Future of the Indian Navy: Difference between revisions

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The Indian Navy has been focusing on developing indigenous platforms, systems, sensors and weapons as part of the nation's modernisation and expansion of its maritime forces. As of December 2024, the Navy has a strength of over 130 warships and 251 aircraft and helicopters while the force plans to have between 155 and 160 warships by 2030 and between 175 and 200 warships by 2035.^[1]^[2] According to the Chief of the Naval Staff's statement in December 2020, India has transformed from a buyer's navy to a builder's navy.^[3]^[4] The Indian Navy plans to commission a vessel every six weeks from 2026.^[5]

Summary[edit | edit source]

Fleet modernisation and expansion[edit | edit source]

Indian Navy carrier battle group in formation, demonstrating twin carrier operations (March 2024)

As of 22 September 2025, 54 ships of the Indian Navy are under construction in various stages (early fabrication to sea trials) with 10 ships expected to be commissioned this year itself and the rest scheduled to enter service by 2030.^[6] These contracts have a combined value of around ₹99,500 crore (US$14 billion).^[7] The ships are being constructed in India across 6 shipyard,^[2] while the last Indian warship of foreign origin, INS Tamal, from Russia was commissioned in July 2025.^[8]^[9] The Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 74 additional warships (65 surface ships and 9 submarines),^[10] worth ₹2.35 lakh crore (US$33 billion), have been accorded by the Defence Ministry's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which is chaired by the Defence Minister. Further, multiple programmes are yet to be cleared by the Ministry. This includes the first phase of four 10,000 tonnes next-generation destroyers and an aircraft carrier.^[7]

By 31 October 2025, the Navy commissioned 10 warships and a submarine while four more ships are scheduled to be delivered by December-end. Moreover, the Navy expects the delivery of 19 and 13 ships in 2026 and 2027, respectively.^[11] The service was inducting one warship at an average interval of 40 days.^[12]

The Navy is expected to have a fleet of 150–160 warships by 2030,^[2] which will further expand to over 200 naval vessels by 2035. The Navy's force level could reach up to 230 surface combatants and submarines by 2037 against today's 140 ships including 17 diesel-electric submarines and 2 nuclear ballistic missile submarines.^[7] In April 2025, the Indian Navy also signed a contract to procure 26 Dassault Rafale M fighter aircraft for its aircraft carriers to enhance its Naval Air Arm, with deliveries scheduled to be completed by 2030.^[13]^[14]

The increasing interest of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy in the Indian Ocean region^[15] has led the Indian Navy to invest more in anti-submarine ships, such as the Kamorta-class corvette, long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft such as the Boeing P-8I Neptune and ships such as the Saryu-class patrol vessel^[16] and unmanned aerial vehicles such as the IAI Heron Mk2.^[17]^[18] However the lack of a strong submarine fleet has diminished its capabilities to some extent.^[19] Post-Chinese intrusions into Ladakh in 2020, it has been announced that the Indian Navy plans to upgrade the military facilities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the eastern seaboard as well as Lakshadweep on the western seaboard, with the aim of having a network of island airbases in both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal which provides an infrastructure which will guarantee freedom of navigation and overflight to all Indian territories.^[20]

On 5 September 2025, the Ministry of Defence published the Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap 2025. The document unveiled plans for the Indian Navy to operate at least 10 nuclear-propelled surface ships including an aircraft carrier, INS Vishal.^[21]^[22]

Indigenisation[edit | edit source]

As for indigenisation, the Indian Navy is following the "Roll-on Plan for 2023-26" while the progress is being monitored by Centre for Indigenisation & Self Reliance (CISR) at Coimbatore. The CISR has two Indigenisation Units (IUs) with one at Visakhapatnam, whose area of responsibility includes the Eastern Naval Command & Andaman and Nicobar Command and the other at Mumbai to supervise Western Naval Command. Three aspects are recognised for evaluating the indigenous content of a ship which includes Float (Hull and its related fittings and components), Move (Engines, Complete propulsions systems, etc.) and Fight (Sensor suites and Weapon systems) categories. As of October 2024, 90%, 60% and 50% of the respective categories have been indigenised. The Navy also plans to increase the indigenous content on already-commissioned frontline warships like INS Vikramaditya, Kalvari-class submarine, Talwar-class frigate and Deepak-class fleet tanker.^[23] The Indian Navy is also planning to acquire the HAL TEDBF, an indigenous fighter aircraft currently under development, for its aircraft carriers in the 2030s.^[24]

