Russian Navy May Sign Contract on New Aircraft Carrier Construction by End of 2025

: Posted On Monday, 23 May 2016 09:22

Naval Industry News - Russia

Russian Navy May Sign Contract on New Aircraft Carrier Construction by End of 2025

A contract for the construction of an aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy may be signed by the end of 2025, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Friday. "I think this is most likely to happen by the end of 2025. Three projects worked out by the Krylov State Research Center are available. They are rather good. A decision on the aircraft carrier will be made by 2025," Borisov said.

A nuclear powered Project 23000E Storm aircraft carrier may displace 80,000 to 85,000 tonnes with some 70 aircraft on board.

As of today, the Russian Navy operates only one heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

As Head of the Russian Navy’s Ship-Building Department Vladimir Tryapichnikov said in January 2016, the Navy is expected to receive a promising aircraft carrier with a nuclear propulsion unit by the end of 2030. The construction of large amphibious assault ships instead of the Mistral-class aircraft carriers not delivered to Russia may be included in the 2018-2025 state armament program.

"We will build amphibious assault ships. I think that their construction will be included in the 2018-2025 state armament program," Borisov said in reply to a question about whether Russia would build ships instead of the Mistral-class aircraft carriers.

The Russian Navy said last year that it was planning to receive the first new-generation large amphibious assault ship with a displacement of about 16,000 tons by 2020. However, Russia’s United Ship-Building Corporation said that it had not been assigned a task yet to develop a new landing ship.

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