Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has commenced production of the first of the eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts for the Indian Navy. The contract for the construction of the eight ships at a cost of Rs 6,311 crore was signed with the Navy in April 2019.
The compact and complex stealth crafts will be packed with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors like hull mounted sonar, towed sonar, torpedo launchers and rocket launcher to interdict and destroy sub-surface targets in coastal waters. The crafts are capable of search and rescue and low intensity maritime operations and are propelled by water-jets capable of doing high speeds.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers is a shipbuilding company in India under the administrative control of the MoD and primarily adhere to the shipbuilding requirements of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
