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Boeing’s Super Hornet Fighter Jet for Indian Navy
The US based Aircraft Giant Boeing recently announced that the F/A-18F Super Hornet Fighter Jet of the company has successfully completed the ski-jump. This makes it suitable for the Aircraft Carriers of the Indian Navy. The company has proposed to the Indian Navy under its “By India For India” programme. What is Ski-Jump? In the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carrier • DRDO • F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet • Indian Navy • INS Vikramaditya • INS Vikrant • Ski-Jump • Super Hornet
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant: Key Facts
The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier is set to be commissioned into service by end of 2021 or early 2022. The project is significant in light of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative as 75% of its materials and onboard equipment are indigenously developed. The carrier is in the final stages of its construction at Cochin Shipyard Ltd. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carrier • Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • CATOBAR • Cochin Shipyard • Cochin Shipyard Limited • Indian Navy • Indigenous Aircraft Carrier • INS Vikrant • INS Vishal • STOBAR
LCA Tejas: The First Indigenous Aircraft to make an arrested Landing
On January 11, 2020, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas successfully landed on INS Vikramaditya. With this achievement, the LCA becomes the first aircraft to make an arrested landing on a naval ship. Highlights The DRDO (Defence Research Development Organisation) made LCA became the first indogenously made aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carrier • Fighter Jet • Indian Navy • LCA • LCA Tejas-PV1 Aircraft • LCA-Tejas
India deploys INS Vikramaditya amidst Sea Guardians-The China-Pakistan naval drill
On January 6, 2020, China and Pakistan had launched a naval drill in North Arabian Sea called the Sea Guardians. The aim of the drill is to increase inter-operability between the two navies. On January 10, 2020, India deployed its INS Vikramaditya in North Arabian Sea where the exercise is being held. Highlights China and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Aircraft carrier • China-Pakistan • Gwadar Port • India China • India- Pakistan • India-China Border • Indian Navy • INS Vikramaditya • Sea Guardians
Exercise Varuna 2019 to be conducted between India and France
India and France will conduct their largest ever naval exercise ‘Varuna-2019’ off Goa coast and Karwar with an objective of expanding their strategic partnership in the Indian Ocean region (IOR). The exercise will be conducted early May 2019 and will witness the participation of aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines and fighters. India will deploy its aircraft ..
Topics: Aircraft • Aircraft carrier • Aviation • Carrier-based aircraft • Dabolim Airport • Dassault Rafale • French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle • INS Vikramaditya • Mikoyan MiG-29 • Mikoyan MiG-29K • Ships • Varuna