It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Scorpène class, designed by French naval defence and energy group Naval Group and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

[16][17] Vagir, the fifth submarine in the Kalvari -class, started its maiden sea trials on 2 February 2022.

[18] Vagir was deployed on an extended patrol in the Indian Ocean.

[19] Later it covered nearly 7000 kilometres to reach Fremantle, Australia on 20 August 2023.

[20][21] This is the first time an Indian Scorpene submarine was on such a long deployment.