VELA

About: 

• What is it? It is the fourth Scorpene class submarine being built under Project 75 for the Indian Navy. 
  
  
• Bodies involved: The submarine has been designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL), Mumbai. 
  
  
• Significance: Scorpene submarines can undertake various types of missions i.e Anti-Surface warfare, Anti-Submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying, area surveillance etc.  The Scorpene class is the Navy’s first modern conventional diesel-electric submarine series in almost two decades.