{"id":2839,"date":"2026-10-26T12:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:33:56","slug":"what-is-ins-vikrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-ins-vikrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Navy Begins Rafale Marine Trials in Goa for INS Vikrant Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Vikrant Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Navy recently commenced trials of the Rafale Marine fighter aircraft at the Shore Based Test Facility in Goa to validate modifications required for operations from the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Vikrant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>India\u2019s first indigenously designed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>manufactured aircraft carrier.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has been <\/span><b>designed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in-house by the I<\/span><b>ndian Navy\u2019s Warship Design Bureau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>constructed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by<\/span><b> Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Kochi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest warship <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ever <\/span><b>constructed in the country.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>takes its name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>India\u2019s first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant (R11), bought from the UK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 which was decommissioned in 1997.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the Indian Navy in <\/span><b>2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the induction of INS Vikrant, the <\/span><b>Indian Navy now has two aircraft carriers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its array\u2013<\/span><b>INS Vikramaditya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier purchased from Russia) <\/span><b>being the<\/b> <b>other one.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With it, <\/span><b>India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also <\/span><b>joins the elite group of nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013the <\/span><b>US, Russia, France, the UK,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>China <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 who are <\/span><b>capable of designing and constructing aircraft carriers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>INS Vikrant <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Size: The carrier is 262.5 metres long and 61.6 metres wide, with a <\/span><b>displacement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of approximately <\/span><b>45,000 tonnes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The massive aircraft carrier boasts <\/span><b>14 decks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ship accommodates around <\/span><b>1,600 personnel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including women officers and sailors, and contains approximately <\/span><b>2,200 compartments.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/defence-indigenisation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indigenous Content<\/a>:<\/b> <b>76 percent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the ship is indigenously built, including around 30,000 tonnes of specialty steel supplied by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Propulsion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is powered by <\/span><b>four gas turbines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that together generate about 88 megawatts of power.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed: It can achieve a maximum designed speed of 28 knots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Endurance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 8,600 miles <\/span><b>(13,890 kilometres), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and it is capable of functioning <\/span><b>independently for up to<\/b> <b>45 days at sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is capable of operating an <\/span><b>air wing consisting of 30 aircraft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comprising <\/span><b>MIG-29K fighter jets, Kamov-31, and MH-60R<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> multi-role helicopters, in addition to indigenously manufactured Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) and Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) (Navy).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operates on the<\/span><b> Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) system,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which allows <\/span><b>aircraft <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>take off using a ski jump<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>land with the help of arrester wires.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/defence\/indian-navy-conducts-rafale-marine-trials-in-goa-to-validate-operations-from-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>SWAR<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Vikrant is India\u2019s first indigenously designed and manufactured aircraft carrier. 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