Defence Ministers from the UK, Italy, and Japan have announced significant progress in the trilateral Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), aimed at delivering a next-generation fighter aircraft by 2035 ...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force released footage of a fighter jet’s takeoff and landing on destroyer Kaga off the coast of San Diego, California in the United States. Operational tests were ...
The F-35B is the Short Take-off, Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the aircraft that can take off like a helicopter but still fly like a fighter jet; the F-35B is the second most popular version.
This is not ideal for the RAF as the larger F-35A is the ground-based variant, and the F-35B is less capable (with shorter ranges) etc., due to its STOVL requirements. By contrast, Italy and Japan ...
The plan included adding a V-shaped flight deck and hangars to support up to twelve STOVL Harrier jets. What You Need to Know: In the 1980s, the U.S. considered converting four Iowa-class ...
Japanese, US and UK forces have completed Lockheed Martin F-35B trials from the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Kaga. The converted helicopter ship, which Tokyo calls a “multi ...