Overview
- TKMS and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders confirmed the start of official negotiations with India’s procurement authority for Project 75(I).
- The programme envisions six advanced conventional submarines designed in Germany and license-built in India by MDL.
- MDL and TKMS completed the Concept Design Agreement on August 31, and TKMS has submitted binding offers covering engineering services, AIP systems and flexible combat-system options.
- Company and government statements present the effort as a Make in India push enabled by deep technology transfer to expand domestic submarine manufacturing capacity.
- TKMS also signed an MoU with India’s VEM Technologies for cooperation on heavyweight torpedo development and integration, with reporting calling the deal India’s largest defence procurement.