Hard negotiations lead to great savings from the Scorpene -U boat with France

Neu -Delhi, March 17: The initial price of France and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) for the three additional U -boats of the Scorpen class was 75,000 billion rupees, but the Indian Ministry of Defense negotiated a discount of almost 40,000 rupees.

The price for the U -boats is now around 36,000 rupees and the discount will lead to mega savings for projects by the Indian Navy and the other two defense services. The price was offered jointly by the MDL, Bharat Electronics Limited and the French side.

The Mod acquisition wing has given in hard negotiations with providers and was able to save thousands or crores of the tax money. The hard negotiation drive began during the term of the former Defense Minister Ajay Kumar, in which the working mantra was that every Penny, who was available for other modernization projects for the armed forces, had saved. India and France share a robust defense partnership.

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the early start of a F&E framework by a technical agreement for collaboration with defense technologies between DGA and DRDO, which further deepens the research and development partnerships.

In addition, both managers at the summit welcomed the ongoing discussions between L'Ino National D'Etudes et de Radumerches Aerospatial (Onera) and Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to identify technologies for F&E partnerships.

In addition, India greeted the participation of Indian students together with French students in the challenge of distributed secret services, which were recently launched by the interdisciplinary center for defense and security from the Polytechnique de Parisand Institute, the organization promotes more common challenges in the future in order to create the interest of the students in defense.

President Macron and Prime Minister Modi remembered the depth and long -term cooperation between France and India as part of the strategic partnership and at the last summit also welcomed the continuation of the cooperation of air and maritime assets in accordance with the ambitious defense industry -roadmap, which was agreed in 2024.

Both managers praised the progress in the construction of the construction of Scorpene-U-boats in India, including indigenization, and in particular the work with regard to the integration of DRDO-developed air-independent drive (AIP) in P75-scorpene-u-boats and the analyzes that were carried out in the future P75-Association via the possible integration of the integrated combat system (ICS).

On January 15, 2025, both guides welcomed the Sixth and final submarine of the P75 Scorpene-Class project to the Vaghsheer. Both sides welcomed the ongoing discussions in rockets, helicopter engines and jet engines. They also welcomed the excellent cooperation between the responsible units in the Safran group and their Indian colleagues.

Prime Minister Modi also invited the French army to take a closer look at the Pinaka MBRL, and emphasized that the acquisition of this system by France would be another milestone in Indo-French defense relationships.

In addition, President Macron welcomed the decision to include India as observer of the Eurodrone Male program, which Occar managed. This is another step forward in the growing strength of our partnership in defense equipment programs. (Deepak Kumar is an analyst for Indian security and strategic matters that specialize in geopolitics and geoeconomics. The views expressed are personal)

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