The state tests, within the framework of which the training took place, are planned to be completed by the end of 2021
SEVASTOPOL, December 24. /tass/. The crew of the newest patrol ship "Sergey Kotov", built for the Black Sea Fleet, for the first time worked out the reception on the deck of the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter of the fleet's naval aviation, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said in a statement on Friday.
"The helicopter landing exercise was conducted in the Black Sea as part of the final stage of the state tests of the ship. Having successfully landed on board, the helicopter crew checked the coherence of all systems of the ship's aviation complex and shipboard calculations that ensure helicopter flights. Boarding a ship is the most difficult type of training for naval aviation flight personnel. Working out the interaction between the ship's crew and the flight crew is one of the most important elements of the professional training of sailors and pilots," the navy said.
It is specified that a helicopter pad, a hangar, as well as storage tanks for aviation fuel reserves are provided for the placement of deck aircraft on patrol ships of this project.
The state tests, within the framework of which the training took place, are planned to be completed by the end of 2021, and then after the signing of the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Sergei Kotov will become part of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet.
The ships of project 22160 were designed by JSC "Northern Design Bureau" (Saint Petersburg) and are designed to protect and protect the maritime economic zone, as well as to solve the tasks of escort and anti-piracy activities and perform search and rescue functions. They are armed with a 57-millimeter artillery installation, an anti-aircraft missile system. It is also possible to base Ka-27PS helicopters on them.
The patrol ship "Sergey Kotov", named in honor of the outstanding Soviet sailor, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944) Rear Admiral Sergei Nikolaevich Kotov, was laid down on May 8, 2016, this is the fourth and third serial ship of the project. It was built at the Zelenodolsk plant named after A.M. Gorky together with Kerch shipbuilders. The Novorossiysk base of the Black Sea Fleet already has three ships of project 22160: "Vasily Bykov", "Dmitry Rogachev" and "Pavel Derzhavin".
