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The new UDC, being built at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, will receive promising Ka-65 Minogue helicopters in an anti-submarine version. This was reported by a source familiar with the situation.
The promising Minogue helicopter is planned to be put into service by 2028, that is, until the completion of the construction of the new helicopter carriers Ivan Rogov and Mitrofan Moskalenko of project 23900, which are being built on the Gulf. According to the source, the UDC will receive new helicopters before the handover tests and will pass them already with a full air wing.
- TASS quotes the words of the source.
As previously reported, the air wing of the new UDC will include anti-submarine helicopters Ka-65 "Lamprey", multi-purpose attack Ka-52K "Katran", radar patrol Ka-31 and search and rescue Ka-27PS.
The development of a new promising helicopter for the Russian Navy started back in 2016, the contract for the ROC was signed at the Army 2020 forum, before that the preliminary design stage was completed.
The Ka-65 (preliminary cipher) is being developed to replace the Ka-27, which has been in service with the fleet since the 80s of the last century. The helicopter is created according to the "Kamovsky" scheme, i.e. with two coaxial screws. It is assumed that the helicopters will go to the fleet in anti-submarine, transport and amphibious versions, unlike the Ka-52K Katran helicopters designed specifically for use on the UDC, which have a narrower specialization.
