Keel laying ceremony of the First NGOPV (ex-GSL) held at Goa Shipyard Ltd, #03May 24.
VAdm B Siva Kumar, CWP&A presided over the ceremony.

Contracts for indigenous design & constn of 11 Next Generation OPVs were concl on #30Mar 23 with GSL for 7 ships & GRSE - Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd for 4 ships.

The Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels, #NGOPVs will further augment #IndianNavy 's combat capability to protect the economic & geopolitical interests of the nation in the #IndianOceanRegion .

#MaritimeSecurity

A. Bharat Bhushan Babu रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India