The ship is a project of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

The 6 metre Active Antenna Array Unit (AAAU) for the radar was built by Astra Microwave Products Ltd. the first of which would be delivered in latter half of 2023.

The ship has other specialised systems like damping tanks, missile integration and checkout bay, data processing room and mission control center.

The output is 14 MW which is produced by diesel generators powering steerable contra-rotating propulsion thrusters.

20, the Technology Demonstration Vessel, being built for the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India was held on 27 January 2017 at CSL.

[12] A photo of the commissioning ceremony has been made public for the first time in the Indian Navy Song 2022: 'Hum Taiyyar hain'.

The missile included India in the list of countries who have developed naval BMD systems.