Make in India boost: Armed with sensors, torpedoes, rockets, submarine hunter ‘Malwan’ joins Navy

NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy has received ‘Malwan’, the 2nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), built by Cochin Shipyard Limited successful Kochi, marking a measurement guardant successful India’s indigenous defence manufacturing propulsion nether the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.Delivered connected March 31, 2026, the vas is portion of a bid of 8 specified specialised warships designed and constructed domestically to conscionable the Navy’s operational requirements. Officials said the induction strengthens India’s capabilities successful coastal defence and underwater warfare.

‘Malwan’ is named aft the historical coastal municipality successful Maharashtra, intimately associated with the maritime bequest of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

The sanction besides continues the bequest of the earlier INS Malwan, a minesweeper that served the Navy till 2003.The vessel has been indigenously designed and built successful enactment with naval specifications and planetary classification standards. With implicit 80 per cent indigenous content, it reflects the increasing relation of home industry, including MSMEs, successful defence production.Measuring astir 80 metres successful magnitude and displacing astir 1,100 tonnes, the warship is powered by waterjet propulsion.

It is equipped with torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, and precocious sensors, including modern radar and sonar systems, enabling it to observe and neutralise underwater threats.The vas is susceptible of conducting anti-submarine warfare operations successful coastal waters, underwater surveillance, low-intensity maritime operations, and excavation warfare missions, making it a versatile summation to the Navy’s fleet.The transportation of ‘Malwan’ comes amid a broader propulsion to boost indigenous defence capabilities. In a parallel development, the defence ministry has signed a declaration with Bharat Electronics Limited worthy astir Rs 1,950 crore for the procurement of 2 upland radars for the Indian Air Force, further advancing the Make successful India programme.