The Indian navy’s aircraft carriers, the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya and the indigenous INS Vikrant, were on display on March 9 as part of the Navy Commanders' Conference, images by the ...

INS Vikramaditya, Explained – Russia and India have maintained military ties for more than five decades.The exchange of weapons and cooperation between the two countries will only increase ...

With the Vikramaditya’s entrance into the Indian Navy, India’s only light carrier, the INS Viraat, would soon be decommissioned. The upgrade proved a frustrating process for India.

India commissioned its first aircraft carrier in 1961 and added a second in 1987. It has operated two aircraft carriers on two previous occasions, between 1987 and 1997, and between 2013 and 2017.

India is preparing to relaunch its INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to strengthen ...

A prototype of India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) (LCA (N)) Mk 1 successfully carried out its first ‘arrested landing’ on 11 January on the deck of INS Vikramaditya ...

What You Need to Know: India commissioned the INS Vikramaditya in 2013, a Soviet-built aircraft carrier originally named Baku. Bought from Russia in 2004, India invested nearly $2 billion in ...