Vikramaditya - Russia & India Report

India unlikely to fine Russia for Vikramaditya delays

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:09:00 +0400

Vikramaditya equipment change to begin at Sevmash in April

ITAR-TASS — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:42:00 +0400

Sevmash will start replacing equipment aboard the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier in April, the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Alexander Fomin, said at Aero India-2013 show on Wednesday.

Behind Russia's $15 billion-plus arms export industry

Igor Popov — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:26:00 +0400

If the tests on the INS Vikramaditya had been successful and delivery had not been pushed back to 2013, Russian arms exports would have exceeded $17.4 billion in 2012

Russia remains key arms supplier for India – Rosoboronexport

RIA Novosti — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:19:00 +0400

Russia remains a key supplier of weaponry to India with good prospects for future military-technical cooperation, Deputy General Director of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Viktor Komardin, said.

Russian, Indian naval sources reject “spying” claims

Viktor Kuzmin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:57:00 +0400

Report in leading Indian daily claims Indian Navy officer passed on classified information to Russian wife through a social media site

Russia completes Indian carrier engine repairs

RIA Novosti — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:25:00 +0400

Russia’s Sevmash shipyard has fixed the engine problems which caused a delay in the delivery of the refitted aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to the Indian navy last year, a United Shipbuilding Corporation source said on Friday.

Russia sells record $15 bln of arms in 2012

RIA Novosti — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:48:00 +0400

Russia sold a record $15.16 billion worth of weaponry in 2012 while expanding its foreign client list, the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service (FSMTC) reported on Monday.

India to claim damages for Vikramaditya delay

RIR — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:54:00 +0400

Defence Minister tells Indian Parliament that damages will be claimed for the 6-month delay in accordance with the contract

Vikramaditya and Liaoning - forces of the future

Rakesh Krishnan Simha — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:33:00 +0400

China and India have a long way to go before their Soviet-origin aircraft carriers are a threat to each other, let alone the major powers

Russia and India approve work schedules for Vikramaditya

Vzglyad — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:15:00 +0400

Work on the aircraft carrier will be completed at the Sevmash shipyard by the summer of 2013, followed by sea trials and the handover to India

Russian experts deny losing Indian arms tender

Polina Chernitsa — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:38:00 +0400

Media reports that India refused to buy Russian aircraft labelled as “information war”

India remains Russia’s closest strategic partner: Alexander Kadakin

Ajay Kamalakaran — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:27:00 +0400

Maintaining that Indo-Russian ties were as good as ever, the Russian Ambassador asked the media to refrain from sensationalism

Russia, India in talks over 3 more frigates

ITAR-TASS — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:15:00 +0400

India satisfied with quality of Russian frigates, Dmitry Rogozin tells Prime Minister Medvedev

India to talk tough on Vikramaditya

Sergey Ivanov — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:58:00 +0400

A Defence Ministry official tells PTI that India plans to raise the issue of delays in the delivery of the aircraft carrier in a “big way”

MiG-29KUB lands on INS Vikramaditya

Shiv Aroor — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:43:00 +0400

Here is a video that demonstrates what India can expect when the Vikramaditya is ready.

Whither India-Russia partnership

D. Aurobinda Mahapatra — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0400

Bilateral ties are affected by the fact that India lacks a strong decision making environment and is hostage to the rampant corruption that plagues its system of administration

Carrier handover ‘behind schedule but on track’

The Voice of Russia — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:20:00 +0400

Deputy Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin spoke about Vikramaditya in New Delhi on Sunday.

Indian specialists for INS Vikramaditya recieved graduation certificates

ITAR-TASS — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:56:00 +0400

Russia’s defence shipyard Svemazh in Severodvinsk has finished the training of Indian specialists from the crew of the Vikramaditya (Powerful) aircraft carrier and awarded graduation certificates to them.

Russia to deliver Indian carrier in fall 2013 – Minister

Ria Novosti — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0400

Russia plans to deliver the overhauled aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to the Indian Navy in the fourth quarter of 2013, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday after an intergovernmental meeting in New Delhi

India may impose penalties for further delays on Vikramaditya

RIR — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:44:00 +0400

The penalties will depend on further delays and could be up to 5 percent of the refurbishing cost

Vikramaditya set to sail in July 2013

Aleksandr Yemelyanenkov — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 15:22:00 +0400

The heat insulation on the aircraft carrier’s steam boilers will be repaired at Sevmash with minimal disruption to the remaining work. No “surgical” operations will be performed on the ship’s hull

Autumn review of the Russian Defence Industry

Andrei Kislyakov — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:28:00 +0400

India remains the priority destination for Russian arms supplies but some of the biggest failures of Russian defence contractors are also connected with the country

Indian carrier handover delayed - builders

RIA Novosti — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:07:00 +0400

The refurbishment of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier has hit further snags, with handover delayed to fall 2013, Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Tuesday.

Vikramditya to figure in Indo-Russian October defence talks

RIR — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:43:00 +0400

The delays would be discussed at the meeting of the India Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation.

Vikramaditya: Why India must stay the course

Rakesh Krishnan Simha — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:11:00 +0400

Yet another likely delay in dispatching the much-awaited aircraft carrier has caused tempers to flare back in India, but the problems aren’t as grim as reported

Russia to explain carrier trials failure to India in October

Ria Novosti — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:40:00 +0400

Matter to come up at a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation.

