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'''[[Indian Navy|INS]] ''Vikrant''''' ({{IPA-hi|vikraːnt̪ə|pron}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/indias-first-homegrown-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-sea-trials-in-early-2020/|title=India's First Homegrown Aircraft Carrier to Enter Sea Trials in Early 2020|last=Gady|first=Franz-Stefan|website=The Diplomat|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-05|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330140422/https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/indias-first-homegrown-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-sea-trials-in-early-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> is an [[aircraft carrier]] in service with [[Indian Navy]]. The carrier is India's fourth carrier and the first to be built in India. It was constructed by the [[Cochin Shipyard Limited|Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL)]] in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]. The namesake ''Vikrant'' is a tribute to India's first aircraft carrier [[INS Vikrant (1961)|INS ''Vikrant'' (1961)]]. ''Vikrant'' means "courageous" in [[Sanskrit]].<ref name="unveils">{{cite news|title=India unveils home-built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/12/world/asia/india-aircraft-carrier/index.html|first=Harmeet|last=Singh|date=12 August 2013|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=18 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517035330/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/12/world/asia/india-aircraft-carrier/index.html|archive-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> The motto of the ship, "जयेम सम् युधिस्पृधः" ([[Sanskrit]]), means "I defeat those who dare to challenge me" (English).

Work on the ship's design began in 1999. The [[Keel laying|keel]] was laid in 2009. The carrier was floated out of [[dry dock]] in December 2011<ref name=hindu-float/> and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2013 |title=India launches first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-launches-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant/articleshow/21774409.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820063657/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-launches-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant/articleshow/21774409.cms |archive-date=20 August 2016 |website=The Time of India}}</ref> Basin trials were completed in December 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |date=30 November 2020 |title=India's New Aircraft Carrier IAC 1 – INS Vikrant Passes Basin Trials |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/indias-new-aircraft-carrier-iac-1-ins-vikrant-passes-basin-trials/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130182035/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/indias-new-aircraft-carrier-iac-1-ins-vikrant-passes-basin-trials/ |archive-date=30 November 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}</ref> and sea trials started in August 2021.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Pandit |first=Rajat |date=5 August 2021 |title=India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, to be named INS Vikrant, finally begins sea trials |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-named-ins-vikrant-finally-begins-sea-trials/articleshow/85031100.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805112318/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indias-first-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-to-be-named-ins-vikrant-finally-begins-sea-trials/articleshow/85031100.cms |archive-date=5 August 2021 |access-date=5 August 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Its [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] ceremony was held on 2 September 2022.<ref name="PTICommission">{{cite news|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13670227_PM-Commissions-INS-Vikrant.html|title=PM Commissions INS Vikrant|publisher=Press Trust of India|date=2 September 2022|access-date=2 September 2022|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904050713/http://www.ptinews.com/news/13670227_PM-Commissions-INS-Vikrant.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Aircraft flight trials will be completed in 2023.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="HBL">{{cite news|title = Navy's long-term plan is to have three aircraft carriers, says Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh|url = https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/indian-navys-long-term-plan-is-to-have-three-aircraft-carriers-navy-chief-admiral-karambir-singh/article30147141.ece|date = 3 December 2019|access-date = 4 December 2019|newspaper = [[Business Line]]|archive-date = 6 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210806032515/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/indian-navys-long-term-plan-is-to-have-three-aircraft-carriers-navy-chief-admiral-karambir-singh/article30147141.ece|url-status = live}}</ref> The total cost of the project is approximately {{INRConvert|23000|c|year=2021|lk=r}} at the time of first sea trials.<ref name="vikrant"/><ref name="msn"/>