INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier (IAC)

[s_bman]

That's really good news so finally it begins.

good news will become great with naval lca

 

[nitesh]

http://www.headlinesindia.com/defen...s-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-7891.html

Keel laid for India's first indigenous aircraft carrier

With this project India has become the fourth nation, after the US, Russia and France, to be capable of designing and constructing full deck carriers. This is not only the first military warship to be built at the Cochin Shipyard but also the largest military vessel to be constructed in any Indian yard.

The aircraft carrier would be capable of operating a mix of Russian MiG-29K and indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft and Kamov-31 helicopters.

Production of the carrier commenced in November 2006 and 423 steel blocks of the required 874 have already been fabricated. The major equipment to be installed in the lower decks has been ordered. The ship is being constructed using high strength steel developed by the Defence Research and Development Organiastion and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).

 

[A.V.]

The Defence Minister today laid the keel of the India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) at the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi today. Scheduled to be completed by 2014, the feat will catapult India into the exclusive club of nations which have the capability of designing and building 40,000 tonne aircraft carriers. Indigenous Aircraft Carrier designed by Navy’s Design Organisation and being built at M/s Cochin Shipyard Limited would be capable of operating an aircraft mix of Russian MiG-29K, Ka 31 and indigenous LCA.

The ship has a length of 260 m and maximum breadth of 60 m. The ship will be propelled by two shafts, each coupled to two LM2500 Gas Turbines developing a total power of 80 MW, sufficient to attain speeds in excess of 28 knots. The ship has an endurance of around 8,000 NM and complement of 1600. The ship will have two take off runways and a landing strip with 3 arrester wires. It can carry a maximum of 30 aircraft with adequate hangarage capacity. The carrier is designed with a very high degree of automation for machinery operation, ship navigation and survivability.

The production of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier commenced in November 2006 and large numbers of blocks have already been fabricated, which are under erection. Major equipment to be installed in lower decks of the ship have been ordered. The ship is being constructed using high strength steel developed in-house with the help of DRDO and SAIL. Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR SAM) system with Multi-Function Radar (MFR) and Close- In Weapon System (CIWS) is envisaged for the carrier. The ship will be equipped with the most modern C/D band early Air Warning Radar, V/UHF Tactical Air Navigational and Direction Finding systems. The carrier would also be having jamming capabilities over the expected Electro Magnetic (EM) environment, along with Carrier Control Approach Radars to aid air operations. Integration of all weapon systems onboard the carrier would be through an indigenous Combat Management System (CMS).The ship’s integration with Navy’s Network Centric Operations would provide force multiplication.

Design of this prestigious ship has been undertaken by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND) which has an experience of over 40 years in successfully designing 17 different classes of warships, to which around 90 ships have already been built within the country. It is also pertinent to mention that DND is the only government organisation in the world today undertaking indigenous design of warships. Delhi class destroyers are the biggest warships built so far by indigenous design. These ships are operating successfully over last 10 years and have demonstrated their design superiority when INS Delhi withstood extremely adverse weather conditions and high sea states while encountering typhoons during the ship’s passage in the South China Sea in 1995.

M/s CSL was chosen for building Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, based on its modern infrastructural facilities. Though this is the maiden venture for CSL in warship construction, the shipyard has been involved in commercial shipbuilding for the past three decades. In order to optimize on build period of IAC, CSL has been provided with over Rs 200 Crores to augment infrastructure in areas such as large cranes, workshops, heavy duty machinery etc.

The ship construction is planned in two phases. The First phase covers work up to first launch in end 2010. The second phase would cover all balance work till delivery of the ship to the Navy in end 2014. Assistance for propulsion system integration and aviation aspects have been taken from M/s Fincantieri of Italy and M/s NDB of Russia respectively.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090085131


India begins aircraft carrier construction
Press Trust of India
Saturday, February 28, 2009, (Kochi)

Joining the elite club of nations, which are capable of building large warships, India began the construction of its first indigenous aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard. It will go in for two to three more carriers in the heavier class.

Pressing a remote to lower the keel -- the ship's backbone -- into the construction dock of the shipyard, Defence Minister A K Antony said, "The Navy's carrier will showcase India's technological prowess and warships' building capabilities to the world. It will be the largest ever warship to be built in India."

