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Ka-52 and it's radar.
That article is speculative like heck. The quote on the speech by Putin mentions nothing about the Navy let alone asking China for help.
He mentions cooperation and in the past, when asked on this topic of cooperation, he mentioned about Russia providing China with assistance in improving their early warning radar network. Another issue where China could use help is with marine nuclear reactors. But I think the Chinese industry has enough experience to work on that by itself to be honest.
The Russians already asked for both Chinese and South Korean help with the shipyards at Zvezda in the East where the largest drydock in modern Russia is located. They also bought marine diesels from China for some of the Buyan class corvettes. But what is this talk about the Kuznetsov? Russia already replaced all the boilers. The ship has topside damage and it likely will need to be in a dry dock. Which is planned to be built near Murmansk. The Kuznetsov is docked close there. If they had to move the ship all over to China, they could as easily move it to the dock at Zvezda, in fact such a long voyage would be dangerous that's why the Russians aren't that keen on doing it. The article makes no sense at all. With regards to marine turbines the Russians today have the M90FR engine which has similar performance to the gas turbine the Chinese use in their destroyers and cruisers. Plus the M70FRU.
If anything with the latest purchases of Steregushchiy-class corvettes and Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates the naval program seems (finally) to be getting on track now, albeit at a sedate pace, now that they have ship designs which are fully tested and have gone on operations. What they need to do is order more Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates at their shipyard in the Baltic at Yantar to increase their production rate and increase the production rate of naval engines and other components to cope. From China I think they will continue to purchase naval equipment to equip their naval yards and might import construction techniques.
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Bad thing is, it required far too much time.
Both 20380 and 22350 designs were incredible(in theory at least, my dear 20380) when they were laid down. But it was 15-20 years ago.
Right now, while their equipment is fine(sometimes too fine to make sense), some of their features are dated. On top of that, Russian ships are traditionally tight, making their adaptability suffer.
For ships which may very well serve through 2050 - this is a problem.
Well, I wouldn't put much stock into believing we will get a vanilla 20380 with this latest order.
The Russians might have upgraded radars for those ships. It does irk me if they don't go with the UKSK VLS and use Uran launchers though.
I mean it is fine as a missile and it will be limited to near shore operations not power projection. But still. Why not order the 20385?
The Project 22350, I think, with the enlargement to 24x UKSK VLS, as ordered, is a great ship even today.
The enlarged version, aka Super Gorshkov, should be able to replace the Udaloy destroyers.
The Russians might have upgraded radars for those ships. It does irk me if they don't go with the UKSK VLS and use Uran launchers though.
I mean it is fine as a missile and it will be limited to near shore operations not power projection. But still. Why not order the 20385?
The Project 22350, I think, with the enlargement to 24x UKSK VLS, as ordered, is a great ship even today.
The enlarged version, aka Super Gorshkov, should be able to replace the Udaloy destroyers.
We won't, it will be this new
AFAIK this is the first order. There are two subsequent orders. Currently expected to total 128 aircraft once all delivered.
Russia also expects to order Su-30SM2 fighters in the future which will have a similar equipment level (same radar, engines).
Plus there are also plans to upgrade existing Su-30SM fighters to Su-30SM2 standard.
This page was machine translated with minor edits. But I think it is quite readable.
Nov 30, 00:18
The first tests of the gas generator for the PD-8 engine are scheduled for March 2021
As reported by "UEC-Saturn", the company has an export portfolio of orders for the production of several hundred aircraft engines in the next three to four years
RYBINSK, November 30. / TASS /. The first tests of the gas generator demonstrator for the new PD-8 mid-class engine are planned for March 2021. The managing director of UEC-Saturn (part of the United Engine Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) Viktor Polyakov told TASS about this.
"We are carrying out development work on a promising engine, but we are doing this in cooperation with UEC enterprises. We plan to assemble a demonstrator of the gas generator and conduct the first tests in March 2021," he said.
Earlier, the first deputy head of the Rostec state corporation Vladimir Artyakov in an interview with TASS reported that the promising Russian PD-8 engine for the SSJ 100 aircraft and the Be-200 amphibious aircraft will receive a type certificate in 2023. According to him, the engine base can also be used for helicopters.
Tests of blades for PD-35
The first prototypes of composite blades for the promising PD-35 engine, which is supposed to be installed on wide-body aircraft, were manufactured at the UEC-Saturn; tests of the blades are scheduled for next spring, Polyakov said.
