US acknowledges India’s capability to construct aircraft carriers
An 11-member US delegation, headed by Rear Admiral James Downey, Programme Executive Officer (PEO), carriers visited various defence/industrial installations in Delhi and Kochi.
An 11-member US delegation, headed by Rear Admiral James Downey, Programme Executive Officer (PEO), carriers visited various defence/industrial installations in Delhi and Kochi.
On 04 March 1961, Indian maritime history changed forever when the first aircraft carrier – INS Vikrant – was commissioned by Smt Vijayalakshmi Pandit at Belfast, United Kingdom.