India looks at sealing two mega submarine deals after long wait
New Delhi, August 31 (PTI) will seal India’s two mega submarine agreements LaAuthorized sources said on Sunday, a Lakh Crore in the middle of next year, to increase China’s submarine war capabilities against the increasing maritime power ground.
The first project is for the supply of three Scorpio submarines to be built jointly by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and the French Defense Major Naval Group.
The Ministry of Defense is almost LaSources, two years ago, 36,000 Crore agreement, the project’s various technical and commercial aspects to strengthen the negotiations, he said.
The second project, in which the Ministry of Defense pays attention to the sealing, is to purchase the six diesel-electric hidden submarine at a cost. La65,000 crore. The supply was initially cleaned by the Ministry in 2021.
“We expect both contracts to be fired in the middle of next year.” He said.
The leading German ship builder Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has established a partnership with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd for the project, which has been invoiced as one of the biggest ‘Make’ attempts in India ‘in recent years.
Sources, cost negotiations for the agreement will begin soon and the entire process may take six to nine months before the conclusion of a contract.
Although the purchase of six secret submarines in accordance with the Project 75 India (P75-I) is a completely new program, the plan for three Scorpio submarines will be the turn of a previous purchase.
According to the Indian Navy Project 75, six Scorpio submarines have already been built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in cooperation with the Naval Group.
The navy wants both agreements to be fired while trying to support underwater abilities.
The above -mentioned sources said it would take time to conclude the cost negotiation process for the diesel engine program. He added that commercial negotiations have been completed for the Scorpene class submarines.
If everything goes according to the plan, the Scorpene project will be concluded because it has experienced significant delays at the beginning of next year.
He said that under both projects, the delivery of boats will start about six years after the signing of the contracts.
When I was asked whether MDL will have the ability to apply both projects at the same time, the sources said it was to increase the infrastructure of the ship.
One of the sources, “Scorpio submarine project has already happened, and I hope we hope it will soon be concluded.” He said.
Although the Ministry of Defense provided the approval of the principle for additional scorpions and the supply of 26 maritime variants of Rafale Jets from France, the first project remained in Limbo.
In April, India and France signed an inter -government agreement that signed a mega agreement to supply Rafale sea jets. La64,000 Crore (7 billion euros) for commissioning in the Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier Ins Vikrant.
