Indian government officials recently told journalists that the first vessel of the country’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) program would be launched Aug. 12. The 45,000-ton, 284-metre INS Vikrant, currently under construction at the Cochin shipyard, is expected to enter sea trials ten months after launch, and would be ready for operational service after another five years, according to a report in Aviation Week.
The ship had originally been slated for full operations by 2014, though difficulties with steel supplies and the ship’s gearbox have delayed this until 2018.
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