DTN News: India Sanctioned Additional $1 Billion For Scorpene Class Submarines To Cover Cost Increase

DTN News: India Sanctioned Additional $1 Billion For Scorpene Class Submarines To Cover Cost Increase Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources including Wikipedia

(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - August 14, 2010: The Indian government has sanctioned a price increase of $1 billion in the cost of the six Scorpene class submarines it has on order. The cost increase is the result of initial teething problems, absorption of technology, and augmentation of infrastructure and procurement materials in the Mazagon Dock Ltd. The last of the six submarines will now be delivered in the second half of 2018.

India's Defence Acquisitions Council approves $11bn for six new submarines, which is to provide the Navy with six next generation diesel-electric submarines. For this purpose, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister A K Antony, recently approved the allocation of Rs 50,000 crore, equalling $11 billion.

While according to the DAC, three of the six submarines will be constructed at the Mazagon Docks (MDL) in Mumbai and one at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) in Visakhapatnam, the Times of India reported yesterday that the two remaining submarines will either be imported or constructed at a private shipyard in India.

All work is to be assisted by a foreign collaborator. While no specific timeline for the programme has been revealed, the programme will be subject to a certain time pressure, as it is estimated that in 2015 the Navy will only be able to operate half of its current fleet of 15 ageing diesel-electric submarines. An Indian official told the Times of India that he hopes the navy will receive its first submarine under P-75I in six to seven years.

In light of an almost three-year delay and increasing costs in the ongoing Project-75 for six French Scorpene-class submarines to be constructed at the MDL shipyard, it remains to be seen if this is an ambitious schedule.

The next step will be to issue a RfP (request for proposal) in order to select a foreign partner. Major international export agencies and naval shipyards, probably including Rosoboronexport (Russia), DCNS/Amaris (France), HDW (Germany) and Navantia (Spain), are likely to spring into action as soon as the framework for P-75I is known.

India’s next-generation conventionally powered submarines are planned to feature improved stealthy and land-attack capabilities. This will include the integration of an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, allowing submarines to remain submerged for very long periods. Conventional submarines without an AIP system have to surface regularly in order to refresh the oxygen in the submarine and to recharge their batteries.

In parallel to sustaining an adequate fleet of conventionally powered submarines, India is continuing its efforts to introduce its first nuclear-powered submarine. The Russian-built Akula-II class attack submarine, dubbed K-152 Nerpa, will be leased for ten years beginning in October and the indigenously developed and constructed INS Arihant is scheduled to enter service by early 2012.

List of submarines of the Indian Navy

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Details of the Submarines of the Indian Navy.

	Table of Contents 1 Current Fleet 2 Decomissioned Submarines 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Current Fleet

(PRESENTLY 16)

Class	Name	Pennant No.	Commission Date	Status
Foxtrot class	INS Vela	S40	August 31, 1973	To decommission 2010[1]
	INS Vagli	S42	August 10, 1974	To decommission 2011[2]
Shishumar (Type 209) Class	INS Shishumar	S44	September 22, 1986	Refit complete, at Sea
	INS Shankush	S45	November 20, 1986	Under Refit at Mazgoan Docks
	INS Shalki	S46	February 7, 1992	Under Refit at Mazgoan Docks
	INS Shankul	S47	May 28, 1994	Refit Complete, in Sea
Sindhughosh (Kilo) Class	INS Sindhughosh	S55	April 30, 1986	Refit completed , in Sea
	INS Sindhudhvaj	S56	June 12, 1987
	INS Sindhuraj	S57	October 20, 1987	Refit completed, in Sea
	INS Sindhuvir	S58	August 26, 1988	Refit completed, in Sea
	INS Sindhuratna	S59	December 22, 1988	Refit completed, in Sea
	INS Sindhukesari	S60	February 16, 1989	Refit completed, in Sea
	INS Sindhukirti	S61	January 4, 1990	Undergoing Refit
	INS Sindhuvijay	S62	March 18, 1991	Refit completed, in Sea
	INS Sindhurakshak	S63	December 24, 1997
	INS Sindhushastra	S65	July 19, 2000
Akula (II) Class	K-152 Nerpa/INS Chakra		2010	Sea trials
	INS ??		2011
Arihant Class	INS Arihant	S73	2012	Launched on 26 July 2009[3]
	ATV-2		2011	Being built by the Ship Building Center, Vishakhapatnam
	ATV-3		2012	Under construction
	ATV-4		2013
	ATV-5		2014
	ATV-6		2014-15
Scorpene Class (Project 75)	Scorpene-1		2012	Under construction
	Scorpene-2		2013
	Scorpene-3		2014
	Scorpene-4		2015
	Scorpene-5		2016
	Scorpene-6		2017
Project 75B	P75B-1		2015	Request for information have recently been issued to the French DCNS, Spanish Navantia, Russian Rubin and German HDW.[4]
	P75B-2		2016
	P75B-3		2017
	P75B-4		2018
	P75B-5		2019
	P75B-6		2020

Decomissioned Submarines

Charlie class.

• Foxtrot class
  • Kalvari S23 (8 December 1967) - decommissioned on 31 May 1996
  • Khanderi S22 (6 December 1968) - decommissioned on 18 October 1989
  • Karanj S21 (4 September 1969) - decommissioned on 1 August 2003
  • Kursura S20 (18 December 1969) - decommissioned on 27 September 2001
  • Vagir S41 (3 November 1973) - decommissioned on 7 June 2001
  • Vagsheer S43 (26 December 1974) - decommissioned on 30 April 1997

Nuclear Powered Submarines

• Charlie class

Submarine tender

• Ugra class
  • Amba A54 (28 December 1968) - decommissioned on 16 July 2006

See also

• Ships of the Indian Navy
• Aircraft of the Indian Navy
• List of ships of the Indian Navy