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Tenders for Six More Diesel Electric Submarines for Indian Navy in 20092008-12-11 India is planning to issue a Request for Proposals for construction of six new diesel-electric submarines in India by the middle of next year."The issuance of RFP for the submarines under P-75 (I) is envisaged in mid-2009," Defence Minister A K Antony said while replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. Antony said the new submarines would be built indigenously on an imported design and the partners would be chosen on a multi-vendor basis. "The submarines will be built on an imported design with an overseas collaborator to be selected on multi-vendor basis," he said. Commenting on the measures taken by the government to ensure on-schedule delivery of imported weapon systems, the Minister said: "Necessary provisions are included in contracts to ensure that defence equipments are received as per agreed delivery schedule and negotiated price and other contractual term and conditions." He said there was a clause in the contract regarding levy of Liquidated Damages (LD) in case of delay in delivery of equipment. Replying to another question, the minister said Russia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Israel were the major exporters of military hardware to India. He said the import option for procuring defence equipment was exercised when it became necessary to procure items with in definite time frame on operational grounds to bridge the capability gap and when the equipment could not be procured indigenously. Sponsored Links
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