INS Vikramaditya commissioned

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INS Vikramaditya: India’s New Carrier

Latest Update:

Feb 7/14: Indian landing. A MIG-29KUB fighter lands on Vikramaditya. That has happened before, but it’s the 1st time with an Indian naval officer at the controls. India’s active Harrier force has relied on Sea Harrier vertical-landing jets for decades, which makes this landing a milestone for the Navy as a whole, as well as for the ship.

While the 303 Sqn. Black Panthers were commissioned in 2013, the ship’s official commissioning will take another 3-4 months. There’s still work to be done before they’re fully ready, though reports of troubles on the ship’s journeys appear to be exaggerated. The complaints amount to postponing refueling with INS Deepak in rough seas off of Portugal, and a reported boiler breakdown. The first complaint is trivial, but the boiler issue could be a problem, given past issues with that machinery. Even India’s Navy won’t know until debriefings are done and the report is in.

As the local beachgoers already know, a team of Russian specialists have arrived on board, and will stay in India for a year as technical backup. Itar-Tass, “First Indian-piloted MiG safely lands on Vikramaditya aircraft carrier” | RIA Novosti, “First Indian MiG-29 Fighter Jet Lands on Vikramaditya” | Hindustan Times, “Choppy first ride home for INS Vikramaditya”.

INS Vikramaditya: India’s New Carrier

 

[IND151]

India Proposes Joint Maintenance of Aircraft Carrier With Russia | idrw.org

 

[Reviewer21]

muft main apna bhaav bardhana or news create kerna koi india se seekhy .

yesterday C-130J reach Philippines ary bhai kher to hai ? kya history create ho gai ? a small movement they make it very big don't know why

See, you guys think everyone's like you, Because what we do is report them and let OUR people stay updated. Everyone isn't like you guys for example: Everytime India tests something new and advanced all that pakistan does is test Nasr/hatf. And then brag and compare it with India's test. Here's a hilarious example:

Note: I am not referring to whole pakistan, but trolls like you and the one in this clip. Sensible people also exist in pakistan, the instance is in the video itself - the Caller...

 

[Reviewer21]

Congress better set up a nice show for the ship's arrival. I want to see Katrina's thumkay on the deck along with other hotties. Any Video available of handing over ceremony, Anyone..?

No we don't need that BS, all i want is, it to be handed over to our Great Jawans. Jai Hind!!

 

[HRK]

India Proposes Joint Maintenance of Aircraft Carrier With Russia | Defense | RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – India has proposed servicing a Russian-built aircraft carrier delivered to the country last month together with Russia’s Sevmash shipyard over the next 40 years, the shipbuilder said Thursday.

Sevmash said the current servicing contract is for 20 years, but that Indian naval officials have proposed to extend that timeframe.

“Our Indian partners have proposed to conduct all service work on the ship together with Sevmash,” the White Sea-based shipbuilder said.

The Vikramaditya was ceremonially handed over to India in November, but only departed from Russia in December, and arrived safely at its new home port Karwar last month.

Sevmash representatives are scheduled to visit India next month as part of an intergovernmental military cooperation commission.

The two countries have longstanding military ties and, among other projects, have cooperated on the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile and the fifth-generation PAK-FA jet fighter still under development.

 

[cirr]

India Proposes Joint Maintenance of Aircraft Carrier With Russia | Defense | RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – India has proposed servicing a Russian-built aircraft carrier delivered to the country last month together with Russia’s Sevmash shipyard over the next 40 years, the shipbuilder said Thursday.

Sevmash said the current servicing contract is for 20 years, but that Indian naval officials have proposed to extend that timeframe.

“Our Indian partners have proposed to conduct all service work on the ship together with Sevmash,” the White Sea-based shipbuilder said.

The Vikramaditya was ceremonially handed over to India in November, but only departed from Russia in December, and arrived safely at its new home port Karwar last month.

Sevmash representatives are scheduled to visit India next month as part of an intergovernmental military cooperation commission.

The two countries have longstanding military ties and, among other projects, have cooperated on the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile and the fifth-generation PAK-FA jet fighter still under development.

What？What？？What？？？

So Indians can't do the service work on their own？

So the Russians are gonna skin the Indians for the next 40 years？

 

[帅的一匹]

Viki can't last another 40years.

 

[gslv mk3]

Viki can't wait another 40years.

Your comprehension skills are very bad..

 

[ejaz007]

India Proposes Joint Maintenance of Aircraft Carrier With Russia

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – India has proposed servicing a Russian-built aircraft carrier delivered to the country last month together with Russia’s Sevmash shipyard over the next 40 years, the shipbuilder said Thursday.

Sevmash said the current servicing contract is for 20 years, but that Indian naval officials have proposed to extend that timeframe.

