Israel’s IAI & India’s Sagar Defence Engineering Join hands to develop Autonomous Weaponized Boat Swarms for Indian Navy

"Our goal of turning India into a significant global manufacturing hub within the next 25 years has come a long way," stated Captain Nikunj Parashar, Managing Director and Founder of Sagar Defence Engineering. We are thrilled to collaborate with Israel Aerospace Industries on the Indian Navy's iDEX-DIO (DISC 7) SPRINT effort to demonstrate our technology and skills in the field of autonomous armed boat swarms."


The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in order to collaborate and produce Indian design developed and manufactured (IDDM) for India and the global market at large by October 2023.

Sagar Defence Engineering won a military contract for their 50th SPRINT contract for autonomous weaponized boat swarms for the Indian military in January 2023, with the goal of strengthening maritime security in India.
This was one of 75 challenges presented by the Indian Navy in 2022.