French Scorpene
New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Initially, under P-75, construction of two Type 1500 at MDL was planned with the TCSF combat suite, only to be followed by two Scorpene designs for additional requirements. But later the plan changed to induction of an all Scorpene-class fleet under P-75. By the way, France was not alone in the race. Russia also offered the latest 'Amur Class' to the navy. While India found it a feasible platform meeting the requirements, the issues related to the ToT and necessary changes for the construction in India were not solved, and negotiation with the French deepened. A Request for Proposal (RFP) was forwarded to TCSF in 2000 seeking their technical and budgetary proposal. Finally, in 2001, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CC...
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