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INDIA
Aircraft carrier VIKRAMADTYA has been put in a dry dock at Russia’s Sevmash shipyard for “cosmetic” repairs ahead of final sea trials and delivery to the Indian navy later this year.

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Zitat:INS Vikramaditya undergoes repairs before final sea trials

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 20:49
Moscow: The aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, to be delivered to the Indian navy in December, has been put in a dry dock at a Russian shipyard for "cosmetic" repairs ahead of final sea trials.

"The work is underway to repaint the hull under the waterline," Sergey Novoselov, head of defence export projects at Russia's Sevmash shipyard, said.
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India has already started taking delivery of MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft for the Vikramaditya.

Zitat:Am “Tag der Marineflieger” (11. Mai) hat Verteidigungsminister AK Antony auf dem Marinefliegerhorst Hansa (bei Goa) ein neues Marinefliegergeschwader aufgestellt.

Die Naval Air Squadron 303 (INAS 303) „Black Panthers” wird insgesamt 20 trägergestützte Kampfflugzeuge Mig-29 Fulcrum-D fliegen – 16 in der einsitzigen Kampfversion Mig-29K, vier weitere in der Trainerversion Mig-29KUB. Die 20 Flugzeuge gehören zu insgesamt 45 für die indische Marine in Russland hergestellten Maschinen dieses Typs, die für trägergestützten Flugbetrieb u.a. vom neuen Flugzeugträger VIKRAMADITYA vorgesehen sind.

Zunächst waren in Russland (zusammen mit dem umzubauenden früheren Flugzeugträger ADMIRAL GORSHKOV, nun VIKRAMADTYA) nur 16 Fulcrum-D bestellt worden; im Januar 2010 wurden dann in Wahrnehmung einer vereinbarten Option weitere 29 Flugzeuge geordert. Die ersten Maschinen wurden Anfang 2010 geliefert und werden seitdem auch bereits zur Ausbildung künftiger Trägerpiloten der indischen Marine genutzt. Dazu wurde auf der Hansa Naval Air Station auch ein nachgebildetes Flugzeugträger-Flugdeck gebaut. Zuvor hatten indische Fluglehrer bereits ausgiebige Test- und Schulungsflüge auf dem russischen Flugzeugträger ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV (in der Barentssee) absolviert.

Vorerst muss sich das neue Geschwader noch mit Flugbetrieb am Heimatplatz begnügen und das Eintreffen seines Flugzeugträgers abwarten. Die Lieferung der VIKRAMADITYA hatte sich nach diversen Problemen immer wieder verzögert. Nun soll sie nach im Sommer im russischen Weißen Meer geplanten letzten Probefahrten im Dezember dieses Jahres endlich nach Indien verlegen. ...

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29 May

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INDIA
The Indian navy is contemplating an Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for its second indigenous aircraft carrier, VISHAL, which currently is still only a concept.

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05 June
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INDIA (RUSSIA)
Russian Sevmash: “Sea trials of aircraft carrier VIKRAMADITYA will resume in a few weeks, perhaps as early as the end of June”

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Zitat:India-made aircraft-carrier to test waters in Aug

Kochi, June 22:

The Indian Navy’s indigenously built aircraft carrier, which is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard, will be launched on August 12 by Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony.

The carrier will be floated out of the shipyard on August 12 and taken to the repair dock to carry out remaining work. The hull work for the vessel will be over by June next year, by when the ship will be ready for trials. The vessel will be inducted into the Navy by January 2018, Commodore K. Subramaniam, Chairman and Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard, said.
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Sources say that the aircraft carrier, which weighs 40,000 tonnes and has 20,000 tonnes of steel, is estimated to cost $4-5 billion.

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UPCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS

INDIA (12 Aug)
Cochin shipyard will launch (float out) new aircraft carrier VIKRANT on 12 Aug … complete her for sea trials by June 2014 … commissioning planned by Jan 2018.

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UPCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS
INDIA (RUSSIA) (03 Jul)
Russian Sevmash (Severodvinsk) has scheduled the new round of sea trials for refurbished aircraft carrier VIKRAMADITYA to begin on 03 Jul in the White Sea.

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01 July

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INDIA (RUSSIA)
Russian Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk) has started the announced round of sea trials for refurbished aircraft carrier VIKRAMADITYA in the White Sea.
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Zitat:Indian Carrier Starts Final Trials in White Sea

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30 July

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INDIA (RUSSIA)
Russian Sevmash: Aircraft carrier VIKRAMADITYA successfully completed all engine tests in the White Sea … will now sail to the Barents Sea for more trials including aircraft operations.
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Zitat:Indian Aircraft Carrier Passes Engine Tests in Russian Sea Trials

17:09 30/07/2013 MOSCOW, July 30 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian-built aircraft carrier due to be delivered to the Indian Navy following a much-delayed refit has successfully passed engine tests during the first stage of final sea trials in the White Sea, shipbuilder Sevmash said Tuesday.
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The Vikramaditya will now sail to the Barents Sea, where the ship will undertake working-up procedures including aircraft deck operations. Several MiG-29K fighters and two helicopters will be used in the flight trials.

A report on the results of the final trials must be given to the Indians on October 15, the Sevmash official said.
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01 August
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INDIA
Navy vice chief: Study underway on "size, type of aircraft and their launch and recovery systems as well as propulsion" for new indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-II) … also considering nuclear propulsion.”

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06 August

INDIA
Israel-made Barak-8 air defence system will be installed on aircraft carrier VIKRAMADITYA only in 2017, during the ship’s first planned maintenance period … (unconfirmed) Russian sources claim “system development in Israel behind schedule”.

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Zitat:Indien und China wollen Bordjet-Piloten in Ukraine ausbilden lassen

16:59 09/08/2013

KIEW, 09. August (RIA Novosti). Nach dem Rückzug Russlands wollen Indien und China Piloten schiffgestützter Flugzeuge in der noch zu Sowjetzeiten gebauten Trainingsanlage Nitka auf der Krim ausbilden lassen. ....

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12 August

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Indigenously built aircraft carrier VIKRANT formally launched at Cochin shipyard … over the next three years the superstructure will be built and the propulsion system and the weapons suite will be installed. In 2016 the ship is scheduled to start trials; commissioning planned in 2018.
(rmks: there are some doubts as to whether this schedule will be met).

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