Joint Venture28 Oct 2025, 04:22 pm
SDHI and MDL Sign Exclusive Teaming Agreement for Design and Construction of Landing Platform Docks for Indian Navy
AI Summary
Swan Defence and Heavy Industries Ltd (SDHI) and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) have signed an exclusive Teaming Agreement (TA) for collaboration in the design and construction of Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) for the Indian Navy. The TA was signed during the India Maritime Week 2025. MDL will bring its design, project management, and system integration expertise, while SDHI will provide its world-class shipbuilding infrastructure. The partnership aims to reduce build periods, enhance quality, and achieve cost efficiency in the construction of these complex platforms.
Key Highlights
- SDHI and MDL sign exclusive Teaming Agreement for design and construction of LPDs for Indian Navy
- LPDs are critical capability addition for the Indian Navy to project power, undertake amphibious operations, and deliver humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions
- Partnership aims to reduce build periods, enhance quality, and achieve cost efficiency
- SDHI operates the country’s largest dry dock and has an impressive fabrication capacity of 144,000 tons per annum
- Collaboration embodies the spirit of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) envisioned by the Government of India