The French warship builder will be focusing on the Scorpene submarine and the Mistral-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), both of which are on offer to the Indian Navy in future acquisitions.
DCNS at DefExpo
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‘Huge potential for India-Italy defense industry cooperation’
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Minister of State for Defense Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju: “There is tremendous potential for enhancing the defense industry cooperation between the two sides, particularly in the context of defense offset policy, the scope of which has recently been increased.”
Navy gets fleet tanker
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The Indian Navy commissioned the first of two fleet tankers built by the Italian ship-builder Fincantieri on Friday. The INS Deepak (Lamp) was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai by the Indian Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony.
Indian fleet tanker launched in Italy
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The Indian Navy’s new fleet tanker, Shakti (Power), was launched on Monday at Fincantieri’s Sestre Ponente Shipyard of Fincantieri in Geoa in Italy.
CAG pokes finger at inferior steel in navy tankers
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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticized the acceptance of inferior-grade steel used in the manufacture of fleet tankers of the Indian Navy by Italian firm, Fincantieri, saying it amounted to ‘undue favor to a foreign vendor in (the) procurement of fleet tankers’.
Images: Navy’s new fleet tanker launched
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The first of the two Fleet Tankers (Yard 6186) for the Indian Navy being built at M/s Fincantieri Shipyard, Italy, was launched at a ceremony at Muggiano, Italy.
Indian Navy on extensive western deployment
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A squadron of four ships is on an extensive tour of ports in the Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The ships will also conduct major exercises with Russia, the UK and France.
