Rosoboronexport has officially transferred the first tranche for the construction of the Mistral-class assault landing ship’s technical documentation to France-based DCNS.
The payment was for the ship’s technical documentation although the tranche amount was not disclosed.
According to United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) president Roman Trotsenko Russia will conduct 40% of the construction work for the first two ships.
Russia signed a €1.2bn deal with France for four Mistral-class landing ships, along with crew training and licences for equipment such as the SENIT-9 data transfer system, earlier this year.
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By GlobalDataConstruction is expected to start in January 2012.
The French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship is capable of carrying 16 helicopters, four landing vessels, 70 armoured vehicles and 450 personnel.