The 40,000-tonne carrier will operate nearly 30 aircraft including the Russian MiG-29Ks fighters, Kamov-31 helicopters and the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

"This is a crucial milestone and an occasion to cherish in the shipbuilding traditions and maritime history of the nation. The culmination of this prestigious project, sometime in 2014, will transform India into an aircraft-building nation," Antony said.

He said that India will certainly produce more indigenous aircraft carrier, but in the heavier class category to meet the future challenges and needs of maritime security. "We hope to operate two to three aircraft carriers simultaneously in the not too distant future," Antony said.

 

[Tuco]

Keel-laying ceremony of the iac from livefist

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http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/03/photos-keel-laying-ceremony-of.html

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[Vinod2070]

Mother lode: A visualisation of what the carrier will be like

DEFENCE: NAVY

Horizon Crosser
Work begins on indigenous aircraft carrier

Wide Sea Reach

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  [*]India will be the fourth country - after US, Russia and France - to build such a large aircraft carrier
  [*]It will be able to accommodate two squadrons of light aircraft
  [*]By 2014 India hopes to have at least three aircraft carriers
  [*]The next indigenous aircraft carrier is likely to be approved next year

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Ask any navy man worth his salt the best way to project a nation's might and chances are that he might strongly recommend a naval fleet led by an aircraft carrier. Luckily, India's naval capability is set for a quantum leap: the keel of the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier will be laid at Cochin Ship Yard on February 28.

Vice-admiral Vinod Pasricha (retd), former chief of the Western Naval Command, explains the carrier's potential capabilities: "In a day it can travel up to 600 nautical miles, maintaining an average of 24 knots. It can operate in a large area, send combat aircraft to interdict distant targets and will be a superb platform. It has taken a bit of time, but building an aircraft carrier is a big step." A former naval combat pilot, Pasricha was also the commissioning captain of INS Virat, the lone aircraft carrier the navy holds on to.

With India looking at the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Malacca Straits as key areas of influence, the aircraft carrier would be the ideal platform for projecting power in the crowded sea lanes of this area.

The project came through after 20 years of effort by senior naval officers. "In the 1990s, the government was in a severe economic crisis and the indigenous aircraft carrier was a low priority, as it meant commitment to an expensive project for 10 to 15 years," says former navy chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh (retd), during whose tenure as chief the government sanctioned the project in 2002. India now hopes to join an exclusive club of nations that have built aircraft carriers with 40,000 plus tonnes displacement—the US, Russia and France.

The Indian navy is probably the only one to have its own ship design bureau. Others hire private firms and contractors. The bureau—now headed by iit-Kharagpur alumnus Rear Admiral M.A. Badhwar—has been working at the blueprints for years. Badhwar told Outlook that the project, besides amounting to a quantum leap in ship-building capabilities, would also fuel sustained growth in ancillary industries, especially in times of massive recession. "The spinoffs are tremendous. From guns to missile systems, electrical fittings, cables, pumps, valves, paints, desalination plant—we will work closely with industry to generate growth and work," he says.

The carrier will be built with steel specially manufactured by SAIL. It will have state-of-the-art stealth features to evade detection. Its runway is designed to accommodate the MiG-29K, which has a 300 km combat radius, and also the Light Combat Aircraft's naval version, once it is commissioned. It will be able to house at least two fighter squadrons and a couple of helicopters.

Conventional wisdom has it that India must have at least four aircraft carriers. They need refitting every 4-5 years, and the procedure takes over a year. So while a carrier is being refitted, and another is headed back to port, India should have two others patrolling the eastern and western seaboards.

However, for now, India hopes to have an indigenous carrier sailing by 2014 while it begins work on a second. With INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov), which is undergoing an upgrade in Russia, expected to join the fleet in a couple of years, the navy hopes to have at least three operational carriers by 2014.With China going for a few Russian-make aircraft carriers, India couldn't have timed its programme better.

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090309&fname=Navy+Carrier+(F)&sid=1

 

[s_bman]

http://frontierindia.net/keel-of-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-laid

Keel of first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier laid
Written on February 28, 2009 – 5:05 pm | by Frontier India Strategic and Defence |

The Defence Minister today laid the keel of the India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) at the Cochin Shipyard in Kochi today. Scheduled to be completed by 2014, the feat will catapult India into the exclusive club of nations which have the capability of designing and building 40,000 tonne aircraft carriers. Indigenous Aircraft Carrier designed by Navy’s Design Organisation and being built at M/s Cochin Shipyard Limited would be capable of operating an aircraft mix of Russian MiG-29K, Ka 31 and indigenous LCA.

