29.05.2022, 10:51
Zitat:Naval Group confirms withdrawal from Indian submarine projecthttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/indus...ne-project
Naval Group has withdrawn its bid from the Indian Navy's long-deferred Project 75(I) programme to acquire six diesel-electric attack submarines, the company has confirmed.
The French shipbuilder told Janes on 23 May that it is unable to compete for the INR400 billion (USD5.15 billion) programme because of conditions contained in the project's request for proposals (RFP) document.
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued the Project 75(I) RFP in July 2021 and called on two Indian firms – state-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and private-sector Larsen & Toubro (L&T) – to act as ‘strategic partners' and build the submarines in collaboration with a foreign submarine manufacturer.
Angesichts der strategischen Partnerschaft, die Macron bzgl. Indien benannte, ist das etwas überraschend, zumal auch nach dem AUKUS-Thema. Gibt es denn hier weiterführende Informationen, weswegen man sich zurückgezogen hatte? "Vertragskonditionen" ist ein wenig schwammig als reine Begründung...
Schneemann