The Indian dockyard Mazagon Dock Ltd. has placed an order with the Alsthom-Atlantique Pielstick Diesel Group for six SEMT-Pielstick 16PA6V280 engines to be fitted in offshore patrol boats for delivery to the Indian Coast Guard. These vessels, which have displacements slightly above 1,000 tons, will each have two 16-cylinder PA6 engines driving a variable-pitch propeller. The maximum continuous rating of each engine is 6,400 bhp at 1,050 rpm.

Following France and the Republics of Korea, Ireland, and Yugoslavia, India will be the fifth nation to use this type of SEMT-Pielstick engine for offshore patrol work.