Wasn’t Gayduck being built in Mykolaiv? Unless they have half-finished hull around (and maybe not even then), unlikely they’d bother with yet another corvette class vessel. Seems equally unlikely the dock would be given export Gepards, and surely they’re not going to build any more of them for Russian navy so I guess it’s more Buyans. Btw while we’re at it, any word about third Gepard class hull? Are there any completion plans, or has it been already scrapped?

http://lenta.ru/news/2014/11/10/reason/

Welp, looks like Kerch is probably a goner.

Do they have spare engines lying around from Azov or Ochakov…?
Maybe they can keep it as an immobile (or semi-immobile) training ship.

Well, the frigate programs are finally bearing fruit. Next couple of years will be pretty busy with all the trials and inductions for new ships. Any word about follow-up orders? There has been conflicting information – once it was claimed that the plan was just 6+6 of 22350 and 11356 each, then a completely new design. 9+9 has also been claimed somewhere. OTOH I see little point keeping the 11356 line going if the Gorshkov’s are rolling off already.

Well, assuming that the poster meant even larger ships…there has been less need as legacy destroyers and cruisers were generally more modern than the frigates. However there have been reports and rumours. From memory:

-10-15 years ago there were reports about ‘Squadron Surface Ship’ (new destroyer) and ‘Universal Surface Ship’ (cruiser) (I may not remember the project names correctly). I don’t know how seriously they were pursued, however back then, those ships were completely unaffordable by Russia so nothing came out of them.
-then there was Project 21956, a new multirole destroyer. I think this was a private venture from Sevmash? It didn’t look too modern and apparently there was no interest.
-more recently, there has been rumours about building of new, possibly nuclear-powered multirole large destroyer.

Anyway, it may be that they will be content in modernizing old ships instead. Nakhimov is beginning modernization, Slavas will all undergo refit & slight modernization and there was talk about major modernization program for Udaloys.

All the Karas were meant to get this radar, correct? Only Kerch completed modernization though, so they probably had several of these systems in storage?

Pr.22350 finally getting ready for sea trials is a great relief, just wish the rest of the ships follow soon.
11356 need to be accelerated as well so that at least two of them are available this year itself.

No way. I doubt Grigorovich even starts sea trials this year. They might launch Essen before year-end if things go smoothly. Though, when 11356’s were announced I made a bet with myself that Grigorivich will be commissioned before Gorshkov, and it now looks I’ll lose it. (OTOH since I made the bet against myself, I will also win, so it’s not all bad.)

I too am surprised by this announcement of new variant 20386. It looks to me that 2038’s have pretty low priority, construction times are very long and new contracts announced sporadically given the supposed force goal of 20 to 30 vessels.
OTOH Soviet and Russian arms projects often seem to have lots of duplication so why not have two separate corvette lineages as well. Pork barrel, anyone?

Not sure this is the right thread to discuss Thales GM400… but I’ll throw my two-cents anyway!

1. The GM 400 antenna is freakin’ heavy! So I don’t really buy the “rotating antenna is lighter, hence it must be an aesa” argument.

I’m sure it is heavy, but APAR’s 4-array fixed setup weights 10 tons 🙂
The point was rather that phased array antennas can be rotating too, and often are.

http://pressa-tof.livejournal.com/245541.html

Is that a Termit on pic #38? Thought they were out of service long ago. Is that a fixed coastal defense installation?