Even as INS Vikrant is going for its mandatory “guarantee refit”, the INS Vikramaditya carrier is fully operational after a major overhaul last year and will chart the oceans this year. The Indian Navy will send warships, submarines and P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft off the coast of Sydney this August for the QUAD MALABAR exercise, which will see serious multi-tiered participation from the US, Japan and the host Australian Navy.