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India has begun designing its second indigenous aircraft carrier, IAC-II, which would be the largest ship in terms of the weight and size to have ever been built by the Navy. The designs have not been frozen.

IAC-1 has been delayed by 2 years and navy says that the delays have been caused by mainly the gearbox. IAC-I has two very large gear boxes weighing around 90 tonnes each, the largest-ever to have been handled by the Navy. The 40,000 tonne IAC-I is being constructed by the Kochin Shipyard in Kerala and is so far the biggest warship project undertaken in the country.

(Naval LCA) NLCA is also mature by IAC-II delivery.