On 1 July 2025, the Indian Navy commissioned its last warship of foreign origin, INS Tamal, in Russia. All the following warships will be constructed indigenously by Indian shipyards.^[9]^[8] Additionally, the Navy also plans a fleet of 13 destroyers and 20 frigates equipped with over 300 BrahMos Supersonic cruise missiles combined by 2030. While each of the new destroyers are equipped with 16 BrahMos launchers each, except for four of six class and -class destroyer which are equipped with eight BrahMos launchers each and INS Rana (D52) and INS Mysore (D60), each of the 20 frigates will be equipped with eight BrahMos launchers. Meanwhile, the latter two of the -class frigates belonging to the first batch are being upgraded with BrahMos systems.^[25]

Index[edit | edit source]

   This indicates that construction OR procurement has been initiated for at least 1 vessel of this class.
   This indicates that a Request For Information (RFI) has been issued OR commercial negotiations are underway for at least 1 vessel of this class.
   This indicates that the ship class is being considered for future induction, but has not yet been formally approved for procurement.

Submarines[edit | edit source]

Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Boats	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Arihant class		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	4^[26]	India	Planned displacement of 7,000 tonnes^[27] for S4 & S4* vessels^[28]	2 Active^[29] 1 Sea trials completed^[30] 1 Sea trials underway^[31]	Second flight of 2 submarines with eight VLS of SLBMs as against four VLS on the first two submarines.^[32] Due to development delays of S5-class, another submarine is planned under this class.^[33]
class		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	4-6	India	13,500 tonnes	Planned	In December 2025, it was reported that construction of the first two S5 SSBNs had commmenced with four of the submarines expected to be commissioned by late 2030s.^[34]^[35]^[36]

Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSN)[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Boats	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Chakra III (Akula-class)		Nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN)	1	Russia	12,770–13,800 tons	Under construction	On 7 March 2019, India and Russia signed a $3 billion deal for the lease of another Akula-class submarine for 10 years. The submarine, dubbed Chakra III, was expected to be delivered in 2025,^[37]^[38] but was later delayed to 2028.^[39]^[40]
Project 77		Nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN)	6^[41]	India	10,000 tonnes^[41]	2 Approved^[41]	The Government of India had approved the construction of six such submarines in February 2015.^{[citation needed]} These submarines will be designed by the Indian Navy's Warship Design Bureau and indigenously built in the Shipbuilding Centre at Visakhapatnam. The Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the construction of 2 such submarines in October 2024.^[42]^[41]

Conventional Submarines (SSK)[edit | edit source]

Class	Type	No. of Boats	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
class	Attack submarine	3	India France	1,800 tonnes	Planned	Contract for 3 more submarines of the Kalvari class submarines under consideration,^[43]^[44] however it is likely to be scrapped in favor of modified Type 214 submarines under P-75I.^[45]
class	Attack submarine	6	India Germany	3,000 – 4,000 tonnes	6 Approved	Cost negotiations underway;^[46] to be designed by MDL-TKMS based on enlarged Type 214.^[47]
class	Attack submarine	12	India	3,000 tonnes	Planned	Project cleared by defence ministry in June 2024. Feasibility study conducted by DRDO.^[48] Approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) due as if February 2025.^[49]

Others[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Boats	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Swimmer Delivery Vehicle		Midget submarine	10	India	150 tonnes	Planned	Indian Navy will acquire at least 10 midget submarines for use as Swimmer Delivery Vehicles. These submarines will be used for conducting underwater special operations by MARCOS.^[50] The project is worth ₹2,000 crore (equivalent to ₹26 billion or US$360 million in 2019).^[51]
Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vessel		Unmanned underwater vehicle	12^[52]	India	>100 tonnes	Planned	Ministry of Defence cleared ₹2,500 crore (US$350 million) project for development and procurement of XLUUVs under Make-1 category in September 2024. Shall be capable of ISR, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and mine warfare (mine laying and mine clearing).^[53]^[54] Construction of Jalkapi XLUUV by Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Ltd (KDAIL) in Halol, Gujarat began with the plate-cutting ceremony on 10 June 2025.^[55]

