Statement of Intent on Cooperation on Design & Development of Electric Propulsion Systems for Indian Navy signed with UK

Defence Ministries of India and UK signed a Statement of Intent, SoI on Cooperation on Design and Development of Electric Propulsion Systems for the Indian Navy in Portsmouth on Thursday. The signing was part of the third Joint Working Group Meeting of Electric Propulsion Capability Partnership, symbolising the commitment to promote indigenous development of niche technologies.

Defence Ministry said the SoI would serve as a broader framework intended for cooperation in the co-design, co-creation and co-production of Electric Propulsion capability for future Naval Ships. The Landing Platform Docks, planned to be built at an Indian Shipyard, are envisaged to have a Full Electric Propulsion System.

The SoI was signed and exchanged between Joint Secretary (Naval Systems), Rajeev Prakash and UK Defence Ministry’s Director of Ships Operations and Capability Integration, Rear Admiral Steve McCarthy.