Currently, India is also carrying out the production and manufacturing of domestic aircraft carriers. India has already produced the Vikrant aircraft carrier . The Vikrant aircraft carrier has become the pride of the Indian Navy and is also the most powerful surface ship in the Indian Navy. However, after the birth of the Vikrant aircraft carrier, India has stopped the production and manufacturing of the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier . In India's view, there is no need to produce the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier at this stage, but India will continue to complete the subsequent production of 40,000-ton aircraft carrier, which also means that the domestic aircraft carrier produced by India will be similar in size to the USS Vikrant aircraft carrier in the future. Regarding the carrier-based configuration of the USS Vikrant aircraft carrier, India is no longer satisfied with the MiG 29K fighter that was born in the Soviet era, but hopes to buy more battlefield carrier-based from Western countries, which has stronger battlefield situational awareness , and has stronger avionics and weapons mount capabilities.
Since there are not many countries with aircraft carriers around the world, there are very few carrier-based fighters that can be exported. Boeing, the United States, immediately took out the F/A-18E/F super Hornet carrier-based aircraft to participate in the aircraft carrier-based aircraft bid for India. However, since the Hornet fighter has been taking off using the catapult for a period of time, the United States has also made many improvements for the Hornet fighter and demonstrated its ski jump takeoff ability in front of the Indian military. However, for the Hornet fighter, bad news has been coming because the Hornet fighter has failed to take off the Indian ski jump takeoff aircraft carrier.
It is understood that India has set its attention to the purchase of carrier-based aircraft on France's Rafale M carrier-based fighter aircraft. Rafale M fighter is the naval version of Rafale fighter , which can take off and land on aircraft carriers. It is worth mentioning that the Indian Air Force has Rafale fighter jets in the combat sequence today, so it is also possible to purchase Rafale M fighter jets, which is greatly simplified in logistics management, because more than 85% of the parts of Rafale M fighter jets and Rafale fighter jets are exactly the same.
Previously, India also pointed out that LCA fighter will become an aircraft carrier-based aircraft of India, but LCA fighters have been in a difficult state. At present, the number of LCA fighters is quite limited. However, India also pointed out that India only plans to purchase 26 Rafale M fighters. In the future, India will come up with its own domestic twin-engine carrier-based fighter, and this domestic twin-engine carrier-based fighter will be ready before 2026 and complete its first flight before 2032. However, based on the current Indian aviation industry, it is quite difficult to come up with a carrier-based fighter before 2026.
When India is seeking a large number of imports of weapons and equipment, France has become the biggest winner, because in the future, the French Air Force and French Navy will use Rafale fighter jets. It is worth mentioning that the logistics maintenance of French weapons and equipment has always seemed quite cumbersome and complicated, so France can also make a lot of money from India in logistics maintenance. Text/Aris
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