Next generation corvette

Next Generation corvette (NGC) are a planned class of anti-surface warfare corvettes for the Indian Navy. Under this programme, the Indian Navy intends to acquire seven advanced ships armed with anti-ship or Land-attack missiles like BrahMos. Ships in this class will feature advanced stealth features like a low radar cross section (RCS), infrared, acoustic and magnetic signatures.[2][1][3][4]

Class overview
NameNGC class
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byKora-class corvette
Cost
  • ₹36,000 crore (equivalent to ₹380 billion or US$4.8 billion in 2023) overall cost (FY 2022)[1]
  • ₹3,500 crore (equivalent to ₹37 billion or US$460 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2022)[1]
Planned8 [2]
General characteristics (NGC)
TypeASuW
Displacement3500 tonnes
Length120 m (393 ft 8 in)
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
PropulsionCODAG

2× Rolls-Royce MT30

4×MAN 2MW diesel engines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)[1]
Endurance30 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		1 × RIB 4.7m
Complement137 sailors and 21 officers
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar
  • 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar
  • 1 × navigation radar
  • 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar
  • 1 × intertial navigation and stabilization
  • 1 × fire-control system
  • BEL Shikari
  • NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Sanket electronic warfare system
  • Kavach decoy launcher
  • CMS-combat management system
Armament

References
  1. "DNA Explainer: How next-generation indigenously built Corvettes will help modernise Indian Navy". dnaindia.com. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. "Indian government turns on green light for NGC (Next-Gen corvette)". navalnews.com. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. "Explained: Next-generation Corvettes, and the combat edge Navy seeks through them". indianexpress.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. "TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE AND CAPABILITY ROADMAP (TPCR) – 2018" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. 2018. p. 7. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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