“Our Indian partners have proposed to conduct all service work on the ship together with Sevmash,” the White Sea-based shipbuilder said.

The Vikramaditya was ceremonially handed over to India in November, but only departed from Russia in December, and arrived safely at its new home port Karwar last month.

Sevmash representatives are scheduled to visit India next month as part of an intergovernmental military cooperation commission.

The two countries have longstanding military ties and, among other projects, have cooperated on the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile and the fifth-generation PAK-FA jet fighter still under development.

India Proposes Joint Maintenance of Aircraft Carrier With Russia | Defense | RIA Novosti

 

[shree835]

Thanks Russia for this Quality AC,

 

[trident2010]

Beautiful ship

 

[IND151]

Sevmash chosen for INS Vikramaditya post-warranty servicing | idrw.org

 

[ejaz007]

INS Vikramaditya: India’s New Carrier

Latest Update:

March 12/14: Weapons. India reportedly rejected Russian offers to mount their Kashtan

gun/missile close-in air defense system on INS Vikramaditya, which were reportedly made during a recent meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation. It’s not a final rejection, but their experience with Russian maintenance is reportedly pushing them to hold an open competition. That could be a fine opportunity for a range of systems. KBP’s Kashtan would be eligible to bid, but so would bolt-on, independently-operated options like Raytheon’s SeaRAM missiles or Phalanx 20mm gun, or systems like MBDA’s Mistral-based Simbad/Tetral.

INS Vikramaditya is eventually supposed to use the medium range LR-SAM/ Barak-8 as its main air defense weapon, but a close-in option will be needed until India tests and fields it, and would remain a good idea even after LR-SAM is installed. Sources: Defense Radar, “Indian Navy To Open Search for Carrier Air Defense System.”

INS Vikramaditya: India’s New Carrier

 

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Sevmash chosen for INS Vikramaditya post-warranty servicing

India has chosen Russia’s Sevmash shipyard for post-warranty servicing of the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier. The relevant protocol was signed at the 23rd meeting of the naval subgroup of the Indo-Russian Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) in Goa on Wednesday, March 12.
An additional agreement will be signed in May, Sevmash officials told Itar-Tass.

Russia handed over the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier to the Indian Navy on November 16, 2013.

After a complete overhaul of what was called the Admiral Gorhskov, the ship got a new flight deck and a ski-jump ramp for MiG-29K jet fighters, navigation, radar, communication and flight control systems, other equipment and units. Russia also trained an Indian crew of about 1,500 personnel and will build infrastructure for the aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. The ship is expected to operate for 25-30 years.

Its full water displacement is 45,000 tonnes, maximum length is 283.5 metres and maximum width is 59.8 metres (increased by 8.8 metres from the original ship). The ship can carry 30 aircraft, including MiG-29K het fighters and Ka-27 and Ka-31 helicopters. Its crew is about 2,000 members.

Russia's Severodvinsk-based defence shipyard Sevmash in the northern Arkhangelsk region, which upgraded the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, will also provide post-warranty services for the ship for the next 20 years.

After the transfer of the ship to the Indian Navy, Sevmash engineers and specialists will provide warranty maintenance services for the aircraft carrier for one year.

During the three-month sea trials the ship demonstrated excellent seaworthiness, speed of 27.9 knots (about 52 kilometres per hour) and manoeuvrability. MiG specialists praised the ski-jump ramp.

All in all, the ship sailed for 19,500 miles during two seasons of sea trials, with 778 flights performed from its deck by aircraft and helicopters.

Russia's Northern Fleet aviation was involved in the sea trials: aircraft and helicopters flew around and over the ship in order to check its radar, air defence, communication and control systems.

During the first stage of the trials in the White Sea, the ship's physical fields were measured, and the crew practiced fuelling and fresh water replenishing operations.

The ship was initially scheduled to be commissioned on December 4, 2012. However its transfer to India was postponed until the end of 2013 after the problems during the sea trials.

Under a package inter-governmental agreement signed in New Delhi in January 2004, the body of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, later renamed to Vikramaditya, was transferred to India for free subject to its upgrading at Sevmash and armament with Russian aircraft.

The overall cost of the contract was estimated at $1.5 billion of which about $974 million was intended for the conversion of the ship into a full-scale aircraft carrier. All work was supposed to be completed in 2008. However the completion date has been postponed. According to unofficial data, the final cost of the aircraft carrier is $2.3 billion.

The Admiral Gorshkov was built in Nikolayev under the name of Baku and put to service in the Northern Fleet in 1987.

Defence News - Sevmash chosen for INS Vikramaditya post-warranty servicing

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

Nice Carrier I'll take it for a ride