Survey Vessel Large / Sanshodhak, Yard 3028: India contract and delivery record — 30 Mar 2026

Development and reported outcome

On March 30, 2026, GRSE delivered Sanshodhak to the Indian Navy with an AUV listed among the ship's integrated hydrographic equipment. The milestone therefore represents delivery of an installed AUV capability as part of the host platform rather than a separate UUV procurement or acceptance event. The public sources do not disclose the AUV model, vehicle quantity, UUV-specific value, or separate acceptance date.[S1] [S2]

Program, platform and stakeholders

Programme or contract: Survey Vessel Large / Sanshodhak, Yard 3028. Platform or product: Sanshodhak embarked Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Platform classification: Autonomous Operated Vehicle. Recorded supplier, developer or relevant organization: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (reported headquarters/country: India). 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: Hydrographic / Bathymetric Reconnaissance / Oceanographic Intelligence Support.

Contract, value and shipment signals

Delivery schedule, procurement window or milestone status: AUV capability delivered aboard Sanshodhak on Mar. 30, 2026. Recorded contractual start: 2018-10-30 host-vessel contract.[S1] [S2]

Source verification and interpretation limits

UXV Searcher master source-coverage note: PIB is the preferred primary source because it explicitly identifies the onboard AUV at the March 30 host-vessel delivery. Host-vessel contract/value cannot be allocated to the AUV.

Interpretation boundary: The source-specific record should be used to distinguish award, arrival, commissioning and completed delivery; these stages are not interchangeable.[S1] [S2]

UXV Searcher analysis — what the development changes

UXV Searcher interpretation — contract / recorded award outcome: The India UUV record for Survey Vessel Large / Sanshodhak, Yard 3028 is best treated as a committed commercial activity signal. The recorded award or contract is a stronger transaction signal than a tender; the amount and quantity still need separation into platforms, accessories, support and services.

Traceability for buyers: The dataset associates Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd with Indian Navy for Sanshodhak embarked Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. This supports stakeholder mapping; supply-chain tier, exclusivity and signed-customer relationships need the underlying source before firm classification.

Client-use interpretation: For intelligence users tracking Hydrographic / Bathymetric Reconnaissance / Oceanographic Intelligence Support, the relevant next proof points are hydrographic survey performance and hydrographic-data outputs. Watch for acceptance or delivery reports, contract modifications and whether the stated amount covers equipment or ancillary work.[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.

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