TASS press release
“Inย accordance with the existing work schedule agreed byย the sides, the Project 1135.6 frigates currently under construction atย the Yantar Shipyard inย Kaliningrad will beย handed over toย the Indian Navy byย the end ofย the first half ofย 2024,” the service said.
According to the press office, the sides have already started to prepare India’s Goa Shipyard Limited for the construction of the ships.
“Inย order toย build the ships, itย isย necessary toย upgrade the Indian shipyard, work out and deliver the required documentation and train Indian specialists, including inย the course ofย the construction ofย the ships atย the Russian shipyard,” the service said.
Inย November 2018, Russia and India signed contracts for the delivery ofย four Project 1135.6 frigates. Under the contract, two frigates will beย built inย Russia and the other two byย the Indian shipyard.
Also known as the Talwar class, the Project 1135.6 is a class of guided-missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. A modification of the Krivak III-class frigates, the Project 1135.6 is fitted with a number of ยซย Make in Indiaย ยป sub-systems.
The Project 1135.6 frigate isย armed with the A-190 100mm gun, air defense missile systems, including the Kalibr-NK (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) and the Shtil (SA-N-12 Grizzly) complexes, and torpedo tubes. The ship can carry aย Kamov Ka-27 (Helix-A) helicopter orย its versions.
The 4th batch two Project 1135.6 frigates are to integrate the BrahMos cruise missile system in place of the 3M-54E Klub-N anti-ship missile and โadvanced sensorsโ.
