Will be scrapped. The Navy has already cashed the performance bank guarantee cheque due to non-delivery. 5 additional NGOPVs will be ordered in lieu, taking the total order to 11.
Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels of Indian Navy and Coast Guard : Updates & Discussions
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Will be scrapped. The Navy has already cashed the performance bank guarantee cheque due to non-delivery. 5 additional NGOPVs will be ordered in lieu, taking the total order to 11.
Quite unfortunate for the Navy. Already meagre resources and in addition to that, it's orders are not being fulfilled.
2 ships of the Saryu class patrol vessel was exported to the Sri Lankan Navy by Goa Shipyard limited. This was GSL's 1st major export order. The 2 ships were named SLNS Sayurala & SLNS Sindurala.
Here are some photos from 2016-17 during the construction of SLNS Sayurala:
Fully built SLNS Sayurala at GSL:
Here are some photos from 2016-17 during the construction of SLNS Sayurala:
Fully built SLNS Sayurala at GSL:
As the Navy has cancelled the orders, I wonder what will become of these 2 ships?
One can see the SRGM installed. Although the sensors are not.
Refurbish it & then sell it to somebody. Maybe Vietnam or the Philippines.
Letting then rot is hardly a good idea.
Lenders wary of revised bids for R-Naval’s shipyard at Pipavav
Bids offer only 5-10 per cent recovery of the unpaid dues of over ₹13,000
Look at these numbers
. Those unfinished hulls would be costlier than the bid.
'We've emerged as lowest bidder in Indian Navy contract for procuring 11 Next Gen Offshore Patrol Vessels of which Goa Shipyard Ltdwill be building 7.We've also got contract for 8 patrol vessels for Indian Cost Guard&export order from SriLanka for a floating dock:GSL chairman'
L1 and L2 were in news since February 2022. L1 being GSL and L2 being GRSE.
My views only:
IN should not procure NGOPV. In the past, it was okay to procure Sukanya class and after that Saryu class. But we should have stopped at that.
We already have one of the largest coast guard fleet which operate similar vessels then what is the point of IN operating the same. Better sense would have been to transfer the Saryu class to ICG which have been operating Sankalp class since last decade. Now, even ICG is going to procure NGOPV. We will be having 13 similar vessels distributed in between IN and ICG with 11 for Navy and 2 for Coast guard. This doesn't make sense.
IN should focus on procuring vessels with more firepower instead of going with OPVs.
IN should not procure NGOPV. In the past, it was okay to procure Sukanya class and after that Saryu class. But we should have stopped at that.
We already have one of the largest coast guard fleet which operate similar vessels then what is the point of IN operating the same. Better sense would have been to transfer the Saryu class to ICG which have been operating Sankalp class since last decade. Now, even ICG is going to procure NGOPV. We will be having 13 similar vessels distributed in between IN and ICG with 11 for Navy and 2 for Coast guard. This doesn't make sense.
IN should focus on procuring vessels with more firepower instead of going with OPVs.
While the platforms for ICG and IN are very similar, there are some nuanced differences in terms of armament and construction standards.
However, the main difference is in the mission. The navy needs OPVs as much as ICG to fulfill its own mandate. Ex; RN is sending it's OPV to Pacific deployment
A great deal of this confusion is due to the lack of clear cut jurisdictional responsibilities by various agencies. Ideally , the local police should undertake marine policing upto 3 kms into the sea , from there up to 50-100 kms ( depending on what's the international practice or if we've evolved our own protocols ) should be the remit of the ICG & anything beyond that should be the remit of the IN .
This strategic loophole was exposed during the 26/11 attacks & all the protocols & measures deemed necessary started being enacted & executed . The Centre has , by & large fulfilled it's responsibilities by enhancing the role of the ICG thereby leaving the IN free from policing duties . However most of the states have failed to discharge their responsibilities by setting up a separate marine police component . With the result , the ICG & the IN are still further burdened by policing duties immediately off the coast which ideally in any other geography is the remit of the local police.
All this stems from a lack of a National Security Strategy , something the ex CoAS Gen Narawane pointed out recently.
The RN example doesn't hold as they're legitimately short of capital ships due to budgetary constraints to securitize their various overseas territories . Hence the deployment of an OPV which is good for patrolling . What happens in case of a conflict is anyone's guess. Refer to the recent imbroglio they had with Iran where in response to the RN capturing , boarding & detaining members of an Iranian vessel in the Mediterranean , the Iranians retaliated reciprocating the same action in the Persian Gulf. Would this have happened with adequate deployment of assets of the RN in the Persian Gulf ?
Unlike land borders where security can be layered backwards from the land border, sea is opposite and hence security layers are necessarily overlapping. This also means that navy's AOR is practically infinite as it goes out from land to the high seas.
From a platform perspective, OPVs are high availability and low cost ships that are perfect for most situations. Not every mission requires destroyers and frigates.
It overlaps in case of our land borders too . A good example is the LoC & IB in J&K & the LAC where both the Ministry of Home is involved vide the ITBP & the Ministry of Defence vide the IA. Bring in the SFF & other specialised operatives & you've a veritable khichdi.
Pls define the scope of operations of an OPV . You'd see it's good to handle LICs , heavily armed smugglers , etc . In terms of engaging a decent navy it has severe limitations. Which is why the number of OPVs with the ICG should exceed that with the IN . If I'm not mistaken we have the opposite happening now . I certainly didn't argue that the IN must not have an inventory of OPVs .
Navy has a growing responsibility of management of waters of Mauritius and Seychelles. And the older Sukanya Class will retire.
Of the 11 new ships 4-5 will be deployed in these new responsibility areas and rest will replace older OPVs. 15 OPVs for IOR is not bad.
For ICG we have 27 OPVs and another 06 planned.
No orders for the OPVs but their components.
Aatmanirbhar Bharat: MoD signs contract with BEL for 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for Indian Navy worth Rs 1,700 crore
Posted On: 30 MAR 2023 1:55PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Defence, on March 30, 2023, signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore for procurement of 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for Indian Navy at a total cost of over Rs 1,700 crore under Buy {Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured)} category. The Lynx-U2 System is a Naval Gun Fire Control System designed and developed indigenously. It is capable of accurately tracking and engaging targets amidst sea clutter as well as air/surface targets.
The 4th generation, completely indigenous systems, will be installed on New Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels to be built indigenously at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and Goa Shipyard Limited. This move will generate an employment of two lakh man-days over a period of four years and encourage active participation of various Indian industries, including MSMEs, thus significantly contributing to the Government’s efforts to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence.
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Aatmanirbhar Bharat: MoD signs contract with BEL for 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for Indian Navy worth Rs 1,700 crore
Posted On: 30 MAR 2023 1:55PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Defence, on March 30, 2023, signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore for procurement of 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for Indian Navy at a total cost of over Rs 1,700 crore under Buy {Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured)} category. The Lynx-U2 System is a Naval Gun Fire Control System designed and developed indigenously. It is capable of accurately tracking and engaging targets amidst sea clutter as well as air/surface targets.
The 4th generation, completely indigenous systems, will be installed on New Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels to be built indigenously at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and Goa Shipyard Limited. This move will generate an employment of two lakh man-days over a period of four years and encourage active participation of various Indian industries, including MSMEs, thus significantly contributing to the Government’s efforts to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence.
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