The newbuilds contracts were signed between Russian Defense Ministry, United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Design Bureau “Rubin” and St. Petersburg-based Naval Bureau of Machine Building "Malachite". The contracts include the designing of nuclear-powered submarines of Project 885 M, Project 955 A, Project 885 M, the construction of rescue ship of Project 21 300; an option for the repair of nuclear-powered submarine "Novomoskovsk", a contract for development of the technical design of heavy nuclear missile cruiser of Project 1144.2, other warships, the construction and commissioning of a fixed offshore ice resistant drilling platform Number 1 on the field of Vladimir Filanovsky, other offshore facilities.
The Defense Ministry’s contracts are valued at RUB 280 billion (7 defense contracts, and 2 civilian orders, including for strategic nuclear submarines of Yasen and Borei class).