GRSE Signs Contract for 4 NGOPVs, Order Book Surges by 3500 Crore

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Kolkata: Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence for construction of four (4) Next Generation offshore Patrol Vessels on March 30, 2023. The total project cost of four GRSE Vessels is around Rs 3500/- crore. The first Vessel is to be delivered within 44 months from Contract Signing and subsequent Vessels at six months intervals.

The Contract was signed between JS&AM (M&S, Ministry of Defence), Dharmendra Kumar Singh, IA & AS (2000) and Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd), Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE in the presence of Pankaj Agarwal, IAS, DG (Acquisition), Cmde PR Hari. IN(Retd.), CMD GRSE, RAdm S Mehta, ACWP&A, Indian Navy and other senior officials of Ministry of Defence, Indian Navy & GRSE.

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The length of the NGOPVs will be 110 m (approx.) with displacement around 2900 Tons and max speed more than 23 knots. The NGOPV should be capable of fulfilling roles such as Seaward Defence, ‘Out of Area’ Contingency Ops (OOAC), Non-Combatant Evacuation Ops (NEO), Convoy Operations/Anti-Piracy Missions, Counter Infiltration Ops, Anti-Poaching/Trafficking, HADR, Search and Rescue Missions, Hospital Ship, Fleet Maintenance Support and COMINT Ship.

Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE, Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd.) signing the contract

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., a premier Warship building Company in India is the first shipyard of independent India to build a Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) INS Ajay for Indian Navy in 1961 along with Indian Export Warship “CGS Barracuda”. Over last 63 years, GRSE has built 788 platforms including 107 warships for Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, and Government of Mauritius & Seychelles Coast Guard.

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