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these boats a long underwater manufacturing (3D printing), main- This helps us to optimally align the
endurance. The Type 218SG sub- tenance training, data analytics and planning, procurement and man-
marines are currently the largest obsolescence management. ufacturing chains with the project
submarines ever built at thyssenk- requirements,” said Christian
rupp Marine Systems (tkMS), with a Rogge, Head of Operating Unit
length of about 70 metres and a dis- Earlier this year, in September, Submarines at thyssenkrupp Marine
placement of around 2,000 tonnes. tkMS announce that it had reached Systems, underlines the signifi-
an important milestone in the cance of the project progress.
German-Norwegian Type 212CD
Together with the RSN’s existing class submarine programme, with
fleet of submarines, ships and the design phase for the six sub- The first tests for the Type 212CD
units, the RSS Invincible and RSS marines successfully concluded class submarines are slated to
Impeccable will fulfil a wide spec- on schedule with conclusion of begin in 2027, with the deliv-
trum of operations to safeguard the Critical Design Review (CDR). ery of the first submarine to the
Singapore’s waters, protect its sea According to the German ship- Norwegian Navy scheduled for
lines of communication and contrib- builder, its existing HDW Class 2029. Kongsberg is supplying
ute to regional peace and security. 212CD E design is one the most its active sonar suite and bottom
The Invincible-class submarines advanced non-nuclear subma- navigation technology systems for
feature high levels of automa- rine models currently available for the new 212CD submarines. The
tion, significant payload capacity, worldwide operations. Germany signature optimized HDW Class
enhanced underwater endurance, and Norway are also said to be 212A is the predecessor of HDW
and ergonomics optimised for the considering increasing the number Class 212CD E and the latter with
Asian physique. tkMS and ST of submarines ordered. “We are its unique shape, non-magnetic
Engineering have also entered into proud to have reached this import- steel design, and highly advanced
a Memorandum of Understanding ant milestone. This means that we combat system, is at the pinnacle
(MoU) to jointly enhance the capa- have now created all the conditions of stealth technology. 70 percent
bilities of Singapore’s Type 218SG necessary for the construction of of NATO’s non-nuclear submarine
submarines over their operational the 212CD submarines. Throughout fleet is supplied by thyssenkrupp
lifetimes. It expands on the ear- the entire process, a shared under- Marine Systems.
lier Teaming Agreement signed in standing of the design and the
December 2022 to cover collabora- design documentation ensured
tion on selected technologies and that gaps, risks and problems India On the Move
applications in the areas of additive were identified at an early stage. India is accelerating its procure-
ment process to acquire additional
submarines for its navy. In October,
the Cabinet Committee on Security
(CCS), which is headed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, approved
a long pending ‘Project 77’ plan
to build two new nuclear-pow-
ered attack submarines in the
country. The Indian Navy already
operates two indigenously built
nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile
Submarines (SSBN) in the INS
Arihant and INS Arighaat which
were commissioned into service
in August 2016 and Augus 2024
respectively. The two new nucle-
ar-powered attack submarines
(SSN) are planned to be built at
the Ship Building Center in the
city of Visakhapatnam, located
on India’s East Coast. Speaking
at the commissioning of the
second Arihant-Class submarine

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