Indian Navy To Acquire Four Landing Platform Dock Ships

The Indian Navy recently put out to tender a contract for the domestic construction of four landing platform dock (LPD) ships at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion U.S., according to my colleagues at Defense News. Two of the ships will be built in a private shipyard depending on which firm wins the contract, while the other two will be built by the state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL). Each of the competing yards has teamed up with an international builder, which includes Spain’s Navantia and DCNS of France, according to the…