PM Modi commissions INS Kolkata into Indian Navy

August 16, 2014

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.

Unique feature of INS Kolkata
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: