ForumIAS announcing GS Foundation Program for UPSC CSE 2025-26 from 27th May. Click Here for more information.
With stealth ship, India in elite group:
Context
- Recently defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned INS Kiltan , the third of the four Project-28 Kamorta class ASW.
- With the commissioning of third kamorta class Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth, country is rapidly marching towards indigenisation
About project
This is part of ‘Make in India’ initiative.
- The keel was laid in 2010 under the Project-28 scheme and was built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
Indeginisation
- This ship is unique, as about 81% is built indigenously and is the first built by India that has a superstructure made up of carbon fibre composite material.
- This makes it a stealth corvette and makes India one among the few nations that have this technology or this class of ships.
About INS KILTAN
- INS Kiltan has been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced by the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
- propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots with an endurance of 3450 nautical miles.
- The carbon composite material gives it an extra stealth edge and also lowers the top weight and maintenance cost.
- The installed propulsion and auxiliary systems provides very low radiated underwater noise feature, required for anti-submarine warfare.
- INS Kiltan is the latest indigenous warship after Shivalik Class, Kolkata Class and sister ships INS Kamorta and INS Kadmatt to have joined the Indian Navy’s arsenal