Third Indian frigate undergoes dock trials in Russia

Ria Novosti — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:10:00 +0400

The sea trials will be held in the Baltic Sea and delivery to the Indian Navy is expected in the summer of 2013

Yard boss blames boilers for India carrier trials snags

RIA Novosti — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:26:00 +0400

Sea trials of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier refitted by a Russian shipyard were unsuccessful due to design failures in the vessel's boilers, Russian daily Vedomosti wrote on Tuesday quoting the shipyard's former director Oleg Shulyakovsky.

Vikramaditya on rocks again after sea trial snags

Ria Novosti — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:29:00 +0400

Malfunctions during sea trials of the Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya, refitted by a Russian shipyard, will delay the vessel’s handover to India yet again, Kommersant business daily reported on Monday.

INS Vikramaditya faces further delays

Sergei Ivanov — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:39:00 +0400

Indian sources tell The Hindu that the delivery of the aircraft carrier may face another 6-month delay

Navy Commander: Vikramaditya to be commissioned by the end of the year

Sergey Safronov — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:14:00 +0400

Victor Chirkov, the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy talks about modernisation and future plans

Celebrating Navy Day

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:28:00 +0400

Festivities and naval parades were held at the main bases of the Northern, Pacific and Black Sea Fleets and Caspian Flotilla.

Russian, Ukrainian sailors to hold first joint parade in Sevastopol

RIA Novosti — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:47:00 +0400

Russian and Ukrainian sailors will hold their first joint parade in Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Crimea on Sunday to celebrate Russia’s Navy Day, spokesman for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Captain First Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachyov said.

India’s Vikramaditya to participate in Russian Navy Day Parade

Regnum — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:05:00 +0400

The Indian Navy’s Vikramaditya aircraft carrier will participate in the Russian Navy Day parade on July 29 in Severomorsk, the main base of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the press service of the Russian Western Military Region said on Thursday.

Vikramaditya: second sea trials in the Barents Sea

Elena Krovvidi — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:33:00 +0400

The Indian Navy's newest aircraft carrier has headed into the Barents Sea for second-stage sea trials, as part of its refit by Russia's Sevmash shipyard

Indian aircraft carrier heads for second sea trials

RIA Novosti — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0400

The Indian Navy's newest aircraft carrier has headed into the Barents Sea for second-stage sea trials, as part of its refit by Russia's Sevmash shipyard.

Russia to set up arms production facility in India

The Voice of Russia — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:32:00 +0400

Russia seems to be eyeing a deeper penetration into the lucrative Indian defence market.

The Vikramaditya to complete its sea trials

The Voice of Russia — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:53:00 +0400

The aircraft carrier of the Indian Air Force (“Admiral Gorshkov“) is successfully completing its sea trials in the White Sea.

Vikramaditya starts sea trials

Alexandr Yemelyanenkov — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:48:00 +0400

The Indian Navy's Russian-built aircraft carrier Vikramaditya commenced sea trials in the White Sea.

Vikramaditya takes to the sea

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:10:00 +0400

The INS Vikramaditya will set out for its first sea trial in the White Sea late on the night of June 8th.

Vikramaditya prepares for 120-day test voyage

The Voice of Russia — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:16:00 +0400

India’s aircraft carrier will set off later this week from Russia’s Severodvinsk shipyard.

Putin boost to Indo-Russian defence ties

Dadan Upadhyay — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:43:00 +0400

In his third presidential term, Vladimir Putin, the architect of special and strategic partnership between India and Russia, is set to drive up bilateral defence ties to new heights

India’s Vikramaditya aircraft carrier prepares for sea trials

Combined reports — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:43:00 +0400

Sea trials of India's latest aircraft carrier will start "this summer", with the work to involve the launch and recovery of fixed-wing aircraft from INS Vikramaditya.

INS Vikramaditya air wing to be tested in June

Voyenno-promishlenny vestnik (Military-industrial courier) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:25:00 +0400

The sea trial of INS Vikramaditya is scheduled to start in late May and will include MiG-29K naval fighter landing tests and checks of the aircraft systems.

Vikramaditya carrier to start sea trials in May

RIA Novosti — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:52:00 +0400

Sea trials of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya are scheduled to start on May 25, Russia’s Sevmash shipyard said.

Russia to hand over INS Vikramaditya to India in December

RIA Novosti — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:46:00 +0400

The ceremony handing over to India of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov), which is being modernised in Russia, will take place in December, Press Trust of India news agency reported on Tuesd

Russia will pass the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya to India on December 4

RIR — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:25:00 +0400

Sea trials of the aircraft carrier will begin on May 29 and will be carried out in the Barents Sea for 2-3 weeks.

Aircraft carrier on course

Alexandr Yemelyanenkov — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0400

Russia is fast-tracking port trials and putting finishing touches to INS Vikramaditya and hopes it will be the pride of the Indian Navy.

No more delays on Vikramaditya

RIR — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0400

General Director of the Rostekhnologii (Russian Technologies) state corporation Sergey Chemezov has ruled out any further delay in the handover of the Admiral Gorshkov heavy aircraft carrier to India.

Russia to supply $7.7 billion worth of arms to India

RIR — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:24:00 +0400

Russia is to supply $7.7 billion worth of armaments and military equipment to India this year, RIA Novosti reports, according to a press release by the Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT).