Overview
- The commissioning ceremony at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port formally inducted INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray into the Indian Navy on Sunday, June 21.
- INS Dunagiri is a Project 17A stealth frigate fitted with BrahMos cruise missiles and MRSAM air-defence systems, INS Sanshodhak is a large survey vessel equipped with AUVs and ROVs for coastal and deep‑water hydrography, and INS Agray is an Arnala‑class shallow‑water anti‑submarine craft with lightweight torpedoes, rocket launchers and shallow‑water sonar.
- The ships were designed by the Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) with more than 75% indigenous content and inputs from over 200 MSMEs.
- GRSE was granted Navratna status just before the ceremony, a designation that expands the yard’s financial autonomy, and the government frames the inductions as part of a wider push that has added 40+ Made‑in‑India platforms recently with about 45 large vessels still under construction.
- Officials say the new platforms will strengthen maritime domain awareness, coastal and blue‑water operations while supporting thousands of jobs through shipbuilding supply chains and government incentives for the shipping and defence manufacturing sectors.