Moscow. August 15th. INTERFAX - United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) expects to agree with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the final schedule of work on the creation of submarines of the fifth generation, the head of the corporation Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax.
"In general, the work is on schedule. I hope that in the near future we will be able to finally agree with the Ministry of Defense on a pragmatic final schedule of work on fifth-generation submarines," he said in an interview in connection with the Army-2022 military-technical forum opening on Monday.
When asked about the pace of creation of submarines of the fifth generation - strategic and multi - purpose - Rakhmanov replied: "There is always a temptation to complain that our design bureaus are working slowly, and the military is slow to make decisions. But fifth-generation submarines are actually a serious challenge. Due to the tasks that the customer has set for us, a number of technical solutions must be radically revised."
"We don't want to run into a long-term construction. By and large, we build for a long time only when, as the so-called hidden OKR (OKR - development work - IF), unprocessed technical solutions get to our head vessels. Wherever it is a question of creating new weapons, and not serial samples, the increase in time is caused by the need to refine or refine either weapons systems or ship control systems. By doing this on shore, we save a huge amount of time when the product goes on combat duty," said the head of the USC.
"We have made our conclusions together with the fleet. To date, fundamental technical solutions are being worked out, each of which entails additional tests, the creation of additional prototypes, and their testing. As soon as these works are completed, we will be able to assemble what will be called a fifth-generation submarine from a complex of technical solutions," Rakhmanov said.
