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Private Yards Recommended for Indian Sub Deal
NEW DELHI
Only private shipyards will receive a tender to make six air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines if the Defence Ministry follows the recommendations of an expert committee, an MoD source said.
The US $12 billion tender will be sent to private yards Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering and Larsen & Toubro, the source said.
The Navy committee, headed by Vice Adm. A.V. Subhedar, controller of warship production and acquisition, also assessed state-owned Hindustan Shipyard and Mazagon Docks. He made his remarks during his first presentation to the MoD this month.
While the committee is expected to give its final recommendations to the MoD next month, the observations made by members during their presentation cannot be easily ignored by the MoD, the source said, because the Navy wants a time-bound delivery of submarines to add to its falling strength.
The committee members said that, while the state- owned yards have the capability and capacity to build submarines, they should not be involved in the competition of the forthcoming tender under Project 75. The state-owned yards have their hands full with excessive orders and have poor delivery records. For example, the French Scorpene submarine being built Mazagon Docks is already behind schedule by more than four years.
In comparison, Pipavav and L&T have the capability and capacity and can delivery quickly, the committee members said in their presentation.
Out of the two approved private yards, Pipavav Defence has no experience manufacturing submarines but has a technology tie-up with DCNS of France. L&T has been involved with homemade nuclear submarine Arihant.
The MoD is preparing to issue a fresh request for proposal in the "Buy and Make (India)" category, which is reserved for domestic companies that can tie up with overseas shipyards.
In October, the government of Narendra Modi reversed a proposal to float a global tender for the submarines under which two were to be purchased from overseas yards while the remaining four submarines would have been built by state-owned shipyards.
A Navy official said that by cancel the global bids for Project 75I in October, the new government has "hit itself on the foot as the exuberance to 'Make in India' will further delay acquisition of weaponry, seriously affecting the combat worthiness of the Indian defense forces."
With the MoD is still undecided on whom to invite in the competition, and with the committee recommending only private shipyards, the project could get complicated and controversial.
That's because the timing of the buyout of Pipavav by Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group coincides with the committee's assessment, said retired Navy Cmdr. Ashish Pathak.
Private Yards Recommended for Indian Sub Deal
NEW DELHI
Only private shipyards will receive a tender to make six air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines if the Defence Ministry follows the recommendations of an expert committee, an MoD source said.
The US $12 billion tender will be sent to private yards Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering and Larsen & Toubro, the source said.
The Navy committee, headed by Vice Adm. A.V. Subhedar, controller of warship production and acquisition, also assessed state-owned Hindustan Shipyard and Mazagon Docks. He made his remarks during his first presentation to the MoD this month.
While the committee is expected to give its final recommendations to the MoD next month, the observations made by members during their presentation cannot be easily ignored by the MoD, the source said, because the Navy wants a time-bound delivery of submarines to add to its falling strength.
The committee members said that, while the state- owned yards have the capability and capacity to build submarines, they should not be involved in the competition of the forthcoming tender under Project 75. The state-owned yards have their hands full with excessive orders and have poor delivery records. For example, the French Scorpene submarine being built Mazagon Docks is already behind schedule by more than four years.
In comparison, Pipavav and L&T have the capability and capacity and can delivery quickly, the committee members said in their presentation.
Out of the two approved private yards, Pipavav Defence has no experience manufacturing submarines but has a technology tie-up with DCNS of France. L&T has been involved with homemade nuclear submarine Arihant.
The MoD is preparing to issue a fresh request for proposal in the "Buy and Make (India)" category, which is reserved for domestic companies that can tie up with overseas shipyards.
In October, the government of Narendra Modi reversed a proposal to float a global tender for the submarines under which two were to be purchased from overseas yards while the remaining four submarines would have been built by state-owned shipyards.
A Navy official said that by cancel the global bids for Project 75I in October, the new government has "hit itself on the foot as the exuberance to 'Make in India' will further delay acquisition of weaponry, seriously affecting the combat worthiness of the Indian defense forces."
With the MoD is still undecided on whom to invite in the competition, and with the committee recommending only private shipyards, the project could get complicated and controversial.
That's because the timing of the buyout of Pipavav by Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group coincides with the committee's assessment, said retired Navy Cmdr. Ashish Pathak.
Private Yards Recommended for Indian Sub Deal
