The contract for indigenous design and construction of
three Cadet Training
Ships was concluded between MoD and M/s L&T in Mar 23. Steel Cutting ceremony of the
third Cadet Training Ship (Yard-18005) was held at M/s L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli,
on 20 Apr 24.
The ceremony was presided by Shri Giridhar Aramane, Defence
Secretary in the presence of Mr Arun Ramchandani, Executive Vice President,
L&T Precision Engineering & System other senior officials from Indian
Navy and M/s L&T were present for the occasion.
These
Cadet Training Ships will be utilised for training officer cadets at sea after
their basic training ashore.
These ships will also extend the training facilities to foreign cadets as well. These ships are
likely to be delivered to IN commencing
Sep 2026.
This is yet another significant milestone in Indian
Navy’s pursuit towards indigenous shipbuilding and is in consonance with
Government of India’s vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make
in India’ initiative. The Long Term
Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP 2012-27) envisages a force level of three
Cadet Training Ships for Indian Navy.