Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Karunasena Hettiarachchi and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Chrishantha De Silva accompanied the State Minister.

State Minister and Secretary visited the shipyard during their tour to attend the Defense Expo 2016 in Goa.

Sri Lanka defense delegation held discussions with the Chairman and Managing Director of Goa Shipyards Ltd, Rear Admiral (Retd) Shekar Mittal along with the shipyard officials on the progress of the ship building process.

They also visited an almost completed similar type APOV being built for the Indian Coast Guard to see the facilities and equipment fitted on board.

The first AOPV is scheduled to join the Sri Lanka Navy fleet in August 2017 and the second one a year after.