By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI — The Russian-made carrier formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov will be delived to India at the end of this year, five years behind schedule.
Russia has formally communicated to the Indian Defence Ministry, based on the successful completion of engine trials during final sea trials.
Russian shipyard Sevmash, which has carried out the refit on Gorshkov, has told the MoD that the trials on the engine focused on the propulsion system, which had been an area of concern on the carrier, an MoD official said.
After a series of delays, Gorshkov, now renamed Vikramaditya by the Indian Navy, was to have been delivered by the end of 2012, but because of problems with the boilers during sea trials last year the delivery had to be put off.
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