The core of the delivery to India will consist of HUGIN 1000 AUVs, which will be used for seabed surveying. Kongsberg Maritime has been delivering HUGIN 1000s for more than ten years. The largest contract in the area to date, the order also includes subsea positioning equipment, multibeam echosounders and underwater cameras.

HUGIN was developed through collaboration between the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, the Royal Norwegian Navy, Statoil, and Kongsberg Maritime. Cooperation began in 1995 and the first HUGIN was put into commercial use in the North Sea in 1997.