Compact Autonomous Surface Craft All Domain Effects - Anti Submarine: India procurement notice

Development and reported outcome

The Indian Navy opened the Make-II EOI for CASCADE-ASW on February 4, 2026. The requirement explicitly concerns a compact autonomous surface craft for all-domain effects in anti-submarine warfare. This is a pre-procurement Make-II development step and not a prototype sanction order, contract award or production order.[S1] [S2]

Program, platform and stakeholders

Programme or contract: Compact Autonomous Surface Craft All Domain Effects - Anti Submarine Warfare (CASCADE-ASW). Platform or product: CASCADE-ASW. Recorded customer, operator or intended user: Indian Navy (reported headquarters/country: India).[S1] [S2]

Mission and technical scope

The following are classifications recorded in the source master, not additional claims of operational deployment: Mission/use-case classification: Anti-Submarine Warfare. Operating mode: Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV).

Contract, value and shipment signals

Recorded contractual start: 4-Feb-26. Recorded contractual end: 2-May-26.[S1] [S2]

Source verification and interpretation limits

UXV Searcher master source-coverage note: Defence Standard documents the Indian Navy Make-II CASCADE-ASW EOI and autonomous-surface-vessel requirement; DDP's accessible innovations archive independently lists CASCADE-ASW as a Navy Make project. Official Make-in-India indexing confirms the Feb. 4-May 2 EOI window, but its direct page was removed because it timed out repeatedly during link validation.

Interpretation boundary: The tender, notice or request stage does not by itself prove a signed contract, selected supplier, or physical delivery.[S1] [S2]

UXV Searcher analysis — what the development changes

UXV Searcher interpretation — procurement requirement / tender: The India USV record for Compact Autonomous Surface Craft All Domain Effects - Anti Submarine Warfare (CASCADE-ASW) is best treated as a procurement pipeline signal. A published requirement can indicate addressable demand, but it is not an award, supplier revenue, shipment, or fleet increase.

Traceability for buyers: Indian Navy is the identified buyer, operator or intended user. Do not assume a named supplier or commercial allocation without a separate award document.

Client-use interpretation: For intelligence users tracking Anti-Submarine Warfare, the relevant next proof points are marine mission suitability, payload integration and measurable delivery or service outcomes. Track the award notice, signed value and accepted delivery quantities before upgrading this demand signal.[S1] [S2]

Quantitative evidence, calculations and limits

Quantification limit: No sufficiently attributed contract value or physical platform count is disclosed for this record. UXV Searcher leaves these fields unavailable rather than treating non-disclosure as zero or applying an unsupported market average. Reproducible calculations: Planned start-to-end interval: 87 days ((2026-05-02) - (2026-02-04) = 87 elapsed calendar days). Refer to the calculation cards for assumptions and limitations.

The useful output is a qualitative stage and stakeholder signal, not a numerical forecast.[S1] [S2]