INS Vikrant (IAC1) & INS Vikramaditya - News & Discussions

Four should be enough to cover the Indian Ocean persistently, gives always one in the west, one in the east, and usually a third that can reinforce either side as needed or travel further away to participate in some joint exercise while the fourth is at quay.

Six seems overkill.

Indian Ocean also means all of China, all of ME, all of Australia etc.

Navic is being expanded to 11 satellites.
 
The question is what system was stolen. Hard disk contains almost any information. I know most of the subsystems of Vikrant has already been powered up.
Moreover what ship are they building without security cameras? This is supposed to be biggest ships in IN. Shame. Most likely espinoge.
 
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Defence minister with Black Panthers on INS Vikramaditya.

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Cochin Shipyard signs the Phase-III contract with Indian Navy

Pritam Bhawar, 01-Nov-2019, 12:20 PM

Cochin Shipyard Limited on Friday informed that it has signed the Phase-III contract for Construction of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier for Indian Navy.

Phase-III contract covers the operational and harbour acceptance trials of various equipments and systems installed onboard and also the Sea Trials of the Carrier. The contract also includes some activities which are to be undertaken post delivery of the vessel including support during weapons and aviation trials. The overall contract value is above Rs 3000 crores.


Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. CSL is mainly engaged in the construction of vessels and repairs and refits of all types of vessels including up gradation of ships, periodical layup repairs and life extension of ships. In the last four decades, the company has emerged as a forerunner in the Indian shipbuilding and ship repair industry and also a well-known player on the global shipbuilding front. The company has built and repaired some of the largest ships in India.

On Friday, the stock of CSL opened at Rs. 393.85 per share and made an intraday high and low of Rs. 420.20 and Rs. 393.85, respectively on the BSE. At 11.10 am, the stock was trading at Rs. 411.95, up by 5.91 per cent.

Cochin Shipyard signs the Phase-III contract with Indian Navy
 
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UK Pitches its State-of-the-Art Super Aircraft Carrier to Make it in India – Indian Defence Research Wing
If the aircraft carrier design meets our requirements, then we should go for it. Instead of designing our own aircraft carrier which takes a hell lot of time, we should look to acquire the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier in its previous CATOBAR form.
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If the aircraft carrier design meets our requirements, then we should go for it. Instead of designing our own aircraft carrier which takes a hell lot of time, we should look to acquire the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier in its previous CATOBAR form.
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Already IAC-1 had design consultancy from fincanterii and Russians helped ( or rather regally screwed ) us in the avaiation complex. What more? Shall we shut DND under Indian Navy? We make a carrier once in say a quarter of century unlike the Chinese who mint them them like a dime a dozen. If we don't learn the trade at the least in those rare opportunity, then when? Surely the Americans french and Brits won't be amenable to DND designing their next super carrier, isn't it?
 
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Engines fired up, basin trials next for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

By Manu Pubby, 2nd December 2019
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The long-delayed project, which was to be completed by 2018, is now back on track, with senior officers saying that the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier will initially operate MiG 29K fighters and could also feature indigenous combat aircraft.

NEW DELHI: The engines on board the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) being constructed at Kochi have been fired up and the Navy is starting on the next step of basin trials, with expectations that the warship would be ready for operations by 2022.

The long-delayed project, which was to be completed by 2018, is now back on track, with senior officers saying that the 37,500-tonne aircraft carrier will initially operate MiG 29K fighters and could also feature indigenous combat aircraft.

The carrier, the largest ever warship to be constructed in an Indian yard, is now in its final phase of construction and the Navy could consider operating a limited number of the maritime version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) once it gets fit for service, said people aware of the matter.

However, an indigenous fighter jet that would meet technical requirements of the Navy is unlikely to be ready for operational duty before 2026, which could put a strain on the fleet of MiG 29K fighter jets that are currently used for the INS Vikramaditya, India’s only aircraft carrier.

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A key requirement of the Navy is a double engine jet to ensure safety of the crew at sea.

“We have started the engine and hope to get the ship by 2021. It will take a year after that to get it operational.

We plan to start with the MiG 29K fighter jets,” a senior official told ET on condition of anonymity.

With the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) promising a technically compliant fighter jet by 2026, the Navy would be open to using it for the second indigenous aircraft carrier that it plans to build. Though funds have not been cleared by the defence ministry, the Navy is hopeful of a speedy approval for its plan to construct a larger aircraft carrier at the earliest.

The people cited earlier also said that the LCA Navy being developed could head for deck trials on the INS Vikramaditya soon, after it clears a series of test flights at the Shore Based Testing Facility (SBTF) in Goa. The fighter jet has undergone night trials as well as a launch with four air-to-air missiles on board in recent days.

The 37,500-tonne Short Take off but Assisted Recovery (STOBAR) Carrier – named the Vikrant – has been in the works since it was sanctioned in 2003.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ous-aircraft-carrier/articleshow/72324320.cms
 
I thought vikrant was 40,000 tonne ship, infact many source still mention it as 40k tonne
Which is the case?