Next generation corvette

Class overview
Name:	NGC class
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	-class corvette
Cost:	₹36,000 crore (US$4.1 billion) overall cost (FY 2022); ₹2,500 crore (US$290 million) per unit (FY 2022);
Planned:	14 ( 2 batches)
General characteristics (NGC)
Type:	ASuW
Displacement:	3500 tonnes
Length:	120 m (393 ft 8 in)
Beam:	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught:	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	CODAG 2× Rolls-Royce MT30 4×MAN 2MW diesel engines
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance:	30 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried:	1 × RIB 4.7m
Complement:	137 sailors and 21 officers
Sensors and ; processing systems:	1 × EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar; 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar; 1 × navigation radar; 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar; 1 × intertial navigation and stabilization; 1 × fire-control system; BEL Shikari; NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	Sanket electronic warfare system; Kavach decoy launcher; CMS-combat management system;
Armament:	1 X OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM)-Manufacture by BHELrange); 2 x AK-630M CIWS; 32 × VL-SRSAM; 8 × VLS launched BrahMos or; 16 × Naval anti ship missile -MR ; 2 x quad 533 mm torpedo tubes (Varunastra); VSHORAD (India);

Next Generation corvette (NGC) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. Under this programme, the Indian Navy intends to acquire seven advanced ships armed with 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, acoustic and magnetic signatures.^[2]^[1]^[3]^[4]

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