Ships[edit | edit source]

Aircraft carriers[edit | edit source]

Name	Picture	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Vikrant-class		1	India	45,000 tonnes	Planned	Indian Navy had been pushing for a 65,000 tonne carrier, but the demand has been put on hold due to expenses and technologies needed on board. So now Navy is considering another 45,000-tonne class carrier, same as INS Vikrant, but with more indigenous systems and better propulsions.^{[citation needed]}
INS Vishal		1	India	75,000 tonnes	Planned	The ship will have a displacement of 75,000 tonnes and carry 54 fighters, 4 fixed-wing AEW&C aircraft, 8-10 helicopters & UAVs.^[56]^[57] It is also expected to be equipped with 2 electromagnetic catapult-based CATOBAR system.^[58]^[59] However, the propulsion system, whether nuclear-powered^[60] or powered by integrated electric propulsion system,^[61]^[62] is still being chalked out. Though, Navy confirmed its plans to operate a nuclear aircraft carrier in 2025.^[21]^[22]

Amphibious warfare ships[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Future Landing Platform Dock (LPD)		Landing helicopter dock	4	India	32,000 tonnes^[63]	4 Approved	Indian Navy has released RFI for 4 LPDs to be made by Indian shipyards. Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) is expected. Ships will have 4×AK-630 with Electro Optical Fire control system, 8x Medium Machine Gun, 6×Heavy Machine Gun, Advanced towed decoy system, 16×SSM, 32×VL-SRSAM, 2×Heavy Lift Helicopters, 12×Special Ops Helicopters , 2×NSUAS or Fixed-Wing Naval Drones etc.^[64] Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) granted on Oct 23, 2025.^[65] As per AoN, all 4 LPDs are to have a displacement of more than 32,000 tonnes.^[63]
High Speed Landing Craft		Landing Craft	6	India	285 tonnes	Planned	In September 2017, the Navy issued a RFI to acquire six landing craft capable of supporting assault missions and transporting equipment, vehicles & troops.^[66]^[67]

Destroyers (DDG)[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
class		Stealth guided missile destroyer	10-12	India	13,000 to 14,000 tonnes	Planned	A planned class of 10-12 Project 18 class destroyers, as a follow-on of Visakhapatnam class.^[68]^[69]^[70]

Frigates (FFG)[edit | edit source]

Class	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Nilgiri-class	Stealth guided missile frigate	7	India	6,670 tonnes	3 Active 1 Delivered 3 Launched	Out of the 4 remaining ships, two are being constructed by Mazagon Dock and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers each.
-class	Stealth guided missile frigate	2	India	4,035 tonnes	2 Launched	The two pending vessels are from the ship class's Batch 4 and are being constructed by Goa Shipyard.^[71]^[72]^[73]
-class	Stealth guided missile frigate	7–8	India	8,000 tonnes	Planned^[74]	The project, worth ₹70,000 crore (US$9.8 billion), was cleared by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).^[75]^[76] Request for Proposal expected soon as of 8 July 2025.^[77]

Corvettes[edit | edit source]

Class	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft	Corvette (ASW)	16	India	890–1,490 tonnes	4 Active 10 Launched 2 Under Construction	Designed for ASW roles in coastal waters. Out of the pending ships of this class, seven are being constructed by GRSE (Arnala sub-class) and eight by Cochin Shipyard (Mahe sub-class).^[78]^[79]^[80]^[81]
Next Generation Missile Vessels	Corvette (ASuW)	6	India	1,437 tonnes	1 under construction 5 planned	The contract for acquisition of six Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) was signed with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a cost of Rs 9,805 crore. The delivery of ships is scheduled to commence from March 2027 .^[82]
Next generation corvette	Corvette	8	India	3,500 tonnes	Planned	In May 2025, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers secured the lowest bidder (L1) position for constructing five Next Generation Corvettes (NGC) for the Indian Navy, under a ₹36,000 crore (US$4.3 billion) program approved by the Defence Acquisition Council. The contract for GRSE, valued at over ₹25,000 crore (US$3.0 billion), covers five of the eight NGCs, with the remaining three to be built by the second-lowest bidder (L2) at the same unit cost.^[83]

