Next Generation Missile Vessels
Planned class of warships in the Indian Navy
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Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy.[4] 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.[2][5]
Indian Navy- ASW SWC class by antecedence
- Veer-class corvette by role
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | NGMV class |
| Builders | Cochin Shipyard Limited[1] |
| Operators | Indian Navy |
| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by | Next generation corvette (NGC) |
| Cost | |
| Built | 2024 – present |
| Planned | 6[2] |
| Building | 1 |
| General characteristics (NGMV) | |
| Type | ASuW |
| Displacement | 1,437 tonnes |
| Length | 89 m (292 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | < 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | CODAG
1 × General Electric LM2500 2 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines 3 × Kongsberg Kamewa waterjets[3] |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)[2] |
| Range | |
| Endurance | >10 days at economical speed[2] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × RIB |
| Complement | 80 sailors and 13 officers[2] |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Kavach decoy system |
| Armament |
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Development
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.[6] Vendors who chose to respond to the RFI must meet "minimum qualifying criteria" mainly, shipyard should have already built "vessel(s) of similar specifications".[7] A request for proposal (RfP) worth $2.2 billion was filed by the Government of India to various Indian shipyards seeking for various warships including six missile boats.[8]
On 23 February 2021, Cochin Shipyard (CSL) won the bid to construct 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) for a cost ₹10,000 crores.[9]
On 11 January 2023, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for procurement of BrahMos launchers and fire control systems for Next Generation Missile Vessels and Shivalik-class frigates.[10][11][12]
On 30 March 2023, MoD signed the contract for acquisition of six NGMV with CSL at a cost of ₹9,805 crore (US$1.0 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.[13][14]
On 15 September 2023, Bharat Electronics announced that they have received an order worth ₹2,118.57 crore (US$220 million) from CSL to supply "state-of-the-art technology" including sensors and weapons equipment for the NGMV project.[15]
On 14 February 2024, CSL signed a ₹274.76 crore (US$29 million) contract with Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited to acquire 12 AK-630 naval guns. The guns will be manufactured by the Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore in Kolkata.[16]
On 29 March 2024, CSL signed another deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited worth ₹1,173 crore (US$120 million) for in-house manufacturing six units of LM2500 for NGMV, which are scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2029.[17]
On 16 December 2024, the steel cutting ceremony for the first ship of NGMV held at the Cochin Shipyard. Induction of the vessels is to start from 2027.[18]
On 8 April 2026, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace received a contract to supply 18 sets of large Kamewa waterjets from the CSL. This was the former's single largest waterjet contract.[3][19]
Design and description
The RFI suggests that ships will be about 2,200-2,800 tonnes each.[20] 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), being propelled by three Kongsberg Kamewa waterjets each.[3] 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.[2][21][22]
The ships are being equipped with eight slant launchers for BrahMos and 24 VLS cells for VL-SRSAM along with an advanced sensor suite.[23]
Ships of the class
| Name | Pennant | Yard No | Builder | Keel laid | Launched | Commissioned | Home-port | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Navy | ||||||||
| TBD | 531 | Cochin Shipyard | Under Construction[18] | |||||
| 532 | Ordered | |||||||
| 533 | ||||||||
| 534 | ||||||||
| 535 | ||||||||
| 536 | ||||||||