General Electric has announced that India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, IAC-1 Vikrant, which was recently commissioned as INS Vikrant by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kochi, is powered by its LM2500 Gas Turbines.
The LM2500 gas turbine kits were manufactured at GE's Evendale, Ohio, facility and assembled and tested by HAL's Industrial & Marine Gas Turbine Division in Bangalore. The four marine gas turbines provide 88 MW of power, allowing the 262-meter-long carrier, which has 14 decks and can accommodate a crew of 1,700, in addition to operating 30 aircraft, to attain a maximum speed of 28 knots.
HAL carried out critical activities towards the readiness of IAC for basin trials, and its team was actively involved in integrating the power plant with the IAC. The HAL team was also onboard IAC for all sea trials. The Indian Navy now has 18 GE Marine engines in service, with additional engines in production to support the ongoing construction of Project 17A warships. GE Marine’s gas turbine business is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a part of GE Aviation. GE has delivered gas turbines onboard 633 naval ships worldwide and supplies 95% of the US Navy fleet’s commissioned propulsion gas turbines.
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