Sentences with phrase «building aircraft carriers»

In WWII, the US was building aircraft carriers in 100 days (from the start to fully equipped and fully loaded with aircraft and weapons).

France, for example, was in the process of building an aircraft carrier which was to be sold to Russia.

We won't be able to give the Indians some aid so they won't be able to build their aircraft carriers.

Not exact matches

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

Currently the J - 15 launches using a ski - jump arrangement as with Russian and soon UK aircraft but at least one modified J - 15 was photographed with a catapult bridle on its nose wheel for land - based testing of a new magnetic catapult system likely to be used on the next Chinese aircraft carrier, the yet - to - be-named CV - 18, Type 002 aircraft carrier of entirely Chinese indigenous design to be built by the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

It has an immense Naval build up, an active «area denial» system of missiles specifically designed against US aircraft carriers, and a build up on international reefs and islands of military runways and outposts.

The decision has been finalised to save the building programme for two new aircraft carriers, according to a report.

Programmes for the building of two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy have been preserved following a last - ditch meeting of the national security council (NSC), according to reports.

The party came at a time when museum officials were trying to persuade the state to allow the construction of a building on a lot across the West Side Highway from the aircraft carrier to house the space shuttle Enterprise.

And we are currently building two advanced new aircraft carriers at a cost of over # 6bn, but can not afford the complements of aircraft they need when launched.

Among the big ticket items being considered are two new aircraft carriers costing # 5.4 billion - with concern that cancellation of one or both of them may actually cost more money than continuing with the building programme.

Gordon Brown has lent his voice to calls for the building of two new aircraft carriers to be spared George Osborne's axe.

Lord West said it was ridiculous that UK aid to India, which currently stands at # 1.6 billion, has allowed the country to build its own aircraft carriers but deprived the Royal Navy of similar funds.

To make this possible, Boeing has looked to the design of aircraft carrier jets in hopes of building planes with fold - up wings.

The undead invaders have nearly taken over the world and there are not many safe spots to flee to, but through Gerry's former job connections with his former boss (Fana Mokoena) his brood are brought by helicopter from the roof of a Newark building to safety on a U.N. command center aircraft carrier, based in the Atlantic.

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Block used kites built by Lieutenant Paul Garber to practice shooting at moving targets and to pass important papers from ships to flying aircraft.

The building's curved interior balconies have earned it comparisons to a cruise ship, but right now it's functioning as an aircraft carrier for Malcolm Morley's new paintings of fighter jets and pilots.

I have a novel idea — let's build a few less flippin» aircraft carriers.

«What if» deregulating nuclear power could reduce the build time in same proportion as deregulating build of military aircraft carriers?

Twenty of the fifty ships in the Casablanca class (aircraft carriers) were built in under 130 days (see this comment: https://judithcurry.com/2014/10/22/myths-and-realities-of-renewable-energy/#comment-641796).

Northrop Grumman sees potential damage to billions in shoreline defense infrastructure, such as the imperiled drydock in Hampton Roads built to construct the next generation of aircraft carriers.

Marine engineers and naval architects design, build, and maintain ships, from aircraft carriers to submarines and from sailboats to tankers.

After serving, she worked as an engineer in the energy arena, helping to build a power plant to support aircraft carriers stationed in Japan.