Russian diesel-electric submarines for a long time will be equipped with classic engines due to stopping of the project development of anaerobic plants. According to the portal flotprom.ru citing sources in CDB ME “Ruby” and the Central Research Institute of Marine Electrical Engineering and technology (TsNII CET), the last one and a half year project to develop anaerobic plants for submarines type “Lada” stopped due to lack of funding.
“St. Petersburg” - the first submarine project 677 “Lada”
According to the publication, VNEU development in the past year and a half is not actually carried out because of lack of funding. According to sources, the portal, Start of the test anaerobic installation on a concrete submarine project 677 “Lada”, at best, will begin in the last stage of the state program of armaments, designed to 2027 of the year. On the absence of funds for the project were reported in the early 2018 of the year, but in the meantime the situation has not changed.
The first submarine project 677 “Lada” – “St. Petersburg” It has been tested in 2012 year. However, the project decided to give up because of obsolete diesel-electric power plant, requiring frequent lifting to the surface. For, to the submarine of this type could go into series, it was decided to develop anaerobic plants, He writes “Warspot”. AT 2015 , it was the first successful test of a new type of installation, but further development stalled. Letting submarine fleet repeatedly postponed and is now known, that the submarine, which were constructed including installation VNEU, will be used in Navy with conventional diesel-electric motors.
earlier it was reported, that the use of VNEU on the submarine project “Lada” It will allow it under water to 20 days without surfacing, that will greatly enhance the combat capabilities of the submarine.
