Meet the hovercraft: India’s new Coast Guard craft that can glide across water, mudflats and marshes
NEW DELHI: India’s coastal security capabilities received a major boost with the induction of the first indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV), commonly known as a hovercraft, into the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The vessel is the first of six hovercraft being built under a Rs 387.4 crore contract awarded to Chowgule Shipyards.Built under a technology…