for 2022-23 had allocated a record amount of $6.19 billion for capital procurement by the Indian Navy, with an eye on attaining the planned fleet strength of… Continue reading "The Next Generation: An Overview Of Indian Navy’s Surface Fleet Plans"
On 8 July an F/A-18E aircraft was blown overboard from the deck of CVN 75 USS Harry S. Truman. US Navy issued a statement on the incident on Sunday. The… Continue reading "One of USS Harry S. Truman’s F/A-18 Super Hornets Blown Overboard"
The U.S. Navy and allied nations kicked off the latest iteration of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on the 29 June. The five-week-long multinational exercise will take… Continue reading "Latest Iteration of RIMPAC Exercise to Kickoff in the Hawaiian Islands."
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command joint forces completed the ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield on the 17 June. The one-and-a-half-week-long exercise involved personnel from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army,… Continue reading "US INDO-PACOM Forces Conclude Exercise Valiant Shield 2022"
The highly anticipated launch of China’s Type 003 aircraft carrier, now officially named Fujian, took place on 17 June. The launching ceremony of the Fujian, which is the most advanced… Continue reading "China Launches Fujian Type 003 Carrier – Here’s What We Know"
On 24 January, an F-35C of Carrier Air Wing 2 attempted to land on the USS Carl Vinson which was operating in the South China Sea. The result of the… Continue reading "US Beats China to Retrieving Sunken F-35"
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a video circulating on social media of a U.S. Navy F-35C just before an apparent impact with the USS Carl Vinson’s flight deck, as… Continue reading "U.S. Navy Confirms Authenticity Of F-35C Crash Video, Photograph"