In a major boost to self-reliance in Defence sector, the first indigenously built Floating Dock (FDN-2) to be built by private sector conglomerate larsen and Toubro (l&T) was launched near Chennai on Tuesday. Floating Dock is designed within the country with state-of-art machinery capable of docking warships of up to 8,000 tons.
The dock was launched by Anjali Deshpande, wife of Vice Admiral DM Deshpande, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition at l&T Shipyard at Kattupalli, Chennai. Deshpande commended the private sector company for their efforts in the design and construction of FDN-2.
He also said launching of the indigenously built Floating Dock, bears testimony to the capabilities available in India for realising the ‘Make in India’ vision.
The Floating Dock has high capacity ballast pumps, along with advanced automated ballast control system. The dock covers provided with the FDN-2 facilitate repair & refit activities in inclement weather conditions, Navy officials said here.