BS reported that although the craftsmen from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers swarm over what will be the Indian Navy’s most high tech stealth warship, Project 28 is two years behind schedule.The first corvette was to join the fleet early next year. Business Standard discovered, during a first ever media visit to this secretive project, that it will be delivered only in June 2012. The other three corvettes of Project 28 will follow at one year intervals.
The major reason for the delay the Indian Navy has stipulated such unprecedented standards of stealth for every piece of equipment on board that suppliers have struggled to develop engines, transmission, air conditioning and power-generating systems that work silently enough to meet those requirements. Furthermore, the navy mandated that Indian suppliers would provide much of that equipment.
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