Dunagiri- Project 17A stealth frigate

July 16, 2022

On July 15, 2022 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the second Project 17A stealth frigate ‘Dunagiri’.

About Dunagiri

Dunagiri frigate was launched into the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
It will be a very big asset for India as it has the potential to conclude its work in any situation.
The ship has been named after a mountain range “Dunagiri” in Uttarakhand. This mountain range was brought to Sri Lanka by Lord Hanuman to bring ‘sanjeevani booti’ for Lord Laxman.
It is the fourth ship of P17A Frigates.
It is the improved version of P17 Frigates (Shivalik Class), with some improvements in stealth features, platform management systems, advanced weapons and sensors.

Background

Dunagiri frigate is the renewal of ‘Dunagiri Leander class ASW frigate. Leander class frigate was in her service for 33 years, from May 1977 to October 2010. It had gone through several challenging operations and multinational exercises.

Project P17A

Under project P17A, first two ships were launched 2019 and 2020. First ship was launched at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. On the other hand, second ship was launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited. On May 17, 2022, the third ship named Udaygiri was launched at MDL. All the ships under project P17A have been designed in-house by Directorate of Naval Design (DND) of Indian Navy.

Launch of AI products

Recently, during the first ever AI in Defence Symposium and exhibition, defence minister inaugurated 75 newly-developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) products, as a part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Products belong to different domains including AI platform automation, blockchain-based automation, computer & intelligence, cyber security, surveillance and reconnaissance etc.

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