<Li> 10 x Kamov Ka - 31, Westland Sea King and HAL Dhruv . </Li> <Tr> <Td> Aviation facilities: </Td> <Td> 10,000 m (110,000 sq ft) flight deck </Td> </Tr> <P> INS Vikrant (víkrānta "courageous") (IAC - I) is the first aircraft carrier built in India and the first Vikrant - class aircraft carrier built by Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala for the Indian Navy . The motto of the ship is Jayema Sam Yudhi Sprdhah, which is taken from Rig Veda 1.8. 3 and is translated as "I defeat those who fight against me". </P> <P> Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009 . The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on 29 December 2011 and was launched in 2013 . As of 2018, the ship is expected to be completed by December 2018, after which it will be handed over to the Navy and undergo two years of sea trials before its expected commissioning in October 2020 . The project cost has escalated dramatically to ₹ 19,341 crore (US $3.0 billion) as of 2014 . </P>

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