Vikramaditya. Modernization in pictures
Light aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" (Sk.) Is intended to replace the aircraft carrier "Vikrant" that has exhausted its service life. This ship after completion should be the flagship of the Indian Navy. This aircraft carrier was built on the basis of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov through deep modernization. Currently, the ship after a complete overhaul is introduced into the Indian Navy. 8 June 2012 of the year was removed from the waters of the Northern machine-building enterprise for sea trials in the White and then in the Barents Sea. Approximate dates for testing - until December 2012
The aircraft carrier was built on the basis of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov through deep modernization.
After a complete reconstruction, the ship changed its purpose: instead of an anti-aircraft anti-aircraft cruiser, the ship became a full-fledged light aircraft carrier.
In the process of rebuilding the ship's hull, most of the elements above the waterline were replaced, the boilers of the power plant were replaced, all the weapons were removed and a new, exclusively anti-aircraft system was installed. Rebuilding has also undergone a hangar. On the deck of the ship, there is a three-wire aero-finisher, a springboard and an optical landing system, two lifts. Aircraft of up to 25 tons weight can take on an aircraft carrier, among them MiG-29K, C-54 / 55 / 56, Rafale-M, F / A-18. Also, the Ka-28 and Ka-31 helicopters will be present on the aircraft carrier, and the HAL Dhruv and Russian Ka-60 (Ka-64) Kasatka helicopters will be based.
As of August 2009, 45 Indian specialists were involved in aircraft carrier modernization at Sevmash.
In February, the CEO of Nikolay Kalistratov and a group of Sevmash specialists visited the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolaev in February 2010. According to the results of negotiations at Sevmash, three employees of the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant, including the chief builder of the aircraft under reconstruction, Evgeny M. Intis, were invited to transfer experience.
In June, the 2010 of the year arrived on the aircraft carrier mock-up of a MiG-29K fighter with a 12 mass. The model was designed for interdepartmental tests on the deck of a ship. In particular, to check the restraint used at the start of the aircraft.
The transfer ship to the Indian Navy is scheduled for December 4 2012. In September, 2011 first outing was moved from November 2011 to the end of May 2012.
8 June 2012, the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya first set sail for full-scale tests.
During the first stage of factory trials in the White Sea, a number of measurements of the physical fields of the ship were carried out, the training of the aircraft carrier crew on fueling and fresh water was completed.
Since mid-July 2012, the second phase of the tests of the aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy "Vikramaditya" has been held.
In the tests of an aircraft carrier, marine units are also involved. aviation SF: crews of airplanes and helicopters make planned overflights of Vikramaditya in order to check the ship’s radar systems, air defense systems, communications and aviation control systems.
The aircraft carrier was built on the basis of the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov through deep modernization.
After a complete reconstruction, the ship changed its purpose: instead of an anti-aircraft anti-aircraft cruiser, the ship became a full-fledged light aircraft carrier.
In the process of rebuilding the ship's hull, most of the elements above the waterline were replaced, the boilers of the power plant were replaced, all the weapons were removed and a new, exclusively anti-aircraft system was installed. Rebuilding has also undergone a hangar. On the deck of the ship, there is a three-wire aero-finisher, a springboard and an optical landing system, two lifts. Aircraft of up to 25 tons weight can take on an aircraft carrier, among them MiG-29K, C-54 / 55 / 56, Rafale-M, F / A-18. Also, the Ka-28 and Ka-31 helicopters will be present on the aircraft carrier, and the HAL Dhruv and Russian Ka-60 (Ka-64) Kasatka helicopters will be based.
As of August 2009, 45 Indian specialists were involved in aircraft carrier modernization at Sevmash.
In February, the CEO of Nikolay Kalistratov and a group of Sevmash specialists visited the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolaev in February 2010. According to the results of negotiations at Sevmash, three employees of the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant, including the chief builder of the aircraft under reconstruction, Evgeny M. Intis, were invited to transfer experience.
In June, the 2010 of the year arrived on the aircraft carrier mock-up of a MiG-29K fighter with a 12 mass. The model was designed for interdepartmental tests on the deck of a ship. In particular, to check the restraint used at the start of the aircraft.
The transfer ship to the Indian Navy is scheduled for December 4 2012. In September, 2011 first outing was moved from November 2011 to the end of May 2012.
8 June 2012, the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya first set sail for full-scale tests.
During the first stage of factory trials in the White Sea, a number of measurements of the physical fields of the ship were carried out, the training of the aircraft carrier crew on fueling and fresh water was completed.
Since mid-July 2012, the second phase of the tests of the aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy "Vikramaditya" has been held.
In the tests of an aircraft carrier, marine units are also involved. aviation SF: crews of airplanes and helicopters make planned overflights of Vikramaditya in order to check the ship’s radar systems, air defense systems, communications and aviation control systems.
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