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The Spanish firm Navantia signed an agreement with Larsen and Toubro on Monday to jointly bid for the manufacture of six submarines for the Indian Navy under the Project 75 programme. The other bidder is Germanys Mazagon Docks. Speaking at the ceremony, Augustin Alvarez Blanco, Director of Construction, Navantia, said a modern Air Independent Propulsion or AIP has been fitted onto a Spanish submarine and is ready for Indian submarines., India News, Times Now

While India's fifth Scorpene-class submarine was commissioned nearly 18 years after the deal was inked, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy had built 12 nuclear-powered general purpose attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines in the past 15 years.

India has been working on bolstering its maritime capability with a focus on the Indian Ocean in the backdrop of concerns over Chinas growing forays into the region, considered the backyard of the Indian Navy

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The Indian Navy on Tuesday received the fifth scorpene-class submarine Vagir ahead of its planned commissioning next month, officials said.

The RFP for Project 75 was sent to five major businesses around the world, including Naval Group-DCNS in France, Rosoboronexport in Russia, Thyssenkrupp in Germany, Navantia in Spain, and Daewoo in South Korea (I).

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has launched Vagsheer- the sixth and the last Scorpene Submarine of Project-75 on Wednesday in the presence of Veena Ajay Kumar, and Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary as the Chief Guest of the event.

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The P75 Scorpene projects final submarine is Vagsheer. The INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj, and INS Vela have all been commissioned, while the Vagir is currently undergoing sea trials.