India's biggest warship builder, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), on Friday (October 17), said it has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Naval Group, France, on October 16 to jointly offer evolved submarines to a friendly foreign nation as part of its ongoing submarine acquisition programme.

Back in July this year, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders had entered into a formal agreement with Naval Group for the transfer of technology to install indigenous energy system plugs on the Indian Navy’s Kalvari-class submarines.

Under the agreement, Mazagon Dock will integrate the energy system plugs, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), into the Indian Kalvari submarines using technology developed by France’s Naval Group for Scorpene submarines.

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