India is going to build another aircraft carrier like INS Vikrant, but with improved capabilities

While the aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy INS Vikramaditya is preparing to leave the shipyard after a long repair, the command of the Indian fleet is considering ordering another aircraft carrier, which would repeat the recently built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

Since the service life of Vikramaditya will end in the foreseeable future, the new aircraft carrier is intended to be its replacement. Now the command of the Indian Navy is analyzing the fleet's needs for a larger and more combat-ready aircraft carrier.

If we have to design a new aircraft carrier, it will take time and we will need to introduce new technologies

- says the commander of the Indian Navy, Admiral R. Hari Kumar.

According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, the new aircraft carrier will be completely different, and work on its creation may begin in the very near future. As the admiral noted, new technologies are emerging, under which aircraft carriers should also be adapted. For example, an aircraft carrier must be able to launch a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The planned aircraft carrier may be larger than the INS Vikrant. Currently, the Indian Navy requires three aircraft carriers, given the specifics of their maintenance. Admiral Kumar noted that Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has gained significant experience in aircraft carrier construction since the creation of INS Vikrant, and this experience should definitely be applied to the construction of a new aircraft carrier.

The re-order, according to Kumar, will be characterized by the introduction of the most modern technologies and improvements in the capabilities of the aircraft carrier. Recall that in September 2022, the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was put into operation. Now it is being tested, and it will be fully ready for combat use by the end of 2023.

Comments

[kor1vet1974]

Probably, India will soon begin to order the construction of aircraft carriers or something like that.

[NDR-791]

Quote: kor1vet1974

Probably, India will soon begin to order the construction of aircraft carriers

God forbid. What won't work are Madras cigarettes and sour coffee.

[Doccor18]

Quote: kor1vet1974

Probably, India will soon begin to order the construction of aircraft carriers ...

We won't.
If there was political will, they would build their own, no worse than Vikrant ...

[TermNachTer]

"Vikrant" and ak was built with the technical support of Russia and France. So, there is nothing to order there, especially since the boat turned out to be so-so. It is not yet known how long "bringing it to mind" will take.

[Romario_Argo]

Vikrant 39 kt is even less than the former Gorshkov at 45 kt, and even more so Kuznetsov 60 kt
Vikrant is equipped with 4 gas turbine engines of 32000 hp each.
for our TAVKR projects of 60 kt and above, we are still only waiting for such gas turbine engines
M90FR total then 27500 hp - little - you need 4 gas turbine engines of at least 35000 hp each

[bayard]

Quote: Romario_Argo

for our TAVKR projects of 60 kt and above, we are still only waiting for such gas turbine engines
M90FR only 27500 hp - little - you need 4 gas turbine engines of at least 35000 hp each.

As far as one can believe the reports, we are now preparing two types of gas turbines of 45 l / s and 000 l / s. Four gas turbines of 55 l / s, in principle, may be enough, but I would prefer to use as a power plant for this type of ship a turbopair of gas and steam turbines, with the steam powered through a gas turbine heat exchanger (as it was on the "Moscow" and as it is now are made at gas thermal power plants), with the operation of turbines for generators and electric propulsion. This will give a double increase in power with the same fuel consumption, as well as save you from the hassle of complex and capricious running gears. And it will provide an excess amount of electricity on board - to power the EM catapults and all ship systems ... and also provide the ship with free heat for heating ... because we have a northern country.
The "Vikrant" of the Indians was almost covered with a copper basin - so many jambs were made during the design and construction that our designers had to save the project and bring it to mind. But this is a ship for the southern seas.
We need larger ABs (and 60 tons of full VI looks optimal) and with great capabilities.
But now let them at least complete the 22350 series and make sure that they have learned how to build a power plant.

[solar]

"Vikrant" and ak were built with the technical support of Russia and France.

Not France, but Italy.

In the design of the ship under the concluded contracts, the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri actually played the leading role, and the Russian Nevsky Design Bureau took an active part in the development of the aviation technical part of the ship.

[TermNachTer]

Did the Italians once build aircraft carriers? just don’t tell me about the Conti de Cavour - it’s not an aircraft carrier, it’s an unsuccessful parody. The British understood this back in the 80s of the last century.

[Doccor18]

Quote: TermNachTER

Vikrant" and ak was built with the technical support of Russia and France

And Italli, the United States and Israel planted something. Such a good cooperation...

[Fizik13]

I wonder WHO will develop it for them, and where to build it?
After all, the Indians have neither competencies, nor experience, nor opportunities in this regard, this is not a motor boat.

[APASUS]

Given the experience of building a national Indian tank and aircraft, I don’t believe in this. Hindus need a partner, but greed often plays a cruel joke with them

[Doccor18]

Quote: APASUS

Indians need a partner...

And he will be with them, and not alone.
In the field of confrontation with China, India will be helped by the same Italians, Americans and British ...

[bayard]

I think that the next Hindu AB will basically repeat "Vikranta" (just for the speed of bookmarking), but I won't be surprised if after it they aim at something bigger.

[The Little Humpbacked Horse]

Quote from Fizik13

I wonder WHO will develop it for them, and where to build it?
After all, the Indians have neither competencies, nor experience, nor opportunities in this regard, this is not a motor boat.

