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Australia rules out US nuclear aircraft carrier base
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith has rejected a proposal to base a US nuclear aircraft carrier and other warships in the country, a move that would rankle key trade partner China. The idea of using the Australian navy’s western base, HMAS Stirling near Perth, to host an American carrier group and other fighter jets was [...]
New Software Makes F-35C Carrier Landings Easier
Flying approaches for a carrier landing just might be a little easier in the future. The F-35 Integrated Test Force here completed the first dedicated test flight May 4 to evaluate the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s approach handling characteristics with new flight control laws. The new flight control software, called Integrated Direct Lift [...]
Fighter Jets Make First Landing on Indian Aircraft Carrier
A MiG-29KUB two-seat naval fighter jet made the first touch-and-go landings last week on the Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya, Sevmash shipyard said on Monday. The ship is currently undergoing sea trials in the Barents Sea off the north coast of Russia. The jet, piloted by navy test-pilots Col. Nikolai Diorditsa and Mikhail Belyaev, completed [...]
US unveils anti-mine operation near Gulf
The United States and about 20 other nations will hold a major anti-mine operation near the Gulf in September, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after Iran threatened it could block oil shipments. The maneuvers, including a symposium on mine countermeasures, will be held between September 16 to 27, Pentagon spokesman George Little said. “It’s a defensive [...]
Panetta Accelerates Stennis Carrier Strike Group Deployment
The Navy will deploy the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and its strike group four months early and shift its destination to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, DOD officials said here today. The deployment late this summer is in response to Central Command’s requirement for an extended carrier presence, Pentagon Press Secretary [...]
India’s Aircraft Carrier Ambitions Take A Dive
Just when the US is seeking to “rebalance” 60% of its formidable naval fleet towards the Asia-Pacific region, and China steams ahead to commission its first aircraft carrier this year, India’s long-standing aim to operate two full-blown carrier battle groups (CBGs) by 2015 has taken a huge hit. Construction schedule of the 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft [...]
Navy Closer to Landing UAV On Aircraft Carrier
A team from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office tested communication software for the Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during its sea trials, July 7-10. The UCAS-D program, based at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Naval Air Station [...]
J-15 Jets On Deck As Carrier Sets Off On Longest Sea Trials
China’s aircraft carrier has set out from Dalian in the northeastern province of Liaoning on sea trials that will last 25 days, the longest yet, and experts say domestic J-15 fighters may be involved in landing and takeoff exercises. An area on the north Bohai Sea region is out of bounds to civilian boats until [...]
Indian Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials Postponed Until June
Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier being overhauled for the Indian navy at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia have been postponed until the beginning of June, the shipyard said on Wednesday. The purchase of the Soviet-built Admiral Gorshkov was agreed in 2005 but delivery to India has been long delayed. The cost [...]
