Navantia ties up with L&T for Indian Naval Multi-Role Support Vessel programme Navantia a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company has tied up with Indian Engineering major Larsen & Toubro Limited, (L&T ) in offering its Multi-Role Support Vessel (MRSV) in Buy & Make in India Acquisition specified by Government of India . Navantia has offered modified Juan Carlos I class design which is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship. Some of the modification which will be required to meet Indian navies Request for Proposal (RFP) are shorter length of the ship Juan Carlos I class ships are 230.82 m in length but Indian Navy has asked for ship with 215 meters of length . Other changes required will be a change in the type of Propellers from Pods to conventional shaft lines although propulsion systems remains Diesel-electric. RFP also requests provisions for 4 amphibious mechanized landing craft, Aviation deck able to carry 10 heavy helicopters and ability to Accommodate 1,430 personnel, including 60 officers, 470 sailors, and 900 troops , ability to carry six main battle tanks, 20 infantry combat vehicles and 40 heavy trucks. Australia is already building Two Canberra-class LHD based on Juan Carlos I class ships in collaboration with Navantia first lead ship already has been commissioned in Australian navy and second ship will be commissioned next year both ship required 6 years to complete sea trials and induction . Both Canberra-class LHD and Juan Carlos I class ships have ski jump decks to operate 12 Sea Harriers or F-35B STOVL variant , While Indian navy which operates Sea harriers will be retiring them soon and Navy has no plans to operate F-35B variant so ski jump decks might not be accommodated if selected . While France likely will offer Mistral-class amphibious assault ship but it will be a role reversal for France since to meet Indian navies Request for Proposal (RFP) they will have to lengthen design of Mistral-class to meet RFP of Indian Navy . While first export customer for Mistral-class amphibious assault ship was supposed to Be Russian navy But France has not committed to deliver this ships to Russia over Ukraine crises also due to pressure from Europe and USA . While France will require Russian Clearance to Re-Export them since Ships still has Russian equipment in them and have been designed to accommodate Russian Heavy Helicopters, it is unlikely India will buy them since ships is smaller than RFP issued by Indian Navy and it has no plans to operate Russians helicopters like Ka-52K naval attack helicopters . other likely contenders for MRSV program are Italian Fincantieri and South Korean Hanjin Heavy Industries. defencetalk.net/threads/navantia-ties-up-with-l-t-for-indian-naval-multi-role-support-vessel-programme.3769/
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 06:14:28 +0000
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