Mine countermeasure vessels[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMV)		Minesweeper	12	India	2,800 Tons	Planned	On 3 July 2025, the Defence Acquisition Council authorised the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the project.^[84]^[85]

Multi Purpose Vessel[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
-class		Multi Purpose Vessel (MPV)	2	India	3,750 tonnes	2 Launched	On 25 March 2022, the Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro for acquisition of Two Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs) to be used for multi-role support functions such as maritime surveillance & patrol, launching/ recovery of torpedoes and operation of various types of aerial, surface and underwater targets for Gunnery/ ASW firing exercises at a cost of ₹887 crore (US$120 million).^[86]^[87]
Next Generation Multi-Purpose Vessels		Multi Purpose Vessel (MPV)	2	India		2 Planned	Request for Proposal expected soon as of 8 July 2025.^[77]

Patrol vessels[edit | edit source]

Class	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel	Offshore patrol vessel	11	India	2,500 tonnes	8 under construction 3 planned ^[88]^[89]^[90]	The contract for acquisition of 11 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels under Buy (Indian-IDDM) category was signed with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) at a total cost of Rs 9,781 crore. The delivery of the ships is scheduled to commence from September 2026.^[82]^[90]
New Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (NWJFAC)	Fast Attack Craft	31	India	325 tonnes	Planned	Follow on water jet fast interceptor craft. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) granted an Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of 31 NWJFACs on 3rd December 2024.^[91]^[92]^[93]
FIC-1	Fast Interceptor Craft	120	India		Planned	DAC approved the acquisition on 3 December 2024. Functions includes escort of high-value units, such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, and submarines for coastal defence.^[91]^[92]^[93] To be equipped with DRDO-developed Indigenous Waterjet Propulsion System.^[94]
Fast Patrol Boats	Fast patrol boat	6	India		Tender issued	The Request for Proposal (RFP), has been issued and bidding is open between 21 October 2025 and 13 January 2026. The FPBs, with indigenous content of >60%, will be employed for surveillance and reconnaissance roles by small insertion teams.^[95]

Replenishment ships[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
class		Fleet replenishment oiler	5	India	45,000 tonnes	4 under construction, 1 planned	Approved in 2014.^[96]^[97] Contract signed in August 2023. All ships to be delivered between 2027^[98] and 2031.^[99]

Survey vessels[edit | edit source]

Class	Picture	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Sandhayak class		Survey vessel	4	India	3,300 tonnes	3 active 1 launched	In September 2017, GRSE won a bid for ₹2,500 crore (US$350 million).^[100]^[101] Contract signed in October 2018.^[102]
Next Generation survey Vessel		Survey vessel	6	India		Planned	Acceptance of Necessity (AoN), worth ₹3,300 crore (US$460 million), cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on 15 September 2023.^[103]^[104]Cochin Shipyard was reported to be the lowest bidder for six ships at a cost of ₹6,000 crore (US$840 million), lower than L&T's bid on 11 February 2026.^[105]

