TASS reports that a contract to build two helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy has been awarded to Zaliv shipyard.
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Category: Navy
USS Portland destroys drone with high-energy laser weapon system
USS Portland tested its Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 against a drone on May 16.
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F-14As choose to engage JASDF J-15Js with AIM-54s instead of dogfighting
Four F-15Js from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s 304 Squadron were in a dissimilar air combat training with U.S. Navy F-14As many years ago and the lost the fight as the Tomcats choose to employ its AIM-54 instead of entering into dogfights with the Japanese pilots, a former F-15J pilot recalls.
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CVW-11 starts FCLP at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
Carrier Air Wing 11 has started its Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam from May 22.
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Sea trials of INS Vikrant delayed further by COVID-19
Sea trials of India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant has been delayed again due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19.
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