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A third vendor, ABG Shipyard, which has a technical relationship with Alion of the United States, could not clear the tests because it failed to restructure its debts, a senior Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) official said.<br\/><br\/> L&#038;T has a tie-up with\u00a0Navantia of Spain, and RDEL with DCNS of France.<br\/><br\/> No ABG Shipyard executive would comment on the outcome of the Indian Navy&#8217;s routine\u00a0technical and financial tests.<br\/><br\/> The Navy floated the tender in 2013 for production of four LPDs, and bids were sent to domestic shipyards, L&#038;T, RDEL, and ABG Shipyard.<br\/><br\/> Under the program, two LPDs will be built by a private shipyard, and then state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited will build the remaining two LPDs at the same cost.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;Indian Navy requires LPDs not only protecting its island territories and the exclusive economic zone but also to thwart growing Chinese\u00a0influence in the Indian Ocean littoral region,&#8221; an Indian Navy official said. &#8220;The aggressive posturing of the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean Region has made is necessary to beef up [the Indian Navy&#8217;s] strength in the Indian Ocean region.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> The Indian Navy currently operates one LPD, the former US-owned, Austin-class LPD Trenton, which was acquired by India in 1997 and renamed INS Jalashwa.<br\/><br\/> Commenting on the capability of the domestic shipyards that will build the LPDs, the Indian Navy official said: &#8220;RDEL has no past experience in building large warships, including LPDs. 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