Overview
- The Indian Navy selected Fincantieri subsidiary WASS to supply Black Shark Advanced heavyweight torpedoes for its six Scorpène/Kalvari-class boats.
- The package covers the torpedoes plus launching networks, maintenance equipment and spare parts to provide integrated support.
- Fincantieri said the contract, signed in the company’s 150th anniversary year, is the largest in WASS’s history.
- Production will take place at WASS’s Livorno facility with deliveries slated across 2028–2030, according to the company.
- Reporting notes the purchase addresses a long-running shortfall after a 2016 cancellation, with future domestic manufacture of additional units under consideration.