NAVAL • CONCEPT

Project 18 (Next-Gen Guided Missile Destroyer)

Lead Agency: Warship Design Bureau (WDB) / MDL • Service: Indian Navy • Budget: TBD • IDDM: 75%

Strategic Overview

10,000+ tonne next-generation destroyer equipped with Integrated Electric Propulsion (IEP), directed energy weapons, and hypersonic anti-ship missiles.

Order of Battle & Operational Deployments

Next-Generation Destroyer Flotilla ("Project 18 Heavy Warship Squadron") — Naval Base Karwar (INS Kadamba) (Western Naval Command) — Status: slated
Standing Committee on Defence: 41st Report on Navy Capital Acquisitions (Parliamentary Committee Report)