Vikrant-class aircraft carrier

Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL)

40,000 ts

252 m

58 m

8.4 m

1200 - 1500 ( including 160 officers )

4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines with a total of 120,000 hp

28 nodes

7500 nautical miles at 18 knots

STOBAR interceptor / bomber MiG- 29K / HAL Tejas Mark 2 Sea King / HAL Dhruv Airborne Electronic Warfare Kamov Ka -31

The INS Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier of the type of ship " Air Defence Ship" (ADS ) of the Indian Navy. The designation of the aircraft carrier " Air Defence Ship" on "Indigenous Aircraft Carrier " (IAC ) changed - In August 2006 by the then Chief of Staff of the Navy - Admiral Arun Prakash.

The Vikrant is the first Indian warship of this size, which was built by India largely on their own ( = was no longer procured abroad). Since 11 April 2005, the aircraft carrier under the name "Project 71 " was built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL) in Kochi, India. The end of 2011 the ship was first lowered into the water, because the space in the dry dock was needed for commercial purposes. The launching ceremony was held on August 12, 2013, the commissioning should be carried out in 2015, but was postponed to an expected end 2018.

Construction

The aircraft carrier was in STOBAR design ( Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery ) with 12 ° - to 14 ° ski jump (german ski -jump ), two elevators and built three retaining ropes. The INS Vikrant is (as of 2013), the longest and widest ship built to date in India.

Carrier Air Group

The INS Vikrant will be equipped with an estimated 40 combat aircraft and helicopters. These are made up as follows: