Source link The blaze was the latest in a long line of malfunctions to befall the HMS Queen Elizabeth Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth has caught fire while docked in Scotland to unload ammunition prior to having its propeller shaft repaired. The propeller issue had caused the £3 billion ($3.85 billion) warship to miss NATO’s largest […]
Source link The operation was part of a naval drill to show operational readiness amid the crisis in the Red Sea Two MiG-29K fighter jets produced in Russia took off simultaneously from the Indian aircraft carriers Vikramaditya and Vikrant and landed cross-deck in footage captured in the Arabian Sea region that was released by the […]
Source link The departure of the HMS Prince of Wales for NATO drills has been delayed, the UK Defense Ministry has said The HMS Prince of Wales has been unable to depart for the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War, the British Defense Ministry has said. This marks the second blunder involving a Royal […]
Source link HMS Queen Elizabeth will be replaced by its sister ship during the exercise, the UK military has announced The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to skip the upcoming major NATO exercise it was supposed to lead, after suffering an unexpected “issue” in one of its propeller shafts shortly before […]
Source link China’s first domestically manufactured electric airplane successfully completed its maiden flight this week, the country’s media reported on Friday. The AG60E plane, developed by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Corporation, took off from Jiande Qiandaohu Airport in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Wednesday. It landed at the same airport after conducting a short […]
Source link Authorities on the Island of Okinawa want the US’ V-22 Osprey fleet grounded after the incident At least one person has been killed and several others injured after a V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the US military crashed off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. The crash is the latest in a […]
Source link The Indian government is expected to give the nod for a domestically designed vessel similar to the INS Vikrant India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has pre-approved the purchase of a $4.8 billion aircraft carrier, PTI news agency reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed government officials. The outlet added that the vessel would be built […]
Source link Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a sortie on Saturday in an indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft, set to replace the Soviet-designed MiG-21 in the Indian Air Force. Modi boarded a twin-seat trainer variant of the Tejas in the southern city of Bengaluru, while reviewing the work of defense company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited […]