Vikrant
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| विक्रांत [Vikrant] | R11? | Cochin SYd, Kochi | 28.2.2009 | 12.8.2013 | 2020 | building (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
32000 |
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Displacement full, t |
44700 |
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Length, m |
235.0 pp 262.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
32.5 wl 60.8 oa |
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Draught, m |
8.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
COGAG: 4 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
120000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7500(18) |
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Armament |
2 x 8 Barak-8 SAM (VLS, 16 Barak-8), 4 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 34 aircraft (12 MiG-29K, 12 Tejas, 10 Ka-31) |
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Electronic equipment |
EL/M-2248, RAN-40L radars, HUMSA NG sonar, ECM, decoy RL, CCS |
|
Complement |
1560 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 10,117 m², ha - m² / m³): Flight deck: 262.5 x 60.8m. Hangar: m. There are 2 deck-edge elevators (30t). 14° takeoff ski-jump and 3-wires arrested gear. Hangar contains 17 aircraft.
| Year | Fighters | Helicopters |
| as planned | 12 MiG-29K, 12 Tejas | 10 Ka-31 |
Project history: Originally called the Air Defense Ship (ADS) and also known as the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC). Approved by the finance and defense ministries in March 1999 and given Cabinet Committee on Security approval in June to allocate roughly $750 million for construction of a ship whose genesis began in the mid-1980s. Is to employ a 14° ski-jump bow for takeoffs and arrestor wires for landing (STOBAR: Short Take-Off But Arrested Landing). The building facility for the ship was completed 23.1.2003. A contract for construction of the first unit was awarded to Cochin in March 2005. In 2003 the Indian government expressed a desire to build three of these vessels, but budgetary limitations may dictate otherwise. Two pairs of fin stabilizers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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