#Us navy battle group series

#Us navy battle group series

The additional fact that this demonstration Indian naval capacity and capability has been made in the Swarnim Vijay Varsh commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the victory of Indian arms against Pakistan in the 1971 conflict that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh, and, given that it has been almost in tandem with India’s record medal haul in the Tokyo Olympics (23 July to 08 August 2021), the voyage of the Vikrant has certainly added to the series of adrenaline spikes and generated a palpable surge of nationalistic pride. On the very next day (09 August 2021) Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, personally chaired a High Level Open Debate at the UN Security Council, on the theme “Enhancing Maritime Security: A case for International Cooperation”, emphatically bringing “Maritime India” to the front and centre of the global maritime discourse and dominating India’s eighth rotational membership of this apex intergovernmental organisation. “Maritime” is quite clearly the prevailing geopolitical flavour. “The P-8 is engineered for 25 years/25,000 hours in the harshest maritime flight regimes, including extended operations in icing environments,” the company states on its website.The successful completion of the five-day sea trials (from 04 to 08 August 2021) of the long-delayed indigenous aircraft carrier, the new Vikrant, is a seminal event and one that has been justifiably met with elation and a palpable sense of maritime pride.

It is also fitted with torpedoes and cruise missiles to support combat operations.īoeing said it would deliver the aircraft to New Zealand, Korea, and Germany beginning this year. The aircraft features a synthetic aperture radar, electro-optical infrared sensor turret, and increased acoustic capability.

It can fly at up to 41,000 feet (12.5 kilometers) at a maximum speed of 490 knots (907 kilometers/564 miles per hour). The P-8A Poseidon is designed to support anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and search and rescue. There goes the 150th-built #P8! Today's takeoff marks the 112th Poseidon delivered to the Logging over 450,000 flight hours, the global P-8 fleet includes 12 aircraft delivered to 🇦🇺, 12 to 🇮🇳, 9 to 🇬🇧 and 5 to 🇳🇴. The Virginia-based company vows to continue providing state-of-the-art capabilities to global P-8A customers by performing system enhancements and integrating new technologies. “Our focus has been, and will be, on delivering the world’s best maritime patrol aircraft.” “There are now 150 P-8s around the world delivering confidence and an unmatched capability to our global customers,” Boeing P-8A program manager Stu Voboril said. The 150 th Poseidon aircraft will be operated by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron One based in Maryland. American aerospace firm Boeing has delivered its 150 th P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft in total - this one to the US Navy.Īccording to the company, the recently delivered military asset is the 112th P-8A aircraft manufactured for the US Navy.Īustralia and India each operate 12 Poseidons, while the UK and Norway have nine and five, respectively.