INS Kadmatt Commissioned Thursday January 07,2016

 

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)'