The Chinese Peoples Liberation Armys Shandong aircraft carrier reportedly transited the Taiwan Straits for the first time, after a U.S
China's first amphibious assault ship, Type 075, christened the Hainan, has reached initial operating capability, and is expected to play a 'vital role' in operations on the Island of Taiwan, state media reported.After achieving full operating capability in about a year, the ship will embark on a world tour to...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that the companys Newport News Shipbuilding division completed the first planned incremental availability (PIA) for the U.S
The U.S
Indias indigenously built aircraft carrier, IAC Vikrant has headed out for the next set of sea trials. The maiden sea trials in August of last year were to establish propulsion, navigational suite and basic operations, the second sea trial later in October-November witnessed the ship being put through its paces in terms of various machinery trials and flight trials
The Rafale-Maritime (Rafale-M) fighter jet, built by French company Dassault Aviation is headed to India to begin tests under the Navys project to buy deck-launched combat fighter for its new 40,000-ton carrier INS Vikrant (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1). The Rafale-M is pitted against F/A-18e/F Super Hornet
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to France of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.321 billion
Russian experts are evaluating the need to build a new aircraft carrier while work is already underway to create its design. "The Russian Ministry of Defense, together with industrial enterprises is analyzing the demand for an aircraft carrier as well as studying the possibility of its technical implementation
South Koreas National Assembly approved a 7.2 billion won ($6
Turkey could become the first country to develop an aircraft carrier specifically designed for drones. “We see that the concept of an aircraft carrier is starting to change as Turkey also brought about a new concept of an ‘unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) aircraft carrier– that has attracted global attention,” Ismail Demir, head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), told government-owned Anadolu Agency (AA) yesterday
Russian aircraft conducted more than 100 takeoffs and landings on the Navys Ivan Gren-class Landing Ship during recent exercises. The exercises were held by the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, Russian MoD-owned