PROJECT 75(I) - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
News: Indian,
German firms ink MoU to bid for Rs 42,000 crore deal to build 6 submarines
What is in the news?
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Recently, An MoU to
cooperate in submarine production was inked between defense shipyard Mazagon
Docks and German company Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems as a precursor to
submission of a bid for the over Rs 42,000 crore project to build six
diesel-electric submarines for the Navy.
Key takeaways from the news:
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As per the MoU, TKMS will
contribute to the engineering and design of the submarines as well as the
consultancy support for this joint project.
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MDL, in turn, will take
responsibility for constructing and delivering the submarines.
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This MoU was signed for bidding in Project 75I.
Project 75I:
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Project-75(I) envisages indigenous construction of six modern
conventional submarines.
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The first of the Project
- 75 submarines were commissioned into the Navy in December 2017.
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this first phase France supported six conventional submarines.
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It includes associated
shore support, Engineering Support Package, training and spares package with contemporary equipment, weapons &
sensors including Fuel-Cell based AIP (Air Independent Propulsion Plant),
advanced torpedoes, modern missiles and state of the art countermeasure
systems.