"As of today, we have passed the stage of research work, we are moving on to the stage of development work. Prototypes of blades have already been made. We are not talking about series production yet, because we need to carry out a set of tests, the beginning of which is scheduled for the spring of 2021," he said.
As the managing director of "UEC-Saturn" explained, now specialists at the enterprise are trying to reduce the production time of composite blades and improve their characteristics.
The development of composite blades for the PD-35 engine is carried out in parallel in two technological directions: specialists from the Rybinsk enterprise use 3D weaving (the blade is made on a specialized loom using composite threads), specialists from UEC-Perm Motors use directional layouts.
"The first blades produced by Perm were supplied for a sample engine, they were made in the PD-14's dimensions, for the testing of the technologies. The first results are encouraging," Polyakov said.
Aircraft engines for export
UEC-Saturn has an export order book for the production of several hundred aircraft engines in the next three to four years, Polyakov said.
"Now a contract for the next supply of several hundred engines is being finalized. This is a contract for the next 3-4 years," he said.
The managing director noted that the export portfolio of UEC-Saturn is approximately 35%. The main share of export is made up of engines for IL-76 aircraft of foreign customers.
PJSC "UEC-Saturn" is an engine building company specializing in the development, production, sale and service of gas turbine engines for civil aviation, power generating and gas pumping units, ships and vessels.
Nov 30, 00:18
The first tests of the gas generator for the PD-8 engine are scheduled for March 2021
As reported by "UEC-Saturn", the company has an export portfolio of orders for the production of several hundred aircraft engines in the next three to four years
RYBINSK, November 30. / TASS /. The first tests of the gas generator demonstrator for the new PD-8 mid-class engine are planned for March 2021. The managing director of UEC-Saturn (part of the United Engine Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) Viktor Polyakov told TASS about this.
"We are carrying out development work on a promising engine, but we are doing this in cooperation with UEC enterprises. We plan to assemble a demonstrator of the gas generator and conduct the first tests in March 2021," he said.
Earlier, the first deputy head of the Rostec state corporation Vladimir Artyakov in an interview with TASS reported that the promising Russian PD-8 engine for the SSJ 100 aircraft and the Be-200 amphibious aircraft will receive a type certificate in 2023. According to him, the engine base can also be used for helicopters.
Tests of blades for PD-35
The first prototypes of composite blades for the promising PD-35 engine, which is supposed to be installed on wide-body aircraft, were manufactured at the UEC-Saturn; tests of the blades are scheduled for next spring, Polyakov said.
"As of today, we have passed the stage of research work, we are moving on to the stage of development work. Prototypes of blades have already been made. We are not talking about series production yet, because we need to carry out a set of tests, the beginning of which is scheduled for the spring of 2021," he said.
As the managing director of "UEC-Saturn" explained, now specialists at the enterprise are trying to reduce the production time of composite blades and improve their characteristics.
The development of composite blades for the PD-35 engine is carried out in parallel in two technological directions: specialists from the Rybinsk enterprise use 3D weaving (the blade is made on a specialized loom using composite threads), specialists from UEC-Perm Motors use directional layouts.
"The first blades produced by Perm were supplied for a sample engine, they were made in the PD-14's dimensions, for the testing of the technologies. The first results are encouraging," Polyakov said.
Aircraft engines for export
UEC-Saturn has an export order book for the production of several hundred aircraft engines in the next three to four years, Polyakov said.
"Now a contract for the next supply of several hundred engines is being finalized. This is a contract for the next 3-4 years," he said.
The managing director noted that the export portfolio of UEC-Saturn is approximately 35%. The main share of export is made up of engines for IL-76 aircraft of foreign customers.
PJSC "UEC-Saturn" is an engine building company specializing in the development, production, sale and service of gas turbine engines for civil aviation, power generating and gas pumping units, ships and vessels.
Mr T
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I found this interesting as I hadn't even considered whether Putin might have such an aircraft, although it makes perfect sense given the need to have command redundancy during a nuclear conflict.
It appears the aircraft itself is fine, although one has to wonder how the thieves got access to it. Maybe it wasn't a perimeter breach but people who worked on the base? Also hopefully they didn't get away with any classified military parts and just valuable but otherwise civilian material.