VRC for design and project execution

Admiral Sunil Lanba, the Chief of the Naval Staff, has inaugurated the maiden ‘state-of-the-art’ Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) which would provide a major boost to the indigenous warship design capabilities of Indian Navy.

Launched at the Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group) on 12 Apr 2019, it would also provide impetus to self-reliance and greater fillip to warship construction under “Make in India” initiative.

During his address at inauguration ceremony, Admiral Lanba complimented the Directorate for their untiring efforts, foresight and initiatives to conceptualise design and execute the project.

The project will facilitate collaborative design reviews for continuous interaction between the designers and the end users to improve design and ergonomics onboard warships.

Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group) had a humble beginning in 1960s and since then has made major contributions towards indigenous warship design capabilities of the Indian Navy improving self-reliance for warship design and construction.

The multi-disciplinary team has successfully developed 19 warship designs on which more than 90 platforms have been constructed to date. fiinews.com