AMI HOT NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

摘要

In mid-September 2013, AMI received information that the Indian Navy (IN) was close to releasing an US$8B tender for six submarines under the Vertical Launch Missile Submarine (Project 75I) Program. This follows information in mid-June that the program was being delayed by the Finance Ministry. At that time, the Request for Proposals (RfPs) was expected to be released to international and local yards by the end of 2013 although the Finance Ministry delays could have pushed the RfP into 2014. However, since June, the IN Submarine Force suffered a tragic accident with the explosion and sinking of the Kilo class submarine INS SINDHURAKSHAK (S63) on 14 August. The accident has lent some credibility to the aging and unserviceable submarine fleet that IN officials have been complaining about for the past decade.