Russia gets its first naval turbines
A special session of the Scientific and Technical Council of Rybinsk based Saturn has considered and approved the scientific project on the design of the main gas turbine to be used as a power plant on the newest high-speed landing ship of the project "Dyugon", created by TsKB SPK Alekseeva, ShipbuildingRu reports. The session lasted two days. M70FRU with 14 thousand in h.p. project was started one and a half years ago by the specialy created division of Saturn and the Design Bureau-1 in Rybinsk. The session was attended by the representative delegations of the 1 Research Institute of the Russian Federation, Research Institute Krylova and other specialized organizations.
According to the director of the program "Saturn - VMF" and deputy commercial director of Saturn Leonid Ivanov it is very important for "Saturn" that the session was attended not only by those who have a relation to the creation of the naval turbine, but also by the impressive delegations of the military and industrial science. In fact the session opens the way to commissioning the newest landing ship with the Russian Navy.