The ship has a length of 260 m and maximum breadth of 60 m. The ship will be propelled by two shafts, each coupled to two LM2500 Gas Turbines developing a total power of 80 MW, sufficient to attain speeds in excess of 28 knots. The ship has an endurance of around 8,000 NM and complement of 1600. The ship will have two take off runways and a landing strip with 3 arrester wires. It can carry a maximum of 30 aircraft with adequate hangarage capacity. The carrier is designed with a very high degree of automation for machinery operation, ship navigation and survivability.

The production of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier commenced in November 2006 and large numbers of blocks have already been fabricated, which are under erection. Major equipment to be installed in lower decks of the ship have been ordered. The ship is being constructed using high strength steel developed in-house with the help of DRDO and SAIL. Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR SAM) system with Multi-Function Radar (MFR) and Close- In Weapon System (CIWS) is envisaged for the carrier. The ship will be equipped with the most modern C/D band early Air Warning Radar, V/UHF Tactical Air Navigational and Direction Finding systems. The carrier would also be having jamming capabilities over the expected Electro Magnetic (EM) environment, along with Carrier Control Approach Radars to aid air operations. Integration of all weapon systems onboard the carrier would be through an indigenous Combat Management System (CMS).The ship’s integration with Navy’s Network Centric Operations would provide force multiplication.

Design of this prestigious ship has been undertaken by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND) which has an experience of over 40 years in successfully designing 17 different classes of warships, to which around 90 ships have already been built within the country. It is also pertinent to mention that DND is the only government organisation in the world today undertaking indigenous design of warships. Delhi class destroyers are the biggest warships built so far by indigenous design. These ships are operating successfully over last 10 years and have demonstrated their design superiority when INS Delhi withstood extremely adverse weather conditions and high sea states while encountering typhoons during the ship’s passage in the South China Sea in 1995.

M/s CSL was chosen for building Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, based on its modern infrastructural facilities. Though this is the maiden venture for CSL in warship construction, the shipyard has been involved in commercial shipbuilding for the past three decades. In order to optimize on build period of IAC, CSL has been provided with over Rs 200 Crores to augment infrastructure in areas such as large cranes, workshops, heavy duty machinery etc.

The ship construction is planned in two phases. The First phase covers work up to first launch in end 2010. The second phase would cover all balance work till delivery of the ship to the Navy in end 2014. Assistance for propulsion system integration and aviation aspects have been taken from M/s Fincantieri of Italy and M/s NDB of Russia respectively.

 

[pyromaniac]

India to get first indigenous aircraft carrier by 2014

The first Indian-made aircraft carrier will be commissioned by 2014. The ship is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the Indian Navy.

With this, India joins the elite club capable of designing and building aircraft carriers of 40,000 tonne. Designed by the Directorate of Naval Design, the carrier will be completed in two phases and can accommodate 30 aircraft. The ship will be 260 metre long and 60 metre wide.

Laying the keel for the first indigenous aircraft carrier last Saturday, defence Minister AK Antony said the second order might also be given to CSL when the first one is handed over to the Navy.

Construction work on the blocks of the ship commenced in November 2006. There will be take off and landing facilities for fighter aircraft like MIG-29 K and Indian-made light combat aircraft.


Stating that he was opposed to the privatisation move of the shipyard, Antony said the defence ministry had allotted Rs 200 crore for developing basic infrastructural facilities of the yard like cranes and workshop. During 2007-08, CSL registered a turnover of Rs 967 crore and earned a net profit of Rs 93 crore.

Naval Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on the occasion said India had already built 90 warships indigenously and was building another 32 warships and six submarines at various shipyards.

Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the small ship division complex (SSDC) and the paint coating shop at Cochin Shipyard. SSDC will enable CSL to take up concurrent construction of commercial ships along with war ships. The paint coating shop will enable blasting and painting in controlled atmospheric conditions.



http://www.business-standard.com/in...genous-aircraft-carrier-by-2014/00/03/350481/

 

[nitesh]

nice photos check the link
http://livefist.blogspot.com/

Incidentally, the shipyard expects the Navy to place an order for a second indigenous aircraft carrier by the end of the year, and work will begin by early next year, though only if there are no major design changes from the first.

