Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited submits bid for three additional Kalvari-class submarines for extended Project-75

INS Vagir during its sea trials. It is the 5th Kalvari-class submarine built under Project-75 to be commissioned in the Navy. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has submitted its bid in response to ...

PM Narendra Modi’s France visit may see announcement of big-ticket defence deals for Indian Navy

A French navy Rafale (M). (File photo)New Delhi: India may sign deals worth around ₹90,000 crore with France soon. The deals include 26 Rafale (Marine) or Rafale (M) warplanes and three additional Scorpene (Kalvari-class) submarines for the Ind...

Rajnath Singh holds bilateral talks with German defence minister Boris Pistorius, latter drops big hint on next-generation submarine deal with India

Boris Pistorius (L) with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, on June 6, 2023. (Photo by special arrangement)New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh, held a bilateral meeting with Germany’s defence minister, Boris Pistorius, in the national capit...

Let’s not forget our silent warriors deep in the sea again

Inauguration ceremony of the 6th and last submarine of the Navy’s Kalvari-class submarines of Project-75. (Photo: Indian Navy)It can be argued that any navy in the world is as strong as the submarine fleet it possesses. A nation may own a letha...

DAC rejects Adani-HSL bid for construction of 6 conventional submarines

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday accorded approval to only two Indian companies --- Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) and Larsen and Turbo (L&T) and rejected Gujarat-based Adani Group and state-r...

DAC approves construction of 6 submarines for navy, 5000 MAGM for army

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)-headed by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday accorded approval for indigenous construction of six submarines for the navy under Project 75 (I)at a cost of over Rs 40,000 crore. “This is th...