INS Vikrant (2013)

	INS Vikrant
History
India
Name	Vikrant
Namesake	Vikrant (1961)
Operator	Indian Navy
Ordered	2004
Builder	Cochin Shipyard Limited
Cost	₹23,000 crore (equivalent to ₹260 billion or US$3.2 billion in 2023)
Laid down	28 February 2009
Launched	12 August 2013
Acquired	28 July 2022
Commissioned	2 September 2022
Identification	Pennant number: R11
Motto	जयेम सं युधिस्पृधः (Sanskrit); "I defeat those who fight against me" (translated);
Nickname(s)	IAC-1
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Displacement	45,000 tonnes of loaded displacement; 45,000 tonnes (44,000 long tons; 50,000 short tons) standard;
Length	262 m (860 ft)
Beam	62 m (203 ft)
Height	59 m (194 ft)
Draught	8.4 m (28 ft)
Depth	25.6 m (84 ft)
Decks	14
Installed power	4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW); 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox;
Propulsion	Two shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Crew	196 officers, 1,449 sailors (including air crew)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multifunction radar.; Selex RAN-40L 3D L-Band Air Surveillance Radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	DRDO Shakti EW suite; Kavach anti-missile system; Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System;
Armament	2×32 cell VLS Barak 8 SAM (Range : 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi); 4 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in) dual purpose cannons; 4 × AK-630 CIWS;
Aircraft carried	36 Aircraft :; Fixed-wing :; Rafale M (To be ordered); MiG-29K (Trials); HAL Tejas (Trials); HAL TEDBF (In development); HAL AMCA (In consideration); Rotary-wing :; Kamov Ka-31; AH-64 Apache (In consideration); HAL Prachand (Trials); MH-60R ; HAL Dhruv;
Aviation facilities	12,500 m2 flight deck

INS Vikrant (pronounced [vikraːnt̪ə]) 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). Vikrant means "courageous" in Sanskrit. The motto of the ship, "जयेम सम् युधिस्पृधः" (Sanskrit), means "I defeat those who dare to challenge me" (English).

Work on the ship's design began in 1999. The keel was laid in 2009. The carrier was floated out of dry dock in December 2011 and launched in August 2013. Basin trials were completed in December 2020, and sea trials started in August 2021. Its commissioning ceremony was held on 2 September 2022. Aircraft flight trials will be completed in 2023. The total cost of the project is approximately ₹23,000 crore (equivalent to ₹260 billion or US$3.2 billion in 2023) at the time of first sea trials.

Vikrant's air group can consist up to 26 Rafale M fighters and up to 4 Kamov Ka-31, or 2 HAL Dhruv NUH or 4 MH-60R helicopters. It is 262 metres (860 ft) in length, with a top speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) and endurance of 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi). The ship has 2,300 compartments manned by 1,700 seamen. It has a hospital complex, cabins for female officers, eight kilometres (5.0 mi) of corridors, and eight generators capable of lighting up a city of 2 million people.

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