December 8, 2025
Sagar Defence Engineering, a defence technology firm, inaugurated a new manufacturing plant in Pune on 5 December dedicated to the production of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) in partnership with Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company. The facility will support the co-development and co-production of maritime systems intended to strengthen India’s undersea domain awareness. Liquid Robotics’ chief […]
December 6, 2025
BEML Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd (KSOE) and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) to jointly design, develop, manufacture, integrate, install, and commission a new generation of maritime and port cranes in India. The agreement was formalised on 05 December 2025 in Bengaluru. The […]
December 4, 2025
The Indian Navy stated on the eve of Navy Day, observed on 04 December, that 51 large ships are currently under construction across Indian shipyards with an estimated value of about INR 900 billion. The service outlined sustained advances in indigenous shipbuilding, systems development and capital investment that are shaping its transition toward greater self-reliance. […]
November 20, 2025
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited outlined a series of upcoming defence manufacturing programmes that are expected to drive production volumes over the next several years. The company is working toward contract finalisation for three additional Scorpene-class submarines under Project 75 and six submarines under Project 75I, supported by an operational capacity that allows up to eleven […]
November 12, 2025
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has entered into a strategic partnership with Cochin Shipyard Limited to collaborate on the Indian Navy’s Landing Platform Dock (LPD) programme, marking the South Korean shipbuilder’s formal entry into India’s naval vessel market. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the cooperation was signed on 10 November. The agreement seeks to promote […]
November 12, 2025
Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge Limited, has secured contracts worth over INR 2.5 billion from the Ministry of Defence for the supply of underwater systems. The agreements, signed on 10 November 2025, fall under the Fast Track procurement category and require completion within 12 months. Deliveries are scheduled to […]
November 11, 2025
Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Limited has signed a Letter of Intent with Norwegian ship owner Rederiet Stenersen AS for the construction of six IMO Type II chemical tankers, each of 18,000 deadweight tonnes, in a deal valued at approximately USD 220 million with an option for a further six vessels. The vessels are to […]
November 5, 2025
The Indian Navy will commission Ikshak, an indigenously built hydrographic survey vessel, at the Naval Base in Kochi on 6 November 2025. The ship is the third in the Survey Vessel (Large) series and the first to be based at the Southern Naval Command. The vessel has been constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers […]
November 2, 2025
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) marked a key milestone in its fleet modernisation programme with the keel laying of the second Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) and plate cutting of the fifth FPV under its 14-vessel project at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai, on 30 October 2025. On the same day, the girder laying ceremonies […]
November 1, 2025
Sweden and India have strengthened their collaboration in maritime innovation, sustainable industry, and renewable energy through the official visit of Sara Modig, State Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Ebba Busch, Ministry for Climate and Enterprise. The visit coincided with Sweden’s first-ever participation in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways’ India Maritime […]
