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Missile range instrumentation vessel and Floating Test Range (FTR)
INS Anvesh is a missile range instrumentation vessel and Floating Test Range (FTR). It was built by Cochin Shipyard Limited. Reported operators include Indian Navy Defence Research and Development Organisation.
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Anvesh
Indian Navy Defence Research and Development Organisation
Cochin Shipyard Limited
₹425 crore
27 January 2016
11 March 2022
Pennant number : A41
Active
Missile range instrumentation vessel and Floating Test Range (FTR)
11,300 tonnes (11,122 long tons ; 12,456 short tons )
118.40 m (388 ft 5 in)
20 m (65 ft 7 in)
7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
3 x 4320 ekW (Main Gen Set) 1 x 1350 ekW (Aux Gen Set)
Integrated Electric Propulsion 2 × 5,000 kW (6,705 hp) prop motor 2 x 4,200 mm (165 in) CPP-Contra-Rotaing Pod Propeller 1 × 1,000 kW (1,341 hp) Forward Tunnel Thruster
Over 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
45 days
165
LRDE Long-Range Multi Function Radar
4 x Ship Launch Systems for BMD test missiles
The ship was conceived to serve as a sea-based platform for India's ballistic missile defence program and consists of 4 Ship Launch System (SLS) VLS for the same purpose. The Phase II of the BMD envisages intercepting and destroying enemy missile up to range of 5,000 kilometers by kinetic force with the FTR allowing live testing of the interdictor missiles and not computer simulations.
INS Anvesh was designed by Vik-Sandvik Design India Pvt Ltd ("VSDI"). It has a length of 118.4 m, 20 m width and 7.1 m draft and having a steel weight of approximately 3,900 tons.
It has a length of 118.4 m, 20 m width and 7.1 m draft and having a steel weight of approximately 3,900 tons.
It has a length of 118.4 m, 20 m width and 7.1 m draft and having a steel weight of approximately 3,900 tons.
The ship incorporates LRDE Long-Range Multi Function Radar (LRMFR) which will be used by Indian naval ships in future as Fire control radars for Ballistic Missile Defence. The 6 metre Active Antenna Array Unit (AAAU) for the radar was built by Astra Microwave Products Ltd. the first of which would be delivered in latter half of 2023. The LRMFR is an S-band radar system which is intended to replace the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR radar used by the Indian Navy as the primary naval radar of the next generation of naval ships. The functions of LRMFR includes acting as Fire Control Radar (FCR) for surface-to-air missile systems onboard ships and to track ballistic missiles .
The vessel equipped with electro-optical missile tracking, S-band radar tracking, telemetry devices apart from a launch pad, control and mission control center, for testing its Phase II of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor missiles. The Phase II of the BMD envisages intercepting and destroying enemy missile up to range of 5,000 kilometers by kinetic force with the FTR allowing live testing of the interdictor missiles and not computer simulations.
The missile launch system consists of 4 Ship Launching Systems (SLS) in the aft section which rests at 0° when not in used but the alignment is changed to 90° during test launches. The SLS was developed by Electropneumatics & Hydraulics Pvt Ltd. The ship has other specialised systems like damping tanks, missile integration and checkout bay, data processing room and mission control center. It is also equipped with a 15 ton crane and A-frame for cargo handling in the aft section.
It is also designed to test radars, sonars, telemetry equipment and propulsion. The configuration of the installed power generation is Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP). The output is 14 MW which is produced by diesel generators powering steerable contra-rotating propulsion thrusters.
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INS Anvesh equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IndiaNavy exact named equipment holdings: Anvesh. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AGM. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Indian Navy Defence Research and Development Organisation
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