Launch of INS Vagir, 5th of the Kalvari class

The P75 is the first submarine project significantly contributing to the objective of achieving self-reliance in naval defence by fostering innovation and creating a best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure through a ‘Make in India’ process. P75 was challenging in its own way being a project where the First of Class (FOC) was built completely in India and away from the OEM’s premises. In past the normal practice for submarine building through TOT used to have the FOCs built in the OEM country to speed up on-the-job training and thus significantly shorten the learning c