Why No Nation Should Mess with India's Aircraft Carriers
India has become one of the world's pre-eminent naval aviation powers.
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India has become one of the world's pre-eminent naval aviation powers.
China currently has one aircraft carrier in *service* – the Liaoning, commissioned in 2012 – and the Type 001A, the first carrier built in the country, which is still ...
NEW DELHI: Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after a suicide bombing in Kashmir killed 40 Indian security personnel, an attack ...
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE — Lockheed Martin offered India on Wednesday a new combat jet to be made locally, the F-21, in an attempt to win a large military ...
A Pakistani newspaper on February 10 cited the Chinese and Russian media reports as stating that 'the Chinese government has decided to sell its first and ...
European aircraft maker Airbus deliveries of its A320neo aircraft are back on track in India with fewer problems being seen with the narrowbody jet's Pratt ...
Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after a suicide bombing in the disputed region of Kashmir killed 40 Indian paramilitary police, ...
With India declaring its intention to buy close to 170 fighter jets for the IAF and Navy, it's natural for global aviation majors to make a beeline for India's biennial ...
When France's Dassault Aviation was declared the lowest bidder for the tender to supply the Indian Air Force 126 fighters in 2012, reams of paper and digital ...
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka, notwithstanding its ties with China, in a major step emerged as logistics supply hub for a US warship in the Indian Ocean Region ...
In the case of Rafale, India did not really look elsewhere and was prepared to wait three years for the first delivery. There has to be some cream in the cake that ...
Gujarat's 'diamond city' Surat has made it to the international aviation map with the first Air India Express flight arriving here carrying 75 passengers from Sharjah ...
The reports claimed that GECAS had asked the debt-laden airline to ground at least five Boeing 737 aircraft due to non-payment of dues.
India Business News: The double-decker A380 will be discontinued in 2021. The European aircraft major reached this decision after Dubai-based mega carrier ...
This is the second such incident that has been reported at the RGI airport, the first being two weeks ago, wherein the gold was being smuggled by concealing it ...
VIZAG: The first of the two Indigenous Aircraft Carriers (IAC) is expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy in 2020 and will be based with the Eastern Naval ...
The moment of truth may have finally arrived for Naresh Goyal. The founder and promoter of India's oldest private carrier, Jet Airways, may be on the verge of ...
Kyle Mizokami. Security, Asia. And yes, nuclear weapons would. Millions Could Perish: 5 Weapons India Would Use in a War Against Pakistan. Millions could ...
U.S. aircraft maker Boeing has finished detailed capability studies that conclude that the company's F/A-18E Block III Super Hornet, a supersonic twin-engine ...
Key point: Carriers are also expensive symbols of national prestige, and it is unlikely the Indian Navy will want to risk losing one, two or all three. Under the ...
India's Jet Airways has grounded four planes after failing to pay lessors, the airline said, in the latest evidence of financial distress at the debt-laden carrier.
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba has made a strong case for a 2nd indigenous aircraft carrier. While govt considers it too expensive, the Chinese expansion in ...
As IHS Jane's pointed out, INS Vikramaditya was supposed to be supplemented this year or next by India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier. Not surprisingly ...
India's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, designated IAC-1, is expected to commence sea trials in 2020, the head of the Indian Navy, ...
With the projected delivery of the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) by the Cochin Shipyard where the IAC is being fitted out, scheduled for 2023, the Indian Navy ...
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that “corporate lobbyist” Deepak Talwar acted as a “middleman” in bilateral *service* agreements ...
As chairman of the chiefs of staff committee, Admiral Sunil Lanba's purview is not confined to the waters. Recently, he was spotted on the Arunachal Pradesh ...
BEIJING: China on Monday officially confirmed that it is building its third aircraft carrier which is stated to be "bigger and mightier" than the other two warships, ...
China's first homemade aircraft carrier left her home port of Dalian for her third sea trial on Oct. 28, 2018. The Type 001A flattop could commission into frontline ...
SpiceJet also announced that it will start two new flights on Delhi-Bhopal route The airline would be deploying a mix of its fleet of Boeing 737 and Bombardier ...
BEIJING: China plans to operate five aircraft carriers in the near future, including two nuclear-powered ones that would be launched around 2025 to meet the ...
