With the selection of the Rafale Marine by the Indian Navy, here’s a look at how it happened, and the challenges and consequences ahead.
Tag: Scorpene
Rafale, Part Deux
DefExpo22: MBDA to show-off missiles and tie-ups
Display will include Meteor, Sea Ceptor and partnerships with BDL, L&T
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•India commissions 4th Scorpene submarine
| INS Vela takes the name of a retired Foxtrot-class submarine
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•Indian Navy commissions 3rd Scorpene sub
INS Karanj is the third of six Scorpene submarines being built at MDL
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•Q&A: Navy’s top submariner explains
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•Indian submarine contest down to four
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•Indian Navy launches 2nd Scorpene submarine
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•DCNS at DefExpo
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•Finmeccanica brings wide product line to DefExpo
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•The Italian defense major will be represented at DefExpo by its group companies AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, DRS Tactical Systems, Inc. (a division of DRS Technologies), SELEX Galileo, Oto Melara and WASS – in DEFEXPO 2012, exhibiting products, platforms and technological solutions in the field of helicopters, aeronautic, radar systems, naval and land armaments and underwater systems.
DCNS to show-off warship designs at DefExpo
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•India to issue $11 bn tender for six more submarines
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•To shore up its depleting submarine fleet, India will this year issue a $11 billion global tender for building six more next generation vessels, navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said here Wednesday.
French DCNS offers AIP for Indian Scorpenes
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•Air-Independent Propulsion is an auxiliary system for increasing the endurance of the boat’s sub-surface operability. The DCNS system, known as MESMA (Module d’Energie Sous-Marine Autonome), is based on the combustion of stored oxygen and ethanol to augment battery-powered propulsion.
Navy checks out Malaysian Scorpene
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•The Indian Navy recently got a chance to run its eye over the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Scorpene submarine KD (Kapal Diraja or Royal Ship) Tun Razzaq, which arrived at Kochi on Friday, en route to Malaysia.
Navy worried about submarine force depletion
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•The Indian Navy’s submarine strength is projected to fall by 30 per cent in 2015 and 50 per cent in 2020, at the current pace of the acquisition process.
Rafale wins Brazilian order
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•This may be significant for the Indian MMRCA contest as five of the original six contenders for the Brazilian order are also vying for Indian Air Force order. “We came up on top in the technical evaluation,” said a source from Dassault, who also indicated the parameters of the two contests to be similar.