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News: The Indian Navy’s Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) Srishti was launched at Goa Shipyard Limited on 27 October 2026.

About Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) Srishti

The NGOPV Srishti is an indigenously designed and built vessel for the Indian Navy.
It is the 5th vessel launched out of the 11 planned ships under the Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) programme.
Builder: The vessel is built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Defence.
Naming: The ship is named Srishti, which means ‘Creation’ or ‘Act of Creating’ in Sanskrit.
Objectives: These ships aim to strengthen maritime capabilities through maritime surveillance, protection of offshore assets, Search and Rescue, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), and anti-piracy missions.
Key Features:
- Indigenous Construction: These ships are indigenously designed and built to strengthen domestic defence manufacturing.
- Multi-domain Operations: They will support multi-domain operations and maritime security missions.
- Self-reliance: The programme aligns with Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives and supports the domestic industrial ecosystem.

Total Fleet: The Indian Navy plans to build 11 vessels under the NGOPV project.
Builders: Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Goa, is building 7 vessels, while Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, is building 4 vessels.
Key Roles: The vessels will support maritime surveillance, Search and Rescue, protection of offshore assets, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), and anti-piracy missions.
Recent Launches: 5 out of 11 planned vessels have been launched under the NGOPV programme, namely INS Shachi, NGOPV Sanghmitra, NGOPV Shruti, NGOPV Shreyas and INS Srishti.