Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) has handed over the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Ajit (Yard 1277) to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel is the 7th in a series of 8 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) being constructed for the ICG.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) had awarded the ₹473 crore contract to GSL in 2022 under the Buy-Indian Designed, Developed, and Manufactured (Buy-IDDM) scheme.