Long considered the crowning jewel of the fleet, India has continuously operated an aircraft carrier for well over half-a-century. Since 1961, when its first carrier ...
NEW DELHI - Jet Airways creditor State Bank of India is likely to own 15 percent of the airline if the cash-strapped carrier's plan for a debt-for-equity swap is ...
India's aviation industry is currently stuck in an air pocket. The sector has been constantly plagued by mounting debt, losses, and high fuel costs, among other ...
The Indian Navy has plans to field at least two indigenous aircraft carriers, and would like to populate their decks with home-grown fighters.
India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, currently being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited, is likely to be based at Visakhapatnam, the headquarters ...
By K J M Varma. Beijing, Feb 5 China's air force and navy may be undergoing massive expansion with most modern aircraft and ships, but a Chinese military ...
India's first domestically built aircraft carrier will begin sea trials in early 2020, according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
INS Vikrant. India, a country with a long naval aviation tradition, also has a tradition of operating ex-UK Royal Navy carriers. This tradition is set to end for good ...
The ship is the worlds oldest aircraft carrier, according to the Indian Navy, which bought it in 1986 and recommissioned it a year later. At present, Viraat is at ...
PARIS — The French procurement office and the Navy will submit proposals to the Armed Forces Ministry based on definition studies for a future aircraft carrier, ...
Aircraft carriers are generally defined as warships that operate as seagoing airbases. These large ships have a full-length flight deck and the facilities and ...
IndiGo currently offers over 1200 flights to 63 domestic destinations, which include 49 domestic and 14 international ones.
Americas The Air Force tapped Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. with a $80.6 million contract modification for C-20/C-35 fleet sustainment. The company is an ...
[By David Brewster] Many analysts are skeptical about the vulnerability and cost of large aircraf...
Confronted by the unprecedented growth of the Chinese Navy which has just completed a round of sea trials of its first home-grown aircraft carrier, India has ...
India's second homegrown aircraft carrier is being further delayed, according to media reports. On July 9th, the trade publication IHS Jane's reported that India ...
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of a constant Chinese military threat in the Indian Ocean Region, the Indian Navy is pushing for a third aircraft carrier, whose ...
Airline group says it will work with investor Star to continue expanding services.
One hundred years since the construction of the world's first aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes, aircraft carriers are still going strong. From Newport News to Shanghai, ...
PARIS: Undeterred by the controversy over the Rafale deal, France is pitching the fighter jet as a contender for the Indian Navy's requirement of carrier-borne ...
The Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has still not approved plans to move forward with the acquisition of the Indian Navy's first supercarrier, the future ...
Eugene Burton Ely flew a Curtiss Pusher biplane off the deck of the USS Birmingham on November 14, 1910, marking the first time the Navy had launched a ...
BEIJING: China plans to double the recruitment of aircraft carrier fighter cadet pilots as it aims to have adequate personnel for its fast expanding aircraft carrier ...
The naval version of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has successfully completed the first test of the fighter jet's ...
As India looks to act East in response to China's rise, investment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands might make more sense than expensive floating status ...
China wants to develop a blue-water navy to operate around the world, and now it's looking for new carrier-based fighter jets to extend its reach.
Of all the sectors in travel, aviation has one of the most visible gender gaps. The image of a male pilot and a female flight attendant has long ...
There are at least 42 commissioned aircraft carriers in *service* with at least 14 navies around the world. Aircraft carriers come in many shapes and sizes: some ...
The debate over the centrality of the aircraft carrier in fleet structure continues unabated over 70 years since it came of age during World War II. The discourse ...
For the first time, India's only aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will be fitted with a marine hydraulic system to boost the air operations of the ship. Hydraulics ...
Domestic carriers inducted, for the first time, over 100 planes in 2018 with budget carrier IndiGo accounting for nearly half of them, according to industry figures.
The Indian navy's formal requirement for 57 multirole carrier-borne fighters (MRCBF) has been advanced via a request for information (RFI) issued by the ...
Late last week, reports emerged that the Indian Navy had formally stated its interest in a new carrier-based multirole combat aircraft. According to IHS Jane's ...
Officials said a series of further tests to check landing and refuelling of the aircraft will be carried out in the next few months.
