India clears ₹43,000 cr project to build 6 high-tech submarines
(Source : Hindustan Times)
The defence ministry on Friday cleared a project worth ₹43,000 crore for building six advanced submarines in the country under the government’s ‘strategic partnership’ (SP) model to
(Source : Hindustan Times)
The defence ministry on Friday cleared a project worth ₹43,000 crore for building six advanced submarines in the country under the government’s ‘strategic partnership’ (SP) model to
bolster the Indian Navy’s underwater force levels and counter the rapid expansion of China’s submarine fleet, defence ministry officials said.*
*The defence acquisition council (DAC), India’s apex procurement body, approved the proposal at a meeting on Friday and the navy is
*The defence acquisition council (DAC), India’s apex procurement body, approved the proposal at a meeting on Friday and the navy is
expected to issue requests for proposal for the programme, called P-75 India soon, the officials said.
This will be the first RFP to be issued under the SP model, which seeks to provide fillip to the government’s Make in India programme, said one of The officials cited above.
This will be the first RFP to be issued under the SP model, which seeks to provide fillip to the government’s Make in India programme, said one of The officials cited above.
The model envisages indigenous manufacturing of major defence platforms by an Indian strategic partner who will collaborate with a foreign original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to set up production facilities in the country.
The new submarines will be equipped with
The new submarines will be equipped with
Air independent propulsion (AIP) systems that will enable the vessels to stay underwater for longer periods and enhance their combat capabilities, said a second official.
In January 2020, the defence ministry cleared two Indian and 5 foreign shipbuilders to take part in the
In January 2020, the defence ministry cleared two Indian and 5 foreign shipbuilders to take part in the
project to build high-tech submarines in the country, one of the biggest Make in India programmes in the military sector.
The Indian strategic partners cleared to collaborate with the foreign OEMs are Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders ltd. & L&T. The foreign yards they can team up with
The Indian strategic partners cleared to collaborate with the foreign OEMs are Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders ltd. & L&T. The foreign yards they can team up with
for the project are the French Naval Group, German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Russia’s Rubin Design Bureau, Spain’s Navantia and South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company.
The next steps in the long process will involve
The next steps in the long process will involve
opening and evaluation of technical offers, trials, staff evaluation, opening of commercial offers of companies technically compliant with the RFP and finally, the selection of the strategic partner with the lowest bid.
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