Chief of Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan Thursday January 07,2016 said the
Indian Navy will in future build all types of ships including those
designed for warfare indigenously in line with Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's "Make in India" initiative.
The Admiral was addressing a gathering in Visakhapatnam after the
commissioning of the second indigenous stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare
(ASW) corvette INS Kadmatt, built by M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Ltd (GRSE) at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
"Commissioning of Kadmatt is another milestone in self -reliance of
Indian Navy," he said adding "now Indian Navy is builders navy not
buyers Navy."
About 90 per cent of the ship is indigenous. The ship has been
indigenously designed by Indian Navy's in-house organisation,
Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders
and Engineers Limited, Kolkata. DND is Navy's Design Organisation
undertaking indigenous design of all surface combatants, he added.
'Kadmatt' is the latest indigenous ship after Shivalik class, Kolkata
class and INS Kamorta wherein a plethora of weapons and sensors have
been integrated to provide a 'Common Operational Picture (COP)'
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