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Honoured to be onboard India's 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier: Mohanlal

Superstar Mohanlal has expressed his gratitude after he visited Vikrant, the country's first indigenously built aircraft carrier. The 62-year-old actor visited the soon-to-be-commissioned aircraft carrier with filmmaker Major Ravi on Thursday. Mohanlal shared photos from his visit to the aircraft on Twitter Saturday and called it a "true engineering marvel". "Honoured to be onboard India's 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), soon to be commissioned as Vikrant, built in Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Kerala. She is a true engineering marvel that further fortifies @indiannavy and showcases India's shipbuilding capabilities. "I express my heartfelt gratitude for this matchless opportunity, especially to the Commanding Officer, Commodore Vidhyadhar Harke, VSM, and Mr. Madhu Nair, the Chairman & Managing Director of Cochin Shipyard Limited, for their warm reception," the actor wrote. Mohanlal, who was inducted into the Territorial Army of India in the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in ..

First indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant handed over to Navy

Until the Vikrant was decommissioned on January 31, 1997, she served the Indian Navy well

INS Vikrant finishes sea trials, to be delivered to navy soon

INS Vikrant will complement the INS Vikramaditya, currently the navy's lone carrier, which was acquired from Russia in 2013

India may buy Rafales to give its aircraft carriers more strike options

Navy plans to buy 26 MRCBFs, so that INS Vikrant has more strike options

INS Vikrant 'crowd-funds scam': Mumbai Police book BJP's Somaiya, son

The Trombay Police filed the case following a complaint by a retired Indian Army soldier Baban B. Bhosale, invoking Indian Penal Code Section 406, 420 and 34 against the father-son duo and others

India successfully flight-tests marine version of Rafale for INS Vikrant

The marine version of the French-made Rafale fighter jet has been successfully flight-tested at a shore-based facility in Goa where conditions similar to that on the indigenously-developed aircraft carrier INS Vikrant were simulated, a top diplomat said. The Rafale-M is pitted against the US-made Super Hornet -- both of which are being evaluated for a possible purchase by the Indian Navy for deployment on the 44,000-tonne INS Vikrant that is undergoing trials in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal for likely commissioning in August. "Tests were done to check its (Rafale-Marine's) take-off (capability) from the deck of your (India's) carrier and it has done very well," Frech Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain told journalists on Tuesday evening here in a free-wheeling conversation. India's new aircraft carrier has been designed as a ski-jump launch ship, different from many other such carriers, which use a catapult launch for their jets. The aircraft selected by the Indian Navy ..

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INS Vikrant sea trials take it one step closer to its commissioning

With the navy confident about the ship's abilities during first 2 trials, Vikrant is now sailing out to undertake complex manoeuvres to establish readings of how the ship performs in various condition

INS Vikrant to be commissioned by Aug 2022: Admiral Karambir Singh

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh on Thursday said that the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) INS Vikrant will be commissioned by August 2022.Chief of Naval Staff was addressing an event at the naval dockyard in Mumbai, where INS Vela, the fourth Scorpene-class submarine was commissioned into the Indian Navy today."We recently conducted a successful sea trial of INS Vikrant. We should be able to commission INS Vikrant by August 2022," said Navy Chief.Taling about the INS Vela, he said that the INS Vela, the fourth Scorpene-class submarine, will play a crucial role in enhancing the Navy's ability to protect the nation's maritime interests."INS Vela has the ability to undertake an entire spectrum of submarine operations. Given today's dynamic and complex security situation, its capability and firepower will play a crucial role in enhancing Navy's ability to protect India's maritime interests," Admiral Singh said.The Navy chief said that the P-75 project represents the growing ...

INS Vikrant is 12 years late and 13 times the budgeted cost

A saga of shortfalls and ineptitude - in planning, obtaining sanctions, designing, construction and financing - has caused a delay of 12 years in building and shot up its cost 13 times

IAC Vikrant successfully completes five-day maiden sea voyage

The aircraft carrier, built at a cost of around Rs 23,000 crore, set sail on Wednesday for the crucial sea trials ahead of its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August next year.

INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, heads out to sea

The 40,000 tonne INS Vikrant is designed to operate a mix of aircraft

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, Vikrant, begins sea trial

Indian Navy described it as a 'proud and historic' day for nation and said India has joined a select group of countries having niche capability to indigenously design, build aircraft carrier.

Covid-19 delays delivery of first indigenous aircraft carrier by 6 months

The first phase of the warship's trials - termed basin trials - was initially scheduled to begin on March 12 at Cochin Shipyard (CSL), where INS Vikrant has been constructed

Aircraft carrier Vikrant likely to be commissioned by 2021: Report

This carrier is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi

Budgetary woes put India's supercarrier 'INS Vishal' on hold

INS Vishal stalled since 2017. UK media on Sunday reported Delhi approached London to build HMS Queen Elizabeth-like carrier

How Bajaj Auto is preserving a scrap of history

The author finds out how the two-wheeler maker is trying to preserve the legacy of India's first aircraft carrier with its new bike