Boeing and Indian Start-up Join Forces to Co-Develop Autonomous Vessels, Boosting Indo-Pacific Defense Collaboration.

A Boeing company has partnered with an Indian unmanned systems start-up to co-develop and co-produce autonomous surface vessels. This collaboration, involving Boeing's Liquid Robotics and Sagar Defence Engineering, aims to enhance undersea domain awareness and establish maintenance capabilities for the Wave Glider platform. The partnership aligns with the US-India Roadmap for Defence Industrial Cooperation and aims to strengthen production capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. It marks a significant milestone in US-India defense industrial cooperation, potentially positioning India as a hub for maintenance and export of such technologies, while advancing autonomous underwater capabilities.