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Indian Navy Launches 11th ACTCM Barge LSAM 25 at Thane, Maharashtra.

Science and Technology | Dated: 11 Sep 2025

In September 2025, the Indian Navy (IN) successfully launched its 11th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile (ACTCM) Barge – Large Sized Ammunition/Missile Barge (LSAM) 25 (Yard 135) at M/s Suryadipta Projects Private Limited (SPPL), Thane, Maharashtra. The ceremony was chaired by Rear Admiral Vishal Bishnoi, Assistant Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition (ACWPBA), Indian Navy.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - The barge has been indigenously designed and built by SPPL, in collaboration with an Indian design firm, and certified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
  • - The Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, conducted model testing during the design phase to ensure operational readiness.
  • - These IRS-class barges, with a 100-tonne cargo capacity, support the Indian Navy’s logistics by transporting, embarking, and disembarking ammunition, torpedoes, and missiles to naval ships at both jetties and outer harbors.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The induction of LSAM 25 strengthens the Navy’s operational commitments by enhancing ammunition-handling efficiency, aligned with ‘Make in India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives.
  • (ii) In March 2021, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with SPPL, a Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME), for the construction of 11 ACTCM Barges.
  • (iii) Out of 11 barges, 10 have already been inducted into service. The first ACTCM Barge, LSAM 15 (Yard 125), was launched in February 2023 at the SPPL site in Thane.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Which defence force recently launched its 11th ACTCM Barge LSAM 25 at Thane, Maharashtra in September 2025?

Correct Answer: Indian Navy

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About Maharashtra

  • Chief minister: Devendra Fadnavis
  • Governor: C. P. Radhakrishnan