Russia Offers Project 22 350 Frigate to Indian Navy
Dated 29/3/2007
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Russia has offered India the export version of its new Project 22 350 frigate as part of a tender for the construction of seven ships.
Only one ship of that project has been laid so far. That one was begun in February 2006 at the Northern Wharf.
According to the Indian press, proposals to participate in the tender were sent to European, American and Russian wharves at the end of last year.
The Indian program is worth $6.6 billion and foresees the construction of one ship in a foreign wharf and six ships in India under license. Between 1998 and 2003, Russia built three 1135.6 frigates for India.
The Indians have begun the construction of three of their own Project 17 frigates at the Mazagon wharves.
Those ships were designed in conjunction with the Russian Northern Design and Construction Bureau and the Canadian CAE based on the Project 1135.6. Up to 12 more of improved Project 17A model may be built as well.
