<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited today for the acquisition of 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. The value of the contract is over one thousand crore rupees. These multi-role Fast Patrol Vessels will be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and will be delivered in a total of 63 months.</span></p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />”</p>”<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">According to the Defence Ministry, these FPVs will be equipped with multipurpose drones, wirelessly controlled remote water rescue craft lifebuoy and Artificial Intelligence capability enabling greater flexibility and operational edge. These modern Fast Patrol Vessels will play a critical role in enhancing fisheries protection and monitoring, control and surveillance, anti-smuggling operations, and search and rescue operations.</span></p>