Defence PSU Backyard Attain Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd stated it has delivered the primary of eight anti-submarine warfare or ASW shallow water crafts to the Indian Navy on Thursday. The ASW shallow water crafts will add punch to the Indian Navy’s functionality to patrol coastal areas the place enemy submarines might be lurking.
‘INS Arnala’, the primary of the eight ASW shallow water crafts being constructed by the Kolkata-based warship-maker for the Indian Navy, was delivered on Thursday.
The 77.6-metre-long and 10.5-metre-wide ASW SWCs are able to full-scale sub-surface surveillance of coastal waters in addition to search and assault, GRSE stated in a press release.
‘These also can perform coordinated anti-submarine operations with plane,’ the official stated.
The ship was constructed by way of the PPP mannequin with GRSE collaborating with non-public shipyard L&T Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu, the PSU stated in a press release.
GRSE was awarded the Raksha Mantri’s Award in 2022 for designing the Arnala, described because the ‘most silent ship’.
The ship, named after an island with a historic fort off the Maharashtra Coast, has almost 88 per cent indigenous content material, the assertion stated.
GRSE is now constructing 16 extra warships, together with three P17A superior stealth frigates, seven ASW SWCs, two survey vessels and 4 subsequent technology offshore patrol vessels.
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