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Since the LWF did not share the design requirements of the VFAX, the Navy asked McDonnell Douglas and Northrop to develop a new aircraft from the design and principles of the YF-17. On 1 March 1977, Secretary of the Navy W. Graham Claytor announced, that the F-18 would be named "Hornet", after the characteristics of the Hornet insect.
India attack 16 50 on order. [30] CH-47 Chinook: United States transport CH-47F: 15 [15] Mil Mi-17: Russia utility Mi-17V-5: 222 [15] HAL Dhruv: India utility: 95 [15] HAL Light Utility Helicopter: India utility 6 on order [31] Alouette III: France/India liaison Chetak: 79 [15] license-built by HAL. A fleet of around 120 aircraft. [32] Cheetal ...
The Super Hornet is an enlarged redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX). [4]
The six competing MRCA aircraft. (L-R): Rafale, Typhoon, F-16C/D, F/A-18E/F, JAS 39 Gripen, and MiG-35. [1]The Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition in India, also known as the MRCA tender, was a competition to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Former Air Force aircraft, acquired in return for the release of seven HC-130H aircraft to the United States Forest Service for use as aerial tankers. C-37A: Gulfstream USA Jet VIP transport Manned 1997 1 VIP transport for high-ranking members of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard. C-37B: Gulfstream USA Jet VIP transport ...
F18, F-18 or F.XVIII may refer to: Transportation and military. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, an American all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet
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On 17 August 2021, India signed a contract with GE worth ₹ 5,375 crore (equivalent to ₹ 60 billion or US$700 million in 2023) to supply 99 F404 engines and service support by 2029. [ 9 ] [ 13 ] However, the first engine of the deal signed in 2021 is yet to be delivered as of October 2024 which has led to the delay of delivery of HAL Tejas ...