India Approves RFP For Construction of 6 Submarines Under Project-75I at Rs 43000 crore - YouTube

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As you know that on 04 Jun 2021,

during the India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting

Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh approved the

Request For Proposal (RFP) for construction of six Conventional Submarines under Project 75(I).

This is a very important step as these submarines will be much advanced than the India’s Kalvari class submarines

and that’s why in today’s Guarding India video we will be telling you all the details about the Project 75(I) of Indian Navy.

So let's start.

Guarding India Intro

Project 75(I) is Indian Navy’s submarine construction project

in which six conventional submarines equipped with

Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system are to be constructed in India.

The total cost of construction of all six submarines will be approximately Rs 43,000 crore and

it will be constructed inside India through Strategic Partnership Model.

In foreign media, this new submarine project of India is being referred as the Mother of all Underwater Deal

as it is one of the largest submarine orders in the entire world.

This is first Indian project which will be executed under Strategic Partnership model

and it is also the biggest ‘Make in India’ project till date.

This project is part of 30 year Submarine Construction Program

of Indian Navy in which total 24 submarines were to be constructed

of which 18 were conventional submarines and 6 were planned to be the nuclear attack submarines (SSN).

I would like to tell you that Indian Defence Ministry approved 30 year Submarine Construction Program in 1999

and Project 75(I) was approved in November 2007.

However, till date no decision had been taken on this.

Therefore, the latest approval of Defence Ministry is being considered as very important.

In Project 75 (I), the submarine designs of five International submarine companies have been selected

who will be participating for competition to win this tender.

Number 1 is French Naval Group’s Scorpène-class submarine which is already in Indian Navy service

and is also called as Kalvari-class submarine.

Number 2 is Russian Rubin Design Bureau’s latest Amur Class Submarine,

Number 3 is German ThyssenKrupp Marine System’s HDW Class Type 214 Submarine,

Number 4 is Spanish Navantia’s S-80 Submarine

and Number 5 is South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering’s Dosan Ahn Changho-class submarine.

Two Indian shipyards have been shortlisted to work along with these five international companies.

Number 1 is state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

which is presently constructing Scorpion means Kalvari class Submarine

and second is private sector firm Larsen & Toubro which is

involved in the construction of India’s Arihant Class ballistic missile Submarines (SSBN).

In this project the selected Indian Company will be receiving the complete submarine manufacturing technology

transfer from the foreign company which will be selected after the Indian Navy’s competition.

Thereafter, all six submarines will be constructed within India.

Indian Navy has not disclosed much about the features of these submarines. However, this RFP says

that all submarines will be equipped with foreign air-independent propulsion means AIP technology

which will enable these submarines submarine to remain on underwater dive for more than 20-30 days at a single stretch.

Project 75(I) submarines will have state of the art advanced stealth features

and detecting them will be very difficult for the enemy ships and submarines.

Besides this, Project 75(I) submarines will also have advanced foreign and Indian weapons.

It is expected that these submarines will be equipped with BrahMos-2 hypersonic anti ship missiles

with 1000 kilometer range and Nirbhay long range cruise missile with 1500 kilometer range.

Due to these two missiles, these new submarines of Indian Navy will be able to destroy targets on both on sea and land.

Additionally, Project 75(I) submarines will also have other new

technologies like new communication system, advanced sonar system

and many other latest technologies which are presently classified.

Now we will discuss why Project 75(I) submarines are so important for Indian Navy.

Actually at present, Indian Navy has only 15 submarines. Out of these 8 are Russian Kilo class submarines,

4 are German Shishumar class submarine

and three are Kalvari class Submarines.

Besides this three Kalvari class submarines are presently under construction

which means in future Indian Navy will have total 18 submarines.

However, Pakistan Navy which has far lesser coastline than

India, Pakistan Navy which has far lesser coastline than India, presently has 5 conventional submarines.

Additionally, Pakistan has also purchased eight Type 039A submarines means Yuan class Submarine from China.

This means that Pakistan Navy will have total 13 submarines

and for facing these submarines Indian Navy will just have 18 submarines which will be inadequate

as Indian Navy has not only to take care of Pakistan but also has to look after the security of entire Indian Ocean.

Therefore, Indian Navy urgently requires these submarines of Project 75(I).

Finally, on behalf of Team Guarding India I would like to say

that Project 75(I) RFP is a very good step

and we hope for timely completion of this project

as it is expect that Indian Navy will finalise this deal in one or two years

and 6-7 years after that means in 2029 or in 2030 Indian Navy will get these new submarines.

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