The Indian Navy had signed a contract with HSL for the design and construction of five FSS for the Navy in August 2023.
FSS are specialized naval vessels that provide logistics and material support to the naval task force at sea. With more than 220 meters in length and approximately 45,000 tonnes in displacement, FSS would be amongst the largest vessels in the Indian Naval Fleet.
In line with GoI’s vision of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, these first-of-its-kind vessels, to be built in domestic Yards, will be concurrently constructed by both HSL and L&T shipyards to meet the challenging delivery timelines. This collaborative approach in shipbuilding will serve as a cornerstone for achieving strategic national objectives of rapidly enhancing the Indian Naval Fleet while driving economic activity and technological advancement in India’s maritime domain.
In little over a decade from the receipt of L&T’s first defense shipbuilding order in March 2010, L&T has in-house designed, constructed, and delivered more than 70 defense vessels, exemplifying its ‘Make in India’ capabilities, with the remarkable achievement of delivering most of these vessels either ahead or on schedule.
L&T will construct the two Fleet Support Ships at its greenfield shipyard at Kattupalli, near Chennai on the east coast of India. It is India’s most modern shipyard, designed in-house and built to globally benchmarked technological practices.
