Tag: INS Vikrant

India’s latest aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is headed for a “guarantee refit” at Cochin Shipyard and will be prepared for long endurance operations by the end of 2023. Even though INS Vikrant is headed for its mandatory “guarantee refit”, the INS Vikramaditya carrier is fully operational after a major overhaul last year and will be charting oceans…

INS Vikrant, the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, is presently undergoing Air Certification and Flight Integration Trials with Rotary Wing and Fixed Wing aircraft for achieving ‘Combat ready’ state at the earliest. As part of the trials, maiden day landing of MiG-29K and the indigenous LCA (Navy) was achieved on 06 Feb 23. Since then, day…