ISACA
Accurate Industrial Controls' collision-avoidance software for uncrewed boats, certified by the Indian Register of Shipping.
ISACA passed an Independent safety audit in September 2026: the Indian Register of Shipping certified it against International Maritime Organization rules after 2,500 trial hours, and its maker will use it to make six Indian Navy patrol boats crewless.
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Accurate Industrial Controls, an Indian firm, built ISACA to give an uncrewed boat a picture of its surroundings and steer it clear of collisions. The name stands for Intelligent Situational Awareness and Collision Avoidance. It pairs sensors, including radar, satellite positioning, an echo sounder and cameras, with a collision-avoidance stack.
The Indian Navy will use ISACA first. A 2022 contract covers six of its patrol boats, which Accurate will refit to sail crewless using ISACA; a 13m Fast Interceptor Craft and a pair of 23m Immediate Support Vessels come first. Earlier trials ran in the Arabian Sea off Karwar on a 13m workboat built at SHM Shipyard in Mumbai.
September 2026 brought certification from the Indian Register of Shipping against International Maritime Organization rules, once ISACA had cleared five audited checkpoints and 2,500 hours of testing on water. The certificate gives Accurate Industrial Controls a credential to show buyers beyond the navy programme.
A class society signs off the software
The Indian Register of Shipping, a classification society, has certified ISACA against International Maritime Organization rules, according to a Marine Technology News report of 14 September 2026. The approval came after the software cleared five audited stages and logged 2,500 hours on rivers and at SEA.
For Accurate Industrial Controls, that gives the collision-avoidance package an outside safety record while global rules for crewless ships remain unfinished. The first work goes to the Indian Navy. A 2022 contract has The Firm converting six Indian Navy patrol boats to run without crews, beginning with one 13m interceptor and two 23m support vessels. With a class society's stamp, a navy can cite a third party, not only the vendor, when it sends a crewless boat out.