Air-independent propulsion (AIP), or air-independent power, is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without...
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known as the Todaro class. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens proton-exchange membrane...
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the Spanish company Navantia. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP). It is now marketed as the Scorpène 2000...
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Kalvari-class submarine (2015) (section Propulsion)
capability to fire Exocet anti-ship missiles and an agreement on the air-independent propulsion (AIP). Batch-I: On 6 October 2005, India signed a series of contracts...
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S-80 Plus-class submarine (section Propulsion)
Navy. In common with other contemporary submarines, they feature air-independent propulsion. The class has its roots in the late 1990s, and Spain ordered...
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American interest in gravity control propulsion research intensified during the early 1950s. Literature from that period used the terms anti-gravity, anti-gravitation...
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marine. Air-independent propulsion – Propulsion system for submarines which operates without access to atmospheric oxygen Astern propulsion – Use of...
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Submarine (section Air-independent propulsion)
all new classes of Swedish submarines, albeit supplemented by air-independent propulsion (AIP) as provided by Stirling engines beginning with HMS Näcken...
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List of submarine classes in service (section Non-nuclear attack submarines with air-independent propulsion (AIP))
decommissioned for scrapping; 2nd on sea trials; 4 more building/ordered (AIP propulsion originally considered but, according to shipbuilder, not incorporated)...
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). It features diesel propulsion with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens polymer electrolyte membrane...
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planned U-boat designed to use air-independent propulsion. Type XXVI U-boat – a U-boat designed to use air-independent propulsion; several were under construction...
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Projects of DRDO (section Air-independent propulsion)
successfully conducted the final developmental test of the indigenous air-independent propulsion (AIP) system. On 30 December 2024, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and...
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Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor. The power plant heats water to produce steam for...
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Hangor-class submarine (section Propulsion)
purchase of six diesel-powered attack submarines equipped with air-independent propulsion systems (AIP). Although no details were ever revealed about the...
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UUV and deeper, controlled dives. These gliders use buoyancy derived propulsion which increases the duration of dives and their range through up and down...
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German Navy Type 212 in length and displacement. The three newer air-independent propulsion (AIP) equipped boats are similar to the Type 212 vessels in underwater...
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with better acoustic signature, new combat systems and possibly air-independent propulsion. However, in 2019, Alexander Buzakov, the head of the Admiralty...
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Dakar class would be the second class of conventionally-powered, air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines capable of carrying and launching ballistic...
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examples which served during the Cold War. With the advent of air-independent propulsion technology, these submarines have grown more and more capable...
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submarine used by post-war Japan. The Sōryū-class is Japan's first air-independent propulsion submarine class. From Sōryū to Shōryū are fitted with Kockums...
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after the sail and a 12 m (39 ft 4 in) long new section with an air-independent propulsion system was inserted. It contains two Stirling engines which are...
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diesel-electric Type 214 submarine of ThyssenKrupp featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system was selected, and the program begin was set to early...
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capable of launching amphibious vehicles for landing operations. The main propulsion of the class appears to employ a gas-turbine setup; for this reason, the...
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further incorporates an indigenously-designed fuel-cell powered air-independent propulsion (AIP) module - which enables the submarine to conduct long-distance...
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improved acoustic stealth, new combat systems, and an option for air-independent propulsion (AIP). The new vessels are the fourth generation of the Kilo submarine...
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Pakistan Navy (section Weapon systems and Air defence)
with diesel-electric and air-independent propulsion. The Agosta-class submarines are equipped with an air-independent propulsion system giving a capability...
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propulsion units used for a variety of Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II, and a revolutionary new propulsion system for submarines known as air-independent...
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submarine and later on the Type XVII submarines. The problem of air-independent propulsion was finally resolved with the construction of the first nuclear...
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when Central Design Bureau engineer S.A. Bazilevskiy proposed an air-independent propulsion system which allowed engine operation based on the closed cycle...
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). It features diesel propulsion with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens polymer electrolyte membrane...
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