The first new HCS Navy aircraft carrier CNS Cloneworld has completed it's initial sea trials and has returned to port for further equipment fitting including it's steam catapult and arrester wires. The carrier will begin aircraft launch tests when it begins phase 2 of it's sea trials in the early autumn.
The second (and now final) member of the class CNS Clone Empire is due to be launched in a few weeks. Work has also begun on the singleton Austini 55 carrier class ship for Benito's Navy. The HCS are hoping to unveil their next carrier class which will be twice the size of the Cloneworld class by the end of the year.
