Indian Navy Wants 6 New Indian-built Missile Corvettes

[Manindra]

Indian Navy corvette INS Kulish passes US Navy destroyer USS Hasley during Malabar 2012. (PHOTO / US NAVY)

Designated the Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme, the Indian Navy has officially announced interest in procuring six new Indian-built missile corvettes primarily as surface warfare vessels.

The navy puts down the capabilities it is looking for from the NDMVs as "Surface warfare capabilities, low RADAR, acoustic, magnetic and IR signature, high endurance and credible AMD/SA capability." The navy's RFI, leaves out specifics of displacement, though it appears that it could be looking for 2,000-2,500 ton vessel class -- smaller than the brand new Kamorta-class ASW corvettes that began inductions last year, but significantly larger than the Indian-built Kora and Khukri class of surface warfare corvettes.

The requirement comes with an ambitious weapons complement requirement: eight SSMs, a point defence missile system (the Barak is currently the only PDMS in Indian Navy service), an MR Gun system ("with stealth features having range not less than 15 km and capability to carry out Surface to surface, surface to air and Anti Missile Defence (AMD) engagements should be fitted. It should have the facility to be remoted using Fire Control Radars (FCR) as well as EO (Electro-Optical) sight."), and a CIWS.

The NGMV competition has exciting implications, drawing out a possible bid that takes private sector builders beyond the patrol vessel capabilities that many have been competing to provide so far and move into the realm of frontline warshipping.
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[William Hung]

Is there any update on this NGMV programme? Any preliminary designs or proposals put forward yet?

 

[#hydra#]

Something comparable to freedom class will be use full I think.pump jet propulsion gives acoustic stealth,fast good for fire and scoot strategy.

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[kaykay]

Will 6 of missile corvettes be sufficient? On ASW front Indian Navy is looking very good in future though with 16 corvettes(700 tons) and 12 bigger corvettes ( Kamorta and follow on Kamorta ASW corvettes) totalling 28 ASW corvettes.

 

[SuperSubrayan]

We need SSGN and ssm

 

[Gessler]

Will 6 of missile corvettes be sufficient? On ASW front Indian Navy is looking very good in future though with 16 corvettes(700 tons) and 12 bigger corvettes ( Kamorta and follow on Kamorta ASW corvettes) totalling 28 ASW corvettes.

This is only the first batch.

 

[kaykay]

This is only the first batch.

I hope so. Also I believe that navy would need a large fleet of smaller(500-700 tons) missile corvettes/missile boats in the line of 16 700 tons ASW corvettes.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Will 6 of missile corvettes be sufficient? On ASW front Indian Navy is looking very good in future though with 16 corvettes(700 tons) and 12 bigger corvettes ( Kamorta and follow on Kamorta ASW corvettes) totalling 28 ASW corvettes.

As the report says; these Corvettes are sought to be optimised for the Surface warfare i.e. AShW role. A good lot of the present Corvettes are for the ASW role, mainly in coastal/littoral waters.

 

[sudhir007]

we already build kamorta class corvettes it is easy to convert it.
no more delay easy to maintain coze we already plan to build 12 such ship and with minimum time frame.