The Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers are the stealth destroyers being built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) for the Indian Navy under Project 15A. The commissioning of the first vessel is scheduled for 2012. The destroyers are preceded by type 15 Delhi-class destroyers and was succeeded by the destroyers of the Project 15 B.
The Indian government approved the construction of three Kolkata class destroyers May 2000. First steel was cut lead ship in the class, the INS Kolkata, in March 2003. Her keel was laid in September 2003.
The spacecraft was launched in March 2006 at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai. Expected to be commissioned in March 2012. INS Kochi keel was laid in October 2005. It was released in September 2009 and is scheduled to be commissioned in March 2013.
