Indian shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) laid the keel of the seventh P17A frigate for the Indian Navy.

GE Marine will provide gas turbine auxiliary equipment for the LM2500 engines that will power the Indian Navy’s new P17A frigates. This contract is with India-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), GE reported last week at the Aero India trade exhibition.