Currently, the Indian Navy operates two 45,000-tonne aircraft carriers: INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant. Both carriers are conventionally powered and utilise ski-jump ramps for aircraft take-offs.

Instead of having three aircraft carriers in service, the new vessel will replace the aging INS Vikramaditya. India is expected to use the cost savings to aid in developing its submarine program.

For India, with an 11,090 kilometre-long coastline, 1,379 islands, and seaborne trade routes handling over 90% of its ...

The Naval Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft should not remain a conceptual project but evolve into a combat-ready aircraft, strengthening India’s strategic autonomy in naval aviation ...

The Rafale-M has fixed wings with foldable wingtips, which makes it less manoeuvrable and takes up more deck space on India’s aircraft carriers, the INS Vikramaditya and the INS Vikrant.

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant, India's aircraft carriers, operating together at sea. The Indian Navy’s proposed second ...

One thing is certain, as naval ships have only gotten larger and larger throughout naval history. Whether it’s to carry more ...

In December, the Indian Navy announced that its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant (IAC-1), successfully passed its basin trials at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL ...

India is intensifying efforts to join the exclusive club of nations with indigenous fifth-generation fighter jets through two ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy imagining itself as a three aircraft carrier ... INS Vikrant, was given with documentation works completed in December 2022. However, on the sidelines of Aero India ...