The Indian Navy commissioned the sixth Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, INS Malvan, on 22 July, taking a major step towards replacing vintage Veer class corvettes that have been serving the force since 1987.

In this podcast, Armchair Perspectives explores how Indian engineering giants are working on a mission mode to produce powerful marine engines to power the Indian Navy’s advanced battleships, and how partnerships between domestic shipbuilding companies and overseas suppliers is establishing a knowledge base necessary to indigenise marine engine production in the future.