INS Vikrant sea trials take it one step closer to its commissioning

With the navy confident about the ship's abilities during first 2 trials, Vikrant is now sailing out to undertake complex manoeuvres to establish readings of how the ship performs in various condition

After hosting two successive high profile visits – by President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu – within a span of less than two weeks, India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier (IAC-1), INS Vikrant, is heading out to sea for its third set of sea trials. The carrier was built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

In her first sea trials last August, INS Vikrant established the smooth functioning of its propulsion system, navigational suite and basic aircraft carrier operations.

In her second sea trials in October-November, various machinery trials and flight trials were conducted along with various seamanship evolutions.