Indian Navy amphibious vessel acquisition project

Class overview
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	INS Jalashwa (L41)
Planned	4
General characteristics
Type	Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
Displacement	29,000 t (29,000 long tons; 32,000 short tons)
Length	220 m (720 ft)
Draught	≤8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion	Integrated full electric propulsion (IFEP)
Speed	≥ 20 knots (37 km/h) (Maximum) 14–16 knots (26–30 km/h) (Cruising Speed)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) At economic speed and 25% reserve fuel)
Endurance	≥ 45 days (In terms of machinery/fuel) 60 days (In terms of logistics support for troops)
Boats & landing; craft carried	4 × Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP); 4 × Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM); 2 × Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC);
Troops	900
Complement	530 officers and sailors
Sensors &; processing systems	"Combat Management System" (CMS); 1 × E/F-band Air-search/Surface-search radar; 1 × C/D-band Air-surveillance radar; 1 × Surface-search radar; 2 × I-band radar; 1 × E/F-band COTS radar; 1 × Infrared search and track (IRST) system;
Armament	Surface-to-air missiles: ; 32 × VL-SRSAM; Anti-ship/Anti-surface weaponry: ; 16 × Surface-to-surface missiles (SSM); Anti-submarine weaponry: ; "Anti-Torpedo Decoy System" (ATDS); Guns: ; 4 × AK-630M CIWS (To be equipped with Electro-optical sensor (EOFCS)); 4 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun; 8 × Medium machine gun (MMG); 4 × "Portable Saluting Guns";
Aircraft carried	Fixed-wing naval drones
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The procurement of Landing Platform Docks (LPD) by the Indian Navy is an initiative of the Indian Navy (IN) to procure a series of landing platform docks, specific vessels dedicated to amphibious warfare, as part of the service's strategy to augment its capabilities of amphibious warfare, disaster-response, humanitarian assistance and auxiliary duties.

India had long sought to procure amphibious warfare vessels, including landing platform docks; multiple initiatives in procuring specified vessels of the aforementioned type were initiated as early as 2009. However, such measures have been frequently delayed, on account of varying reasons.

The IN currently operates one landing platform dock — INS Jalashwa, an ex-Austin-class amphibious transport dock, which was purchased from the United States Navy (USN) in 2007.