Yesterday (25 August), the Norwegian frigate Fridtjof Nansen left its home port of Haakonsvern. She is now on her way across the Atlantic so that the crew can prepare for her next deployment at the US naval base in Norfolk. From November, the type ship of the same class is to join the Carrier Strike Group...
Over the past 21 months, the USS Gerald R. Ford has been put through its paces. The extensive tests of the latest American aircraft carrier began after delivery to the US Navy and came to a climax with the Full Ship Shock Trials. Powerful underwater explosive charges were detonated at various distances,...
Despite the restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic, General Atomics does not believe that the timely delivery of the electromagnetic launch system and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) for the two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers currently under construction is jeopardised. Instead of the steam-powered catapults on the Nimitz-class, the new carriers will be powered by the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (Emals)....
According to the Ministry of Defence in Moscow, a large-scale exercise has shown that the Russian armed forces can also operate successfully in the vastness of the Pacific, far away from home. The operational area was around 2500 nautical miles south-east of the Kuril Islands. On and under the waves, up to twenty warships and...
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) will collaborate with Fincantieri on the conceptual design of the new CVX aircraft carrier for the South Korean Navy. The agreement now signed provides for the development of the basic design for the type ship from the second half of 2021, while detailed design and construction will take place in the following...
For the first time, an F-35B Lightning II has landed on the UK's newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales. The weather off the south coast of England co-operated and showed its calm side as the jet approached and the ship set off on a suitable course. "It was a...
Even before the start of the Second World War, Germany began building aircraft carriers. However, the design was oversized and the operational concept was not fully developed. France recently announced initial data on the configuration of its new aircraft carrier. Politicians and the military are completely convinced that billions should be invested in such an armaments project. "All...
If anything, it's on a grand scale: The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding on 6 May to undergo its scheduled RCOH. This Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is scheduled about halfway through an aircraft carrier's intended service life to...
Let's go! The first ship of the British Carrier Strike Group left the port of Portsmouth on the morning of 1 May. HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, left her home port to take part in the Strike Warrior manoeuvre off the coast of Scotland over the next two weeks....
The battle group around the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth will soon leave the country and head for East Asia. The final preparations are currently underway on board the ships. This also includes the step-by-step embarkation of the aircraft and with them the operating and maintenance personnel. Now the three...
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