Plan for Navy Cost-Watch at a cost of 270 crores, design and development of maritime diesel engine

New -Delhi, April 2 (IANS). New diesel engines will be developed for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships. It costs about Rs 270 crore. It was approved by the Ministry of Defense on Wednesday. It is an indigenous project. So far, most such engines are imported from abroad, that is, this project will strengthen the initiative of confidence India. The developed engines will be used for the most important drive and power generation on the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard ships. For the use of the Indian fleet and the coast guard, a 6 MW medium -speed maritime diesel engine will be designed and developed. For this, the project approval order under the make-i category between the Navy and Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited was signed. The agreement was signed in the South Block in New -Delhi in the presence of the secretary (defensive production) Sanjeev Kumar and the Deputy Adjunder Krishna Swaminathan of the Navy. Under the project, this prototype diesel engine is developed at a cost of Rs 270 crore. This prototype diesel engine will use more than 50 percent indigenous materials. The government of India will be done 70 percent of its funding. The contract also contains the development of a detailed design for 3 to 10 MW diesel engine. Most of the high -capacity diesel engines are still imported from foreign original equipment (OEM) manufacturer. The project begins the process of achieving self -sufficiency in the development of marine engine in the country. Important steps were taken by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This includes attempts to make technologies native and to make self -sufficiency in the defense sector. This is an important step towards various such efforts. This will make the country’s indigenous abilities even better. In addition, foreign exchange will also be saved. At the same time, indigenous technology and construction will also reduce the dependence on foreign manufacturers of original equipment. This initiative will serve as a catalyst for the development of the industrial ecosystem in the country. -Ians gcb/abm/ekd shares this story -tags