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Next Generation Corvette
Next Generation Corvette (NGC) are a planned Ship class, class of eight anti-surface warfare (AsuW) corvettes for the Indian Navy. Under this programme, the Indian Navy intends to acquire advanced ships armed with anti-ship missile, anti-ship or land-attack missiles like BrahMos. Ships in this class will feature advanced stealth features like a low radar cross section (RCS), Infrared signature, infrared, Acoustic signature, acoustic and Deperming, magnetic signatures. On 6 June 2022, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under the Ministry of Defence (India), Ministry of Defence cleared the acquisition proposal of the 8 Next-generation corvettes worth for the Indian Navy. According to a report on 2 May 2024, Next Generation Corvettes will be fitted with indigenous marine diesel engines which will be developed under the 'Make-I category'. The development and manufacturing of the engines will probably be carried out by Kirloskar Group, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd and Garden Reach Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, abbreviated as GRSE, is one of India's leading defence shipyards, located in Kolkata. It builds and repairs commercial and naval vessels. GRSE also exports the ships that the company builds. Founded in 1884 as a small privately-owned company on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, it was renamed as ''Garden Reach Workshop'' in 1916. GRSE was nationalised by the Government of India in 1960. The company was awarded the Miniratna public sector undertaking status, with accompanying financial and operational autonomy in September 2006. GRSE is the first Indian shipyard to build 100 warships. Facilities GRSE has ship building facilities in Kolkata and a diesel engine plant in Ranchi. It has a large computer-aided design (CAD) centre for ship modelling and design. There are four workshops for plate preparation and steel fabrication. GRSE has a dry dock for ships up to . It has a building berth and two slipways for hull construction. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
