INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier (IAC)

[Anshu Attri]

 

[plugwater]

That is USS Ronald Reagan, not our IAC.

 

[HeinzGud]

Is this another Russian remake or entirely a new model??

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Is this another Russian remake or entirely a new model??

Indian deigned..

Model..

Hull is going to touch the Sea by JAN of 2012..

More Info here: Vikrant class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Parthy]

Year old image of IAC1

http://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=coh...psrc=6&t=h&radius=0.14&hq=cohin+shipyard&z=18

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian Aircraft Carrier Plods On, Floats

[h=3]Indian Aircraft Carrier Plods On, Floats [/h]

The Hindu reports today that the hull of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) was floated out of its dry-dock at an unannounced ceremony. The facility, it appears, was required for urgent commercial work at the shipyard. The actual launch is expected to take place a year from now. Timelines have already slipped significantly in what is by far India's most ambitious shipbuilding effort yet. Previously intended for commissioning in 2013, the INS Vikrant (as it will be christened, after India's first carrier) is likely to enter service only in 2015.

Link: Livefist: Indian Aircraft Carrier Plods On, Floats

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian Aircraft Carrier-1 , Floats

Indian Aircraft Carrier, Floats

The Hindu reports today that the hull of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) was floated out of its dry-dock at an unannounced ceremony. The facility, it appears, was required for urgent commercial work at the shipyard. The actual launch is expected to take place a year from now. Timelines have already slipped significantly in what is by far India's most ambitious shipbuilding effort yet. Previously intended for commissioning in 2013, the INS Vikrant (as it will be christened, after India's first carrier) is likely to enter service only in 2015.

Link: Livefist: Indian Aircraft Carrier Plods On, Floats

 

[Kunal Biswas]

 

[nrj]

 

[Tomcat]

Here is a qustion that i would like to ask all the estemed members why cant we go for an STEAM catapult system ??? like that of the US carriers

 

[Sridhar]

While the first highlighted statement do not match with Admiral Verma's statement,

The second highlighted part do not seems like a pleasant development, I suppose.

May be the Dry Dock will sit Idle untill it comes next year again. Quoting from Anshus post #678

According to a senior naval functionary, the carrier was 'technically floated out' as the shipyard needed the dry-dock for 'some other commercial work.' "The carrier has taken on about 14,000 tonnes. She would now undergo interior outfitting, including the laying of pipes before being dry-docked again in the latter half of next year for integration of the propulsion gear-box, generators and the like," he told The Hindu.

"Some other commercial work" may be the second Carrier .

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Here is a qustion that i would like to ask all the estemed members why cant we go for an STEAM catapult system ??? like that of the US carriers

According to the size of the vessel and its birds the STOBAR was selected..

The next carrier is much bigger displace around 50-60,000 tons will feature magnetic or Steam catapult..

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

Eagerly waiting to see the design or blue print of the 60,000 tons BIG Air craft carrier of INDIAN NAVY....... :cool2:

 

[agentperry]

the best part is that the steel is developed and manufactured in India itself by Indian govt agencies. rest other things like indigenous gearbox and other auxiliary and weapon systems are secondary things for me.
i think instead of russian SAMs and air defence systems this time India should go for in-house and indo-israeli systems. we have to start from somewhere and this is the best bet

 

[JAISWAL]

Navy floats out first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier​

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Once back at building bay, ship will be launched at a 20,000-tonne displacement: naval source

The first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) of the Navy was floated out at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), at a low-key event attended by senior shipping and naval officers on Thursday.

Among those present were Union Shipping Secretary K. Mohandas; Rear Admiral K.N. Vaidyanathan, Director General, Naval Design; and Commodore K. Subramaniam, Chairman and Managing Director of CSL.

The floating ceremony was followed by a meeting to review the progress in the work being done on the aircraft carrier, a 40,000-tonne fleet air defence platform of the Navy, which will be named after the legendary INS Vikrant. The Union Shipping Secretary told The Hindu that the work on the carrier was progressing, albeit not as per schedule, as so many variables were being factored into the extremely complex construction process.

