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The navy has named its first home-built carrier INS Vikrant in honour of INS Vikrant (R11). The new carrier is built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, and will displace 40,000 t (44,000 short tons). [46] The keel was laid down in February 2009 and she was launched in August 2013. The ship was commissioned on 2 September 2022 by PM Narendra Modi. [47]
India considered a number of aircraft for operation from its INS Vikramaditya and the planned indigenous aircraft carrier. India evaluated the Russian Sukhoi Su-33 , but chose the lighter Mikoyan MiG-29K as Vikramaditya was smaller and lacked an aircraft catapult . [ 17 ]
INS Vikrant (pronounced [vikraːnt̪ə]) [20] (lit. ' Courageous ') is an aircraft carrier in service with the Indian Navy. The carrier is India's fourth carrier and the first to be built in India. It was constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala. The name Vikrant is a tribute to India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.
INS Vishal, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 3 (IAC-3), is a planned aircraft carrier to be built by Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy.It is intended to be the third aircraft carrier to be built in India after INS Vikrant (IAC-1) and another Vikrant-class aircraft carrier, provisionally called (IAC-2).
Aircraft carrier: 16 November 2013 [35] Vikrant: Vikrant: 262 m (860 ft) 45,000 t Conventional: STOBAR: Aircraft carrier: 2 September 2022 Iran: Shahid Bagheri: Shahid Bagheri (C110-4) 240.2 m (788 ft) 41,978 t Conventional: V/STOL: Drone carrier: 6 February 2025 Italy: Cavour: Cavour (C 550) 244 m (801 ft) 30,000 t [36] Conventional
Cochin Shipyard built India's first indigenous aircraft carrier. INS Vikrant (formerly, the Project 71 "Air Defence Ship"), the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy to be designed and built in India. The carrier will be the largest warship built by CSL. In February 2020, all major structural and outfitting work was declared complete. [12]
Over eight to ten days, the Tejas was launched and recovered several times as part of the aircraft's initial test phase. The Tejas was the first indigenous Indian aircraft to both land on and take off from an Indian aircraft carrier. [106] In June 2023, Indian Navy showcased the dual carrier operations including INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant.
INS Vikrant (1961), a British-built aircraft carrier which was in service from 1961 to 1997, operated as a museum ship from 2002 to 2012 and was scrapped in 2014–2015. INS Vikrant (2013) , a first Indian-built aircraft carrier which was launched in 2013, the first of two planned for the class, and commissioned on 2 September 2022.