For France, the aim was to develop a partnership with the largest nation in the South Pacific
The bloc's foreign ministers "expressed clear solidarity with France," Borrell said
Australia understands France's disappointment but the decision was made on "sovereign, national defense interests," Morrison told reporters on Sunday
Australia ditched the 2016 deal with France's Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines
TEPC has alleged that a tender floated by state-run BSNL to connect Lakshadweep Islands with Kochi through submarine cable restricts participation of both Indian and foreign companies, except one.
This six-submarine acquisition, codenamed Project 75(I), will be the first programme under the MoD's 'strategic partnership' model
The Defence Ministry on Tuesday issued the request for proposal (RFP) or the formal tender to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Navy at a cost of over Rs 40,000 crore, over a month after the mega acquisition project was cleared. It will be the first project to be implemented under the strategic partnership (SP) model that allows domestic firms to collaborate with foreign players to produce high-end military platforms in India. The RFP was issued to the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the two Indian companies shortlisted following a long-drawn process, according to the defence ministry. Both L&T and MDL will have to collaborate with one of the five already short-listed foreign shipyards -- Daewoo Shipbuilding (South Korea), ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (Germany), Navantia (Spain) and Naval Group (France) and JSC ROE(Russia). "These five foreign firms are the world leaders in the field of conventional submarine design,
This is first case processed under strategic partnership model
Indian Navy's only nuclear-powered attack submarine, the INS Chakra, which was taken on lease from Russia, is believed to be on its way back to the country of its origin
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Reliance Jio said on Monday it is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India
Indonesia's navy has declared its missing submarine had sunk and cracked open after finding items from the vessel over the past two days
Military leader says vessel was expected to run out of oxygen by around 3 a.m. Saturday.
Indonesia shares a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with India, which binds it to assist. Even more important is its image as the naval power with the best resources in the region
South Korean and US intelligence suspect that North Korea has completed the assembly of a 3,000-tonne submarine and is ready to launch it when the time is right, media reported on Sunday.
Scorpene-class submarine INS Karanj was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine of Project P-75 on Monday in Mumbai
North Korea has once again demonstrated a submarine-launched ballistic missile during a military parade that commemorated the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
The proposal, Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana, announced earlier by SM Sitharman, aims to generate 5-6 million jobs by June next year