Mahindra Defence Bags India’s $183M Order for ASW Defence Suite for Warships

The Indian Ministry of Defence awarded Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS) INR 1,350 Crore ($183 million) for the manufacturing of Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defence Suite (IADS) for modern warships of Indian Navy.

Competitive bids from Indian companies were invited by MoD through open tender wherein the systems fielded were put through detailed trials at sea to prove their capability.

IADS is an underwater equipment that uses latest technology. It is designed to detect and protect warships from underwater threats. It is a versatile system capable of operations from all sizes of warships - small, medium, and large. The complex array of sensors in water undertakes surveillance, and provides inputs for signal processing and analysis, to enable necessary action.

This advanced technology system is the first of its kind being developed by an Indian company for Indian Navy.

Mahindra Defence would be supplying 14 IADS Systems for the Indian Navy warships.