Karanj: Third Scorpene submarine of Indian Navy

Karanj: Third Scorpene submarine of Indian Navy

• The third Scorpene submarine,  Karanj, will be delivered to the Indian Navy by December and all six submarine deliveries would be completed by 2022, Nicolas de La Villemarque, Vice President India, Asia and Pacific of Naval Group, said
• Discussions were on to fit Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) modules on all Scorpenes beginning 2023. “The Scorpene submarine can be equipped with an AIP system. The first AIP will be equipped during the first refit of the first Scorpene
• Talks were underway with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and the Navy. A design agreement was expected to be signed with the DRDO by the year-end
• Karanj was launched into the water in January 2018 and is currently in advanced stages of sea trials. The first Scorpene,  Kulvari, was commissioned in 2018. The second Scorpene Khanderi was inducted in September last year.

Source: The Hindu