The Indian Navy has announced that India’s first indigenously-build aircraft carrier, IAC Vikrant has returned after completing its third sea trials a week after venturing into the sea.
During the trials, the ship performed maneuvers, and a thorough system check of all the equipment in large numbers was tried and tested with training on various systems fitted onboard.
In a tweet sent out by the PRO Defence Kochi said, “the data from the sea trials will be analysed with mandatory inspection and balance work on the ship. Meanwhile, the indigenous aircraft carrier which will be called INS Vikrant after it enters service with the Indian Navy is likely to be commissioned later this year in August,”.
The third sea trial started on Sunday, January 9, witnessed the presence of several scientists of the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, a DRDO facility based at Visakhapatnam.
The 40 thousand-ton aircraft carrier which is by far the most ambitious navel project India has ever undertaken completed a five-day maiden voyage in August 2021 and later underwent second sea trials in October.
The successful construction of IAC Vikrant now puts India into a selective group of countries having capabilities to build state-of-art aircraft carriers along with complex weapons platforms.
The warship has over 2,300 compartments and has been designed for a crew of around 1,700 people including specialised cabins for women.
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