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Franklin said:

Some pictures of the Vikramaditya on sea trial including helicopters and a MiG-29K Fulcrum-D mock up on her deck. Air ops said to commence with in days. Including a unique and perhabs a one off event, the landing on her deck of a MiG-35 Fulcrum-F that is specially adapted with a tail hook for this occasion.

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bd popeye said:

She is anchored. Probably doing what we in the USN called "fast cruise".

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Jeff Head said:

Excellent pics. Glad to see them too.

Hopefully we will get some of her when they do the Mig-29K touch and go or trap quals they intend. That would be great.

She's looking very trim in the one pic there.

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A team from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office tested communication software for the Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during its sea trials, July 7-10.

The UCAS-D program, based at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Naval Air Station (NAS) Paxutent River, Md., is designed to demonstrate the ability for the unmanned, autonomous X47-B unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to launch from and land safely on an aircraft carrier.

Thirty-seven NAVAIR engineers and contract personnel were embarked on Truman to test UCAS-D unmanned aircraft and shipboard UCAS-D software.

"We are one of the first aircraft carriers in the fleet to have Navy UCAS-D equipment installed on board," said Lt. Cmdr. Chad Young, Truman's assistant air operations officer. "Its purpose is to communicate with the UCAS-D flight software on their unmanned aircraft."

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Franklin said:

There is now a SU-33 flying over the Vikramaditya i don't know if it's going to land or it's just a fly by.

Gorgeous picture Franklin, I just made that the wallpaper on my desktop, once again just beautifull, thanks for posting that, and congrats to the pilot and crew of the Vikramaditya. Did they just do the flyover?

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The Indian Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya, has headed into the Barents Sea for second-stage sea trials, as part of its refit by Russia's Sevmash shipyard, Captain Vadim Serga of Russia's Northern Fleet information service said on Monday.

The Vikramaditya, formerly the Soviet Union's Admiral Gorshkov, has finished a long-delayed refit for the Indian Navy at Sevmash on the Kola peninsula. The ship was extensively modified to undertake STOBAR (short takeoff but assisted recovery) operations with MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft, as well as receiving new air defense, communications and navigations systems.

The Vikramaditya is currently successfully undertaking the second round of shipyard sea trials, during which the ship will test its main systems, main and secondary power systems, communications and navigation systems," Serga said.

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DCNS is supplying two BPC-type projection and command vessels to Russia under a contract that came into effect at the end of 2011. Three of these vessels are already in service with the French Navy. The design modifications needed to adapt the BPC concept to Russia's specific requirements are progressing as planned.

The design modifications are being conducted in two phases. The first phase ended in April 2012 with the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review. Detailed design studies were launched immediately afterwards, and this second phase is scheduled for completion in September 2012.

Russia's requirements include modifying the BPC design to accommodate Kamov helicopters and other Russian equipment (excluding weapon systems). The vessels also need to be modified to operate under extreme cold, with higher electrical power availability to de-ice part of the flight deck. All the user interfaces and onboard signage also need to be localised into Russian.

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asif iqbal said:

French got some good deals, the multi-billion dollar LHD deal with Russia and the Indian Rafale

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