NEW DELHI: An Indian defence firm, Sagar Defence Engineering, on Tuesday introduced a partnership with Boeing firm Liquid Robotics for the co-development and co-production of scaled uncrewed floor automobile (USV) methods. India’s defence ministry and the White Home had earlier introduced this newly-formed defence industrial partnership, which helps the US-India Defence Industrial Cooperation roadmap and can strengthen undersea area consciousness (UDA) and maritime safety for India, US and their international companions.
Sagar Defence and Liquid Robotics will collectively pursue co-development of options and large-scale co-production of USV methods for undersea area consciousness for the Indian Navy.The partnership leverages experience from each corporations and is predicted to yield co-produced USVs as early as 2025, an organization assertion stated.
“Our co-development and co-production partnership is a testomony to the capabilities of Indian defence corporations manufacturing and delivering at international benchmarks. This additionally underscores each companions’ efforts to assist bolster India’s imaginative and prescient of Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance) in defence, whereas advancing regional and international maritime safety”, stated Nikunj Parashar, co-founder of Sagar Defence.
Salil Gupte, president, of Boeing India, and South Asia, stated, “This co-development and co-production of scaled USV methods with an Indian associate really demonstrates our dedication and talent to assist realise the government’s imaginative and prescient for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat in defence. Boeing continues to paved the way in having constructed native capabilities throughout manufacturing, design, engineering and skilling in India with Indian companions over many years — and that basis positions us strongly for extra such initiatives sooner or later.”
Welcoming the settlement, Shane Goodenough, CEO of Liquid Robotics, stated, “Wave Glider is a perfect system for fostering collaboration between the US and Indian govts and strengthening tactical readiness within the Indo-Pacific. Teaming up with Sagar Defence marks a brand new period for our bilateral protection cooperation and permits us to develop our present Wave Glider operations in India. We’re more than happy to hitch forces with the expert workforce at Sagar, who has a confirmed document of efficiently integrating uncrewed methods into lively protection missions,” stated Shane Goodenough, CEO of Liquid Robotics.
Sagar Defence is already a number one supplier of scaled uncrewed floor autos to the Indian Navy, with core competencies in automobile management methods, sensor integration, and unmanned system manufacturing.
