Overview

• Tuesday’s event marked the first time two frontline surface combatants built at different Indian shipyards were commissioned together, with both ships joining the Eastern Fleet.
• INS Udaygiri was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai and INS Himgiri by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata, showcasing parallel production capability.
• Udaygiri is the Warship Design Bureau’s 100th design and the fastest of its class to be delivered post-launch, aided by modular construction methods.
• The Project 17A frigates displace about 6,700 tonnes and field CODOG propulsion, advanced indigenous sensors, and weapons including supersonic anti-ship and medium-range air-defense missiles.
• Each ship has roughly 75% indigenous content sourced through an ecosystem of 200+ MSMEs that supported about 4,000 direct and more than 10,000 indirect jobs.