India, March 20 -- Mumbai-based defence technology startup Sagar Defence Engineering has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Boeing's wholly-owned subsidiary Liquid Robotics to co-develop autonomous surface vessels in India.

These unmanned vessels are used in naval autonomous operations to collect data, surveillance and tactical operations.

The partnership aims to boost undersea domain awareness and establish maintenance capabilities for such platforms in the Indo-Pacific region.

The agreement encompasses manufacturing, system interoperability, ocean testing and building the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capacity for the Wave Glider ASV platform.

It is pertinent to note that Wave Glider is an unmanned surface veh...