Project 18

	Next Generation Destroyer (NGD)
Class overview
Name	Project 18-class
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Visakhapatnam class
Cost	₹50,000 crore (US$6.3 billion) for five ships (FY 2022); ₹10,000 crore (US$1.3 billion) per ship (FY 2022);
Planned	10 (batches)
General characteristics
Type	Anti-Ballistic Missile Cruiser
Displacement	14,000 t (15,000 short tons)
Length	185 m (606 ft 11 in)
Beam	25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Draft	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	COGAG; 4 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel Engines 15,200 shp (11,300 kW) × 4; 4 × GE LM2500+G4 35,320 shp (26,340 kW) × 4; 6 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 Generators driving Cummins KTA50G3 Engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC Generators;
Speed	In excess of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 × RHIB
Crew	400 (70 Officers + 330 Sailors)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar :; DRDO LRMFR AESA Radar; Indra LTR-25 Lanza L-Band Surface-search Radar; Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band Surface-search Radar; Sonar :; BEL HUMSA-NG Active/Passive Sonar; BEL Nagin Active Towed-array Sonar; Combat Suite :; Combat Management System (CMS);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	DRDO Shakti EW suite (Equipped with ESM/ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)); DRDO Nayan COMINT Suite; Decoys :; 8 x Kavach Decoy Launchers; 4 x Maareech Torpedo-countermeasure Systems;
Armament	Missiles :; 2 x Quad-canister Missile/Torpedo Launchers; 144 x VLS with a mix :; AD-1 BMD SAM; AD-2 BMD SAM; XR-SAM Surface-to-Air Missile; ER-SAM Surface-to-Air Missile; Barak 8 Surface-to-Air Missile; VL-SRSAM Surface-to-Air Missile; BrahMos/BrahMos-2/Vishnu Land-attack/Anti-Ship Missile; Nirbhay Land-attack Missile; SMART Anti-Submarine Missile; Guns :; 1 x 127mm Naval Gun; 3 × OTO Melara 76mm Naval Gun; 4 x AK-630M CIWS ; 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun;
Aircraft carried	2 × HAL Dhruv Mk-III (or) MH-60R Romeo
Aviation facilities	Enclosed Helicopter Hangar; Flight Deck capable of accommodating 2 Multirole Helicopters;

The Project 18 NGD is a class of Anti-Ballistic Missile Cruisers designed for the Indian Navy. They are projected to be the replacement of the Rajput-class Guided Missile Destroyers. Recently, the Indian Navy has showcased the design for the cruiser in a promotional video, revealing its planned specifications. The ships have been designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and a total of 5-10 ships has been planned.[1][2]

Armament

The Project 18 NGD will be the most heavily armed warships of the Indian Navy's history of warships and by all means a Cruiser by international standards. These vessels will not only field Land-attack Cruise Missiles, Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, Surface-to-Air Missiles but will also field Anti-Ballistic Missiles on the line of US Navy's (Arleigh Burke-class destroyer) which fields (RIM-161 Standard Missile 3). These Cruisers will have 2 x Quad-canister launchers, 144 VLS with a mix of :

AD-1 Endo-Atmospheric BMD
AD-2 Exo-Atmospheric BMD
XR-SAM Very Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile
ER-SAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile
Barak-8 Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile
VL-SRSAM Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (Quadpack)
BrahMos-ER Supersonic Land-attack/Anti-Ship Missile
BrahMos-II/Vishnu Hypersonic Land-attack/Anti-Ship Missile
LR-LACM Subsonic Land-attack Missile
SMART Anti-Submarine Missile

Naval Guns present this ship will be :

1 x DRDO 127mm x 62 Cal Naval Gun
3 × OTO Melara 76mm Naval Gun
4 x AK-630M CIWS
2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun[3]

References

"TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE AND CAPABILITY ROADMAP (TPCR) - 2018" (PDF). mod.gov.in.
"Project 18: India's next generation destroyer will be the most powerful in the world - Defence View". 17 October 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Massive: First look of Indian Navy Project-18 Next Generation Destroyers with 144 VLS tubes revealed - India's growing Military power". 15 October 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

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[1] "TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE AND CAPABILITY ROADMAP (TPCR) - 2018" (PDF). mod.gov.in.

[2] "Project 18: India's next generation destroyer will be the most powerful in the world - Defence View". 17 October 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[3] "Massive: First look of Indian Navy Project-18 Next Generation Destroyers with 144 VLS tubes revealed - India's growing Military power". 15 October 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.