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STEEL CUTTING OF FIRST NEXT GENERATION MISSILE VESSEL (NGMV) FOR INDIAN NAVY AT COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED, KOCHI​

Posted On: 16 DEC 2024 5:43PM by PIB Delhi

‘Steel Cutting’ ceremony of the first ship of Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV), was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on 16 Dec 24, Kochi in the presence of Cmde S Parthiban, Warship Production Superintendent, Kochi. Contract for construction of six NGMVs was concluded with CSL in March 2023 with induction of the ships in the Indian Navy planned from 2027 onwards.

The NGMVs are planned to be installed with state-of-the-art weapon and sensors, which would significantly enhance the combat capabilities of the Indian Navy as a Future Ready and Combat Ready Force. The construction of the ships reinforces India’s commitment to build a strong and modern Navy, capable of operating in the complex maritime environment of the Indian Ocean Region.

The ships are envisaged as high-speed vessels with a formidable array of weapon and sensors including Surface to Surface Missile System, Anti-Missile Defence Systems, Air Surveillance and Fire Control Radars. All the major role defining equipment have been indigenously developed and manufactured, underscoring the Nation’s prowess and are in consonance with GoI initiative of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
 
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Inclined AshM launchers on the foredeck in 2024? Seriously??

While the design probably doesn't have enough depth to accommodate Brahmos VLS, are amidships launchers such an alien concept to the folks over at CSL? How could the IN accept this?? :eek:
 
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I might get some flak for this but maybe WDB outsourcing design work to the shipyards isn't such a good idea. They should be taking the lead, given their vast experience.

When the P28 Kamorta class was designed, WDB did the basic design in-house and only left detailed design to the shipbuilders, GRSE.

Had they followed the same approach, we wouldn't have ended up with two distinct designs on the same prog - ASW-SWC. A 16 ship production run with few commonality/logistics benefits.
 
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what people on the internet were speculating to be the NGMV desgn:
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What it actually turned out to be:
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This tiny vessel costs US$210 million per unit. 6 ships for total cost of US$1.2 billion.
bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha............................................

Compare this to what you can get on international mkt:
Project 22350 / Admiral Gorshkov class:
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US$250 million per unit
32 (4 × 8)3S14M VLS cells for Kalibr, Oniks, Tsircon or Otvet anti-submarine missiles
32 (4 × 8) Redut VLS cells for 9M96, 9M96M, 9M96D/9M96DM(M2) and/or quad-packed 9M100 surface-to-air missiles

bruh....compare this to P15B. A $250M frigate has double the firepower of IN's flagship destroyer which costs US$1.3 billion per unit.
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Speedster1 said:
I might get some flak for this but maybe WDB outsourcing design work to the shipyards isn't such a good idea. They should be taking the lead, given their vast experience.
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I agree with you, but WDB is stretched thin and is going to take the burden of designing the LPD as well, it's best to let shipyards handle the design for not so complex ships.
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When the P28 Kamorta class was designed, WDB did the basic design in-house and only left detailed design to the shipbuilders, GRSE.

Had they followed the same approach, we wouldn't have ended up with two distinct designs on the same prog - ASW-SWC. A 16 ship production run with few commonality/logistics benefits.
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It can be solved with better coordination with shipyards, the mistake with ASW SWC was corrected in the NGOPV project where GSL & GRSE are building the same design.
 
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Could be but this is a ~1500t class design like the Kora class. I'm no naval architect but positioning heavy weapons amidships would've helped improve overall stability. NGMV is not meant to carry triple torpedo tubes there so space couldn't have been an issue.

Maybe they're adhering to tradition. After all, no IN ship design till date has featured AShM launchers amidships.
 
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This design may or may not be NGC.

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Excellent find. It would be safe to say that the Navy has amortized the R&D cost of developing the MF-STAR mast & the Barak 8 program.

I see no RBU-6000s on that deck. Also, a flush foredeck & enclosed mooring deck like the Nilgiri class
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The foredeck has 2 VLM packages. Probably Barak 8 VLMs. There are inclined launchers amidship. The exhaust stack looks like a scaled down version of the one we saw on the Nilgiri class.

The secondary radar might be a BEL Revathi. So, we can expect VL-SRSAMs on this thing. If it had Brahmos than this would be equivalent to the Talwar class in firepower. Speaking of the Talwar class, the bridge design seems to be inspired from the Talwar class.

Good stuff.
 
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