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

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.

      - 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.

Main Point :-   (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.
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