NEW DELHI — The INS Vikramaditya, a Russian-built aircraft carrier refitted for the Indian navy, will leave Russian territorial waters and head for India on Nov. 30 following a more than five-year delay, a defense ministry official says. The 44,570-ton, 284-meter-long (932-ft.) warship, a refurbished version of the Russian Kiev-class Admiral Gorshkov, is expected to take about two months to arrive in India after its Nov. 16 commissioning. It will be based in Karwar Naval base, in the southern state of Karnataka.

NEW DELHI — India has taken delivery of its second P-8I aircraft from Boeing, doubling its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Boeing is building eight P-8Is for India and delivered the first in May. Based on the company’s 737 commercial airframe, the P-8I is the Indian navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the U.S. Navy.

NEW DELHI — The Indian air force (IAF) lost another MiG-29 last week when the fighter crashed shortly after takeoff on a routine training sortie, a defense ministry official says. The pilot ejected safely. The aircraft took off from Jamnagar airbase in western India on Nov. 8 and crashed in fields near a village on the Gulf of Kutch coast. Since April 2007 the IAF has lost 35 MiG fighter aircraft in accidents. Technical defects and human error were the two main causes, the official says.