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Class overview
Name	NGMV class
Builders	Cochin Shipyard Limited
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	ASW SWC class by antecedence Veer-class corvette by role
Succeeded by	Next generation corvette (NGC)
Cost	₹9,805 crore (US$1.2 billion) for six ships ₹1,634 crore (equivalent to ₹17 billion or US$210 million in 2023) per unit
Planned	6
Building	1
General characteristics (NGMV)
Type	ASuW
Displacement	1,437 tonnes
Length	89 m (292 ft 0 in)
Beam	12.0 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	< 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	CODAG 1 × General Electric LM2500 2 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	Economy: 2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) Maximum: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Endurance	>10 days at economical speed
Boats & landing craft carried	1 × RIB
Complement	80 sailors and 13 officers
Sensors and processing systems	1 x Surface surveillance radar 1 x Air surveillance radar 1 x Lynx-U2 fire control radar 1 x IRST
Electronic warfare & decoys	Kavach decoy system
Armament	Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) 2 x AK-630M CIWS 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun Anti-ship missiles: 8 × BrahMos or NASM-MR Anti-aircraft warfare: 32 × VL-SRSAM VSHORAD (India)

Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. 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.

Development

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. Vendors who chose to respond to the RFI must meet "minimum qualifying criteria" mainly, shipyard should have already built "vessel(s) of similar specifications". 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.

On 23 February 2021, Cochin Shipyard (CSL) won the bid to construct 6 Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) for a cost ₹10,000 crores.

On 30 March 2023, MoD signed the contract for acquisition of six NGMV with CSL at a cost of ₹9,805 crore (US$1.2 billion). The delivery of ships is scheduled to commence from March 2027. According to MoD, the construction of these ships will generate an employment of 45 lakh man-days over a period of nine years.

On 15 September 2023, Bharat Electronics Limited announced that they have received an order worth ₹2,118.57 crore (US$250 million) from CSL to supply "state-of-the-art technology" including sensors and weapons equipment for the NGMV project.

On 29 March 2024, CSL signed another deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited worth ₹1,173 crore (US$140 million) for in-house manufacturing six units of LM2500 for NGMV, which are scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2029.

On 16 December 2024, the steel cutting ceremony for the first ship of NGMV held at the Cochin Shipyard. Induction of the vessels is to start from 2027.

Design and description

The RFI suggests that ships will be about 2,200-2,800 tonnes each. 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.

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Yard No	Builder	Keel laid	Launched	Commissioned	Home-port	Status
Indian Navy
TBD		531	Cochin Shipyard					Under Construction
		532						Ordered
		533
		534
		535
		536

See also

• Project 75I-class submarine
• Kamorta-class corvette
• Indian Navy Multi-Role Support Vessel programme
• Future of the Indian Navy

References

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12. Balaji, Madhu (29 March 2024). "HAL signs contract with Cochin Shipyard for ₹1173.42 crore". BusinessLine. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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v t e Ship classes of the Indian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Vikrant (1961) Viraat Vikramaditya Vikrant (2013) Vishal
Destroyers	Hunt Q and R Rajput Delhi Kolkata Visakhapatnam Project 18
Frigates	River Blackwood Whitby Leopard Nilgiri Godavari Brahmaputra Talwar Shivalik Nilgiri Project 17B
Corvettes	Bathurst Arnala Durg Veer Abhay Khukri Kora Kamorta ASW-SWC Next Generation Missile Vessels
Fast attack craft	Vidyut Chamak NGFAC
Nuclear submarines	Attack Charlie Akula-II Indian SSN Ballistic missile Arihant S5**
Conventional submarines	Kalvari Vela Sindhughosh Shishumar Kalvari Project 75I
Midget submarines	Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle
Amphibious warfare ships	Kumbhir Magar Shardul Jalashwa Indian MRSV
Research and survey vessels	Makar Sandhayak Sagardhwani Dhruv GRSE class
Patrol craft	Ajay Seaward Sukanya Super Dvora Mk II Trinkat Bangaram Car Nicobar Saryu
Minesweeper	Bangor Ton Ham Mahé Pondicherry GSL Mine Counter-Measure Vessels
Replenishment ship	Ambika Komandarm Fedko Aditya Deepak HSL
Tugboats	Anand Anjan Arga Balram Bahadur Bhim Gaj IRS Bhishm Madan Singh
Ferries	GSL Manoram Shalimar
Barges	Poshak Puran Vipul Modest Corporated Hooghly Sahayak GSL
Torpedo recovery	Astravahini Astradharani
Dredgers	Nikaraksha
Training	Tir ABG
Decommissioned Under construction Planned List of active Indian Navy ships Submarines of the Indian Navy List of ships of the Indian Navy Future of the Indian Navy

v t e Corvettes of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Kamorta class Kamorta (P28) Kadmatt (P29) Kiltan (P30) Kavaratti (P31) Kora class Kora Kirch Kulish Karmuk Khukri class Kuthar Kirpan Khanjar Abhay class Abhay Veer class Vibhuti Vipul Vinash Vidyut Nashak Prabal Pralaya
Decommissioned ships	Flower class HMIS Gondwana HMIS Sind HMIS Mahratta HMIS Assam Bathurst class HMIS Punjab HMIS Bombay HMIS Bengal HMIS Madras Arnala class Arnala Androth Anjadip Andaman Amini Kamorta (P77) Kadmatt (P78) Kiltan (P79) Kavaratti (P80) Katchall Amindivi Durg class Vijaydurg Sindhudurg Hosdurg Veer class Veer Nirbhik Nipat Nirghat Prahar Nishank Abhay class Ajay Akshay Agray Khukri class Khukri Basset class HMIS Agra HMIS Ahmedabad HMIS Amritsar HMIS Baroda HMIS Berar HMIS Calcutta HMIS Cochin HMIS Cuttack HMIS Karachi HMIS Lahore HMIS Lucknow HMIS Madura HMIS Multan HMIS Nagpur HMIS Nasik HMIS Patna HMIS Peshawar HMIS Poona HMIS Quetta HMIS Rampur HMIS Shillong HMIS Travancore
Future ships	ASW-SWC INS Mahe INS Malwan INS Mangrol INS Arnala (P68) INS Androth (P69) 11 more ships NGMV 6 vessels
Footnotes Renamed as INS Bombay post republic. Renamed as INS Bengal post republic. Renamed as INS Madras post republic. Classified as Anti-Submarine Naval Trawlers

1. "Cochin Shipyard Limited Tender related to NGMV Dated: 19-04-2024" (PDF). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

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