 

[nitesh]

guys check this out:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/4212733.cms

 

[LETHALFORCE]

do we still need the gorshokov ?? probably arrive around the same time (2014??)

 

[nitesh]

Yes I think it is needed as by that time viraat will be about to reire

 

[pyromaniac]

First Indian aircraft carrier to be named INS Vikrant

Surprise surprise..it is to be named vikrant


The first indigenous aircraft carrier that will be ready for induction into the Indian Navy by 2015 will be named INS Vikrant, after the first aircraft carrier that was imported in the 1960s and played an important role in the 1971 war with Pakistan.

"The decision to name this aircraft carrier after INS Vikrant is taken as the force has golden memories of this aircraft carrier, which retired in 1997 after 36 years of eventful service," sources at the Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) told IANS.

The first indigenous aircraft carrier with 40,000 tonne displacement is under construction at the CSL. Defence minister A.K. Antony Feb 28 laid the keel of the warship, marking its assembling.

The British-built INS Vikrant, formally known as HMS Heculeaus, was commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1961. The 20,000 tonne aircraft carrier, the first to be operated by India, was retired in 1997. It has since been converted into a museum at Mumbai and is the only World War-II era British built aircraft carrier to be preserved.

"The indigenous aircraft carrier will be different in many ways as its identification signal and signature will be known only to India. The identification signal of the imported carriers are also known to others," the official said.

The name Vikrant is taken from the Sanskrit vikranta, meaning 'courageous' and 'victorious'.

Despite a crack in a boiler, INS Vikrant engaged in combat against East Pakistan in the India-Pakistan War of 1971. Stationed off the Andaman and Nicobar islands along with Indian naval ships, INS Bramhaputra and INS Beas, the Vikrant was redeployed towards Chittagong at the outbreak of hostilities.

On the morning of Dec 4, 1971, the eight Sea Hawk aircraft on the Vikrant launched an air raid on Cox's Bazaar (in present Bangladesh) from 60 nautical miles away. That evening, the air group struck Chittagong harbour.

The indigenous aircraft carrier will have Russian-built MiG-29K fighter jets, indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas and Kamov helicopters.

The indigenous carrier is designed to accommodate women officers as well - in case the government decides to approve deployment of women officers on warships in the future.

Women officers are currently not posted on board due to the present design of ships and submarines.

The indigenous aircraft carrier, which is the largest warship to be designed and constructed in the country, has made India the fourth nation to have the capability of designing and making a ship of this class.

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/5896/

 

[pyromaniac]

Bharati Shipyard bags Rs 281cr defence contract

Ship building firm Bharati Shipyard today said it has bagged a Rs 281-crore contract from the Ministry of Defence for supplying 15 interceptor boats for Indian coast guard.

These vessels are lightweight specialised high speed crafts used for patrolling and interception, Bharti Shipyard said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

With this contract, the order book of Bharti Shipyard has crossed the Rs 5,000 crore mark and now stands at Rs 5,093 crore, the company further said.

The private sector firm designs and constructs various types of sea going, coastal harbour, inland crafts vessels and it currently owns five shipyards in the country.


http://www.business-standard.com/in...yard-bags-rs-281-cr-defence-contract/56236/on
Shares of Bharti Shipyard were trading at Rs 49 at BSE in morning trade, down by 0.41 per cent over the previous close.

 

[Payeng]

Atleast one source claims that the second IAC would be named INS Vishal though it is not official.

 

[nitesh]

Atleast one source claims that the second IAC would be named INS Vishal though it is not official.

I think it is the third 2nd one will be named INS viraat

 

[Payeng]

I think it is the third 2nd one will be named INS viraat

checked, yes you are right

 

[kuku]

I have seen this before on a IAC model however i am yet to see this on any other aircraft carrier (could not find one)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o_no4M2xE...AAGG0/SIL8o243lKw/s1600-h/DSC01788-715918.JPG
View attachment 280
the circled part
The two aircraft elevators are covered seems like a anti corrosion measure or a NBC measure, which one is it, and have you seen it before on any other class of ships.

Apologies for the lame work on paint.

 

[kuku]

here is another image of the thing i am talking about covered aircraft elevators

 

[Pintu]

This is a great find,Kuku