India’s Next-Gen Coast Guard Patrol Vessel Laid at MDL, Mumbai

The first next generation of offshore Petrol Vesel (NGOPV) Yard 16401-the Kail-Reaching ceremony of the first next generation of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) was held on 22 July 2025 in Majhgaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai.

This vessel will give a new dimension to the sea monitoring, patrol and defense capabilities of the Coast Guard. It is being fully developed with indigenous techniques and is included in the Indian-IDDM (indigenously designed, developed and manufactured) under the “self-sufficient India” initiative of the Government of India.

Length: 117 meters
Speed: Maximum 23 notes
Range: 5,000 nautical miles
Crew capacity: 11 officers and 110 personnel

AI-based forecasting maintenance
Remote-pilot drone
Integrated Bridge System (IBS)
Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS)

The ceremony was chaired by the Chief Staff Officer (Technical) Deputy Inspector General R.H. Nandodkar did it. He was accompanied by MDL Executive Director (Ship Construction) A.K. Vinod, and senior ICG and MDL officials were also present.
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The vessel is being built under the signed contract on 20 December 2023. A total of six Nogopvs are to be constructed, and it is the first vessel that is included in this series.

This construction will not only strengthen Indian naval capacity but will also promote indigenous defense production, which is another step towards making India self -sufficient in the defense sector.