Category: Navy

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has recently released a report comparing the availability and use of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter with their predecessor, the F/A-18C/D Hornets, as well as other aircraft operated by the Navy and the Air Force. The report measures availability as the percentage of time an aircraft can be flown on training or operational missions and use as the number of hours flown on those missions, expressed as average monthly flying hours per aircraft.

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The U.S. Navy is always looking for ways to improve and stay ahead of the game. With the rapidly changing technology and advancements in military weaponry, it is essential for the Navy to adapt and upgrade its training programs. The latest step in this direction is the implementation of Project Avenger, which is set to revolutionize the way the Navy trains its personnel. The first squadron to integrate the syllabus of Project Avenger will be VT-28 in April.

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Carrier-borne variants of the LCA and MiG-29 have landed and taken off from India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant for the first time on Feb. 6.

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Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo might be sunk off the coast of Brazil despite protests from the country’s Minister for Environment, Folha de São Paulo newspaper has reported.

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