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Aircraft carrier
Vikrant-class aircraft carrier is a aircraft carrier. It was built by Cochin Shipyard Limited.
IndiaVikrant-class aircraft carrier
Srikar Kashyap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedVikrant -class aircraft carrier
Cochin Shipyard Limited
Indian Navy Ensign Indian Navy
INS Vikramaditya
INS Vishal
2022–present
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Aircraft carrier
45,000 t (44,000 long tons )
262 metres (859 ft 7 in)
62 metres (203 ft 5 in)
8.4 metres (27 ft 7 in)
25.6 metres (84 ft 0 in)
4 × General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine (88 MW) 2 × Elecon COGAG Gearbox Two shafts
30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km)
1,400 (including air crew)
Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multifunction radar Selex RAN-40L 3D L-Band Air Surveillance Radar
DRDO Shakti EW suite Kavach anti-missile system Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System
2 × 16 VLS Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles 3 × AK-630 CIWS 5 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun
INS Vikrant : 36 aircraft: Fixed-wing: MiG-29K HAL Tejas (trials) Rafale M (already ordered) HAL TEDBF (in development) Rotary-wing: Kamov Ka-31 MH-60R HAL Dhruv
Flight deck area: 12,500 m 2 (135,000 sq ft)
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 262 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 262 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 262 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 262 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Vikrant-class aircraft carrier equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IndiaNavy exact named equipment holdings: Vikrant. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Navy exact named class holdings of Vikrant. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CV. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.