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

Class	Type	No. of Ships	Origin	Displacement	Status	Note
Matangi	Unmanned surface vehicle	12	India		Under production.^[106]	Contract: Contract signed with Sagar Defence Engineering for 12 Autonomous Weaponized Boat Swarms on 8 January 2023.^[107]^[108] The Matangi was developed under a collaborative effort between Sagar Defence and Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE) of the Indian Navy.^[109] The programme was executed under the joint support of Indian Navy’s NIIO, TDAC and the iDEX initiative under the DIO.^[110] Sea trials: Pre-delivery trials began in late October 2024 in Mumbai.^[111] A Matangi started a 850 nmi (1,570 km) sea transit, Sagarmala Parikrama, from Mumbai to Tuticorin in Autonomous mode, using the indigenous 'navigation & collision avoidance software'. The vessel was flagged off on 29 October 2024.^[112] The vessel travelled 350 nmi (650 km) to reach Karwar on 30 October completing the first leg.^[113]^[114] The second leg was 320 nmi (590 km) long to reach Kochi on 31 October.^[115] On 5 November, the vessel finally reached Tuticorin's V. O. Chidambaranar Port.^[110]^[109] Delivery: On 30 January 2026, Sagar Defence has dispatched the first batch of two Autonomous Weaponized Boat Swarms from its Pune facility. The boats will be deployed on the west coast.^[106] Specifications: ^[106] Armament: 12.7 mm machine guns, fitted for but not with short-range missiles and loitering munitions. Capacity: 14 personnel (special missions) Capabilities: Operates in GPS-denied and network-centric warfare environments. Range: 400 nmi (740 km) Endurance: >2 days Roles: High-speed interdiction; surveillance; constabulary operations; and Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR).^[107]
Compact Autonomous Surface Craft	Unmanned surface vehicle	N/A	India	N/A	Cleared by the MoD	The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared the acquisition of these vessels on 5 August 2025. The vessels will be used in ASW roles to detect, classify and neutralise threats.^[116]^[117]BEL and WESEE of the Indian Navy has developed the A2NCS software suite for USVs. The software has been integrated onto an in-service fast interceptor boat and has been deployed for mine countermeasure roles and combat exercises.^[118]
class	Diving support vessel	2	India	9,350 tonnes^[119]	1 Active 1 Launched	In December 2017, Hindustan Shipyard won a bid to build two ships for ₹2,019 crore (US$280 million). Contract for the same was signed in September 2018. Keel laid for the first vessel in December 2019. Both the ships (Nistar & Nipun) have been launched on 22 September 2022.^[120]^[121]^[122]
class	Training ship	3	India	4,700 tonnes	Under construction (1 launched, 2 keels laid)^[123]	Union Cabinet has accorded approval to sign a contract with Larsen & Toubro for acquisition of three Cadet Training Ships, at an overall cost of Rs 3,108.09 crore. The delivery of ships is scheduled to commence from 2026.^[124]
National Hospital Ship (NHS)	Hospital Ship	1	India	Unknown	Planned	One National Hospital Ship is proposed to be acquired. The anticipated delivery timelines for the first vessel is maximum of 48 months from the date of contract.^[125]
Diving support craft (DSC)	Diving support craft	5	India	380 tonnes^[126]	1 Active^[127] 2 launched 2 under construction ^[128]	A contract for five Diving Support Craft (DSC) has been signed by Indian Navy with M/s Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd, Kolkata on 12 Feb 21.^[129]
Bottom Opening Non-Propelled Barges	Barge	3	India	200 tonnes	Under Construction	Order placed on 16 January 2025, with M/s Suryadipta Projects Private Limited, Thane for the development and delivery of the barges.^[130]^[131]
Self Propelled Fuel Barges	Fuel Barge	4	India	500 tonnes	Under construction	Contract signed with M/s Shoft Shipyard Private Limited, Thane on 2 March 2026. The primary role of these barges will be replenishment of fuel to ships and submarines at harbours and dockyards.^[132]
class	Tugboat	6	India		6 Launched 2 Inducted	25-tonne bollard pull tugs being constructed at Titagarh Rail Systems, Kolkata.^[133]
HSL-class	Tugboat	4	India		4 Under construction^{[needs update]}	10-tonne bollard pull tugs being constructed at Hindustan Shipyard^[134]^[135]

Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Type	Role	No. of airframes	Origin	Status	Note
Combat
Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF)	Carrier-based multirole fighter	N/A	India	Design Phase	The first flight of the TEDBF is targeted for 2032–33 with the fighter expected to be inducted into the Navy by 2038.
Dassault Rafale	Carrier-based multirole fighter	26	France	On order	The acquisition is a part of the Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighters programme to acquire 57 fighter jets for the carrier air wing of INS Vikrant. The quantity was revised to 26 jets.^[136] Rafale-M was chosen over the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in 2023.^[137] The deal was signed in April 2025.^[138] first aircraft delivery is expected in August–September 2026 as of 23 March 2026.^[139]
UAV
Naval Shipborne Unmanned Aerial System (NSUAS)	Unmanned Rotorcraft/Shipborne UAV	40		Planned	Proposal to buy 10 NSUAS for around ₹ 1,300 crores cleared by the government in 2021.^[140] RFI to purchase total of 40 units released in 2023.^[141]^[142]
Multi Utility Long Endurance Drone (MULE)				Under development	Contract signed with Altair Infrasec for MULE RPA which will be a NSUAS class UAV.^[143]^[144] Primary Roles: C4, ISTAR, SIGNIT, COMINT and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) operations for a Task Force. Secondary Roles: Anti-piracy, Anti-terrorist activities and assistance in Search and Rescue (SAR). Payloads: EO/IR, AIS, Maritime Patrol Radar, EW and communication relay with a capacity of >50 kg (110 lb). Endurance: >12 hours.
IAI-HAL NRUAV			India Israel	Planned	^[145]
MQ-9B SeaGuardian	Unmanned combat aerial vehicle	2 in service (on lease) 15 more on order.^[146]	United States	On order	The deal was signed on 15 October 2024.^[146] Deliveries to begin from January 2029.^[147]
Medium Altitude Long Endurance Drone (MALE)	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle			Planned	Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the procurement of 87 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones for the Indian Armed Forces.^[148]^[149]^[150]
NewSpace Abhimanyu	Loyal Wingman/ Unmanned combat aerial vehicle		India	Under Development	Contract signed for development and procurement of specified number of systems.^[151]
NewSpace Arka	High altitude pseudo-satellite		India	Under Development	Contract signed for design & development of indigenous High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) for Indian Navy.^[152]
Patrol / Utility
Boeing P-8I Neptune	Reconnaissance, ASW, ASuW	12 in service	United States	6 on order	The deal was approved by the Ministry of Defence on 12 February 2025.^[153]^[154]
Airbus C-295	Anti-submarine warfare/ Maritime patrol	9	European Union India	Planned	Medium-range maritime reconnaissance (MRMR) aircraft: They will be equipped with advanced sensors, glass cockpit, advanced surveillance radar, ELINT, optical sensors and networking features.^[155] Ministry of Defence has given clearance for procurement on 16 February 2024.^[156]^[157]
Dornier 228	Anti-submarine warfare, Maritime patrol	12^{[needs update]}	Germany India	(as of 2019) 4 in service 8 on order (upgraded variants)	These aircraft will be equipped with advanced sensors, glass cockpit, advanced surveillance radar, ELINT, optical sensors and networking features.^[158]
	STOL Amphibious Aircraft	4		Planned	On 7 January 2026, the Navy released an RFI^[159] to lease 4 amphibious aircraft for 4 years. The document is meant to seek the types available in the market and their capabilities.^[160]^[161] India had previously looked to purchase Shinmayawa US-2 floatplanes from Japan.
Helicopter
Sikorsky MH-60R	Multi-Role Helicopter	24	United States	>20 delivered.^[162] <4 on order.^[162]	The helicopters will replace the aging Sea King Mk.42/A helicopters which were retired in the 1990s.^[164] They are equipped with Mark 54 torpedoes and Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, along with precision-kill rockets. India signed a ₹15,157 crore (US$2.1 billion) contract for the MH-60Rs in February 2020.^[163]
Deck Based Multi Role Helicopter	Multi-Role Helicopter	66^[165]	India	Under development	It is the naval variant of the IMRH. The Navy joined the programme in July 2021.^[166] As of July 2025, the configuration studies are underway.^[167]
