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for the Indian Navy's programme to buy six new AIP-fitted submarines, which can help the boats to stay underwater for at least up to three weeks.<div class="JC-WIDGET-DMROOT" data-widget-id="582934efed9b9f0117c1babf22b69a3d"></div> <script type="text/javascript" async="async" src="https://static.jubnaadserve.com/api/widget.js"></script> <p>The other competitor in the contract is a combination of Indian Mazagaon Dockyards Limited and German firm ThyssenKrupp.<p>"We are offering a very capable AIP system to the Indian Navy, which is a state-of-the-art third-generation system. We are offering the system that is going to be used by the Spanish Navy and there will be no requirement for any reengineering. 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