Spanish Navy LHD Juan Carlos I multi-purpose amphibious assault ship and aircraft carrier
One hundred present owned by the Spanish Government, Navantia is a shipbuilder and leader in the design, construction and integration of state-of-the-art warships and submarines, as well as shiprepairs and modernisation. They are also engaged in the design and manufacture of Integrated Platform Management Systems, Fire Control Systems, Combat Systems, Command and Control systems, Propulsion Plants and through life support for all its products.
Navantia’s presence in India has been established with the Scorpene programme, being involved in co-fabrication and giving Navantiathe opportunity for close interaction with the country and to understand the requirements. Navantia have established an office in New Delhi with the “strongest commitment to collaborate with the Indian Navy and the ‘Make in India’ programme”.
Currently, Navantia is concentrating on participationin several Indian Navy programmes, offering advantages of a proven product and experience gained through similar programmes with the Spanish Navy.Navantia is presenting their product based on the Spanish Navy S-80,which will shortly the ready for sea.
The S80 has been designed by Navantia and is a new concept for a 3000-tonne, non-nuclear submarine, designed from its concept with leading edge Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system based on use of bio-ethanol and the highly efficient fuel cell developed by Collins Aerospace. The submarine can launch a wide variety of weapons and integrates a state-of-the-art system for combat and operations of Special Forces. Such improvements give the submarine its distinctive shape,clearly different from other conventional submarines extant.
The S-80 submarine from Navantia