The official added that the commissioning of the carrier, the keel of which was laid in February 2009, was likely to overshoot its original timeline.

According to a senior naval functionary, the carrier was 'technically floated out' as the shipyard needed the dry-dock for 'some other commercial work.' "The carrier has taken on about 14,000 tonnes. She would now undergo interior outfitting, including the laying of pipes before being dry-docked again in the latter half of next year for integration of the propulsion gear-box, generators and the like," he told The Hindu.

As earlier reported by The Hindu, a delay in the delivery of gear boxes and associated systems had considerably slowed down the construction of the prestigious carrier. Naval officers, however, put on a brave face saying that the phase in which teething trouble was encountered was over. "The gear box is ready and undergoing trials, at last. The underwater package is all lined up but the rest of the equipment has to be identified and tested," said a naval source.

After facing initial hiccups due to paucity of supply of steel, the carrier project got the much-required thrust with the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) and the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) fashioning carrier-grade steel indigenously.

After the steel supply stabilised, problems pertaining to quality gearbox put the brakes on the project. Elecon Engineering Company Limited, a Gujarat-based firm which had earlier manufactured CODOG marine gear boxes for the Navy's Shivalik-class stealth frigates, found itself in the red attempting to make the carrier's huge main gearboxes. "They have been able to overcome the difficulties with support from a German firm," said a Navy officer.

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The Hindu : News / National : Navy floats out first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

 

[utubekhiladi]

Navy floats out first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier : INS Vikrant

Once back at building bay, ship will be launched at a 20,000-tonne displacement: naval source

The first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) of the Navy was floated out at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), at a low-key event attended by senior shipping and naval officers on Thursday.

Among those present were Union Shipping Secretary K. Mohandas; Rear Admiral K.N. Vaidyanathan, Director General, Naval Design; and Commodore K. Subramaniam, Chairman and Managing Director of CSL.

The floating ceremony was followed by a meeting to review the progress in the work being done on the aircraft carrier, a 40,000-tonne fleet air defence platform of the Navy, which will be named after the legendary INS Vikrant. The Union Shipping Secretary told The Hindu that the work on the carrier was progressing, albeit not as per schedule, as so many variables were being factored into the extremely complex construction process.

The official added that the commissioning of the carrier, the keel of which was laid in February 2009, was likely to overshoot its original timeline.

According to a senior naval functionary, the carrier was 'technically floated out' as the shipyard needed the dry-dock for 'some other commercial work.' "The carrier has taken on about 14,000 tonnes. She would now undergo interior outfitting, including the laying of pipes before being dry-docked again in the latter half of next year for integration of the propulsion gear-box, generators and the like," he told The Hindu.

As earlier reported by The Hindu, a delay in the delivery of gear boxes and associated systems had considerably slowed down the construction of the prestigious carrier. Naval officers, however, put on a brave face saying that the phase in which teething trouble was encountered was over. "The gear box is ready and undergoing trials, at last. The underwater package is all lined up but the rest of the equipment has to be identified and tested," said a naval source.

After facing initial hiccups due to paucity of supply of steel, the carrier project got the much-required thrust with the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) and the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) fashioning carrier-grade steel indigenously.

After the steel supply stabilised, problems pertaining to quality gearbox put the brakes on the project. Elecon Engineering Company Limited, a Gujarat-based firm which had earlier manufactured CODOG marine gear boxes for the Navy's Shivalik-class stealth frigates, found itself in the red attempting to make the carrier's huge main gearboxes. "They have been able to overcome the difficulties with support from a German firm," said a Navy officer.


The Hindu : News / National : Navy floats out first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

 

[Ray]

A good thing done!

 

[utubekhiladi]

all we need now is FOC of NLCA

 

[utubekhiladi]

this is a thundering news to china and pakistan

 

[utubekhiladi]

our 2nd Aircraft carrier is also in sea trial somewhere in russia