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Following the commissioning of INS Khanderi, what is Naval Group’s outlook in India?
On September 28, INS Khanderi was commissioned by the Indian Navy in Mumbai, where the submarine is based.
3 October 2019
On September 28, INS Khanderi was commissioned by the Indian Navy in Mumbai, where the submarine is based.
On 29 September, 2019, LCA Naval Prototype-2 launched off the ski jump at 1621 hours and then subsequently “trapped” at 1631 hrs on the arresting gear site
INS Nilgiri, the first of seven P17A-class frigates being built for the Indian Navy, was launched at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) dockyard in Mumbai on September 28.
In « a significant development in the indigenous shipbuilding », the Indian Ministry of Defence has issued four shipbuilding Requests for Proposal (RFP) amounting to US$2,175 billion for the acquisition of various vessels for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
The Indian Government on June 20 issued an Expression of Interest(s) for shortlisting potential Indian Strategic Partners for the Indian Navy Project 75(I) submarine program.
A report published by Indian daily newspaper Business Insider indicates that the Indian Navy refused to commission INS Khanderi, the second of the Scorpene-class submarine, because of its noise level. According to Naval Group, such reporting does not reflect facts.
The Turkish shipyard TAIS recently won a US$2.3Bn contract with the Indian Navy for the delivery of five 45,000-ton fleet support ships, the company announced on May 31.
The Indian Navy successfully completed a first cooperative engagement firing of the Medium-Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), the country’s MoD stated on May 17, 2019.
The India-based shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has been selected to provide the Indian Navy with eight new « Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts » (ASWSWC).
Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, launched the third ship of Project 15B, Guided Missile Destroyer “Imphal”, today (20 April 2019) at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
