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== Aircraft carriers ==
== Aircraft carriers ==
{{Further|Indian Naval Air Arm}}
[[File:Mikoyan MiG-29K of the Indian Navy.jpg|thumb|A MiG-29K of the Indian Navy]]
[[File:Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy (modified).jpg|thumb|right|A Boeing P-8I of the Indian Navy]]
[[File:Indian Navy Kamov Ka-31 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right| A Kamov Ka-31 helicopter lands on the [[USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)|USS ''Bunker Hill'']]]]
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|-
| [[MiG-29]]
| [[Russia]]
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29K|MiG-29K]]
| 41<ref>{{Cite web|last=Philip|first=Snehesh Alex|date=2020-11-29|title=Engine, design deficiencies — Third crash puts Russian MiG-29K back in focus|url=https://theprint.in/defence/engine-design-deficiencies-third-crash-puts-russian-mig-29k-back-in-focus/553973/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=29 November 2020|title=Indian Navy finds some debris of crashed MiG-29K in Arabian sea|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indian-navy-finds-some-debris-of-crashed-mig-29k-in-arabian-sea/articleshow/79478462.cms|access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]]
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-31]]
| Russia
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
|
| 14<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia to Supply a Batch of KA-31 AEW Helicopters to India|url=https://www.defenseworld.net/news/26554/Russia_to_Supply_a_Batch_of_KA_31_AEW_Helicopters_to_India#.X8Ska7dX4VE|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.defenseworld.net}}</ref>
|employs a [[Planar array radar]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime patrol]]
|-
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Boeing P-8]]
| United States
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft|patrol]]
|[[Boeing P-8 Poseidon#India|P-8I]]
|9<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boost to anti-submarine warfare capabilities! Indian Navy receives ninth Boeing P-8I surveillance aircraft|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/indian-navy-receives-ninth-boeing-p-8i-surveillance-aircraft/683574|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>
|3 on order
|-
| [[Ilyushin Il-38]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft|patrol]]
|
|5
|
|-
| [[Dornier 228]]
|Germany
|[[Surveillance aircraft|surveillance]]
| 228-201
|25
|12 on order
|-
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander|Britten-Norman BN-2]]
| United Kingdom
| utility / [[Maritime patrol aircraft|patrol]]
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander#Variants|BN-2B/2T]]
| 10<ref>{{Cite web|title=DORNIERS {{!}} Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/dorniers-1|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Helicopters]]
|-
| [[HAL Dhruv]]
| India
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
| MK. I / Mk. III
| 10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/02/hal-hands-over-alh-dhruv-mk-iii-to-the-indian-navy-and-coast-guard/|title= HAL hands over ALH Dhruv Mk III to the Indian Navy and Coast Guard |publisher=Naval News|date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
| 15 on order
|-
| [[Kamov Ka-27]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]]
| [[Kamov Ka-27#Variants|Ka-28]]
| 14<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ka-27/28 and Ka-29 Helix - Naval Technology|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ka272829-helix/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.naval-technology.com}}</ref>
| 4 on order
|-
|[[Westland Sea King]]
| United Kingdom
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / utility 
|[[Westland Sea King#Variants|Mk.42B/C]]
|31<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hiranandani|first=G. M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-266-6|language=en}}</ref>
|six are [[Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King#Sikorsky designations|UH-3H]] variants
|-
|[[HAL Chetak]]
| France
| liaison / utility
|
|35
|6 on order
|-
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 Seahawk]]
| [[United States]]
|[[Anti-surface warfare|ASW]] / [[Search and rescue|SAR]]
|[[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk#U.S. versions|MH-60R]]
|
|24 on order<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roche|first=Elizabeth|date=2020-02-27|title=Purchase of 24 Seahawk helicopters a 'force multiplier': Indian Navy|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/purchase-of-24-seahawk-helicopters-a-force-multiplier-indian-navy-11582793734554.html|access-date=2020-11-30|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
| [[MiG-29]]
|[[Russia]]
| [[Trainer (aircraft)#Operational conversion|Conversion trainer]]
| [[Mikoyan MiG-29K#Variants|MiG-29KUB]]
| 8<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|title = World Air Forces 2020|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2020 |access-date= 4 May 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=ANI|number=1195596711156076544|title=A MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashed in Goa soon after it took off for a training mission. Both the pilots have managed to eject safely. The aircraft involved in the crash was a trainer version of the fighter jet.|date=2019-11-16}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[BAE Systems Hawk|BAE Hawk]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
|Jet trainer
|[[BAE Systems Hawk#Hawk 132|Hawk 132]]
|17
|
|-
| [[HAL Kiran]]
| [[India]]
|Jet trainer
|
| 20
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[IAI Heron]]
|Israel
| surveillance
|Heron 1
|<ref name="bs-sipri">{{cite news|last1=Mallapur|first1=Chaitanya|title=India tops list of drone-importing nations|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/india-tops-list-of-drone-importing-nations-115050400136_1.html|work=IndiaSpend|publisher=Business Standard|date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[IAI Searcher]]<ref name="janes-16sep15">{{cite journal|last1=Bedi|first1=Rahul|title=India to buy Heron TP UAVs|journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=16 September 2015|volume=52|issue=44|issn=2048-3430}}</ref>
|[[Israel]]
| surveillance
|Mk. I / II
|
|
|-
|[[DRDO Lakshya]]
|[[India]]
| [[target drone]]
|
|39<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindustan Aeronautics Limited delivers 'Lakshya-1' aircraft to Bharat Dynamics Limited|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-delivers-lakshya1-aircraft-to-bharat-dynamics-limited/1147596/|access-date=3 August 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=27 July 2013}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]]
|[[United States of America]]
| [[surveillance drone]]
|
|2(leased)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peri|first=Dinakar|date=2020-11-25|title=Navy inducts two Sea Guardian drones on lease from U.S.|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-inducts-two-sea-guardian-drones-on-lease-from-us/article33178519.ece|access-date=2020-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|
|-
|}
[[File:INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07.jpg|thumb|180px|INS ''Viraat'']]
[[File:INS Viraat (R22) Malabar 07.jpg|thumb|180px|INS ''Viraat'']]
Currently, the Indian Navy has one aircraft carrier. Two more are being built and will enter service by 2012 and 2015.
Currently, the Indian Navy has one aircraft carrier. Two more are being built and will enter service by 2012 and 2015.
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