Aero India 2021: Indian TEDBF naval fighter showcased by HAL
04 February 2021
by Gareth Jennings
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has showcased for the first time its Twin-Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) concept for the Indian Navy (IN), with a scale model displayed at Aero India 2021.
A concept model for the TEDBF for the Indian Navy was shown for the first time at Aero India 2021. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
Shown during the biennial event at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bangalore, in the first week of February, the single-seat concept is a development of HAL’s land-based Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). It has been created in response to the national Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighter (MRCBF) requirement to augment and eventually replace the IN’s fleet of carrier borne MiG-29K ‘Fulcrum’ fighters.
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Boeing has demonstrated yet another capability of the ever-young F/A-18 Super Hornet by proving it can “operate from a ‘ski jump’ ramp, demonstrating the aircraft’s suitability for India’s aircraft carriers,” according to the company. India uses something called STOBAR, for Short Takeoff But Arrested Recovery, that uses a ramp-assisted takeoff relying only on the aircraft’s thrust and benefiting from the ship’s forward motion, combined with more conventional arresting methods for landing. It’s said that STOBAR carriers are cheaper to build than those with powered catapults.
“The first successful and safe launch of the F/A-18 Super Hornet from a ski jump begins the validation process to operate effectively from Indian Navy aircraft carriers,” said Ankur Kanaglekar, India Fighter Sales lead for Boeing. “The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet will not only provide superior war fighting capability to the Indian Navy but also cr
The Boeing Company, which has sold the Indian military more aircraft types this decade than any other vendor, has made a strong play in another lucrative tender: the Indian Navy’s acquisition of 57 multi-role carrier-based fighters (MRCBFs), worth an estimated $7 billion.
Boeing announced on Monday, what has been rumoured for weeks: “Boeing and the US Navy recently concluded the ‘ski jump’ trials, demonstrating the… (F/A-18 Super Hornet’s) suitability for Indian Navy’s aircraft carriers.” The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which Boeing is offering in the MRCBF tender, is primarily designed to take off from US aircraft carriers with the help of a catapult that accelerates the aircraft to take-off speed.
Chinaâs First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Not Combat Ready A Year After It Was CommissionedÂ
by Swarajya Staff - Dec 21, 2020 10:43 AM
PLAN aircraft carrier Shandong.
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With mandatory quarantine in place before boarding the ship and after disembarking, the shipâs crew is forced to spend more time on pandemic control measures than on training.
Earlier this month, the Peopleâs Liberation Army Navyâs (PLAN) first made-in-China aircraft carrier, Shandong, returned to its home port of Dalian after a 23-day-long voyage in the Bohai Sea, which was part of its third sea trial.
But the carrier, commissioned a year ago in a high profile ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping, is still not combat ready, a report in the
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