Aircraft Carrier  

IAC Vikrant will carry out complex manoeuvres to establish specific readings of how the ship performs in various conditions.

Built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited, the 'Made in India' aircraft carrier's performance, including hull, main propulsion, power generation and distribution and auxiliary equipment, were tested during Vikrant's maiden sea voyage.

Defence Research and Development Organisation's Aeronautical Development Agency and the Indian Navy are jointly working on it at the design stage. The aircraft would operate from the Indian Navy’s current and future aircraft carriers. 

Indian Navy has sought a third aircraft carrier, which is a tactical necessity 

While India operates one aircraft carrier at the moment, New Delhi is planning to operate at least three such ships, provided it will have the funds. The construction of such a large machine is a strategic choice not only in purely military terms, however. For a country like India, which needs foreign technology, it is also a political statement.

The naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, for the first time launched off the ski jump at 04.21 pm and then subsequently ‘trapped’ ten minutes later at 04.31 pm on the arresting gear site. The Prototype-2 of the indigenous fighter aircraft was tested for operation from aircraft carriers at the Shore Based Test Facility INS Hansa, Goa.

As this island in Lakshadweep to which they travelled by INS Virat was isolated, the local administration arranged the food for Rajiv Gandhi’s guests, who included four friends of Rahul and Priyanka, Sonia Gandhi's sister, brother-in-law and their daughter, her widowed mother, R Maino, her brother and a maternal uncle

While the INS Vikramaditya was entering Karnataka's Karwar harbour, few compartments in the aircraft carrier caught fire resulting in a naval officer's death. watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

While the INS Vikramaditya was entering Karnataka's Karwar harbour, few compartments in the aircraft carrier caught fire resulting in a naval officer's death