Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) has won a major contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) worth INR 1,349.95 crore for the manufacturing of Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defence Suite (IADS) for modern warships of the 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 a high-end underwater equipment that uses latest technology, and 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. The warship then employs methods to neutralise the underwater threats.
SP Shukla, Chairman, MDS said, “It is the first major contract with the private sector meant for underwater detection and protection from threats. This contract once again epitomises the success of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Initiative.”
MDS qualified by proving the capability of the system through comprehensive testing by the MoD in actual operations at sea before being declared as winner on commercial bid. In all, MDS would be supplying 14 IADS systems for the Indian Navy warships.