DIC lost the tender for the construction of frigates for the Russian Navy

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United Industrial Corporation (UIC) lost the tender of the Russian Navy for the construction of three frigates, the newspaper said, “RBC daily”. At the end of the contest contract to build the ships will be signed with one of the companies of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). The ships will be created for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the facilities of the Baltic factory “Yantar”. MIC planned to build frigates at the facilities of the Baltic Shipyard and “Northern Shipyard”. According to the newspaper, a loss in the tender may impact on other prospective projects CMO. In particular, the corporation may not receive a contract to build the type of helicopter “Mistral”, under an agreement between Russia and France. Most likely, this order can get the “Admiralty Shipyards”. Recall the Russian Defense Ministry intends to declare a closed tender for the construction of ships, docks vertoletonosnyh. However, before the military and did not exclude the direct purchase of ships from France, provided a ready supply of a “Mistral” and three licenses for its construction in Russia. As RIA Novosti reported with reference to the spokesperson of the “Amber”, three frigates for the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be built before the end of 2014. Contract with the factory to build the ships to be signed in the next few days. Under the terms of the tender, “Amber” should be built frigates of Project 11356. At the same time build the ships will be conducted simultaneously with the construction of the same frigates for Indian Navy maintained under contract in 2007. In September 2010, the Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said that the Black Sea Fleet will receive annually one or two frigates of Project 11356 from 2013. Thus in 2015 the fleet will be composed of not less than five such ships. Project 11356 frigates have a displacement of four thousand tons. Hull length is 124.8 meters frigate, the range of – 4.5 thousand miles, and the maximum speed is 30 knots. The ships are armed with artillery installation A-190E caliber of 100 millimeters, anti-aircraft missile system “Calm-1?, Anti-aircraft missile and artillery system” Chestnut “, eight of MANPADS” Igla “and two twin torpedo tubes 533 mm. In the air group of frigates could include helicopters Ka-28 or Ka-31.