The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) delivered the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) to the Indian Navy here on Thursday.
The acceptance form was signed by Madhu S. Nair, CMD of the shipyard, and Commodore Vidhyadhar Harke, Commanding Officer (Designate) of the vessel. The 262-metre-long vessel which can attain speed of up to 28 knots is scheduled to be commissioned and inducted into the Navy in the third week of August by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The IAC is the largest warship to be built in India, having a deep displacement of approximately 45,000 tonnes. Costing ₹20,000 crore, the vessel is a mammoth special-grade steel structure of 21,500 tonnes, developed indigenously and used in Indian naval ships for the first time. The indigenous content of the vessel is about 76%, says a CSL release.
