Russia’s Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad on the Baltic coasthas officially begun work on two modified Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 1135.6P/M) guided-missile frigates destined for service in the Indian Navy, the press office of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport reported on April 26.
“Rosoboronexport sees the Yantar Shipyard’s big potential for developing and producing hi-tech products supplied as part of military and technical cooperation, the state arms exporter’s press office quoted Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev as saying. “Its capacities have already produced hardware for exports worth over $1 billion and today the Shipyard has started fulfilling one of the largest contracts for India’s Navy.”
Under an inter-governmental agreement signed between India and New Russia in October 2016, two frigates are slated to be built at the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, while the remaining two frigates will be assembled at India’s state-owned Goa shipyard with technical support from Moscow. The four ships are expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy by 2026.
