NEW DELHI: In a landmark event in indigenous ship-building capabilities, two frontline warships and a Kalvari-class submarine will join the Indian Navy tomorrow.
The commissioning of three war-fighting assets in a single day is unique achievement. PM Narendra Modi will dedicate these platforms to the nation. The ships include the stealth frigate Nilgiri, stealth destroyer Surat and submarine Vaghsheer. The event will be held at the naval dockyard at Mumbai. These inductions will be a transition of technology.
The Nilgiri is the first warship made using ‘integrated construction’ technique. Integrated construction entails various parts of a ship, particularly its hull, superstructure and internal systems getting designed to be manufactured in separate blocks of 250 tonnes each. Each block is built with precision to allow cabling and piping to pass through when two set of blocks are aligned and welded together seamlessly. This technique accelerates the speed of making warships.