Next Generation Missile Vessels
Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy.[3] 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]
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | NGMV class |
| Builders: | Cochin Shipyard Limited[1] |
| Operators: |
 Indian Navy |
| Preceded by: | -class corvette |
| Succeeded by: | NGC (Next-Gen Corvette) planned |
| Cost: | |
| Planned: | 6[2] |
| General characteristics (NGMV) | |
| Type: | ASuW |
| Displacement: | 2200 tonnes |
| Length: | 105 m (344 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 13.0 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | < 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: |
CODAG 2× Rolls-Royce MT30 4×MAN 2MW diesel engines |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)[2] |
| Range: | |
| Endurance: | 10 days at maximum speed[2] |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 × RIB 4.7m |
| Complement: | 80 sailors and 13 officers[2] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | Chaff decoy system |
| Armament: |
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DevelopmentEdit
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.[4] Vendors who chose to respond to the RFI must meet "minimum qualifying criteria" mainly, shipyard should have already built "vessel(s) of similar specifications".[5] An RfP worth $2.2 billion was filed by the Government of India to various Indian shipyards seeking for various warships including six missile boats.[6]
On 23 February 2021, Cochin Shipyard won the bid to construct 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels for a cost ₹10,000 crores.[7]
Design and descriptionEdit
The RFI suggests that ships will be about 2,200-2,800 tonnes each.[8] 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). 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.[9][10]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Cochin Shipyard lowest bidder for Rs 10,000 crore contract to build missile vessels for Indian Navy".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 06 NEXT GENERATION MISSILE VESSELS (NGMVs) FOR INDIAN NAVY". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
- ↑ "Indian Navy puts out RfI for next-gen missile vessel".
- ↑ "Indian Navy Wants 6 New Indian-built Missile Corvettes". Archived from the original on 13 March 2022.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch (help) - ↑ "Indian Navy puts out RfI for next-gen missile vessel".
- ↑ "India seeks to buy $2.2 billion warships to meet China challenge". The Economic Times. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ "Cochin Shipyard lowest bidder for Rs 10,000 crore contract to build missile vessels for Indian Navy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ "Indian Navy Issues RFI For New Missile Corvettes". defenseworld.net. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ↑ "Indian Navy announces ambitious missile corvette requirement – SP's MAI". spsmai.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ↑ "India Issues RFI for Next Generation Missile Vessel – Forecast International". forecastinternational.com. Retrieved 10 April 2022.