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On March 30, 2026, GRSE delivered Sanshodhak to the Indian Navy with an ROV listed among the ship's integrated hydrographic equipment. The milestone therefore represents delivery of an installed ROV capability as part of the host platform rather than a separate UUV procurement or acceptance event.
The Defence Minister witnessed a live swarm demonstration of man-portable AUVs at NSTL on April 3 in the presence of senior naval leadership. The demonstration showed collaborative autonomous underwater operations, while prior official program information identifies mine countermeasures as the MP-AUV system's principal military role.
XSub Robotics was incorporated on April 27 as a Krishna Defence-led joint venture with Planys and Conceptia for development and manufacture of marine robotic systems including AUVs.
On May 14, 2026, Larsen & Toubro and Exail announced a strategic partnership to offer an unmanned mine-countermeasure suite for India's future MCMV program. The autonomous underwater component is intended to support stand-off mine detection, classification, and identification within the proposed architecture.
On May 14, 2026, Larsen & Toubro and Exail announced a strategic partnership to offer an unmanned mine-countermeasure suite for India's future MCMV program. The remotely operated underwater component is intended to support mine identification, intervention, and neutralization within the proposed stand-off MCM architecture.
Rekise Marine announced a USD 9.7 million seed financing round on June 12 while identifying Jalkapi XLAUV as a principal program supported by the new capital. The company said the funding would support further engineering, autonomy development, completion and planned sea trials of the Indian Navy-linked XLAUV.
On June 12, 2026, Rekise Marine publicly stated that its man-portable autonomous underwater vehicle was "in trials" as part of its indigenous underwater-vehicle development activity with Goa Shipyard. The disclosure supports an ongoing testing status and defence mission context including mine countermeasures and reconnaissance.
On June 21, 2026, the Indian Navy commissioned INS Sanshodhak after the survey vessel had previously been delivered with an AUV as part of its hydrographic equipment suite. Commissioning brought the AUV-equipped host platform into Navy service for deep-water survey and collection of maritime, oceanographic, and geophysical data.
On June 21, 2026, the Indian Navy commissioned INS Sanshodhak after the survey vessel had previously been delivered with an ROV as part of its hydrographic equipment suite. Commissioning brought the ROV-equipped host platform into Navy service for underwater survey and associated hydrographic missions.
DRDO/NSTL published GeM bid GEM/2026/B/7698179 on June 24 for technical assistance covering HEAUV mission simulation, vehicle integration, subsystem testing, and field trials. The bid closed on July 15, and public procurement mirrors conflict on the downstream result: one labels the procurement at AOC/award stage while another continues to show award pending.
On July 13, 2026, Spry Technocon, Teledyne Marine, Klein Marine Systems, and VideoRay announced a partnership to pursue emerging Indian Navy unmanned mine-countermeasure opportunities.
On July 13, 2026, Spry Technocon, Teledyne Marine, Klein Marine Systems, and VideoRay announced a partnership to pursue emerging Indian Navy unmanned mine-countermeasure opportunities. VideoRay ROVs form the proposed remotely operated element for expeditionary mine identification, intervention, and neutralization.
EyeROV presented and demonstrated underwater robotic systems at Strategic Electronics Summit 2026 on July 23-24 to an audience that included the Armed Forces and DRDO. The company positioned its ROV technology for defence, underwater inspection, naval infrastructure, surveillance, and related security applications.
On July 30, 2026, Hindustan Shipyard delivered the Diving Support Vessel Nipun to the Indian Navy with ROV capability among its underwater-support systems. Official government reporting identifies ROVs for diver monitoring and salvage within the ship's broader deep-sea diving and submarine-support mission set.
On July 31, 2026, EyeROV stated that it was building five underwater ROV systems for an existing Indian Navy order. Independent reporting identifies the underlying Indian Navy contract as a September 2025 award valued at INR 470 million, so the 2026 entry is retained only as a production-stage status milestone.
DRDO's Naval Science & Technological Laboratory published GeM bid GEM/2026/B/7154224 on January 29, 2026 for technical and contingent services supporting Autonomous Underwater System preparation, trials, and testing at NSTL and designated locations.
On June 3, 2026, DRDO issued GeM bid GEM/2026/B/7425437 for consultancy services to optimise the guidance and control system of an autonomous underwater vehicle. The beneficiary is the Director, Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, and the work is UUV-specific engineering intended to improve AUV guidance and control performance.
On February 17, 2026, ATLA's Naval Systems Research Center signed a JPY 2.2825 million service contract with Hitachi for an information-assurance future-equipment study at the Iwakuni test satellite. The official contract rationale requires expertise in the core network equipment of the Long-Duration UUV evaluation HILS system.