The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned a new patrol vessel while development is underway on a surface combatant and amphibious ships for the Indian Navy. Japan's newest submarine has been launched. Lastly, the US Marine Corps has placed orders for new amphibious recovery craft.
India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) launched a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Indian Navy at its Kolkata facilities on Saturday, October 10.
The future INS Shreyas the third unit in a new class of ships being built under the navy’s next-generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV). Class lead ship INS Sanghmitra was launched on May 20 of this year followed by INS Shruti on August 11.
The 11-ship NGOPV programme was contracted by the Indian Ministry of Defence (MOD) in March 2023. Goa Shipyard (GSL) is building seven of the vessels and GRSE is responsible for the remaining four.
GSL launched INS Shachi, the first ship in the overall programme, on March 31.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned a new fast patrol vessel (FPV) during a ceremony at Goa Shipyard (GSL) on Friday, October 9.
ICGS Ajit ("Invincible") is the seventh of eight Adamya-class FPVs being built by GSL for the ICG. She will be based at Okha and assigned missions including surveillance, search and rescue, counter-smuggling, and pollution response.
The ICG took delivery of the vessel from GSL on August 25. Ajit was launched at the shipyard on October 24, 2025, alongside sister vessel Aparajit, the eighth and final unit in the series.
The contract for all eight vessels dates to March 2022.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia and India's Larsen and Toubro (L&T) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the Indian Navy's planned four-ship landing platform dock (LPD) programme.
The companies said the partnership will combine Navantia's naval ship design experience with L&T's engineering and shipbuilding capabilities and will develop local capacity for large-ship construction.
Navantia said designs from the family of landing helicopter docks (LHD) that includes Spain's Juan Carlos I and Australia's Canberra and Adelaide will form the basis of the offering.
"We are confident that this partnership will contribute to strengthening India's maritime capabilities and advancing the country's autonomy in constructing such complex and essential platforms," said Arun Ramchandani, head of Precision Engineering & Systems at L&T.
BAE Systems has been awarded a US$230.1 million contract modification for full-rate production of 32 amphibious combat vehicle recovery mission role variants (ACV-R) for the US Marine Corps.
The firm-fixed-price modification was awarded to BAE Systems Land and Armaments. It exercises options covering the vehicles, along with related costs for production, fielding and support, and spares.
The US Department of War contract notice said FY2026 US Marine Corps procurement funds covered the entire amount, which was obligated when the award was made. If every option is exercised, the contract’s total value can reach approximately US$4.096 billion.
The notice gave an expected completion date of November 2028. BAE said work on the programme will take place primarily in York, Pennsylvania, through 2029.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) launched a new diesel-electric submarine at its Kobe shipyard on Thursday, October 8.
The future JS Shogei is the seventh submarine in the Taigei-class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The boat has a standard displacement of 3,000 tonnes, a length of 84 metres, and a beam of 9.1 metres.
Delivery is scheduled for March 2028.
MHI said the submarine will undergo outfitting covering her hull, machinery, electrical systems and weapons before delivery to the Japanese Ministry of Defence.
