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INS Vikrant ( pronounced [vikraːnt̪ə]) [20] is an aircraft carrier in service with 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 namesake Vikrant is a tribute to India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (1961).
INS Vikrant (from Sanskrit vikrānta, "courageous") was a Majestic -class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. The ship was laid down as HMS Hercules for the British Royal Navy during World War II, but was put on hold when the war ended. India purchased the incomplete carrier in 1957, and construction was completed in 1961.
Sep 8, 2022 · India’s newest and most powerful ship, the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, was inducted into the navy last Friday. India is currently building a new generation of warships for its navy and the...
Sep 2, 2022 · Indian Navy. Vikrant is India's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier. India has commissioned its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, Vikrant, at a ceremony in the southern state of...
Jun 26, 2021 · Recently, India’s Defence Minister reviewed the ongoing work on the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), INS Vikrant (IAC-1), which is a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat. INS Vikrant, is likely to be commissioned in 2022. At present, India has only one aircraft carrier, the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya.
INS Vikrant has been built with state-of-the-art automation features and is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India. It has a large amount of indigenous equipment...
Sep 2, 2022 · India joined an elite league of the world’s naval powers on Friday, when it commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant.
Sep 2, 2022 · PM commissions the first indigenous aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant. INS Vikrant has been made using indigenous equipment and machinery supplied by India's major industrial houses as well as over 100 MSMEs. It is the largest ship ever built in maritime history of India and houses state of the art automation features.
Sep 2, 2022 · INS Vikrant: Here are some statistics of India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1). The 262.5 m long and 61.6 m wide INS Vikrant displaces approximately 43,000 tonnes, has a maximum speed of 28 knots with endurance of 7,500 nautical miles.
Sep 2, 2022 · Prime Minister Narendra Modi today commissioned INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft carrier, in a grand ceremony at Cochin Shipyard.