The great naval powers emerged from World War I relatively confident that the battleship would continue to decide question of naval warfare. German ...
Would the Boeing F-18E or Dassault Rafale M be better suited to operating from India's new aircraft carrier?
The PLA Navy's upcoming Type 075 assault ships may deploy fighter jets to better contend pacific naval superiority.
Maharashtra, Goa and Andhra Pradesh have shown willingness to preserve decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat, a senior Navy official said on Monday.
There were launch celebrations at Chaing Rai on 30 January as Thai AirAsia based its first aircraft at the airport and launched four new routes. Pictured here at ...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force plans to upgrade one of its flattops into a full-fledged aircraft carrier.
PARIS - The French procurement office and the Navy will submit proposals to the Armed Forces Ministry based on definition studies for a future aircraft carrier, ...
BEIJING has come a long way since it first landed a jet fighter aboard what was originally HMAS Melbourne in 1987. The former Australian aircraft carrier had ...
China's first home-built aircraft carrier, which was seen Monday being towed from berth, will begin sea trials imminently. When the new vessel enters *service* ...
China has one "combat ready" aircraft carrier, another one undergoing preparation for *service*, and another one still in development. The Liaoning, an old Soviet ...
China's state media has been cheering the country's carrier-based fighters — the Shenyang J-15 Flying Sharks, but the fighter may actually be a hindrance to ...
Last week, China resorted to an orchestrated show of force in the South China Sea. In a naval parade consisting of 48 naval vessels, 06 nuclear powered ...
The move will affect the John C. Stennis, Abraham Lincoln and Carl Vinson carriers.
India's first homegrown aircraft carrier will join the navy by the end of 2020, according to the country's top naval officer. At his annual press conference ahead of ...
By Hemanth C S. After the agonising suspense over Aero India, here's some good news for Bengaluru – and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited . The Light Combat ...
Under the stewardship of Adm. Sergey Gorshkov, the Soviet Union built a fleet that could challenge the might of even the United States Navy during the Cold ...
The Indian Navy's (IN's) longstanding plan to build and commission its second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2) into *service* by 2030–32 has been further ...
International Business News: NEW DELHI: Indian airlines are projected to need 2300 planes worth $320 billion in the next 20 years amid unprecedented ...
In the backdrop of increasing responsibilities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and increased Chinese presence increasing the tempo of overseas deployments ...
With one large carrier in *service* and another on the way, India has become one of the world's pre-eminent naval aviation powers. How did the program come ...
[By Abhijit Singh] In a recent article, David Brewster poses an interesting question: is there a...
The Royal Navy's £3.1bn future flagship will visit New York during its 11-week trip to the US.
India has watched China's increasingly active fleet venture into the Indian Ocean in recent years, and its making plans to maintain its advantage.
USS John C. Stennis transits Strait of Hormuz after longest post-9/11 absence; Revolutionary Guard vessels launch rockets away from carrier, fly a drone ...
New Delhi: India's aviation growth is set to take a hit as key airports around the country have run out of preferred slots and parking space, putting the squeeze on ...
To directly threaten Pakistan, the small-deck carriers will have to maneuver nearer to shore — and thereby closer to “anti-access / area denial” weapons which ...
New Delhi. The age old debate rages on worldwide between strategists of both blocks, the ayes and naysayers, on the relevance of the aircraft carriers with ...
The US Navy's 11 aircraft super carriers represent the envy of the world in terms of naval might and power projection, but their cult status and new threats from ...
They had systems in place and the armed forces worked shoulder to shoulder with the state in rescuing the flood victims.
India News: China is set to begin preliminary sea trials of its second aircraft carrier within a month or so, even as it steams ahead with plans to also construct.
The aircraft carrier will be upgraded to operate MiG-29K/MiG-29KUB fighters from its flight deck.
This post is also available in: he עברית (Hebrew). India's Indigenously developed and built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will get the Final Operational ...
According to Indian media reports, the United States and India have entered the final stages of a negotiation for Washington to equip Delhi's future aircraft carrier ...
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is firming up plans to buy U.S. stealth fighters and modify its Izumo helicopter destroyer to accommodate them. But s.
The Navy phased out several aircraft after the Cold War. Now, with similar threats emerging, it may need to find new ways to regain old abilities.