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Who builds India’s submarines? — Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
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Who builds India’s submarines?

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders of Mumbai builds India’s Kalvari-class submarines — the French-designed Scorpène — plus Visakhapatnam-class destroyers and Nilgiri frigates. With $1.1B in arms revenue in 2023 (SIPRI), up 12%, the state yard is the Indian Navy’s principal shipbuilder. Its next project is the P-75I submarine tender with foreign partners.

At a glance

CompanyMazagon Dock Shipbuilders
CountryIndia
HeadquartersMumbai
Arms revenue, 2023$1.1 billion (2023)

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SIPRI Top 100 2023 (Dec 2024); Business Standard (SIPRI summary)

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