And it's not destiny to read the text,
The Indian Navy is considering ordering another aircraft carrier, which would repeat the newly built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Guess who :)))) We helped them to design Vikrant, and we also helped in the construction. They got their hand on it at least a little, but stuffed it. And now we will grab at any external contract - the money has run out, everything has already been swept away from the oil industry, now business is politely offered to "share the profits of 2022" billions worth 300 rubles ... As you understand, in the end the oligarchy will share, but for our check. And those, thanks to which we dried up 70 times three hundred billion rubles each (arrested foreign exchange reserves), of course, remained unpunished - we are not in 37 years ...

[solar]

In fact, the Italians participated in the design of Vikrant.

In the design of the ship under the concluded contracts, the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri actually played the leading role, and the Russian Nevsky Design Bureau took an active part in the development of the aviation technical part of the ship.

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Ugums. But at the same time

Aviation equipment, including aerofinishers, of Russian production.

I also heard that the improvements that the ship suffered permanently helped to produce ours, but this is not accurate

[bayard]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

we are not 37...

In order not to grab for air now, it was necessary to spend the 37th year 5 years before the NWO, then much would have been different.
on the other hand, our budget for the first time in ... 20 years ... is in deficit. And this is good ! It's good because the expenditure items of the budget, including social payments and direct financing of state programs, have grown sharply. This will dramatically increase the circulation of money in the country and increase the demand and quantity of purchases by the population. And this will certainly give its effect ... and increase the revenue side of the budget. It will be very interesting to see what will happen to the size of GDP by the end of the year ... Even the World Bank, looking at this ... gave a forecast about the GROWTH of the Russian economy this year, despite the war and all the sanctions. But the still unsatisfied domestic demand should also have an effect ... and stimulate domestic production. If the financial sector does not mess up and provides the declared funding and lending, by the end of the year the results may ... pleasantly surprise us.
But we still have to live until this end of the year.

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

And now we will grab any external contract

By the way, they ordered another batch of deck-based MiG-29K \ KUB ... And it won’t hurt us to practice on other ship equipment for AB.
By the way, I would like to see on board the Kuznetsov a carrier-based version of the MiG-35 or MiG-29K with avionics from the MiG-35. It's still time to change the old Su-33s there.
Moreover, the MiG-35S seems to be being put into production after all. An order for 24 MiG-35K/KUB would be a very reasonable decision.

[Volunteer Marek]

As it was said: "The road will be mastered by the walking one"!
And, one more thing: in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", there was a good phrase - "At least I tried!"

[rotmistr60]

With the general purchase of aviation and other equipment in various countries of the world, it is probably "cool" to build your own aircraft carriers. True, the BrahMos rocket produced jointly with Russia turned out to be good.

[Picasso]

Well, if even Kumar rose to the rank of admiral, then I think they will succeed!

[1erWahrheitsMinister_1984]

Ich denke, dass das Konzept von großen Flugzeugträgern als
Verteidigungs-Waffe weitestgehend überholt und unpraktisch ist!

Natürlich brauchen die Inder so etwas in erster Line als Prestigeobjekt,
obwohl der Großteil der gigantischen, indischen Bevölkerung nichts zu
fressen hat...!!!! Indien ist gerade dabei, sogar China in Puncto Bevölkerung
zu überholen...!!

Im age von immer starkeren DROHNEN - sowohl im Wasser,
als auch in der Luft - sind diese schwerfälligen Schiffstypen meines
Erachtens strategisch völlig veraltet!
Man sollte viel eher in eine riesige Armada von koordinierten Drohnen
als Angriffswaffe investieren und diese ausreichend stark Bewaffnen,
dann sind Flugzeugträger in Zukunft binnen Stunden nur noch
brenende Wracks...!!!

[Boa kaa]

I wanted to answer Robert in German, but already ... I forgot the "language of a potential enemy" ... Therefore, I will try to object to him in a generally understandable, in Russian.
1. Undoubtedly, AVU is a symbol of the prestige of the country. But it can perform not only a "defensive" function. Its combat capabilities are entirely dependent on the composition of the AIR WING! It was we who crossed "a snake and a hedgehog" and received a TAVKR with a powerful strike missile system plus aviation with a springboard takeoff and an aircraft (on the hook) landing on the deck. Others don't.
2. By population. China has 1 billion people, India has 411 billion people. At the same time, the population of the PRC is decreasing by 1 million people annually, and the Hindus continue to multiply ... Therefore, India is now the most populated country in the world.
3. At the same time, the poverty of compatriots does not particularly hurt the maharajas. The caste system of society does not know compassion for the untouchables ... And in communist China, by 2025, "more than half of the population must overcome the poverty line and become the MIDDLE class." Our rulers do not set such goals, although it cannot be said that they do not care about the people at all ...
4. About rli UAVs and NPAs in a future war and AVU. Nobody bothers to load the AVU with the same S-70A HUNTERS or Orions, therefore, it is not a fact that the AVU will "flame" from UAV attacks ... Most likely from the GZ KR DB !!! type Zircon/Gremlin and K*.
Therefore, the future will show who is right and who will be punished with justice for all serious!
AHA.

[Pavel57]

Will the Nevsky Design Bureau be attracted, or can they already do it themselves?