KEEL LAID FOR P17A FIRST SHIP

KEEL LAID FOR P17A FIRST SHIP

MUMBAI: VAdm D M Deshpande, CWP&A, laid the keel of the first ship (Yard -12651) of P17A class stealth frigates on 28 Dec 2017, in the presence of Cmde Rakesh Anand, Chairman & Managing Director, MDL; Mr Sanjiv Sharma, Director (Finance) and Senior Officials from MDL & Navy. 
 
Construction of P17A ships differs in the very concept of frontline warship building by way of adoption of the modern technology of ‘Integrated Construction (IC) methodology’ where the blocks are pre-outfitted with pipes, fittings etc to reduce the build period of warships. 
 
P17A warships are follow-on warships of the Shivalik class stealth frigates. Seven frigates in this series will be constructed of which four will be constructed in MDL and three in GRSE with MDL as the lead yard. 
 
The P17A class frigates will have enhanced stealth features.  These ships are being built using indigenously developed steel and fitted with the state-of-the-art weapon and sensor systems along with advanced Integrated Platform Management System. 
 

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