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Cochin Shipyard Limited laid the keel of BY-531, the first of six Next Generation Missile Vessels for the Indian Navy, at Kochi on 18 September 2026.
Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Navy), performed the ceremony.
The six-ship order was contracted on 30 March 2023 for about Rs 9,805 crore, with the first delivery due from March 2027.
Steel was cut for the second vessel of the class at the same yard a day earlier, on 17 September 2026.
The class will carry the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and is powered around a General Electric LM2500 marine gas turbine.
Public sector shipyard executing the six-vessel NGMV contract; earlier built INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier
Oversees warship design, production and acquisition; its Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition performed the keel laying
India-Russia joint venture of DRDO and NPO Mashinostroyeniya that produces the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, the NGMV's primary weapon
Contract signed with Cochin Shipyard Limited for six Next Generation Missile Vessels at about Rs 9,805 crore.
Steel cutting for the first vessel, BY-531.
Steel cutting for the second vessel of the class at Kochi.
Keel laid for BY-531 by Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu.
Deliveries of the class scheduled to begin.
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The milestone at which the backbone of a ship's hull is laid down, marking the formal start of hull construction after steel cutting.
Preventing an adversary from using a maritime area without necessarily controlling it yourself - the NGMV's intended role around choke points.
A marine gas turbine made by General Electric of the United States, used in the NGMV propulsion package and in several Indian Navy classes.