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23 August 2004: In October, a Franco-German defence team will visit India to collaborate with the Indian Navy and public-sector shipyards to manufacture nearly ten submarines and more than thirty-five ships and fast patrol boats by the year 2015, but officials clarified that this would not affect other deals in the final stages of negotiation.
A consortium is proposed among the navy/ shipyards while the French-German side will be represented by leading submarine-builder HDW, sonar and radar makers Thales, and aeronautical and missile specialists, EADS, Europe’s largest defence contractor.
Following a visit to a German defence exhibition and certain French companies in summer, an Indian-Navy team proposed a collaborative venture, and the key to it is the German approval for use of a newly-developed special material for building the hulls of submarines and ships which is non-magnetic, rust-proof, produces zero pulse, and is long-lasting.
For the submarines and ships, the sonars will be supplied by Thales which will spin off a separate company with HDW for the Indian project, while EADS is to provide Sea Wolf missiles, and mostly near finalisation of the contract, Indian shipyards will be identified for construction.
23 August 2004: In October, a Franco-German defence team will visit India to collaborate with the Indian Navy and public-sector shipyards to manufacture nearly ten submarines and more than thirty-five ships and fast patrol boats by the year 2015, but officials clarified that this would not affect other deals in the final stages of negotiation.
A consortium is proposed among the navy/ shipyards while the French-German side will be represented by leading submarine-builder HDW, sonar and radar makers Thales, and aeronautical and missile specialists, EADS, Europe’s largest defence contractor.
Following a visit to a German defence exhibition and certain French companies in summer, an Indian-Navy team proposed a collaborative venture, and the key to it is the German approval for use of a newly-developed special material for building the hulls of submarines and ships which is non-magnetic, rust-proof, produces zero pulse, and is long-lasting.
For the submarines and ships, the sonars will be supplied by Thales which will spin off a separate company with HDW for the Indian project, while EADS is to provide Sea Wolf missiles, and mostly near finalisation of the contract, Indian shipyards will be identified for construction.