INS Vikrant (2013)
Vikrant being moved for fitting out in June 2015
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| Name: | INS Vikrant |
| Namesake: | INS Vikrant (R11) |
| Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator: | Indian Navy |
| Ordered: | 2004 |
| Builder: | Cochin Shipyard Limited |
| Cost: | $0.5bn (planned), $3.765bn (to date) |
| Laid down: | 28 February 2009 |
| Launched: | 12 August 2013 |
| Completed: | estimated 2023 |
| Commissioned: | 2023 earliest. |
| Motto: | "I defeat those who fight against me". Sanskrit जयेम सं युधि स्पृध: |
| Status: | Fitting out |
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| Class and type: | Vikrant-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 40,000 tonnes (44,000 short tons) |
| Length: | 262 m (860 ft) |
| Beam: | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
| Depth: | 25.6 m (84 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines |
| Propulsion: | Two shafts |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Crew: | 1,400 (including air crew) |
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| Aviation facilities: | 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft) flight deck |
INS Vikrant (Sanskrit: विक्रान्त víkrānta "courageous") (IAC-I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first Vikrant-class aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy. The motto of the ship is Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah (Sanskrit: जयेम सं युधि स्पृध:), which is taken from Rig Veda 1.8.3 and is translated as "I defeat those who fight against me".
Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011 and was launched in 2013. The ship is currently being fitted out, according to the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) it is expected to be completed by 2023, though the Navy still hopes to partially commission the ship in late 2018. The project cost has escalated dramatically to ₹19,341 crore (US$3.0 billion) as of 2014.
Cochin Shipyard has offered repeatedly to build a second similar Project 71 Indigenous Aircraft Carrier while the Navy finalizes plans for the configuration of its larger and likely nuclear-powered next carrier.
INS Vikrant is the first ship of the Vikrant class of aircraft carriers. The name Vikrant (Sanskrit vikrānta, literally "stepping beyond") means "courageous" or "bold". It is 262 metres (860 ft) long and 60 metres (200 ft) wide, and displaces about 40,000 metric tons (39,000 long tons). It features a Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) configuration with a ski-jump. The deck is designed to enable aircraft such as the MiG-29K to operate from the carrier. It is expected to carry an air group of up to thirty aircraft, which will include up to 24–26 fixed-wing combat aircraft, primarily the Mikoyan MiG-29K . The naval variant of the HAL Tejas was rejected by the navy on Dec 2, 2016 for being overweight. Besides carrying 10 Kamov Ka-31 or Westland Sea King helicopters. The Ka-31 will fulfill the airborne early warning (AEW) role and the Sea King will provide anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability.
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