11 July 2023
by Ridzwan Rahmat
An artist’s impression of the S-80 submarine that L&T and Navantia have offered for India’s P-75(I). (Navantia)
Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has formed a teaming arrangement with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia to offer the latter’s S-80 submarine design for India’s Project-75 (India) or P-75(I) programme.
India has a longstanding requirement for six new air independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped diesel-electric submarines (SSKs), and the contract for these boats is expected to be India’s largest defence acquisition project given its estimated value of about EUR4.8 billion (USD5.26 billion).
The shipbuilding contract will be followed by a 30-year life-cycle sustainment contract, and this is expected to feature a similar contract value.
As part of efforts to transfer shipbuilding expertise to the local industry, teaming arrangements bidding for the P-75(I) programme must feature an Indian bidder and a foreign collaborator. L&T and Navantia had earlier signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in April 2023 to collaborate on the programme.
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