India, Jan. 25 -- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are increasingly shaping a new operational capability for the Indian Navy, moving from theory to frontline application. The combat deployment of INS Surat during Operation Sindoor has emerged as a key marker of this shift, with the advanced destroyer employing intelligent systems under live operational conditions in the Arabian Sea.

INS Surat was commissioned in January 2025 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mumbai Port. The warship is the final vessel of the Visakhapatnam class under Project 15B and is named after the historic port city of Gujarat. Built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited with design inputs from the Navy Warship Design Bureau, the ship reflects India's gr...