Boeing: Super Hornet clears ski-jump test, suitable for Navy carrier

American aircraft giant Boeing Monday said that its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has successfully performed the ski-jump, making it suitable for the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier. “F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet will offer the Indian Navy advanced warfighter technologies, superior economics and enhance naval aviation cooperation with the US Navy,” it said.

“Boeing and the US Navy proved recently that the F/A-18 Super Hornet can operate from a ‘ski jump’ ramp, demonstrating the aircraft’s suitability for India’s aircraft carriers,” it said in a statement. “The demonstrations, held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, show that the Super Hornet would do well with the Indian Navy’s Short Take-off but Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) system and validate earlier simulation studies by Boeing.”