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Friday, February 13, 2009

First indigenous aircraft carrier to be built soon

linedrawing of the project 71The keel for India's first indigenous aircraft carrier also known as the air defence ship (ADS) will be laid shortly at Cochin shipyard, Kerala, said admiral Sureesh Mehta, chief of naval staff.

Speaking at a ceremony in Goa on Thursday, where the Indian Navy took into possession Mhadei', a sail-powered yacht that will be used for solo circumnavigation, Mehta said that the ADS should accommodate 20-odd aircraft.

The original plan for the carrier, is to have the light combat aircraft (LCA) and the advanced light helicopter (ALH) Dhruv in its fleet of assorted aircraft besides MiG 29 K and Ka-31.

The ADS will be launched by October 2010, as per the phase I contract signed by its manufacturer Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) with the defence ministry.

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2 comments:

  1. Pete18/2/09 23:42

    Launching the ADS "Vikrant" in only 20 months sounds predictably optimistic.

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  2. Anonymous24/2/09 10:28

    Too right. The ship will only be delivered to the navy in 2014. Incidentally, the Tejas planes they tested landed on their belly. 600kg to much weight. HAL will take a long time re-designing and re-testing.

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