CSL lays keel for Navy’s next-gen missile vessels

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has laid keel for the first of the six next-generation missile vessels (NGMV) being built for the Indian Navy.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition from Integrated Headquarters, (Indian Navy), laid the keel on Friday (September 18, 2026) in the presence of Jose V.J., chairman and managing director, CSL, Rear Admiral Kapil Mehta, and S. Harikrishnan, director (operations) CSL.

The ships are envisaged as high-speed vessels with an array of weapons and sensors, including a surface-to-surface missile system, anti-missile defence system, and air surveillance and fire control radars, a communication said.