Russian MoD Signed a Contract for Two Helicopter Carriers

25 Mei 2020

2 LPD will be built at Zaliv shipyard, Kerch, Crimea, Russia (image : bastion-karpenko)

MOSCOW/TASS /. The Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Kerch shipyard Zaliv for the construction of the first two Russian universal landing ships (UDC) for a total amount of about 100 billion rubles. This was reported by TASS a source in the military-industrial complex.

“The contract has been signed, its total cost is about 100 billion rubles. The laying of the ships should take place in the coming weeks,” the source said.

TASS does not have official confirmation of contract information. The press service of the Zaliv plant told TASS that the company was technically ready to build helicopter carriers in the interests of the Russian Navy, but noted that they did not have information about the deal and the timing of laying the ships.

Design of the ship looks different from the previous pictures or miniatures (photo : bmpd)

As TASS sources in the shipbuilding industry reported earlier, the displacement of ships of a new class for the Russian fleet will be 25 thousand tons, with a maximum length of about 220 meters. One Russian UDC will carry more than 20 heavy helicopters on board, will receive a docking chamber for landing boats and will be able to transport up to 900 marines.

Universal landing ships, also called helicopter carriers, are capable of carrying a group of heavy helicopters for various purposes, transporting from several hundred to 1 thousand marines; they are equipped with a dock for boats, transport armored vehicles. Ships of this class were previously in the Russian Federation, and before that they were not built in the USSR.

(TASS)