Admiralty Shipyards are planning to pass two diesel-electric submarines Kilo under project 636 to the customer by the end of April 2010. According to the shipyards representatives, submarines with diesel-electric engine are in great demand in international market. Their competitiveness provides high acoustic stealth, range target detection, mobility, automotive control and weapons power.
At the Admiralty Shipyards construction of a number of such vessels is established. Modern Submarines under the project 636 suggested to potential customers is equipped with missile-torpedo, capable of striking maritime and earth targets. Now the company is preparing to build a number of submarines for export. In addition the prospects for launch of a new generation of submarines of class Cupid, designed by CDB for Marine Engineering Rubin, are discussed.
Admiralty Shipyards consistently keep specialization in the field of submarine building. At the present moment more than 300 submarines were built (including 41 nuclear submarines) and 68 deep-operation submersibles.