Vikrant class aircraft carrier
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Project 71 class Aircraft carrier | |
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Class Overview | |
Type: | Aircraft carrier |
Name: | Project 71 |
Number of ships: | 2 |
Preceded by: | INS Vikramadityaā€ˇ |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 37,500 tons |
Length: | 252 metres |
Beam: | 58 metres |
Draught: | 8.4 metres |
Propulsion: | General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, driving four shafts. |
Speed: | 28 knots |
Range: | 7,500 miles at 18 knots |
Complement: | approximately 1400 |
Aircraft: | 30 total MiG-29K HAL Tejas Dhruv Ka-31 'Helix' |
The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) (formerly known as Air Defense Ship (ADS)) is first aircraft carrier to be built by India at the Cochin Shipyard. The steel cutting took place at Cochin Shipyard Ltd on 11 April 2005 [1]. This will be the largest and broadest ship ever built by India.