Sagar Defence Opens Pune Plant to Build Uncrewed Surface Vehicles With Boeing’s Liquid Robotics

Overview

• Sagar Defence Engineering inaugurated a manufacturing plant in Pune on December 5 to produce Uncrewed Surface Vehicles, including the Wave Glider platform.
• The opening operationalizes a collaboration announced earlier this year between Sagar Defence and Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company, to co-develop and co-produce advanced maritime systems.
• Company leaders said the site will expand capacity across the Indo-Pacific and bolster undersea domain awareness through local production.
• The facility is slated to handle manufacturing, ocean testing, and sustainment of unmanned maritime systems, according to the official release.
• Sagar Defence founder Nikunj Parashar emphasized Make in India goals, Boeing India’s Salil Gupte cited the US–India Major Defence Partnership, and Liquid Robotics CEO Shane Goodenough said local build and sustainment would speed deployment.