Naval Multi-Role Helicopter	Multi-Role Helicopter	123	India	Planned	Previous tender: The first tender under Multi Role Helicopter (MRH) programme was issued in 2006. The same was cancelled and re-issued in September 2008. Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk and NHIndustries NH90 completed technical trials in 2011.^[168] The programme was delayed due to "undue technical waivers" complaints by NHI in 2012 and 2013 corruption allegations.^[169] The S-70B was selected in 2014.^[170]^[169] However, the deal was terminated due to overpricing and negotiation deadlock.^[171] Stopgap measure: 24 MH-60Rs were sought through the FMS route in 2018–19.^[172]^[173] The deal was signed in February 2020.^[174]^[175] The deliveries are expected to be complete by 2026-end.^[176] The NMRH is the successor to the MRH programme seeking to replace the Sea King Mk 42B/C fleet. Current status: June 2011 – an RFI for a requirement of 75 naval multi-role helicopter in the 9–12.5t class.^[177]^[178] 22 August 2017 – An RFI was issued to acquire 123 Naval Multi-Role Helicopter (NMRH), besides 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), through the Strategic Partnership model. The last date for the foreign OEMs to respond was 6 October.^[179]^[180] 33 would be dedicated to MARCOS use. The payload is expected to include 12 fully equipped troops, 400 kg equipment or 8 troops and an auto inflatable craft in a stowed configuration.^[181]
Naval Utility Helicopter	Utility helicopter	51	India	Planned	First attempt: March 2010 – the Navy decided to not induct any further HAL Dhruv choppers and seek helicopters for utility and ASW roles as well as replace Chetak fleet to meet the long-term requirements.^[182] May 2010 – An RFI was issued 56 naval light utility helicopters with a gross weight of 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) and folding rotor blades to replace the HAL Chetak fleet.^[183] 2012 – An RfP (tender) was issued to AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Eurocopter, Kamov and Sikorsky to procure 56 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH) at a cost of $1 billion by 2016. The deadline was January 2013. Likely contenders included AS565, S-76B and AW109 Koala LUH but not Dhruv.^[183] August 2014 – Tender cancelled along with the reconnaissance & surveillance helicopter (RSH) programme. The helicopter count was increased to 100.^[184]^[185] Second attempt: 2015–16 – The Union government was expected to restart the NUH tender under the Make in India mode with foreign collaboration at a cost of over $2 billion. Reportedly, 11 Indian private sector companies including Tata Advanced Systems, Bharat Forge, Mahindra Aerospace, Reliance Defence & Aerospace and Larsen & Toubro were expected to respond with proposed joint ventures to offer Airbus AS565 MBe,^[186] Bell 429 and AgustaWestland Super Lynx 300. The Navy had a deficit of 61 shipborne helicopters.^[187]^[188] 22 August 2017 – An RFI was issued to acquire 111 Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH), besides 123 Naval Multi-Role Helicopter (NMRH), through the Strategic Partnership model. The last date for the foreign OEMs to respond was 6 October.^[179]^[180] 25 August 2018 – The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared the ₹21,738 crore (US$3.34 billion).^[189] While 16 would be imported in flyaway manner, the rest would be produced in India.^[190]^[184] The RfP would be issued in mid-2018. The weight would remain the same as the previous tender. The armament include one lightweight torpedo, 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and rocket launchers on both sides for light attack and ASW roles.^[184] The helicopter would be wheeled and have foldable rotor blades.^[180] 12 February 2019 – The RfP was published for the foreign OEMs and domestic Strategic Partners.^[191] Third attempt: 7 April 2022 – The NUH was included into the third positive indigenisation list, eliminating direct participation by any foreign vendor.^[192] The Navy had issued the broad requirement of 60 ALH-based helicopters to HAL in January 2022. A detail project report for helicopter configuration, overall cost, including performance based logistics was prepared for the Navy HQ and MoD. This resulted in the concept of Utility Helicopter-Marine.^[164] To replace HAL Chetak fleet across Navy and Coast Guard. Current status: August 2025 – the MoD released an RFI to procure 76 Naval Utility Helicopters meant for the Navy (51) and the Coast Guard (25). These will be assigned for roles like maritime SAR, CASEVAC, communication duties, and low-intensity maritime operations.^[193]^[194] Competitors – Utility Helicopter-Marine from HAL.^[195]^[196] Produced in India variant of AW169M design from Leonardo and Adani Defence & Aerospace.^[197]^[198] Procurement from US, France being reportedly considered.^[199]
Boeing V-22 Osprey	Tiltrotor military transport aircraft	N/A	United States	Planned	V-22's airborne early warning and control variant may replace the short-range Kamov Ka-31.^[200]^[201]

Missile systems[edit | edit source]


Name	Role	Warhead	Origin	Status	Ref
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART)	Long-range ASM	Conventional Torpedo	India	Under trials	^[202]
Long Range – Anti Ship Missile (LRAShM)	Long range AsuW	Hypersonic Glide Vehicle	India	Under development	^[203]
Land Attack Cruise Missile	Submarine-launched cruise missile			RFI issued in February 2026 to equip the conventional submarine fleet.	^[204]^[205]

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