French Aircraft Carrier

The Navy requires fighter jets for its aircraft carrier operations for which it has carried out trials of the French Rafale and American F-18 aircraft.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through its flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier fleet, after more than a 1,000 sailors tested positive for the disease.

Nearly 700 sailors assigned to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle's naval group have tested positive for the coronavirus, the armed forces ministry said on Wednesday.

France said Friday it would send its aircraft carrier to the Indian Ocean next year, to defend freedom of navigation at a time of growing Chinese assertiveness in disputed waters.

After securing the Euro 8.78 billion deal for 36 Rafale fighters jets to strengthen the Indian Air Force fleet, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation is now eying the naval contract of 57 aircraft that is up for grabs. The navy issued a 'Request for Information' last month seeking response from various manufacturers to equip its aircraft c...

Iran flew a surveillance drone over a US aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs of it as part of an ongoing naval drill, state television reported on Friday. The US Navy said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near a French and American carrier on January 12, but couldn't confirm it was the same incident.

A high-level French team is set to meet senior officials of the Navy soon to brief them about the naval version of fighter jet Rafale as India works on the design of its next indigenous aircraft carrier - Vishal.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told forces on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf Thursday that the war against the ISIS group was starting to bear its fruit.

Starting in early October - and for the first time since 2007 - the United States did not have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, as the Navy needed time to carry out repairs to its fleet. So the French agreed to deploy their only carrier to fill part of that gap.

The aircraft carrier at the heart of France's campaign of air strikes on Islamic State jihadists will move from the eastern Mediterranean to the Gulf "in a few days", President Francois Hollande told its crew during a visit Friday.

President Francois Hollande arrived today on France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to meet air crews launching strikes on ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an AFP journalist said.

President Francois Hollande will today visit the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean off Syria where it is being used to conduct air strikes on ISIS targets, his office said.

France bombarded Islamic State targets in Syria on Monday from jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier newly deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, hours after announcing similar strikes in Iraq.

French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants behind the Paris attacks.

The Navy requires fighter jets for its aircraft carrier operations for which it has carried out trials of the French Rafale and American F-18 aircraft.

France is ready to provide additional Rafale jets to India if it requires, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said while noting that the use of the same aircraft by the two strategic partners is a reflection of "real asset and strength" in ties.

France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through its flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier fleet, after more than a 1,000 sailors tested positive for the disease.

Nearly 700 sailors assigned to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle's naval group have tested positive for the coronavirus, the armed forces ministry said on Wednesday.

France said Friday it would send its aircraft carrier to the Indian Ocean next year, to defend freedom of navigation at a time of growing Chinese assertiveness in disputed waters.

After securing the Euro 8.78 billion deal for 36 Rafale fighters jets to strengthen the Indian Air Force fleet, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation is now eying the naval contract of 57 aircraft that is up for grabs. The navy issued a 'Request for Information' last month seeking response from various manufacturers to equip its aircraft c...

Iran flew a surveillance drone over a US aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs of it as part of an ongoing naval drill, state television reported on Friday. The US Navy said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near a French and American carrier on January 12, but couldn't confirm it was the same incident.

A high-level French team is set to meet senior officials of the Navy soon to brief them about the naval version of fighter jet Rafale as India works on the design of its next indigenous aircraft carrier - Vishal.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told forces on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf Thursday that the war against the ISIS group was starting to bear its fruit.

Starting in early October - and for the first time since 2007 - the United States did not have an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, as the Navy needed time to carry out repairs to its fleet. So the French agreed to deploy their only carrier to fill part of that gap.

The aircraft carrier at the heart of France's campaign of air strikes on Islamic State jihadists will move from the eastern Mediterranean to the Gulf "in a few days", President Francois Hollande told its crew during a visit Friday.

President Francois Hollande arrived today on France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to meet air crews launching strikes on ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq, an AFP journalist said.

President Francois Hollande will today visit the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean off Syria where it is being used to conduct air strikes on ISIS targets, his office said.

France bombarded Islamic State targets in Syria on Monday from jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier newly deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, hours after announcing similar strikes in Iraq.

French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants behind the Paris attacks.