France’s state shipbuilder DCN began yesterday manufacturing parts for the first of six Scorpene submarines ordered by India. New Delhi agreed in October 2005 to buy six of the Franco-Spanish submarines for 2.4bn euros. The deal is a technology transfer agreement: the Scorpenes will be assembled in India, but the Direction des Compagnies Navales (DCN) will produce various key parts that require equipment unavailable at Indian shipyards.
Green Marine
about 20 years ago
Work on Scorpene sub for India begins
France’s state shipbuilder DCN began yesterday manufacturing parts for the first of six Scorpene submarines ordered by India. New Delhi agreed in October 2005 to buy six of the Franco-Spanish submarines for 2.4bn euros. The deal is a technology transfer agreement: the Scorpenes will be assembled in
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