Indian Navy’s platforms to get a lift with anti-drone techniques, particular long-range comms?

Hindustan Shipyard Restricted (HSL) has signed a strategic partnership settlement with Pentagon Rugged Methods India Restricted to combine anti-drone and long-range communication techniques on Indian Navy platforms, in a big transfer to reinforce maritime warfare readiness.

The settlement, signed on July 5, 2025, focuses on two key areas: the mixing of superior Anti-Drone Methods and the deployment of Lengthy-Vary Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Communication Methods. These applied sciences are anticipated to bolster the Navy’s operational capabilities in each blue-water and littoral theatres.

As unmanned aerial threats develop extra subtle and prevalent, the Indian Navy has been prioritising counter-drone capabilities. The anti-drone system being developed below this partnership guarantees real-time detection, monitoring, and neutralisation of hostile drones, with protection extending as much as 30 km. The system is designed to jam frequencies throughout the 400 MHz to six GHz spectrum, enabling neutralisation with out inflicting collateral injury to pleasant techniques or infrastructure.

Hindustan Shipyard Restricted (HSL) has taken a decisive step in direction of future warfare readiness by signing a Strategic Partnership Settlement with Pentagon Rugged Methods India Restricted on 05 Jul 2025 to collectively combine cutting-edge Anti-Drone Methods on Naval ships with cutting-edge… pic.twitter.com/s7EuYUmyj7

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The partnership can also be aligned with India’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ programmes, with each corporations aiming to indigenously design and produce the applied sciences. In line with the official assertion, integration trials are scheduled to start within the subsequent quarter, with deployment on frontline vessels to observe shortly after.

Cmde Hemant Khatri, Chairman and Managing Director of HSL, careworn the urgency of equipping the Navy to counter uneven threats. “This MoU is a big step in direction of Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence expertise. Our partnership with Pentagon Rugged Methods won’t solely improve the fight readiness of our naval platforms but in addition foster indigenous innovation in maritime safety.”

The collaboration additionally targets long-range NLOS communication options, that are very important for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore coordination in complicated maritime environments the place conventional line-of-sight communications can falter. These techniques are anticipated to considerably enhance the Navy’s potential to function in contested zones whereas sustaining safe and resilient communication hyperlinks.

Dr. Swaminathan Manikandan, Managing Director of Pentagon Rugged Methods India Ltd, echoed the sentiment, saying, “We’re proud to collaborate with HSL to ship indigenous, mission-critical, rugged, real-time, and scalable Anti-Drone expertise tailor-made to deal with high-risk maritime threats.”