Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, commissioned INS Kolkata into the Indian Navy at a scintillating ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Key points about INS Kolkata:
Largest indigenously-built warship
Constructed by the Mazagon Dockyards Limited and designed by Navy’s design bureau.
The 6,800 tonne warship is a technology demonstrator and will mark India’s giant leap in shipbuilding technology.
To be a part of the Kolkata Class destroyers of the Indian Navy which will include follow-on ships by the name of INS Kochi and INS Chennai respectively.
The Project 15A Kolkata class destroyers are follow-on of the legendary Project 15 ‘Delhi’ class destroyers which entered service in the late 1990s.
Length: 164 m, Width: 18 m, Full load displacement: 7400 tonnes.
It derives her name from the cultural capital city of India and state capital of Bengal – Kolkata – `The City of Joy`.
INS Kolkata is Equipped with:
Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) propulsion system.
Most sophisticated state-of-the-art weapons and sensors including the vertically launched Long Range Surface to Air Missiles (LRSAM).
MF-STAR multi-function active phased array radar, which is fitted for the first time on an Indian Naval ship.
Advanced supersonic and long range BrahMos Surface to Surface Missiles – a joint Indo-Russian venture.
76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) and AK 630 CIWS, both manufactured indigenously, can take on air and surface targets.
Anti-submarine weapon and sensor suite fitted onboard, consisting of Indigenous Rocket Launchers (IRL), Indigenous Twin-tube Torpedo Launchers (ITTL) and a bow-mounted New Generation HUMSA Sonar are a fine example of our indigenous efforts in the field of underwater warfare.
A state-of-the-art Combat Management System (CMS-15A) integrated with the onboard weapons and sensors.
A ‘Network of Networks’
The ship can be truly classified as a ‘Network of Networks’ as it is equipped with sophisticated digital networks, such as:
ATM based Integrated Ship Data Network (AISDN): It is the Information highway on which data from all the sensors and weapons ride.
Auxiliary Control System (ACS): It is used for Remote control and monitoring of machinery.
Automatic Power Management System (APMS): It is used for Intricate power supply management.
Combat Management System (CMS): Used to integrate information from own data sources and collate information from other platforms using indigenous data-link system, to provide maritime domain awareness.
High level of indigenisation achieved with most of the systems onboard sourced from within the India which has generated a sound vendor base for future ships. Major indigenised equipment/ systems onboard INS Kolkata include:
Combat Management System (CMS), Auxiliary Control System (ACS)
