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Recently Defence ministry cleared defence projects worth Rs 80,000 crore major chunk of which will be consumed for purchasing conventional submarines under Project 75I at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore . Indian Navy along with Indian Defence ministry will now sit down and visits 7 Shipyards in next two months and will select Shipyards who will manufacture all Six submarines in India.
idrw.org can confirm that among 7 shipyards selected , 2 are Private Shipyards which are Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Pipavav. 5 Public Sectors Shipyards are Mazagon Dockyard Ltd (MDL), Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) , Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) , Cochin Shipyard Ltd . Mazagon Dockyard Ltd which is currently manufacturing French Scorpene submarines under Project 75 even though is facing Heavy Criticism due to continuous delays in the Project 75 , has been assured to land at least 2 Submarine construction . while at least 1 Private shipyard might bag order for one submarine construction.
Submarines shortlisted under Project-75I are The Amur 1650 (Russia), Scorpene (France), Type 214 (Germany) and S-80 (Spain). While Mazagon Dockyard Ltd has been advocating building enlarged Scorpene since they have already picked up submarine building skills from the earlier project , but it is unlikely to happen due to steep rise in cost of Project and French in name of inflation have doubled Equipment cost from already contracted ones .
Two Biggest Contenders fighting for Project-75I are Russia with Amur 1650 submarines and Germany with Class 214 submarine. Both countries have steeped up their back channel push for order and also are firing at all guns on diplomatic front too. Russia seems to be more desperate to bag the order and have been pushing hard for sale , Amur 1650 offered by Russia is dubbed has a modernised version of the Kilo-class submarine which can be equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP), Amur boats are single-hulled, with minimal displacement allowing for reduced noise signature and improved propulsion quality has also is most effective modern non-nuclear submarine available today. Compared to similar boats in its class .on the downturn China might be first Export customer of Amur 1650 Submarines and Since China will also Built 2 in its Shipyards locally , Technology might be replicated for building newer diesel Submarines for china . India and china earlier too operated Kilo class submarines but now situation has clearly changed and Indian navy might be wary of operating a weapons systems which also will be used by Rival china.
Germany which lost to France in supply of Submarines under Project 75, is also on full offensive and has offered Type 214 submarine which is derived from the Type 212 and Export variant of it missing key Ground breaking technology which is non magnetic steel hull which makes the Type 212 submarine impossible to detect using a Magnetic Anomaly Detector. Type 214 scores over Amur 1650 in having better AIP system which give sub much more endurance days & energy efficient AIP system which Russians have contested in past , while Germans also brag that sonar suite on Type 214 submarine is highly superior to AMUR 1650 sonar suite ,while Russians can brag that Amur is much bigger and has better firepower and can be integrated with BrahMos SLCM variant, it reportedly has better stability at rough seas and will be cheaper then German offer .
Spain’s offer of S-80 Class is also under consideration , while Submarine project has suffered set backs due to weight imbalance issue at production stage and four submarines are yet to enter service with Spanish navy it gives it slight disadvantage over other submarines offered under Project 75I .
Russia and Germany Eye Project-75I , Battle Heats Up | idrw.org
idrw.org can confirm that among 7 shipyards selected , 2 are Private Shipyards which are Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Pipavav. 5 Public Sectors Shipyards are Mazagon Dockyard Ltd (MDL), Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) , Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) , Cochin Shipyard Ltd . Mazagon Dockyard Ltd which is currently manufacturing French Scorpene submarines under Project 75 even though is facing Heavy Criticism due to continuous delays in the Project 75 , has been assured to land at least 2 Submarine construction . while at least 1 Private shipyard might bag order for one submarine construction.
Submarines shortlisted under Project-75I are The Amur 1650 (Russia), Scorpene (France), Type 214 (Germany) and S-80 (Spain). While Mazagon Dockyard Ltd has been advocating building enlarged Scorpene since they have already picked up submarine building skills from the earlier project , but it is unlikely to happen due to steep rise in cost of Project and French in name of inflation have doubled Equipment cost from already contracted ones .
Two Biggest Contenders fighting for Project-75I are Russia with Amur 1650 submarines and Germany with Class 214 submarine. Both countries have steeped up their back channel push for order and also are firing at all guns on diplomatic front too. Russia seems to be more desperate to bag the order and have been pushing hard for sale , Amur 1650 offered by Russia is dubbed has a modernised version of the Kilo-class submarine which can be equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP), Amur boats are single-hulled, with minimal displacement allowing for reduced noise signature and improved propulsion quality has also is most effective modern non-nuclear submarine available today. Compared to similar boats in its class .on the downturn China might be first Export customer of Amur 1650 Submarines and Since China will also Built 2 in its Shipyards locally , Technology might be replicated for building newer diesel Submarines for china . India and china earlier too operated Kilo class submarines but now situation has clearly changed and Indian navy might be wary of operating a weapons systems which also will be used by Rival china.
Germany which lost to France in supply of Submarines under Project 75, is also on full offensive and has offered Type 214 submarine which is derived from the Type 212 and Export variant of it missing key Ground breaking technology which is non magnetic steel hull which makes the Type 212 submarine impossible to detect using a Magnetic Anomaly Detector. Type 214 scores over Amur 1650 in having better AIP system which give sub much more endurance days & energy efficient AIP system which Russians have contested in past , while Germans also brag that sonar suite on Type 214 submarine is highly superior to AMUR 1650 sonar suite ,while Russians can brag that Amur is much bigger and has better firepower and can be integrated with BrahMos SLCM variant, it reportedly has better stability at rough seas and will be cheaper then German offer .
Spain’s offer of S-80 Class is also under consideration , while Submarine project has suffered set backs due to weight imbalance issue at production stage and four submarines are yet to enter service with Spanish navy it gives it slight disadvantage over other submarines offered under Project 75I .
Russia and Germany Eye Project-75I , Battle Heats Up | idrw.org
