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L&T and Exail team up to equip India with autonomous mine neutralisation drones for 12 Navy vessels
Politics
Published on 15 May 2026
A stand-off unmanned suite will hunt and disable mines
L&T has partnered with France’s Exail to provide an advanced Unmanned Mine Counter-Measure (MCM) Suite for the Indian Navy’s Mine Counter Measure Vessels programme. The system combines autonomous and remotely operated capabilities to detect, classify, identify and neutralise mines from a safe stand-off distance. L&T will act as prime contractor, offering the suite to all shipyards building 12 MCMVs, with Exail as technology partner. The effort aligns with Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India, aiming to strengthen maritime security and build self-reliant defence manufacturing in India.
- Partnership: L&T with France-based Exail for Indian Navy MCMVs
- Technology includes autonomous and remotely operated mine counter systems
- Mission workflow: detect classify identify and neutralise mines
- Deployment: suite offered to shipyards under a 12-ship MCMVs programme
- Exail supplies technology partner role for proven global MCM systems
- Goal: bolster maritime security and advance Indo-French defence cooperation
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