Class overview | |
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Name | NGMV class |
Builders | Cochin Shipyard Limited [2] |
Operators | Indian Navy |
Preceded by |
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Succeeded by | NGC (Next-Gen Corvette) planned |
Cost | |
Planned | 6 [1] |
General characteristics (NGMV) | |
Type | ASuW |
Displacement | 2200 tonnes |
Length | 105 m (344 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 13.0 m (42 ft 8 in) |
Draught | < 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | CODAG 2 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) [1] |
Range | |
Endurance | >10 days at economical speed [1] |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × RIB |
Complement | 80 sailors and 13 officers [1] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Kavach decoy system |
Armament |
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Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. [3] Under this programme the Indian Navy intends to acquire six advanced missile vessels. Ships in this class will be armed with Anti-ship missile or Land-attack missile like BrahMos. Ships under this class will feature advanced stealth features like a low radar cross section (RCS), infrared, acoustic and magnetic signatures. [1] [4]
On 2 January 2015 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) issued a Request For Information (RFI) under Buy Indian and Make Indian category for six new missile corvettes by initiating the Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) programme. [5] Vendors who chose to respond to the RFI must meet "minimum qualifying criteria" mainly, shipyard should have already built "vessel(s) of similar specifications". [6] An RfP worth $2.2 billion was filed by the Government of India to various Indian shipyards seeking for various warships including six missile boats. [7]
On 23 February 2021, Cochin Shipyard (CSL) won the bid to construct 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) for a cost ₹10,000 crores. [8]
On 30 March 2023, MoD signed the contract for acquisition of six NGMV with CSL at a cost of ₹9,805 crore (US$1.2 billion). The delivery of ships is scheduled to commence from March 2027. According to MoD, the construction of these ships will generate an employment of 45 lakh man-days over a period of nine years. [9] [10]
On 15 September 2023, Bharat Electronics Limited announced that they have received an order worth ₹2,118.57 crore (US$250 million) from CSL to supply "state-of-the-art technology" including sensors and weapons equipment for the NGMV project. [11]
On 29 March 2024, CSL signed another deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited worth ₹1,173 crore (US$140 million) for in-house manufacturing six units of LM2500 for NGMV, which are scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2029. [12]
The RFI suggests that ships will be about 2,200-2,800 tonnes each. [13] The new ships will have a complement of 11 officers, 2 trainee officers and 80 sailors. The range will be at least 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) (1,000 nmi; 1,900 km; 1,200 mi at full speed) and speed performance will be 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) (max speed of 35 knots; 65 km/h; 40 mph). The ships will carry eight surface-to-surface missiles, a full-fledged surface-to-air missile (SAM) system with point defence capabilities and a 15 km (9.3 mi) range MR gun system. The ships will also have radar and electro-optically (EO) guided close-in weapon systems (CIWS) with 360-degree anti-missile defence. [14] [15]
Name | Pennant | Yard No | Builder | Keel laid | Launched | Commissioned | Home-port | Status |
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TBD | Cochin Shipyard | Ordered | ||||||
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