JSC ROSOBORONEXPORT (part of Rostec State Corporation) handed over a Project 11356 frigate built by JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" to the Indian Navy.

The handover ceremony of the ship, named Tushil, took place on December 9, 2024 in Kaliningrad in the presence of Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

"Raising the Indian flag on the Tushil ship is another significant milestone in the Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation, which fully complies with the principles of the Make in India program. The Russian-built frigate carries 20 Indian-made hull systems and is equipped with the BrahMos supersonic missile system. Besides, ROSOBORONEXPORT and India are implementing about 10 joint naval projects alone and are discussing several new ones", - said Alexander Mikheev, Director General of ROSOBORONEXPORT.

Tushil became the seventh Project 11356 frigate in the Indian Navy, suggesting the high effectiveness demonstrated by these ships and high confidence of the Indian Navy in Russia’s defence industry. The first six ships of the project are intensively and successfully performing their assigned tasks in various regions of the world’s ocean and have deserved high praise from the Indian Navy’s sailors and commanders.

"The Project 11356 frigates are multifunctional ships that, with a relatively small displacement, offer high capabilities against surface, land underwater and air targets. Thus, Project 11356 fits perfectly into the modern trend of naval shipbuilding," - said Andrey Puchkov, Director General of the JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation".

When implementing military-technical cooperation projects, Russia and India are focused on technological partnership, which is in line with the Make in India and Self-Reliant India programs. ROSOBORONEXPORT has been successfully fulfilling licensing contracts in India for years, for example, for Su-30MKI fighters, armored vehicles and ammunition.

Today India is the first country to start manufacturing Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles. Tens of thousands of Indian-made assault rifles have been already transferred to the country's Ministry of Defence. ROSOBORONEXPORT prepared key production facilities on the premises of the Indian defence holding to manufacture 125mm Mango APFSDS tank rounds.