Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet completes operational demonstration

Rafale fighter also passed testing in Jan, but does not have twin-seat variant, which Indian Navy requires

After successfully demonstrating its ability to land on, and take off from, the ski-jump that equips India’s two aircraft carriers, The Boeing Company (Boeing) is confident that the aircraft it is offering — the F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III — is in pole position to win the Indian Navy’s tender for initially 26, increasing to 57, multi-role carrier-based fighters (MRCBF).

“Even though the Super Hornet was initially designed to operate from a catapult-launch environment, the jet is so powerful that it is able to easily achieve ski-jump launches again under its own power with heavy payloads,” said Alain Garcia, Boeing’s