An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet successfully completes a first ski-jump launch demonstration on 13 August. (US Navy)

The US Navy and Boeing have disclosed details of testing designed to show that the F/A-18E/F Hornet strikefighter can operate from a short takeoff but arrested recovery (STOBAR) configured aircraft carrier.

Undertaken using the ski-jump facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River in Maryland, the test campaign was performed by an F/A-18E (BuNo 165167/SD-213) to demonstrate the F/A-18E/F’s suitability for operation from the Indian Navy’s STOBAR carriers. The testing validated earlier simulation studies, said Boeing.

The Indian Navy currently operates a single STOBAR carrier, in the form of INS Vikramaditya (ex- Admiral Gorshkov ), operating MiG-29K fighters as part of its air group. A second STOBAR ship, the indigenously designed and built INS Vikrant , has recently completed basin trials and is expected to begin sea trials in early 2021.