This ship is designed for shallow waters submarine hunting. They chose waterjet propulsion for this role. It will be operating separately from group led by carrier.
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Mahe built by CSL and Arnala by GRSE. Arnala class will mainly be for the eastern coast, while Mahe will be for the Western fleet. Shouldn't be much difference in capability. It was the same project divided between 2 shipyards.
Invitation of Bids for Replacement of Sanket S with Varuna Lite system for Indian Navy
Varuna Lite system - Quantity 8
Delivery period for supply of items would be 12 Months for the first system from the effective date of contract, followed by each system every 02 months.
Preamble: The capability to produce an indigenous, basic ESM system has been proven, with the design and development of the Varuna Lite system. During the long years of production and development of ESM systems, several technological advancements to the ESM system have been witnessed. The contemporary worldwide Varuna Lite ESM system is far more advanced than Sanket S system. User feedback has also mandated the development of a more efficient and reliable ESM system. The Varuna Lite ESM System, needs to be interfaced with the ships House Hold data systems and CMS. The first system needs to be developed in a maximum of 12 months followed by delivery of each system in every 03 months, to facilitate fitment on several IN platforms.
Application: Varuna Lite ESM system, is planned to be the standard ESM system onboard smaller ships of IN.
BEL will provide Varuna Lite ESM system. 4 Kamorta class corvettes have Sanket S system. Talwar class ship INS Tabar has Varuna system.
Varuna Lite system - Quantity 8
Delivery period for supply of items would be 12 Months for the first system from the effective date of contract, followed by each system every 02 months.
Preamble: The capability to produce an indigenous, basic ESM system has been proven, with the design and development of the Varuna Lite system. During the long years of production and development of ESM systems, several technological advancements to the ESM system have been witnessed. The contemporary worldwide Varuna Lite ESM system is far more advanced than Sanket S system. User feedback has also mandated the development of a more efficient and reliable ESM system. The Varuna Lite ESM System, needs to be interfaced with the ships House Hold data systems and CMS. The first system needs to be developed in a maximum of 12 months followed by delivery of each system in every 03 months, to facilitate fitment on several IN platforms.
Application: Varuna Lite ESM system, is planned to be the standard ESM system onboard smaller ships of IN.
BEL will provide Varuna Lite ESM system. 4 Kamorta class corvettes have Sanket S system. Talwar class ship INS Tabar has Varuna system.
