Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant to be handed over to Indian Navy by August, 2022

New Delhi, April 28

The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant being built by the Cochin Shipyard Ltd will be handed over to the Indian Navy by August this year.

Addressing a press conference, Technical Director of the Cochin Shipyard Bijoy Bhaskar said, the final sea trial of the IAC will take place next month.

He said, the yard is in the process of setting up a new drydock, with a 600-tonne gantry crane, capable of handling vessels up to Suezmax, aircraft carriers of 70,000 tonnes displacement, Jack-up rigs and LNG vessels.

The International Ship Repair Facility being established by the Shipyard will have a 6,000-tonne shiplift, six work stations, besides a total outfitting berth of 1,500 metres.

The Shipyard enjoys 40 per cent market share of the country’s ship building industry and has so far built and exported 47 vessels to countries like Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, United States, Saudi Arabia and UAE. He said, the yard is also gearing up to cater to the country’s cruise market, which has the potential to grow eight fold over the next decade.