Recently in the press there were allegations, that with the revival of the project 12322 "Bison" will have to wait. We are talking about small landing hovercraft, the construction of which have decided to abandon 4-5 years ago.
Then the argument was as follows: it makes no sense to spend money for the defense budget their MDKVP "Zubr" (and the ships began to enter into service in the Russian Navy More 1988 year), if you have already signed a contract for the supply of the French Saint-Nazaire two amphibious assault ships (helicopter carriers) type "Mistral". As well known, "Mistral" Russian Navy has not received for the reason, that the then French President Francois Hollande to join the country anti-Russian sanctions, banning arms exports.
After the French demarche, It has become a reflection of US policy, the question of modern airborne component of the Navy of Russia hung in the air. In summer 2017 it was announced, that in Russia it is necessary to revive the construction project MDKVP 12322 with simultaneous modernization of its. Plans start at the scheduled program 2018 year. And when only a little more than two months before the end of 2018,, it became clear, that a number of problems restoring the production of "Bison" prevents.
Here it is necessary to clarify, that the basic work on the construction of new versions of "Bison" is planned for the period up to 2021 of the year. The main production facilities, who are ready for this use: Shipyard "Ocean" in Kerch Shipyard and "Diamond" in St. Petersburg. As a consequence - the two main directions: the Baltic and the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation (at least, initially).
Now, if you believe the publications referring to the press service of the shipbuilding companies, laying of the modernized "Bison" will be held not earlier 2022 of the year. main reason: pace of gas turbine engines for ships of this type. New engines should have more power and greater efficiency in comparison with the installation type M35, which are mounted on the previously created MDKVP. In this case, the superiority of performance is really small: the same efficiency in engines at higher production Russian 0,4-0,5%. But the main thing here is not the superiority of performance, as import substitution and the independence of the Ukrainian partners. Although indicators also, undoubtedly, important.
The composition of each of the units already used M35 includes GTD Soviet development DP71 (in Ukrainian classification - UGT6000) and production “Dawn-Mashproekt”. DP71 engines produced in Nikolaev in the late '70s.
Offers replacement "Saturn", which is about 4 years of work on the project “The unit DKVP”. It works to build a new power plant for "Bison" and dragged, if you believe the reports. In this version it is considered that, that Russian engines want to increase efficiency through the use of new alloys. I.e, you can hurry and get virtually the same version of Nicholas, and it is possible to go towards the creation of a truly new power plant, for what, for obvious reasons, We need more time.
