Tag: aircraft carrier

Gorshkov trials delayed 5 months: Report

by Saurabh Joshi • September 30, 2011

The first sea trials of the INS Vikramaditya, the erstwhile Russian carrier, Admiral Gorshkov, have been postponed by five months. Russian website RUSNAVY.com reports that the sortie, which was earlier scheduled for the end of this year, is now being planned for May 2012.

by Indo-Asian News Service • August 12, 2011

The US is worried by the lack of transparency about China’s first aircraft carrier, which made its maiden voyage Wednesday, the US State Department has stated.

by Indo-Asian News Service • August 10, 2011

China’s first aircraft carrier Wednesday set sail for its first sea trial from a shipyard in northeast China’s Liaoning province.

by Indo-Asian News Service • August 5, 2011

Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said the Charles de Gaulle battle team needed technical checks and rest after participating in the NATO-led Libya operation for almost five months.

by Indo-Asian News Service • August 3, 2011

Fifty-year-old Li Xiaoyan, a senior colonel in the Chinese Navy, will command the ship.

by Indo-Asian News Service • February 6, 2011

A senior navy officer facing a sex scandal probe for his alleged involvement with a Russian woman while being posted in Russia to supervise the refit of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, will be sacked soon, Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony said Saturday.

by StratPost News Desk • January 21, 2011

The Indian Navy commissioned the first of two fleet tankers built by the Italian ship-builder Fincantieri on Friday. The INS Deepak (Lamp) was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai by the Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony.

by Saurabh Joshi • December 28, 2009

The company is pitching a little-known naval variant of its Gripen NG fighter, called the Sea Gripen, which is intended to be capable of both CATOBAR as well as STOBAR carrier operations.