The engine of the Indian Navy’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) INS Vikrant has completed trials, and is expected to embark on its sea trial by mid-2020.
印度海軍第一艘本土航空母艦(IAC-1)的發動機INS Vikrant？已經完成了測試，預計將在2020年中期開始其海上試驗。
“Major structural and outfitting work of Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) has been completed. Major milestone activities including starting of Main Propulsion machinery and trials of Power Generation machinery have been completed,” Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Defence said in written reply to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.
“本土航空母艦(IAC)的主要結構和裝備工作已經完成。主要的里程碑活動，包括主要推進機械的啟動和發電機械的試驗已經完成，“印度國防部長Shripad Yesso Nak在對印度兩院議會上院Rajya Sabha的書面答覆中說。
He added that tests of other equipment and systems aboard the ship are currently in progress, the Indian media reported.
據印度媒體報道，他補充說，目前正在對船上的其他設備和系統進行測試。
“The ship’s targeted delivery was affected due to delay in supply of aviation equipment from Russia,” Naik added.
奈克補充說：“由於俄羅斯航空設備供應延遲，這艘船的目標交付受到了影響。”
The Empowered Aex Committee (EAC) reviewed the progress in the construction of the boat at the Cochin Shipyard on January 20.
授權的AEX委員會(EAC)於1月20日審查了科欽造船廠建造該船的進度。
The IAC-1 was said to be in “a very advanced stage of construction” with primary engines, all four gas turbines, and power generation systems comprising eight diesel alternators, ready.
IAC-1據說處於“非常先進的建造階段”，主引擎，全部四個燃氣輪機，以及由八臺柴油發電機組成的發電系統，準備就緒。
Some of the major systems and auxiliary equipment aboard the ship were being evaluated then.
當時正在對船上的一些主要系統和輔助設備進行評估。
The IAC completed the pre-contractors sea trials dry dock work package in December 2019.
IAC於2019年12月完成了承包商前期海上試驗幹船塢工作包。
The ship is scheduled to commence basin trials soon, followed by the sea trials in mid-2020.
該船計劃很快開始盆地試驗，然後在2020年年中進行海上試驗。
Basin trials for testing the propulsion, transmission and shafting systems are scheduled to be held in the early half of the year. The aircraft carrier would be ready for sea trials once the basin trials are successfully completed.
用於測試推進、傳動和軸系系統的盆地試驗定於今年上半年舉行。一旦成功完成盆地試驗，航空母艦將準備好進行海上試驗。
India has also been planning to build 65,000-tonne IAC-2, INS Vishal, that will rely on conventional mode of propulsion.
印度也一直在計劃建造6.5萬噸的IAC-2，INS Vishal，這將依賴於傳統的推進模式。
At Malaysia's LIMA-19 exhibition, BAE Systems offered to build a customized HMS Queen Elizabeth-type aircraft carrier for India, with an adaptable design for ski-jump and catapult launch.
在馬來西亞的利馬-19展覽會上，BAE系統公司提出為印度建造一艘定製的HMS伊麗莎白女王型航空母艦，併為滑雪跳躍和彈射發射提供適應性設計。
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