Indian Navy’s six new indigenous submarines won’t have indigenous AIP for prolonged underwater stay

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

The Indian Navy would soon come out with the tender for over Rs 50,000 crore project to build six indigenous conventional submarines but they would not be fitted with the indigenous Air Independent Propulsion system that is being developed by the DRDO.

The air-independent propulsion (AIP) technology enhances the underwater endurance and stealth of conventional submarines who otherwise have to come on the surface to use oxygen to recharge their batteries.

The Defence Acquisition Council headed by Rajnath Singh recently cleared around Rs 50,000 crore project codenamed P-75 India for the Indian Navy to move ahead with the construction of six new conventional diesel-electric submarines within the country.

“The Defence Research and Development Organisation is pushing for the inclusion of their under-development AIP on the P-75 India but it has not yet been included in the tender,” sources told ANI.

As per sources, the Indian Navy has asked the DRDO to prove the AIP on a platform before it is allowed to be put on the Scorpene-class submarines when they start coming for their scheduled refits, they said.


It is learnt that the Navy would allow the contenders for its project to use the currently operational AIP systems which would be available with foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) only.

The project is expected to take at least two years before the Navy is able to find out the winner for the programme which would include Larsen and Toubro along with the Mazagon Dockyards Limited as the strategic partners and five foreign firms as the original equipment manufacturers who would partner with these two to offer their systems in the competition.

The DRDO in March this year had stated that it has achieved an important milestone” in the development of the indigenous AIP system by proving its land-based prototype.

Indian Navy's six new indigenous submarines won't have indigenous AIP for prolonged underwater stay - Defence News India

The Indian Navy would soon come out with the tender for over Rs 50,000 crore project to build six indigenous conventional submarines but they would not be fitted with the indigenous Air Independent Propulsion system that is being developed by the DRDO.

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[vishwambhar]

I had heard out of six scorpeans (kalavari, khanderi,karanj already in service and vela under sea trials) last two vaghir and vaghshir will be AIP equipped....

 

[TheCrazy]

Can you imagine the smell in a submarine full of Indians?

Barf! No thanks

Always wondered why Indians are so smelly and dont shower

 

[Trango Towers]

Indigenous again

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

So they'll be making WW2 era submarines.

 

[BON PLAN]

French defence minister to discuss nuclear attack submarine (SSN) co-op with India during her official visit this week, in addition to talks for follow-on Rafales and Panther helicopters, reports French media.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1471452055588204544

 

[maverick1977]

Dan

French defence minister to discuss nuclear attack submarine (SSN) co-op with India during her official visit this week, in addition to talks for follow-on Rafales and Panther helicopters, reports French media.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1471452055588204544

Damn! india is spending some serious cash...

 

[Han Patriot]

Indigenous again

Since when are scorpenes indigenous?

 

[Ali_Baba]

Panther Helicopters make no sense for India - sounds like wishful thinking on behalf of the French.

Indians have a long lived civilian nuclear programme - not sure what France can offer given that India has designed and delivered a nuclear reactor for submarines.

Only more Rafales make sense if the French build another manufacturing line to offset the requirements for the UAE build.

 

[BON PLAN]

Panther Helicopters make no sense for India - sounds like wishful thinking on behalf of the French.

Indians have a long lived civilian nuclear programme - not sure what France can offer given that India has designed and delivered a nuclear reactor for submarines.

Only more Rafales make sense if the French build another manufacturing line to offset the requirements for the UAE build.

The main problem of SSN is to have a small size reactor. It is where the french can help.
Rubis class SSN is the smallest of the world.
Barracuda is bigger than Rubis but smaller than all the russian, UK and US ones, but of course they carry less wepons !
To built a miniaturized reactor is not a sport of mass.