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![India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to Conduct Basin Trials in 2020 India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to Conduct Basin Trials in 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-23_15-37-16.jpg)
India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier to Conduct Basin Trials in 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s IAC-1 aircraft carrier will likely conduct basin trials in February and March next year, according to a senior Indian naval official.
![India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Begin Sea Trials in 2020 India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Begin Sea Trials in 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-23_15-37-16.jpg)
India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Begin Sea Trials in 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier is expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy in 2020.
![Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-fa-18-1_lg.jpg)
Boeing Aims for Indian Navy’s 57 New Carrier-based Multirole Fighters Contract
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Boeing study concludes that heavily armed F/A 18 Super Hornets can safely operate from Indian aircraft carriers.
![India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020 India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-23_15-37-16.jpg)
India’s First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier will begin sea trials in early 2020, according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
![Future of India’s Supercarrier Program Still Uncertain Future of India’s Supercarrier Program Still Uncertain](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-08_17-47-47.jpg)
Future of India’s Supercarrier Program Still Uncertain
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Indian defense ministry has still not approved construction of India’s planned new 65,000-ton flattop.
![India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020 India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ins_vikrant_being_undocked_at_the_cochin_shipyard_limited_in_2015.jpg)
India’s First Homegrown Carrier to Be Ready By 2020
By Franz-Stefan Gady
India’s first domestically built aircraft carrier will be ready for operational deployment by 2020.
![Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-08_17-47-47.jpg)
Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Indian naval planners have anonymously revealed important details about India’s second indigenous aircraft carrier.
![Should the US Help India Defeat China's Navy? Should the US Help India Defeat China's Navy?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-10_22-47-26.jpg)
Should the US Help India Defeat China's Navy?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A new study argues yes, and pushes for closer defense ties between New Delhi and Washington.
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